The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-29

KANsAN CITY FLOODED.

aud several ThOusAnd People Home
Ieas-AII Efforts TO Stay the TIde Vain.
KANSAS CRY, April 2s.-This has been
q day Of great excitement In Kansas City
The water in the Missouri river continued
to rise throughout the night and day, and
is still rising at 0 o'clock this evening. The
dyke raised along the Missouri river ID
front Of the bottoms gave wRv In the
neiglborhood called "Hell's Half Acre.
and torrent OF water poured through,
driving the peoplefrom the houses In great
terror. All efforts 10 stay the flood were
vain, and in An hour the large district was
inundated from four 10 ten feet.
At noon the torrent began 10 pour over
Ninth street, submerging another district
as large as th first, and driving the terror.
stricken people before 1t. The water
backing up the Kansas river submerged q
large part Of the stock yards and surround.
cd the district inhabited by the families
OF the employees OF Fowler Bros packing
houses, and surrounding their boarding
houses. =,
The water stands several feet deep on a
large numbered the. streets. On Union
avenue, james street and Covers street,
the RAILWAYS are covered ior FIVE or six
squares, In the neighborhood OF what Ia
known a. AmouIdale, across the
Kaw river from this point,
large numbers Of colored families were
surprised by the flood and ct east five
persona drowned. The water rushed over
the doomed town SO rapidly that the In.
habitants could only flee Tor their lives
without being able 10 remove any Of their
household goods. Fully three hundred
families have thus been thrown out Of
their houses In an incredibly short time
and are now encamped on high grounds
around .Armstrong, with strong prob.
ability that their houses win 60 down
stream. 40
II would. take columns Of newspaper
space to describe the situation IS Il now
exists, together with q list 81 serious dam.
age done. At least SIX thousand people
are driven from their homes, and the api
proaches to the high ground Of the main
portion Of the city present q strange
appearances, piles OF household goods and
crowds Of dAzsd refugees appearing on
every hand.
The water. now extends on the north
side Of West Ninth street from the Union
elevator 10 James street, and from Liberty
to Ewing street. That thoroughiare is
full OF water on the south side oil Ninth
street. The locality between Liberty and
Ewing stfeots is flooded and growing
worse every hour. The street cars run
with great difficulty, the water being up
10 the floors tf tho car.
The streets are filed with wagons NOV.
Ing goods from threatened localities, and
ali vehicles, OF every deception, are
pressed into the service. In East Kansas
CITY similar state of affairs exists, render.
lag homeless for time, thousands Of
people.
Thousands Of feet Of building sand which
was secured at great expense from the
river during the winter has been washed
into the current and disappeared. This
will cause great delay In large building
operations Of the city long time. Eleva'
tor A, owned by Vaughan 4 Co., 10 10 i'm.
minent peril. The water laps the building
on the Missouri side and on the touth
side large body Of water is running
A gang OF men and teams is at work
banking up The building. There are 10000
bushels Of grain In the elevator and II the
food does not speedily subsIde the loss 10
this elevator will be very laige.
While towboat was bringing over a
barge loaded with household goods from
Harlem today, barge sunk and the
cargo Is total loss. Oh the barge were
two men, who were rescued with diff
Guilty. Ia trunk which was lost with
| tha ,nnda waa Al hO0 In nhhbV, Tha tbtA
losses by the accident are about 5000.
The height OF the water At 8 r. u. waI
tWenty.slx feet six inches above low wAtei
mark. Thete was a rise duting the day O.
nine inches.