Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-14
FLOODS AND RAIN.
TIE situation Ai0ug the River at si.
Louis GrOwlng Worse
Hourly.
PECULIAR NATURAL PHE-
HoHEHoN
Armourdalc Fioodcl.--A Russian Col
ony Iuundntcd.-Ihe Ms
souri, River.

souri, River.
ny Telegraph to tho Ngws.l
MORE rLoODs.
Tho river nj ~. Lnui. SIN Iiising.-
other piRocs Ia Danger.
Sr. Louis, May l8.-Thc river at
y. IA. passed The danger line and IL
ftill rising. Tho situatlou along the
river front grows wore hourly. The
Wiggin's transfer yards are from two
10 ten feet under water. The switch
men stand neck deep TO throw the
switches, and the engines push loaded
cars with long tIAins OF unption be-
tween them and the engines, In order
10 keep In the shallow water aud pie.
vent distinguishing their fires.
Farmers elevator 10 now 600 yards In
the river, but surrounded 10y dead
water aud IA little danger. BY the
gas wOrkl the banks are cayiug IN, aud
q. million bushels Of coke are
threatened. Arsenal Island Is wash.
ing away rapidly. Mere or less other
miuor damage has been done and
threatened, but 10 fat the greater por.
tlun Of tho injury 10 business etc.,
comes frouI hindmncr rather than
actual damage. Riyermen insist that
! the Hood OF 1865 will nc surpassed, and
| II looks now u. " they spoke the truth.
On the East Side The situation is also
bad. At Brooklyn 900 acres OF truck
| patches arc der ruyed. Chotcau Island
/ Is under water, thus running 5000 acres
uf farming land 'or the season.
/ pabouet Island Of 1900 acres is also
under water, Carr island IA Inundated,
/ aud the people living In all thcse
| places are dept ndcnl upon the neigh.
boring settlements for shelter. The
rifc IL going an inch an hour. All the
| sewers tru chOkvd along tbs levee, and
| cellars are full OF water. Moving IL
low the order In the vicinity % the
river Tor the people know not what
! may COME.
The end Of tbs rise II not expected
here before Tuesday, n then. The
cotton comprcsscrs are removing the
| cotton 10 the upper ilUors anu b PC to
| avoid serious losa. 10 add tO the dis.
treas Ia north 81. Louis, two large
| sewers have broken aud arc now aiding
to food that section of town.
FORMATION OF TOHNADou.
WICHITA, Kan, Missy l3.-The for.
nation u toTnadocs was witnessed
here about 0 O'Clock this evening, two
about six miles south, and another
about The same distance northeast. A
tiisIaic from augusta, Butter county,
says that tho northeastern "twister'i
struck there about d O'Clock, JcmOlish-
lux liteen houses and wfccking the
Santa Fc stock pDn-. w. :. Ellsworth
had leg broken and Frank Marsh
was slightly Injured. Nearly all
the people Ia town saw the storm np.
preaching nud sought shelter In cyclone
caves, which, Il |. thought, pro.
vented q great loss Of HE. The tv,e-
graph wires are down, and details are
unObtaluAble. Fuwanda, few miles
north 0f a gustn, wa HlsS visited by n
tornado, and halt u dozen houses de.
mOlishcd. TuwandA was totally wiptd
from the face Of the earth by cyclone
IN March, aud number Of people
killed aud injured. The cltiyens had
the courage TO remain and build their
houses, aud these buildings were
blown down this evening. IL Ia not
known whether any one was hurt. In.
quiIies at several points south VI
| Wichita fail tU reveal the track taken
10y the two other storms.
| 10 Il learned later that three child
rem OF T.. g. Larned were badly hugt.
DAMAGE TO Growing CROPS.
Kansas Cry, Fay l3.-The "Blg
Muddy" did not register much Of a
rise today, but the rain continues, and
the prospect for further rise " good.
! The water IN the streets OF Armour.
dsle IL tire. feet deep and has caused
much damage TO property. The Eighty
and rwen.y-iourth street bridges are
In danger OF being washed away.
An Associated Press dispatch from
LeavenwOfth, Kansas, says that much
damage has been done 10 growing
crops by the protraCtcd rains. Tn.
Missouri river has broken into Sugar
lake, two miles north OF LosvenwOrth,
and there u immediate danger that
! tho channel will cut through the
bend, rendering the Rock Island
bridge ut Fort Loavonworih useless
and leaving the city a mile inland.
The Union Pacific and the Missouri
Pacific are the only railroads making
any prctense Of roll ing regular trains
into tho city. Tho foRdbeds Of tho
Rock Island, Chicago, 81. Paul IL
Kansas City are all badly damaged.
In the immediate nelghboThoOd Of the
Rock Island & MRplelcaf they have
been unable T. deliver mail To some OF
the towns along their routes for five
dsys. The bottoms are covered with
rushing waters, and great damage Ia
being done. No great damage Is done
10 tho growing cfops. At EudOra,
eight miles east OF Lawrence, q wagon
bridge was washed away this after.
noon and 1, was reported that two men
nj work on tho bridge were drowned.
A large area " country Is under water
ami great damage has resulted to crops
aud live stock.
= COLONY ~ DANGER.
TOPEKA, Kan, May lS.-Tho Rus
Sian colony on tho North Side have
been forced 10 leave FOR higher grounds
on account OF the Hoods, aud their en-.
tire POSSESSIONS are under water. The
river IL tho highest II has been since
1868, aud from present indications will
continue 70 rise. Tho Union Pacific
brldgus at PeTFyyille and R1scvlle are
said 10 I've In danger. Grave fears OF al
overflow are entertained here.
the MISSOURI RIVER MsISd.
OMAHA, May I3.-rhc Missouri vel