The San Francisco call., 1895-12-21
DELAYED BY STORMS,
Railroad Traffic Impeded
Throughout Kansas
and Missouri.
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.
Continuous Rainfall Has Also
Caused Some Very Dis.
aStrous Floods.
RAILROAD TRACKS FLOODED.
Farmers in the Valleys Compelled to
Flee From Home for
Safety.
RAILROAD TRACKS FLOODED.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 20.-The snow
storm which began last night continued
without interruption until 2:3O O'Clock
this morning, more than six inches OF
snow covering the ground. Street-car
traffic, except on the Twelfth-street line,
was at a standstill, no cars moving until
noon. All the steam railways from the
East were from one to four hours late.
Throughout Kansas the weather has
been variable. Baxter Springs reports an
almost constant rain for sixty hours, caus-
ing Spring River to leave its banks. and at
some points it is FIVE miles wide. William
Hoffman. wife and two children, and Mel
son Brown, wife and two children were
rescued from the roofs OF their houses,
four miles southeast of here.
Farmers living in the bottom had diff
Guilty in saving themselves. The river
rose from six to eight feet during Wednes-
day night. Half of four-story flourmill
is under water. The tracks OF the Cub
road between here and Galena are washed
out and trains cannot go north or south.
The electric-light plant is ruined. Great
loss of stock is feared.
AT Coffeyville after a three days heavy
rain fierce snowstorm set in and ragged all
night. The snow is twelve inches deep on
a level and still falling. Trains are de-
layed, roads are almost impossible and
business is at standstill.
Independence reports heavy snow
with five inches on the level and still
falling.
Six inches OF snow and about six inches
of rain at Fort Scott has resulted in the
abandonment of passenger and freight
trains and put quietus on Christmas
trade. But one passenger train had ar
rived there over the Memphis road since
yesterday noon and two accommodation
trains have arrived over the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas. The latter road is a
foot under water for mile near Deertield,
and in Indian Territory all traffic has been
suspended. The Neosho River is six
miles wide and the food worse than for
many years, and Southern trains are run
ming around over the Iron Mountain. No
mail has been received in that city since
last evening except on the Missouri Pacific
from st. Louis. The high water is re-
ceding.
At Cherokee snow began to fall at !
o'clock last night and to-day the ground
is covered to depth of six inches and il
is still falling. Night passenger trailis or
the Memphis road were abandoned last
night on account of washouts. Missouri
Pacific trains from the East are ten hours
late. No mail from Kansas City has
reached there since yesterday noon.
At Pittsburg, after about forty-eight
hours of steady downpour of rain, about
eight in nches of snow fell this morning
The streams are all swollen and all kinds
of railroad traffic are very much impeded
by washouts.
Trains on the Pittsburg and Gulf have
been abandoned and the st. Louis and San
Francisco has abandoned all trains be-
tween there and Carl Junction on the
main line.
The Santa Fe mines at Chicopee and the
Weir Coal Company shaft No.2, at Kirk
wood, are flooded. 1t is feared that great
deal of damage will result if the snow
should melt before the present volume oi
water in the streams should flow away.