New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-01
STORMS STILL SWEEP OVER THE WEST
A DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE IN TWO sTATDS--
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THE FLOOD IN THE MISSOURI.
ST. Louis. June 3O-Brief dispatches from several
nonts in Kansas and Missouri are to the effect that
another hurricane swept through wide section Of
those States Yesterday. Empona, Kan, reports a
heavy rain and wind storm, which nearly completed
the damage done to the grain and fruit crops by last
Tuesdays storm. From Ossawatomie Kan, the re-
almost total failure.
4 cisnatch from sedalia Mo-. saws terrible rain.
wind and hail storm swept Sedala and Pcttis
Counties yesterday. The standing wheat was laid low.
while that which had been shocked was scattered in
all directions In the city the hail broke large
amount of window glass, and the streets were running
streams.
Arkansas city, Kan, June 3o.-About 2 O'Clock
Yesterday morning heavy storm broke over this city
and vicinity doing thousands of dollars Of damage
Hail broke hundrds Of windows. knocked fruit from
trees and rdded garden truck and Melons. The wind
wrcnched a schoolhOuse and several other buildings
east of the city and eveled thousands OF acres OF grain
10 the ground
Nebraska City, Ncb., June 30.-The Missouri River
has overhOwed its banks above the city, flooding 2Oo
feet Of the east approach of the Burlington and Missouri
River wagon.bridge. The river is eleven feet above
low-water mark but three feet lower than during the
great flood of s51. and still rising.
Milton iowa June 3O.-A severe windStOrm passed
through the country few miles south of here yester-
day destroying crops, orchards and timber John
Saghs brick house demolished and several people
severely Injured.
Kansas CITY. June 3o-The flood in the Missouri
River reached its highest stage at O'Clock to-day.
The water is now falling, and all apprehension Of
further damage Is set at rest The river at o'clock
registered 26 feet and inches above lowwater mark
having fallen one inch during the previous hour.
The water +, steadily falling at the rate Of an inch an
hour Harlem the village &cross the river, which
was flooded yesterday IS still under wato"' but no
further damage has been done. Parts of Kansas City,
Kan. are sin submerged by the baclwatcr of the
Kaw but only the houses of squatters on the low
lands have been badly damaged Various industries
in the bottoms have been seriously inconvenienccd
4 dispatch from Atchison. Kan, says: The house
Of Pleasant Little, on Doniphan Point went INTO me
river with its content, yesterday afternoon The house
was occupied by John Mcqueen and his family, Little
boarding with them They had vacated the house a
few hours before 1t fell taking refuge on the main
land This morning the house was found lodged on
one Of The Government dykes at East Atchlson.
IittIe e,csped from the Point with McQueen's family.
bu he ha, not been seen since ana 1t IS reared that
he returned to the house and was lost with It, The
t,r, other families living the Point Mrs VI. j.
Parker and Jacob Kochs, also sought refuge on the
main land yesterday. They lett behlhd al
,Loir nos.cssons including about 100 head
If stock that will perish if the river
carries away the Point, as the current Is
too swift for them to swim ashore, The neck across
,t,h ,to v.ater flows IS about $50 yards wide and
,ha "trcaIn i, about 100 yards wide. Around the
island thus formed /, seven miles me curfeHt acrOss
ti nook ls nbDut four feet deep. The current mas not
yrt cut through the gumbo' As long as this tough
crn,t stands the point safe but should the current
,t M 'rh tho oluvial soil below il would be only
mater Of few hours until the great volume Of the
river would be passing through II new SI@'lcl;; ia ;
i',,,roeu ttrhsou and nashville the Hannibal ana
~ 10" nnd Kansas CITY, 1T. Joe and Council
riuF racls are Win water IN several Rlacs
Th uanri7 track is not safe 20 use, and the Kansas
tity peoDs will have to abandon the cars Il the sltna-
~ ~ Pg roTe any worse between Ruslvc and the
5,er NOT IesS than twenty-five LarmhOuses are sur
rounded by water and farmers are Out IN boat, tins
m rescue shocks Of wheat that are yel above wafer
- Jnseph Mo-. dispatch says. " The river Is
stationary at this point standing IS feet nSnSs
shovo Inv-watcr mark the same as at noon Yesterday.
The waller has ovcrAOwed the owlands about the lake
country and that body Of water IS now part ol tIe
recSdet rbanneI will be cut, draining the lake and
leaving hotels and lighthouses surrounding an unsighuy