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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
3
A steamer Flying Eagle and a towing barge carrying 240 Sunday School pupils struck a draw span at Hannibal Missouri. Both vessels sank with at least three confirmed deaths. Children were saved after teachers guided survivors to a barge and the bridge.
Destruction spreads across a river suburb as floods and fires wreak havoc. Residents report extensive damage and loss of homes with emergency crews battling the ongoing disaster. Local authorities warn of further risks as weather persists.
Destructive floods sweep Kansas Nebraska and Iowa leaving towns inundated and hundreds of lives at risk. Topeka and Des Moines capitals swamped as dozens of fires erupt among wrecked buildings. Thousands seek shelter in public buildings while relief efforts mobilize, with tens of thousands displaced and losses in the millions.
Chicago fire department dispatched a special train with a fire engine and six men to Des Moines to aid flooded Iowa districts along the Kaw and Des Moines rivers. Dispatches show conditions worst in towns along streams with lowlands underwater and danger to farmers and residents. The Des Moines high‑pressure system is paralyzed, leaving the city able to respond only with aged engines.
President Roosevelt completed a 66 day, 14 000 mile journey from Washington to the Pacific coast and back. He spoke hundreds of times, including a Chicago address reshaping the Mortiree doctrine and a dedication at St Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The trip included Yellowstone rest and visits to Freeport Rockford Rochelle Aurora Joliet Pontiac Bloomington and other Illinois cities with monuments unveiled and arsenals dedicated.
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