The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-28
Casualties in Other Flooded
Districts--Cyclones.
In Southeastern Kansas.

St. Louis, April 22-Dispaiches from
Southeastern Kans report the heaviest
rainfall since Tuesday That has ever be
known in that PIT of the state. Over
Twelve inches of water is said to have tsll-
en-. All the level country is submerged and
il a vast sheet of water Trathc on the
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas railroad Tor
many miles each way from Parsons IS sus-
pended, aud a passenger train which lett
Parsons Yesterday on the Fort Scott and
Gulf road was wrecked not far from town.
A large number of hogs End cattle In the
stock Yards on the Laoe;te river, one mile
from Parsons, were drown ed, and II Il SAID
hundreds, PERHAPS thousands, OF animals
have been drowned in the sur; our ding
country. The str, ans rose Sd rapidly anu
the water poured down in such toIrsn
that little If any thing could Be done "a the
way OF rescuing live stock or securing
other kinds property. Fields are d-vasta
ted 10 all dir, ctions, and great destruction
of crops and movable property has &C.
CURED. A negro settlement near Persons
was inundated, and many OF the people
we're rescued only after great difficulty and
hard labor with impTovised boats and by
other means. The Marmaton river, which
| runs rear Fort Scott, overHowed It's banks
with rush and submerged a settlement OF
about 500 popu at on, known as North Fort
Scott, the water anding IN many OF the
houses from thTeetO five feet deep. All the
peopIe were rescued, however. The Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad is badly washed out
both ways from Fort Scott AMI no trains
have moved since Tuesdsy. The Wichita
road is also badly washed. n
fright train on the latter road
went through bridge at Clear Wafer, and
Frank McDaniels, the engineer, was
drowned. The fireman aud brakeman also
went down wi h the train but they caught
q tree and wee rescued. AT last accounts
the wa.er was subs ding but 1t WIS still
" nv high and il will take several days fOI
II to run off. Advices from Kirgman con.
firm previous ports OF the food there
Great damage was dOue to busin's IS prop
ertv in the jown and ten lives are reported
lost. Traffic on the Wichita & Western
railroad between Wichita and Kingm N
is suspended, and the bridges on this road
aud the Atchison, Topeka x Santa Fe al
Cneney, Brlle-Pls and Clear Water are
washed away.
Other dispatches state that the storm ex-
tended in,o western Missouri, ard IhaI
that much property has been destroyed and
that railroads traversing that section have
been washed cut in places and trs fic great
Iy interrupted
/ Advices also come from Nor:hern Texa:
noting very heavy rainfall, extending
over large Sc tion of the country EN-
bracing Denison, G ,inesvIlle, Abilene, TT
Worth, Dallas and other places. A
Gainesville, Pecan ard Elm creeks over
flowed their banks, and besides washing
away much proper Y several lives are re-
ported lost. Women and Children elurg Il
branches of trees for hours before they were
rescued, and in some in,tanc's whole lam
lilies were swept swey in their houses, bu
In most instances they We rescued.
Several streets in d ,llas were 6elugt
with water, ard a high wind dausged ;
numbcr If bous,s The Red river is very
high, and st last accounts was rising pid
IL, and fears OF great damage ell N it
: nks were appreherded.