New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
THE WESTERN FLOODS.
MORE RAINS FALLING IN THE MISSOCK III
VALLEY.
DANGEI-TITE "BIG MUDDY on BOOM
FARM WORK DELAYED IN INDIANA

DANGBI-TIIE BIG MUDDY on BOOM
FARM WORK DELAYED IN INDIANA.
Kansas City. May 14-Thc Big Muddy did rot
register much OF u rise yesterday the gauge harhihs
less tlan inch, but the rain continued ana ui'
prospect for further rain is Good The Sl'"Aio" a'
Arrnourdalc Is becoming serious. The water III INC
streets Is three feet deep and has caused mIch daasc
to property. The. Eighth and Twcnty-iourth ST.
bridges in danger OF being washed away.
This morning the Kaw River in Kansas CITY, kan
had been backed up By the flooded Missouri 50 tiaC
IL Ovcrf0wed the banks. and its waters invaded "'o
basement OF the great packing OF klngnn a w.
The officers OF the company hal anticipated mat
calamity and had caused TO he removed all the sto'"
that could have been damaged by water AS II Is
tho company was obliged to suspend operations Last
night Argentine No., suburb Of THIS
place. on the kaw, was without electric lights.
The food this morning invaded the plant Of the electric
light company and put ont the furnace fires. INC
foundation Of the reservoir OF the water works com
pany washed ont by the food last night, and
portion Of the reservoir cavci away, releasing inc
water contained In II. Until repairs can be made
the people of the town will he Obliged to use their
clstcrn water for drinking purposes. Most OF tho
cscrns are full Of food wafer mixed with The refuse
from the packing houses. which has been backed up
into the Kaw by the food In the Missouri
Tho copper refining plant Of the Kansas City
Smelling and Refining Company. al Argentine. has
been shut dow on account Of the high water, the
furnaces in tha, department Of the works having
been flooded. The whole town Of Argentine. ex-
ceptng Tint part OF II which is built on tho high
bluffs Is under water. All the houses the bottoms
along The liver bank covered with water to their
second stories. All the rosdcnts whose houses were
II danger had sufficient warning 10 remove themselves
and their household goods 10 places OF Siie'y
The Kaw las been doing great damage In Armourdale
The bacwatcr has fooled nearly the entire town, ana
the people in many parts OF II are going about In
N,.ti flapa
we're in operation this morning. but their stock pens
are flooded and useless. and business is being greatly
ntcrfcred with The cellars Of the Phoenix Packing
Company are NIL Of water but the company has been
able to continue operations. II Will take only rise
OF "A few more inches to food all the packing estab-
nshmcnts The prospects are that BY tomorrow they
will be obliged to suspend
All the numerous cities between Kansas City. No,
and Kansas city. KAN. and over tine Kaw River In
Kansas city Kan are I'm danger of being washed ont.
In this city the Hood waters have reached only a
hort stance the east bottoms and have driven
few families from their homes In the west bottoms
some OF the streets have been Hooded by backwaer
from th" sewers.
The signal Observer reports that III" river
will continue to rise until Monday and after that
4 further rainfall tases place.
MARSHALL No. May 1.-THE Missouri River 1850
about ten inches last nght and 10 day. At Arrow
Rock east Of this city, the water now Governs thou
-and, Of acrcs of lowanis along The river, AMI The
damage to wheat and other property will probably
reach 100000. The ferry boat at Arrow Ro"h has
been kept busy rmOving families from the loTlnrds.
Alton. H.. May 1.-THE Mississippi at this point Is
higher than II ha, been for nine years. All In" pack
ing s,u,e, along the evec haze lr,cn Abandoned and
temporary quarters secured. Hundreds of crcs of
wlrut submerged on Missouri Point, and many
families made homclc,s. The Lamothc Icvcc broke
Thursdav night causing enormous danac' on the
Missouri shore. Tn, Blud Line hs aba nd oncd service
along the river bank aud l. uslng he burlington tracks
from Ncdort 4 trainlcnd Of ballast sent ont
mi, afternoon flr uSe at Hop Hl!lOw Bridge TIC
bridge on tho nluf line at Medon Is anoat aui likely
be- entirely destroyed.
Scyy-Cr rioans. May IA If. patch from T.. C. Tol
finger United states Engineer. to Major Richardson.
Chcf state Easlne.r report, that the FnnthorForc,t
lcvcc brufc nt g 80 O'Clock last night. This Is an
imp, rant Arans., lcvcc. Just below Gnines Landing.
In tLicot County. and any serious hrcak Tn II means
disaster 10 the Nh Louisiana District and the Tcnsa>
Basin region.
t. Lo,ds. May 1.-THE Weather Bureau is conldcn;
tho food will reach 3l.- feet, The 1853 mark, To
night and the end Of the Is not expected here
before Tuesday II then. The cotton prsscs are re-
moving their cotton 10 upper floor. AMI hope 10 avoid
.cvcrc loss t. add TO the disc, IN North It ulN.
large have been brohcn by the pressure OF
back water. and now adding a. the noot TN tat
section Of the From all the low points f thc
ground.
The river at thi, point has reached height Of 22s
feet which j. only "a rise OF about a foot .incc hSt
night rs the water rises more aud mors Land I'm the
northern ard su'hcrn parts Of the city be
come, submerged and hourly cncrDachmcuts arr
made on tho rlro,d tracks and other prop
crty bordering on the river Nearly all the
proard south ldc Of Eat It. Louis to East
C,rpnielct. distance of about hSc mi2'. is under
water The drc" region Go.th Of Eat - Louis.
reaching up the National stock Yards, Is also sub
merged. Within these boundarie, stores Of hour's
ar, foldci. The prospect T. that three. pcrhaD,
four feet more o. water viii come up the upper
.t,am, and that there Will not oay be- great incon
vcncncc business. bnt Immense destruction Of prop
cry.
\ heavy rainstorm up about midnight last uicht
and continue; pIur down. rhc rain /, by no means
lccal as 1t extend, far north Davenport. Iowa.
The river which /, steadily rising at the rate f an
Inch an hour, now mcasurc, 3:7 feet. The worst Is
yet TO come. for immense rise +, coming from above.
The Osagc Is over it. banks The Ga,conadc i, running
over for mile, back and the MORGAN /, noring the
bottoms. Tho rivers row all within "A few inches
Of the disastrous flood Of 1S-i. and the Indications
that In ~ few DAYS 1t Will bc exceeded.
Ecard4iown. H.. May 1.-THE Illinois River con
time, to rise here AT The rate Of four inchc, day
II Is doing immense damage TO this city and 10 the
farmers in the valley. lcvcc along the southern
part Of the city f. in imminent danger Of destruction
and n force Of men has been engaged by the city 10
strengthen it. should the lcve' give WY onc-i iurh
Of the city would be- ovcriow'h Many cellars in
the city are now filed with WATER
Richmond Ind. May li.-Ran las fallen here almost
constantly for seven consecutive days Farming IS AT
n s'lnGs The damage 10 crop, cannot be- c-tlmatel.
Guthrie. o. T.. May i4.-rhc hcave, rains for years
fell last night. accompanied by hail. and much damage
was done 10 the crops. Ncar'v every stream In the
Territory i over It's banks. Traffic the santa f.
WIS entirely suspended dnring the night rs many
bridges In u dange condition.
THE NAVAL HEeFRyE D2rLT CN rHE YEHTJNr.
The Government tug Mn, came down 70 Castle