Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-02
LAKE IN A DESERT
Is 1t a Phenomenon or. a Mulhat-
ton Yarn2
The Great Colorado Desert Said to
Have Been Converted into a
Vast Tract of Water.
SEEKING TIE CAUSE.

desert basin - SaltOn. 60 miles west of
Yuma, is rapidly filling up with fresh
water from a subterranean passage, be-
lieved to be connected with the Colorado
river, caused by the high waters of last
February. At last advices the desert
was converted into lake miles
wide Machinery is being removed
from the salt factories at Salton.
The Southern Pacific railroad
track passes through the basin
for omore than so miles. its lowest
point being 262 feet below the sea level.
The Colorado river is 100 feet above
the sea level at Yuma. If the sub
terranean passage should connect
with the Colorado above Yuma,
the lake will be oyer 400 feet in depth
and over so miles long. If the waters
continue to rise the Southern Pacific
traok will be submerged for nearly 100
miles and the great desert of Colorado
will be converted into a vast lake.
THE MISSOURI OUT OF IT'S BANKS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July l. = The
Missouri river at this point is at dam
gerously high stage. The water is the
highest it has been since the great flood
of 1881. 1t still lacks several feet of
the record of that year, nevertheless
much damage has been done and much
more is feared, as the different river
cities above report higher water than
that here.
Almost the entire town of Harlem
is under water up to the first
floors of the houses In West
Kansas City the water has over
flowed the lowlands to such an ex-
tent that many families have been
compelled to seek safer quarters, but
the damage to property has been
| slight. The street car lines running to
Midway have suspended operations, as
the tracks are under water for nearly
the v hole distance.
he people have been mad very
nervous by the accounts of the dis
! astrous floods in Iowa and they are
! taking no chances. Many of those
who at present are in no danger have
moved out of their houses and sought
absolute safety in various places where
the flood cannot reach. All the farms
! along the river are submerged and their
crops ruined.
| The embankment of the Hannibal g.
! St Joe road approaches the river at
right angles across from this city. This
embankment has served as a sort of
levee and has protected vast expanse
of river bottom below it from the
| flood. Some fears are expressed
that the embankment may not
| be able to withstand the
pressure. If it should give way much
valuable lands will be submerged, in
Guiding the track of the Kansas City
Racing association. In view of the
emergency the horses which have been
stabbed there have been removed to
places of safety.
On this side of the river the high
water has caused no flood
excepting as it has backed up
the waters of the Kaw. which
The back waters have submerged
much of the lowlands, and the 100 or
more squatters living there have been
obliged to abandon their homes.
The water has also backed
up in the sewers in Kansas City,
Kan, and has run out of the manholes,
flooding various parts of the town.
The Consolidated Tank Line Company's
yards are flooded from the latter
sources and other floods of a similar
character are expected in the lower
places of the town. Very little actual
damage has been done as yet and no
great damage is anticipated unless the
Missouri waters should rise more than
3 feet above their present stage.
ST. Louis, July l.-Brief dispatches
from several points in Kansas and Mis-
souri, are to the effect that another
hurricane swept through wide sec
ton of those states Monday. En-
poria- Kan, reports heavy rain and
windstorm, which nearly completed the
damage done to the grain and crops by
last Tuesdays cyclone. From Osato-
ME, Kan, the report is that it is
feared that wheat and oats will be al
most a total failure. dispatch
from Sedalia. Mo, says a terrible
wind and hailstorm swept over
Sedalia and Pettis counties Monday.
The standing wheat was laid low,
while that which had been shocked
was scattered in all directions In the
city the hail broke d large amount of
window gla5s and the streets were rum
ming streams.
ARKANSAS cry, Kan, July II
About o clock Monday morning heavy
storm broke upon this city and vicini-
", doing thousands of dollars damage
Hail broke hundreds of windows,
knocked fruit from trees and riddled
garden truck and melons. he wind
wrenched a schoolaouse and several
other buildings cast of the city and
leveled thousands of acres of grain to
the ground.
MANSFIELD, O., July Later re-
ports show that Sundays storm did
great damage not only in this but in
Crawford and falkland connties The