they were leaving list overwhelm, observed reporter roy alpert said. he did that they wanted to stop the bright and nothing suggested they did, without the newspaper like lost base in the woods. by then, the mob had broken up into clusters moving through the streets of downtown with the center of the right in the heart of the city about two blocks south of city hall. fire alarms sounded signaling a new fire on walnut avenue and the siren kept blowing. there were many more fires that east st. louis had firemen or trucks or water precious to fight. the siren sounded into the night. as the smoke rose into the air, thousands of blacks live across the mississippi river barge crowds black and white came down to the credit to watch the exodus. among them, was an 11 year old girl named free-josephine the bomb. many years later after she became famous as josephine baker she broke down which she had heard. she and her family lived in a tiny shack. her father was on relief and she woke up humphrey and she did on monday, july 2nd. that afternoon she wrote and omin