Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-14
HIGHER AND HIGHER
No Cessation to the Rise OF
Rivers.
GREATDAMAoE AT MANY POINTS
Miles Of Railroad Track Under Water and
Traffic Suspended.


the Prospects for Crops Ruined - The
Three River Bridges at Topeka In Great
DanEer-HOuses and Live Stock Swept
Away--No Hope for Immediate Relief
in the Inundated Distyicts-
KANSAS CITY, No., May 14.-The Mis-
souri, River is over the highest water
mark ever recorded here by the signal
Office guake The condition at all the
stock yards districts and packing houses
is very serious. The packing houses
have been compelled to shut down, and
in several it was necessary to remove
material from the lower floors.
In Argentine, Armourdale and Kansas
City, Kansas, the water is flowing
through the streets in the lower parts Of
the towns and washing through many
of the houses. All along the levee of
the city the water is encroaching on the
shore and business will be almost en-
tirely suspended there until the water
goes down.
The big Hannibal bridge approache
are almost entirely surrounded, and sew
eral shanties occupied by squatters have
been swept away. In addition to the in
creasing volume of water the food Is
rapidly washing away the banks in sew
making extensive crevasses.
The Missouri river at Kansas City is
rising 30 fast that there are indications
of a very heavy rain above here which
has not been reported. The dykes at Har
lem are still safe from the top and on
the rise. Should break occur thou
sands of acres of land will be under
water and all the railroads from the
north and east will be useless until
the river goes down.
Reports from all points in Kansas and
Missouri show that there is no hope for
immediate relief. The reports from up
the Missouri river are most discouraging,
as there the river is making great in
roads into the land and threatening to
engulf large areas of farms.
All the roads across the river on the
north are running very slowly and car O.
fully, for they are in constant fear of
the big dykes being washed away. There
| is now no doubt in the minds OF anyone
that there will be a repetition of the big
| flood of 1874, when there was twelve feet
| of water where the Union Depot now
| stands. The June rise has started and
it will be impossible for the spring rise
| to get out of the way before it comes
down. With the present rain, or half of
it, the June rise will food the whole
country.
At Atchison all the trains are again
badly delayed. and washouts on the
Missouri Pacific are so serious that
trains are abandoned except those which
are feeling their way along and running
| greatly behind time. The Kaw River is
rising very rapidly again, which indi-
Gates heavy rains in the western part of
the State.
At Newton the small streams have
| again flooded the city, and many houses
are in such a dangerous condition that
they have been abandoned.
A report has been received here + ha
the Missouri Pacific tracks at the mouth
of Blue River, four miles east of this
city, are in danger of being washed
away. The tracks were originally built
| nearly two miles from the river and the
constant washing of the stream against
| the Blue RIVER point since the building
of the Government dykes has SO cut
away the land that the water of the
tracks. A large force of men have been
put to work repairing and strengthening
the place.
Topeka, Kan, May 14.-The Republi-
San River at Junction city is FIVE miles
wide, and the Big Blue at Manhattan is
over its banks. The Kansas River at
Topeka is now over its banks and still
rising.
Reports from the West say that a 10
foot raise may yet be expected. If this
be true, and the appearances are all
that way, the three bridges that span
the river at this point are all doomed.
The water has already done great dam
age here, flooding houses, warerooms,
mills, factories, etc. The railroad
tracks are under water and street car
travel to the eastern suburbs is totally
suspended.
At Topeka the three creeks which run
through the city are on a rampage and
flooding lawns and cellars. From
Western Missouri are reports of great
fall of water at Marshall, Arrow Rock,
Bonneville, Lexington and Heggenville.
The streams have risen very rapidly
since last night and threaten severe
inundation Of all the railroad tracks.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May IA. The
Missouri Is rising two inches an hour,
and has already spread over the Gallo
way bottoms, flooding many farms and
driving hundreds from their homes.
The worst II yet to come, for an i'm
mense rise is coming fr ON above. The
Usage is over its banks; the Gasconda
is running over for miles back, and the
Moreau is flooding the bottoms. The
rivers are now all within few inches OF
the disastrous foods Of 1883, aud the
indications are that in q few days it
will be exceeded.
Dies MONIES, Ia, May IA. - The Des
Moines River has risen 10 inches in "a
hours, and is still rising. Coon River
has come up over two feet in the same
, time. Both streams are far over their
banks in many places and have already
, made sad havoc with farm land and
,. city residence property. The river is