New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-30
TIE MISSOURI RIVER BOOMING.
ANXIETY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING ON ITS BANKS
STORMS IN THE WEST.

ANXIETY OF THE PEOPLE LlElNb ON LIS bANA
STORMS IN THE WEST
Kansas City. June 20.-The recent heavy rains nave
caused a rise in the Missouri River At IL O'Clock last
night the gauge stood at twentyone feet four inches
which is four inches above the danger line. Al
O'Clock this morning the Signal service reported the
cauge at twenty-one feet nine inches, and the river
was rising at the rate Of an inch per hour ris OF
two feet Saturday night IS reported ut ST. Joseph
which nsures stln higher water here In the lower
parts OF Harlem, across the river, the wafer Is running
through the streets and a number Of the people are
moving to higher ground
The stars" ST. Joseph. Mo-, dispatch says: Ihe
river has risen steadily since Saturday ana at noon To-
day is within eighteen inches OF the hsnest poam.s
reached since ten years Residents OF the French
bottoms north Of this city. are in state of alarm ana
many are preparing tQ move Inc wafer ls sun Hsiis,
and reports received from sioux city and omaha show
a gain of six nche, since last evening II the river
should overflow the French bottoms IL - eApccteu
that new channel will be cut through. leaving many
farms on an Is and and dvercng the stream from the
Kansas shore two miles. If the present rate OF rise
hundreds OF houses in SOuth st. Joseph wih be inun
dated. The situation i serious TO the pachhg inerSIS
as well as hundreds Of small farmers on the low lands
Tho burlington tracks the river front In the city
It g o,clock tbs evening the water registered three
feet even above higwator mark. or twentythnee feet
above standard low-wa.or mark The water Is rising
steadily one inch per hour ana VIII probably Tse Tse
peope have been made norvous by the accounts OF
thc disastrous foods in Iowa, ard they are taking no
chances Many Of those who at present arc in no
danger have moved out Of their houses and sought
absolute sqfety in various places where the food
canro reach. All The farms along the river are sub
merged and their crops mined , 81.
Railroad approachs,s the river at rT5 argos across
from this cltv This emb9nemG't mas served a.
river bottom below II fr'n m, flood. some fears are
expressed that the emhanhment may not be able to
valuable land will be submerrcd, including the
grounds Of the KSa city n bS E1ss wcS SaTe nca In
stationed there have been removed to places of safety
on this side Gf the yer me ngn water vat m ms eamSed
the Kaw which emptics into the Missouri at thi:
tfe lowlands. and ne 100 or more sqn9tt"rS living
there have been Obliged 10 abandon their homes
cly Taa and has rln ont Of the rlarhcls aooilne
vari3gS pats Of the town. Tho Consolidated Tank
Line o|h np otsr fo9ae - Simlar character are ex
pcrtod IN tho lower places ~ ~" town.
Cherokee Iowa. June 20.-GovenOr Boies arrived
in This city this morning and after Surveying the
flooded district issued approximation TO the people OF
the Stete appealing for aid for the victims Of the
recent Hood here.
Cincinnati. Jnne Ca Dilsboro Ind dispatch
10 "The Times star - SAYS the severcst rain. and
wind storm known there occurred about O'Clock
Yesterday Trees were mp rooted and streets flooded
until i'm From Other II Is known that
local storms of wind hail and rain pas,ed over dr.
ferent portions of southeastern Indiana and into
Kentucky Yesterday afternoon Great damage
A,ne to wheat.
Denver. Col. June aa-News has lust been received
or OBSTRUCTIVE pssfl over tnl> county
twenty-five miles east Of the city Thursday night.
Houses were blown away, trees uprooted and carried
away, and the crops for miles around are COM
pleely ruined. A dozen persons were Injured none
seriously. c. :. Clark In from his ranch three
miles west Of Deer Trail and reports that hail fell for
twenty minutes and killed about 200 sheep and the
eyes Of many were put ont A. ]. Adams living two
miles northwest of Dccr Trail SAWS hal lsOpes as LARGE
as hens eggs fell. killing chickens and ducks r. IL
beatty' OF North Low, r'ports crops badly damaged
Waterloo, Iowa. June 29.-A heavy hailsorm passed
"A d m
fifteen miles southwest Of here last evening Ths
storm lasted only about fifteen minutes. h2t In thaf