, 1881-04-29
'IHU - AO OO
ruel1's Half Acre. at Kan-
% cas- City, Completely
Under Water.
The People Flee in Terror to
Escape the Rushing
Flood.
unreo Hundred Families Driven
from Their Homes With:
out Warming.
nha People of Kansas City Re-
moving from Threatened
Locations.
Every Sort Of Vehicle Pressed
into Service to faCl!itate
Matters.
rost at, Louis Threatened with o
Disastrous, and Complete
InundAtion.
No Change in the Situation at b.
Paul, but the Water Still Is
Rising.
Danger at Council Bluffs Passed,
and the Water Rapidly
Falling.
! The Missouri at Loav enworth, Kas,
Steadily Rising Hour Altar
No Change in the Situation at b.
- Paul, but the Water Still Is
Rising.
nanper at Council Bluffs Passed,
and the Water Rapidly =
Falling.
The Missouri at Loav enworth, Kas,
Steadily Rising Hour Altar
Hour.
KANSAS CITY, MO.

KANSAS CITY, April @6.-At an carly Hout LUIS
moru,nR tho temporary levee between Plankin.
top Armour's packtng'houso and slhvons q
Dturu RRyo why, aud In less than five minutes
tha Missouri niyrr was rushing through. tho
lresk ut forty miles. an hour, aud BY TO o'clock
half of West Kansas was under wntor aud Da-
tgeen 1000 and 1900 persons wer0 driven from
thcIr homes. The majority Of those mo poor
cogrcd folks, Southern refugees, who camo from
Mississippi and Tennessee lust ycar, and
hayo boon living In shant'es along
Tho rtyor front evor since. The water
surrouuds tho immense spaoktng-honsc of
plarklAton i Armour, and q lnrge portion OF
Fowler 1,rothor's establishment Ia submerged.
seyerat Of the lnrBo elevators aro also cut on by
the water, und at Elevator A tho water has
reached tho grntu. The building contains about
1000 bushels, which 1t Ia feared Will DO totul
Ices. At tho stook-yarrls the wntor bas cotn-
pelled all stock to bo tnkon to othor quarters,
willis tho railroads In all directions Rro unubio
to make connections. Tho towns Of IIarlonl, In
Clay County, and Armourdalo. KIM, aro ontiroly
flooded, and at tho latter plnce this morning
an aged negro and bis grnndchtlu wpr0 drowned.
Thty falled to leavo their oNnnty whom told to do
so aud they attempted to got away by wagon,
but thc!r horses mlssod tho road, and tho eutira
outfit was carried Into tho Kaw Nlyor. At
least 1000 hGuses nro flooded in West Kansas
md tho bottom lands h0rp. and groat damage l8
beIng done. Tho loss to the loo mon will reach
b0 lip I'd tho prostnt tlrno ut this point, and
1.-THE 1arRo houses OF Fowlor Dros. und Platktn.
ton / Armour vt Bugar Luke 10. tho total loss
Will be tl50QQ0. At . o'clock Tonight tho wator
stood " twenty-six feet and clRht-tenths, hay.
76'tas 'Ft,ttrn A.tostatsa lrtts: =
kAH8A8 CITY, No.. April 2a.-This hns bean
day Of grcat oxcitenicnt til Kansas City. Tho
1atet In tho Missouri continued to rlse through.
oat M shs ai9ht and day and is rising st!l!. ~
Missouri ntver in front vt tho bottoms Fayo
.ay in tho nc!ghborhood called "tlcll's Half.
Acre: and q torrent poured through, driving
ha peopld from their homes In UreFt terror. All
e0orts TO stay tho food wcrc vaif, mud within
a. % -FOUR large district wns Inundated to T.
Ahohor district Us 1Arpo aB tho atst, and driving
tae teEror-strIckon lnhabtunts boforo It. Tho
saSmsgci areo H ars ' of 's Tic stoor @ @ snd
!utsoaaded tho district inhabttod hythe FAINT
I'os Of tho employees of Fowler I}ros. packing.
w sssnas sessn ssr tos sEo esp IL
iafse number ct stores on Uninn avenua
sad James street, md covers tho street,
six Squares. Iu the nsighborhood. known
~. Arm;olHiale. na;o .across tho Kaw luvor from
peyeona wore Itowned. Tho wator rushed 70 it uvcr r
!ae doomcd town go rapidly thut tho Inhabitants
sS9sd sba e only dec for their lyea, without being
@ @F9ods Fully 900 families were thus thrown out
=! l0elr houses In an Incredibly short ttuo Antl
sSSs e 81 p9a ffass as ssse
s9gtes will 10 down stream.
*M Eould take columns OF newspaper spaco to
sith lst Of tho serious daWngo iniitctsti. At
~ T1sat&N people Hro lrIson from thoir humes.
appoas"nc @ ofl9n , VI ;ho eity prnscnts strange
crowds Of dazcI refu1ues frnm r." s Han, n',a