Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-14
RUIN In IT'S WAKE
The Western Flood is Doing
Great Damage
AMONG THE CITIES AND TOWNS
People Residing Along Its Banks Driven
From Their Homes-High Wates
In Many Cities.

Hood 10 incressing every minute The
Missouri river is now . raging torrent
and the town of Harlem is being COW
messenger to that place at o'clock
Thursday evening and told the inhabit-
ants to get cut as quickly Is posi-
Bile and tho exodus began at
once. Water y now lying all
over the low lands across the river and
the bottoms are covered by tho back
water which has come in behind the
dykes of tie railroads. All the low ly-
ing parts Of Kansas City, Kan. are
now under water aud in many eases
the people were taken from their
houses in boats. while several were
compelled to wade through water up
TO their waists The Kaw is running 8
feet deep over the stock yards of the
Kansas City packing houses The
Kingan company's packing house
has feet of water in the
basement and work has been suspend
cd. The Fowler packing house is also
IN trouble and the hogs are swimming
around In the yards, rs the water came
up SO suddenly that il was impossible
to get them out in time.
Loss OF Lie Reported.
From Arrow Rock. 100 miles down
the river. news comes of the tearing up
Of several farm houses The family of
Peter Embery. five in number. living
near there, is missing. and all are be-
lieved to have been drowned. James
Calvin. railway section boss, was
drowned here Thursday night.
Part Of Sc. Louis Flooded.
81. LOUIS, May IA rise of another
foot in the river here will bring the
water across the railroad tracks along
the level At every pont The cellars of
the buildings along the river front
have more or less water in them now,
the sewers providing channels for
its influx. The warehouse of John
Carney q Sons between Wal
nut and Market streets. viii have
loss of $4,000 in cotton stored in the
basement. Saloonkeepers. restaurant
men and merchants of the levee are all
losing considerable. Tho Burlington
tracks are still submerged and the
Merchants Terminal tracks are
covered, but not SO as to sus-
pend traffic. The union stock
yards are in danger and men are
now building dixie to prevent the
water from reaching the yards. The
residents Of Madison, ILL.,, are in fear of
the river overfowing the bikes. At
noon tho water was reported to be
within s inches of the bank thrown
up to protect the village. The
low lands of Venice. I'LL, oppo-
site the northern part Of this city,
are now completely submerged, and
the ferry company cannot land passen-
gers At its station there because they
cannot reach the shore over the bridges,
which can scarcely be seen. On the
banks of the Mississippi between the
arsenel and River Desperes consider.
able has been done to squatters' hutS
Thousands q Acres Submerged.
GLASGOW. Mo-, May 1s.-The volume
OF water from the upper Missouri.
coupled with the ominous rise in the
Grand river, has finally overshot the
banks north of this place, and has
now flooded the fertile section
lying between tho Big Muddy
and the west fork of the Charlton
river. The section referred to is known
as the big Bottom" and comprises
thousands of acres Of land, owned
largely by Germans. who reside on the
premises. 1t is impossible at this hour
to estimate the damage, though it is
safe to predict it will be over 500. 600.
MARSHALL. Mo-, May 1a.-The Mis-
souri, here, at Miami aud Arrow Rock is
higher than in years. Immense crop
and farm property damage has already
been done at Arrow Rock and more is
threatened, as the river is still rising.
Thousands of acres of wheat are sub
| merged. All tho farmers in the bot
toms have been forced 70 fy, their
houses being flooded. Many received
| the warning too late. and the work Of
rescue is now being pushed in boats.
More FLOODS In Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 1s--Ail Kansas
is again being visited by q deluge, the
third inside of ten days. and this last is
the worst of all. 1t is feared there
! will be o repetition of the great dam
age done by the previous storms. In
| this city the low suburbs are again all
| flooded. and sne-third Of the city is un-
| der water.
1 In TEXAS.
AUSTIN, Tex, May 18.-Colorado riv-
| er il on 20 foot rise, and the lowlands
are in serious danger of inundation for
| miles inland. Tho torrent comes from
the tributaries of the Colorado, which
| has sources out in the Staked Plains
country. which just now is re-
ceiving its hrst rain in three years. The
whole country u reported under water,
and hundreds of carcasses OF dead
animals that have died on the plains
The last four months from starvation
are being carried 70 the gulf in the rag.
ing torrent.