The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-13
BROKEN IENEES.

VICKsBURG, Miss, May 12.-The break
| in the Arkansas levee, which took place
on Monday, is widening rapidly. Last
| night at dark it was 800 feet wide. The
water flowing through this crevasse will
/ ultimately ind its way into Bayou Mason.
and will overflow the adjacent lands and
| portions of Madison parish. There is some
uneasiness at Sterling, Ark. The old levee
at st. Joseph broke yesterday in front of
| the residence of Robert Barrett and all
the latter's lands are under water.
| KALAMAZOO, Mich, May 12-The low
lands along the Kalamazoo river are COM
| pletely inundated The water is three feet
above high water-mark. There is like
| libood that some houses near by will col
lapse as the water is already eating away
| the foundations. Many of the residents
were obliged to use boats to reach dry
land.
KANSAS CITY, May 12.-Today, for the
first time this year, apprehension was felt
concerning the danger threatened by the
Missouri river. At s o'clock the river WAS
twenty feet and seven inches above low
water mark, a rise of one foot and two
inches in twenty four hours. The danger
line on the Missouri at this point is twen-
ty-one feet above low water mark by the
signal service gauge. AT noon today the
stream was rising nearly three-tourths of
an inch an hour. Signal Service Observer
be crossed by tomorrow morning. He
thinks it will be well for all persons in the
low districts to be prepared for the emer-
gency. At the signal Office today rains
were reported along the upper Missouri
river and the Platte and Kansas, ltribu-
taries Of the Missouri. The Kansas river
was rising today and threatened danger at
Argentine. The power house OF the Elec-
trio Light company was surrounded by
water and several houses ID the low lands
were threatened
The apprehension due to the unusually
high stage of the Big Muddy and the
'kaw" was tonight proven to be well
founded. Both streams have oyerfiowed
their banks. causing number of families
TO seek safety by moving from their houses
in the low lands. A large area of country
is inundated, and some livestock has been
drowned. When the Missouri river at this
point today reached the danger point sew
eral families in the bottoms moved to places
of safety. Harlem, on the other side of the
river, is in considerable danger of being
flooded and a number of people there, liv-
ing near the river banks moved to higher
ground. II the flood does not subside
within forty-eight hours serious damages
will result.
The Kansas river is also on the rampage
and seems 10 be causing its full share OF
damage. AT t he kawsmouth the water
Is even WITH Ile niSsOurl R&ClnC tracks
and a number Of colored squatters moved
today. The low lands north of Inde-
pendence, No, and along the banks of the
stream are under water. The bottom
lands near the Twenty-fourth street
bridge on the Armourdale side are flooded,
aud there is eight feet OF water in the
Phoenix packing house. The packing
house of kingan & Co. is also flooded and
a number of animals were drowned
The signal service today issued bulletins
advising all people living in the low lands
in this vicinity TO move to places of safety
At Arrow Rock, No, in Saline county.
the river overfowed its banks and an
enormous acreage OF crops is under water.
The situation Is similar at Fayette, No,
and considerable live stock was lost
GLASGOW, No, May l2-The rivers Mis-
souri, and Grand have succeeded in over
flowing their banks north of here and are
now flooding the fertile section lying be-
tween the Big Muddy and the west fork OF
the Charlton. This section, known IS the
Big bottom, comprises thousands of acres
OF growing grain, pasture land, etc. The
damage Will reach 500. 600 No news has
reached here from the flooded sections
since morning. The peninsula opposite
here IS thickly settled and the people ex-
pect TO move by tomorrow