Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-18
WATERFOWL. WIS.
LIKE A SECOND DELUGE.
Miles of the Valley of the Missouri Inun
dated.

Miles OF the valley of the Missouri Inun
dated.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May 1.-THE Mis-
souri, River at this point continues to
rise, and at II o'clock to-day stands
22.7 feet above low water mark. The
rise during the night was six-tenths
of foot. The signal service
observer reports that the river
will continue to rise until Monday, and
even after thatif further rainfalls take
place. AS the river rises destruction OF
property by floods increases hourly.
At O'Clock this morning the Kaw River
in Kansas City, Kas., had backed up by
the flooded water so that it overhowed
its banks. and the waters invaded the
basement Of the packing house of King
man & Co. The officers of the company
had anticipated that calamity, and had
caused to be removed all the stock
that could have been damaged by
water. AS it is the company was
night Argentins, Mo-, suberb of this
place, will be without electric lights
and is already without water. The
flood this morning invaded the plant of
the electric light company and put out
the furnace fires. The plant cannot be
operated until the food subsidies. The
foundations of the reservoir Of the
water works company were washed out
by the flood last night and a portion of
the reservoir caved away, releasing the
water confined in it. Until repaired the
people of the town will be obliged TO
51{n Il ,I,1l-S
purposes. Most of the cisterns
are full of flood water, which is not very
wholesome, having become mixed with
the refuse from the packing houses
which has been backed into the Kaw
by the food in the Missouri. The sit
Gation as regards the water supply Is
therefore serious.
The copper refining plant of the
Kansas Smelling and Refining Com
pany at Argentine has been shut down
on account of high water, the furnace
in that department of the works having
been flooded. The whole Of
Argentine, excepting that part
bluffs is under water. All the
houses in the bottoms along the river
banks are covered with water to their
second stories. All the residents whose
houses were in danger had sufficient
warning to be able to remove them
selves and their household goods, and
there has not been much loss of prop
erty and no loss of life.
The Kaw has been doing great dam
age in Armourdale. The back waters
have flooded nearly all the town, and
people in many parts of it are going
about in boats and on RATS. All the
packin g-houses there are in opera
tion this morning, but their stock
pens are flooded and are use
less. Their business is being great
" interfered with on that account,
The cellars of the Phoenix Package
Company are full of water but the COM
pany has been able to continue their
business. 1t will take only rise of a
few more inches to flood all the packing
establishments, and the prospects are
that by tomorrow they will be obliged
TO suspend. All the numerous
bridges between Kansas City,
Mo-, and Kansas City, Kas.,
and over the Kaw River in Kansas City,
Kas., are in danger of being washed
out, but up to IL O'Clock to-day had
Withstood the pressure.
In this city the food had done but
little damage, the water having reached
but a short distance into the east bot
toms. In the west bottoms some of the
streets have been flooded by back wa
ter from the sewers, but not enough to
do any damage.