Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-18
FLooDsIN KANSAS.
A Number OF Lives Lost and Much
Property DESTROYED.

ST. LOUIS, June 17.--Additional a6viccs
about the disaster in Kansas from wind and
storms are that Uniontown, about fifteen
miles west of Fort Scott on the Wichita Il
Western railroad, was swept away, and that
two women and four children were drowned.
Uniontown, which is place Of 600 inhabi-
tants, is in the midst of q thckly settled
country and it Is feared the loss of life IS
even heavier than reported. AS the wires
are down for fifteen miles on either side,
nothing definite can be learned. The storm
struck the western part of Bourbon county
late at night, coming from the west,
where 1t had played great havoc. At Au-
gusta IL assumed the form of q cloud~burst,
and though everything possible has been done
to obtain the details by railroads, all is un-
certain at present.
Heavy rains washed away the ice dam
at Sixth street, causing the water in the
Buck Run TO rise at the rate of three feet an
hour, carrying away several houses and the
bridge across Sixth street. That part Of
Fort Scott known as Belltown is entirely
under water and the people were taken out
in boats. Several bridges were washed
away and trains were stopped on both sides
of Fort Scott, the roads being under water
for quite n distance The water has stop
ped rising, and if no more rain falls the
flood will rapidly subside.
ELDoRApo, Kan, June 1.-THE upper
valley of the Walnut is flooded from excess
S1Ve rams. SATURDAY nlguU une rlVcr came
up so suddenly that family by the name of
Graham started from their homo to the high
land The mother and babe were drowned
the father and one child escaping. Grain
fields are flooded and much damage must
result. Railroad property was considerably
damaged. The water is recediDg to-day.
The drowning of q. Beaman in Cassidy is
reported, and 1T is thought several others
have lost their lives in the lower valley.
lola, Kan, July T-Allen county has
ant rr ar rt y-s
hours from floods in the Ncosho river and its
principal tributaries. Tho streams have
been unusually high all spring and the heavy
rains Saturday night brought them out of
their banks, flooding the bottoms for a mile
or more on either side. There has been no
loss of life or of live stock, and those living
on the low land were warned in
time, but it is thought that
just rponlng and promised a very large yield
will be almost q total loss, while the sub
merged corn and other crops will be greatly
damaged. Near the river west of the city
large number of small bridges and culverts
along the wagon roads have been washed out,
and workmen were engaged all day Sunday
strengthening the river bridge, which, it is
feared, has been seriously undermined. The
water reached its highest point at 8 o'clock
Monday morning, since which time it has
been slowly receding, and it is now hoped
the worst is past.
CEDAR VALE, Kan, June 1.-Two broth.
ers, Brack and Sheridan Homes, were
drowned Sunday while attempting to ford
the Big Canadian River.
HUMBOLDT, Kan, June 17-The Ncosho
river is five miles wide at this point, but is
falling Ten thousand acres of wheat are
ruined
AUGUSTA, Kan, June 1.-THE river Is
receding. Several persons were washed
down stream last night and many remained
on the housetops and trees until to-day,
when all were rescued. 1t is reported that
two persons were drowned north of Edo
rado, making four in all