The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-16
OiE ElST LAKE.
Damage Done by the Floods in the kissiS,
siPfi Valley.

ST. LOUIS, May 15.-At 10 P. N. the river
is still rising at the rate of an inch an hour
An Associated Press reporter took a trip
down the river for about 40 miles to-day.
The situation as viewed from the pilot
house Of a steamboat is one Of greatdevasta-
ton. Thousands of acres on which wheat
we're growing week ago is now vast lake,
upon whose surface are floating pieces Of
furniture, dwellings and the bodies OF ami
mails From bluff to bluff this unbroken
monotony greets the eye. Ten miles is the
average width Of the river as far down rs
the steamer proceeded. Hundreds OF homes
have been abandoned and the number
OF cattle destroyed Is expected TO reach
into the thousands. At MonlesanO and Rock
bridge RATS were seen trans porting house
holds TO bluffs. Bends Island. on the
Illinois side, is three feet under water, and
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad track is undermined in many
places aud no trains have been run Tor SO
hours. On the Merrimac River back water
has undermined the foundations Of over 100
houses.
1t is stated that two ST. Louis pedders
were drowned early this morning.
GREENVILLE Miss, May ia creyasse
was formed near Gaines Landing, $50 feet
wide. this afternoon, and - feet deep. The
estimated break Will Ilace nine-tenths Of
lost and no suffering is renOrted.
KANSAS CITY, May 15.-The Missouri
and haw Rivers are SubSidIng, and the
residents Of the submerged suburbs will
rest in safety tonight. Last night great
anxiety was felt as the rivers were rising at
the rate Of an inch an hour, and these
fears, in some eases, were realized, for the
kaw swept without restraint over ground 1t
had never seen before. La Argentine and
ATMOurdale, il reached the first stories OF
some Of the houses. and Hooded the lower
tlOaTs of nearly all. except those on the
bluffs some distance from the river. All
q ight people were moving their homes, and
moving vans were at a premium, as were
places of storage. To-day, however. the
situation has changed, as the Kaw has re-
ceded feet inches, and the houses in the
more elevated streets are high and dry.
Those IN the bottoms are still partially sub
merged.
Tie towns on the Kaw above here report
a fall of from 3 10 feet during the past
foTty-eight hours. This low stage OF water
will probably be reached here tomorrow
night. In the meantime, all the anxiety Of
the people has been allayed, and many who
were driven from their home moved back
to-day.
The paeking-h0uses. which shut down
yesterday at noon, will resume as usual to-
morrow, as will several other establishments
affected by the food. The waters have re-
NONEN iAplEi kliC ASCES AltAi4Ao AboNs'
and traffic is resumed. A large force Of men
is engaged in Armourdale at the warehouses
of the Consolidated Tank Line Company
keeping some thousand barrels of oil, when
afOat. from going down the river.
Harlem is the only other place besides
ArmOHrdale and Argentine affected by high
waters, and the damage there will be nsig-
nifcant The total loss at Argentine ana
Armourdale is roughly estimated at $780, GEO.
The weather to-day is delightful and crowds
watched the floods from every available em-
inence. A 10-year-0ld son of John Feely
was standing on the bank Of the Kaw, when
it cayed and he was drowned. This was the
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