Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-30

rHr WATER RisiHs ost INCH
AN HOUR.
High Water and Inuudailo, OF yalu.
able Land Reported Ipm
several flatts.
Ny Telegraph to the SEvA
TIM MISSOURI Ri,l,a
Tho Water the uIsbsst Il Ma. neeu
since 1871

KANSAS CRY, June gl.-rne Mis-.
souii river at this point 10 at, danger.
ou-ly high stage. The wa,,f il the
highest II has been since h, great
HOOD Of 1851, but II stlIl la-i, several
iect OF that years rec0Ij Neyerthc-
lees, much damage has been enc and
much more feared, a. the cl,Iss above
report a higher stage Of vasr than
here.
At 9 O'Clock this evening ne water
registered three feet above Mn water
mark and twcnty.thr,e foe, stoy, the
siandafd low water mari. lie water
u rising steadily nn inch m haur, and
VIII probably rise two o. tire. feet
morn In the next day of two. Part. of
Harlem, n hamlet Just acf1ss De river,
are submorgcd. About tvthty.five
families irft their homts, taking their
household goods, aud are camping on
the high ground. Al the farms
along the river ard tnbmufs,d aud
crops arc ruined. The umbanEm.nt of
the Hannibal aud ~. Joe rad az.
proachvs the river nj right angles
acfoss from this city. This smbank.
mcnt has acted NJ sort d love. and
pfotectci vatteXpanse n fivtfbottom
below II from Hood. Some iearn are
expressed that tho cmlankmtht may
not be allie 10 Withstand tho pressure.
Should II give way much valuable
land will bc submerged, including the
track Of the Kansas City Racing as.
ISOLATION.
In view Of this emergency tho
horses which have h,rn tabled
there have been removed 10
places oi safety on this side VI IN, river,
The high water has backed up the
water Of the kaw, which cmplics into
the Missouri ut this place The back
winters have submerged much d the
lowlands, and $50 or more squattefs
living there have becn obliged 10 abnn.
dou their homes.
The water has also backed up In tho
sewers IN Kansas City, kAn,aa, aud
run out of the mnnholcs, flooding
various parts " the town.
A dispatch from 81. Joseph sayG The
river has riscn steadily ainc- saturday
morning. At noon today It was within
sixteen inches Of tho highest poinl
reached ten years ago. Residents Of
French bottoms, north Of this city, nj,
IN a stats Of alarm, aud many arc pre-
pairing " move. II tho river shou ID
overflow the French bottoms II is OK.
pecicd n new channel would l,o cut,
leaving many farms on Islands land
dlvcrtlng the main stream from the
Kansas shoro two miles wet. n the
prcscut rise continues twenty-four
hour the atockyafd. aud hundreds Of
homes In south ~. Joseph viii 10 In
undated.
The situation Il serious u the packing
Interests ~ we'll NJ 30 hundred " small
farmers on the loNlands, The Bufling-
ton track ON the river front " the city
has been strengthened by piling and
rock 10 prevent serious washoula.
4 dispatch frlm Atchison, Kansas,
says: The Missouri river u now two
feet higher here than Il has been this
season. Farms on the Missouri slide
were submerged last night. The wheat
nclda VIII he a total loss. Tho water
l. also pouring acrocs Doniphan Point,
neck Of land opposite D0naphan,
Kansas, This neck stood the flood Of
ISL, whom the river was nine feet
higher than now. No fear IA cutter.
tained that II will cut through this
time. South 81 last Atchls0n the
land Ia falling Into the stream by the
acre.
Lcavenworth also reports very high
water aud tho inundntion Of much
valunbc farm land aud the destruction
OF crops. No damage has been done In
the city.