ST. LOUIS, April 21. – A riot occurred at East St. Louis Saturday night, in which three men were injured. In consequence of the high water in the river the inhabitants stopped up the culvert on the O. & M. Railroad to prevent the town being submerged. The Road Master fearing the track would be washed away, proceeded with the track hands to remove obstructions – They were met by a crowd, who ordered them off. The matter was referred to the Provost Marshal, who sent over a guard of 60 men to quell the disturbance and protect the Railroad men. They found 75 or 100 men assembled to prevent the obstructions being removed. The crowd was ordered away, but refused to go, and as the guard advanced, several shots were fired at them, but no one was injured. The guard then charged bayonets on the crowd, and three men were injured seriously.
Yesterday Col. Parsons and M. N. Brown, Provost on the Road, went on to examine into the matter, and decided the obstructions ought to remain, as their removal involved the destruction of a vast amount of property.
It is doubtful whether the embankment of the Road will prevent the town being submerged, as the road is nearly overflowed in several places.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 26, 1862, p. 4
Yesterday Col. Parsons and M. N. Brown, Provost on the Road, went on to examine into the matter, and decided the obstructions ought to remain, as their removal involved the destruction of a vast amount of property.
It is doubtful whether the embankment of the Road will prevent the town being submerged, as the road is nearly overflowed in several places.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 26, 1862, p. 4
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