The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

KANSAS CITY, May I4-Ine MISSOURI
river AT this point continues to rise, and
at HOS O'Clock this morning stands q. z
feet above low water mark. The rise dur
ing the night was siX-tenths of foot. The
signal service observer reports that the
river will cor ntinue TO rise until Monday,
and after that If further raiDfalls take
place. AS the river rises the damage to
property by floods increases hourly. At 8
o'clock ahis morning the kaw river, in
Kansas City, Kan, had been backed up by
the flooded Missouri so that it overfiowed
its banks. The waters invaded the base
ment Of the great packIng-house OF kIngan
q Co. The officers of the company had
anticipated that calamity, and had caused
TO be removed all stock that could have
been damaged by water. As 1t Is, the
company is. obliged to suspend operations.
Tonight Argentine, suburb of this
place on the haw, will be without electric
lights, and is already without water. The
flood this morning invaded the plant or
the electric light company and put ont the
furnace fires. The plant can not be oper-
ated Until the flood subsidies. The founda-
tion of the reservoir of the water-works
company was 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 use their cistern water for
drinking purposes. Most of the cisternS
are full of flood water, which Is not very
wholesome after having become mixed
with the refuse from che packing houses
which has been backed up into the Kaw
by the flood in the Missouri. The situa-
tion as regards the water supply is there
fore serious The copper refining plant of
the Kansas City smelling and Refining
company at Argentine has been shut down
on account of high water, the furnace in
that department of the works having been
flooded
The whole town of Argentine, except
ing that part of it which is built on the
high bluffs, is under water. All the
houses III the bottoms along the river
banks are covered with water to the sec
ond stories All the residents whose
house were in danger had sufficient warn
ing to be able to remove themselves and
household goods to places of safely, and
there has not been much loss of property
and no loss of life.
The Kaw has been doing great damage
in Armourdale. The back-waters have
flooded nearly the entire town, and the
Teople in many parts of 1t are going about
III boats and on RATS. All the packing
houses there are in operation this moru-
ing, but their stock pens are flooded and
are useless, Their business is being greatly
lnterfered with on that account. The
cellars of the Phoenix Packing company
are full of water, but the company has
Aeen able 10 continue business. III Will
take only rise of few more inches i'll
the food to flood all the packing estab
ments, and the prospects are that by to-
morrow they will be obliged to suspend.
All the numerous bridges between Kan
sas City, Mo-, and Kansas City, Kan, and
over the Kaw up to II o'clock this morn
ing had withstood the pressure. In this
City the flood has done but little damage.
The waters have reached only n short
distance into the east bottoms, and have
driven few families from their homes.
In the west bottoms some of the streets
have been flooded by backwater from
sewers, but not enough to do any damage
The Big Muddy has risen steadily all
day, and at o'clock tonight the signal
service gauge registered % 3 feet. From
until 10 O'Clock tonight the rise was one
inch Six hundred houses in Armourdule
and North Argentine have been vacated
on account of the flood
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 1.-THE
Missouri river is rising two inches an
hour, and has already spread over the
Galloway bottoms, flooding many farms
and driving hundreds from their homes !
The worst is yet to come, for an immense
rise is coming from above. The Usage is |
over its banks; the Gasconade is running
over, and the Moreau is flooding the bot |
toms The rivers are all now within few |
inches of the disastrous food of 1881, and /
the indications are that in few days 1t !
will be exceeded.