Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
FLOODS CAUSED BY RAIN.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST IN SWOL-
LEN WESTERN STREAMS.

Railroads Washed Out and Traffic Badly
Interfered with-PeOple CIinging for
Hours to Limbs of Trees-K Ansas,
Missouri and Texas the Worst suffer
ers.
ST. LOUIS, April Dispatches from
Southeastern Kansas report the heaviest
rainfall that has ever been known in that
part of the State. The storm began on
Tuesday, and over twelve inches of water
are said to have fallen. All the level
country is submerged. Traffic on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad for
many miles each way from Par
sons is suspended, and pas
senger train which left Parsons
yesterday on the Fort Scott and Gulf
road was wrecked not far from town. A
large number of hogs and cattle in the
stock yards along the Labette river, one
mile from Parsons, have been drowned,
and it is said that hundreds, and perhaps
thousands, OF animals have perished in
the surrounding country, Great dstruc-
ton OF crops and movable property has
also occurred. The MarmarlOu river has
Overflowed its banks and inundated a set
tlemeut of from 900 to 500 inhabitants,
known as North Fort Scott.
THE FLOODED HOUSES.
The water in houses is from three to
hve feet deep. All the people were res
cued. The Missouri Pacific Railroad
track is badly washed out both ways
from Fort Scott and no trains have
moved since Tuesday. There are also
bad washouts on the Wichita road. A
freight train on this road went through
bridge at Clear Water, and Frank Nc
Daniels, the engineer, was drowned.
At last accounts the water
was subsding, but il will take several
days to run off. Adyices trom kingman
confirm the previous reports OF the flood
there, Ten lives are reported to have
been lost ut that place. Traffic on the
Wichita and Western Railroad between
Wichita and Kingman is suspended, ana
bridges on this road and on the AtchnsOn,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at Cheney,
Bell Plain and Clear Water have been
washed away.
THE DOWNFALL IN MISSOURI.
Other dispatches state that the storm
extended TO Western tiss0uri, and that
many streams have overtiOwed their
banks, that much property has been de-
strOyed, and that the railroads traVersing
that section have been washed away in
places, and traffic greatly interrupted.
Advices also come from Northern Texas
over large section of country, embrace
ing Dennison, Gainesville, Abilene, Fort
Worth, Dallas and other places. At
Gainesville the Pecan and Elm creeks
OYertlOwed their banks, and besides wash
ing away much property, several
lives are reported lost. Women and
children elung to the branches of trees
tor hours before they were rescued, and in
some instances whole families were swept
away in their houses, but in most in
stances they were rescued. Several
streets in Dallas were deluged with
water. A high wind damaged a number
of houses. Red river is very high, and at
last accounts was rising rapidly and
great damage along its banks was appre-
hended.
FURTHER DETAILS.
Further particulars from Prairie Grove
state that only one person was killed by
the cyclone of yesterday. The 14-year-
old daughter Of j. r. Sawyer, Mrs. John
Gentry, Kate O'Hara, and daughter of
r. Herring, are thought TO be
fatally injured. In addition TO these
there are fifteen seriously ana many
others slightly injured, all children, with
two exceptions, who were in the school
house at the time it was blown to pieces.
Large trees in the vicinity were twisted
and snapped off near the ground and
demolished were Bethel Church, Hughes
storehouse and four dwellings. This is
the third cyclone that has visited this sec
tion, each following nearly the same
course.
HIGH WATER IN TEXAS.
DENNIsoN, TEX, April 23.-In conse-
quence Of heavy rain and wind storms en-
dangering the bridge railroad traffic on
the Missouri Pacific north and west OF
DennisOn is impeded. sOuth-bOund
passenger train was derailed at the city
limits. Red river is rising at the rate Of
four feet per hour. Fears are entertained
for the safety of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way bridge. A freight train Of eighteen
cars is reported wrecked near Cary sta
ton, Indian Territory. No one was hurt. !
Lou Holland, who was injured by a fall |
ing building during the cyclone on Tues |
day, died yesterday. A family Of emil /
grants, encamped on the river bottom,
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