New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-21
FLOOD ~ THE WEST.
CHICAGO SEWERS INCAPABLE OF CARRYING OFF
THE wATER-sTREAMs OVERLOOKING.

CHICAGO SEWERS INCAPABLE OF CARRYING OFF
THE wATER-sTREAMs OVERLOOKING.
rooknor, III Dec 2-The entire area OF the
Despatnes Valley here Is rushing torrent OF wafer
owing 10 the steady downpour OF rain for the .dst
thirty-sx hours The banks OF the ILLINOIS ana
Michigtn Canal one mile above here have broken
and a half.mile OF the Santa Fe Railway tracks
have been swept away. The trains on that road are
being run over the Alton from Joliet 10 Chicago
Many Of the valley inhabitants have iett theH
houses while others remain with the water creeping
over their floors Thousands OF dollars worth OF
property has been saved by the protection levees
which built here last spring. and st the nood
vii, result in enormous damage to property.
Chicago Dec 2o-The deluge in Chicago and its
suburbs abated this afternoon after four Gays OF
property were damaged or washed away and me me
overflow Of the ps paines River and limos ana mo
otys iake ply as well as the flooding OF
ne canal towns VIZ se%ags water n from sncsgU Sere
has been Is per cent greater than for the whoIe
In,n Ieau VI Was estaSshed years ago The
total precipitation in the last two days ana nign's
lake stretching from the city to Lockpor,. and all
the river towns as far as joliet are IN danger OF
e ; incapshc Of relieving the flooded condition of
the streets and Easements Tho SUBURBAN io~y.ng %
residents being inaccessible and transportation be-
Ing seriously impaired by the deluge
St Louis Dec. 30-Telephone messages from Al
,on nj al noon stated that the Mississippi River
rose fourteen feet since last night Forty families
on the green below the city were torced 10 nee ior
higher ground AT midnight. Much damage IS cone
10 floating craft and corn in the shock was car
red OF IN bottom lands All mail br dges a'ong
the Missouri. Kansas ana afsed IeMas 1n~S dam
age was done to fences and corn which was out
" lanai Mo. snow has been falling since ma,
night The eectriclight plant - under wafer d ana
the creek ianS WSedDesaay Hsh hundred feet Of
Nssouri Pacific Railroad. two miles sonth is uh-
der water :, 49, ,aa,. raining almost
continuously for sixty hours. Little Streams "as1
Sonoraa raging torrents; cellars are Hooded, anu
b,ss,ass ts AT a standst,n Farmers along streams
will be heavy losers In this iocah'y
Kansas CITY. Pee 2O--A snowstorm which began
last night continued without interruption uhtn -''V
ocIock this afternoon than six inches OF snow
falling. All trains from the East were from o"e
10 four hours late. 49,. .oo, ,,a rio =
Tbrorchout Kansas the weather has been Vaiia
BILE Baxter Springs reports an anVso Q s,n Iea ve
rain for sixty hours. causing spring M 10 Lac
William Koffrnan, wife and two children anu slso.'
Brown wife and two children were re3cusu !, ioI. ~
ihe roofs of their houses TOUR miles
hnre FARMERS living In the bottoms had dncul,y
in saving themselyes The river rose from TO ieet
durlne "Wednesday night. The tracks OF tne Cuii
Road between here and Galena are washeo ou. ai,1
trains cannot 70 north or south Great ios' VI
stock Is feared. :. -, A,.,, .air n
Al Coneyvllle after a three dnys heavy RANK
fierce snowstorm set In and RACED all night, me
twelve inches deep on ,evei % ana s.,,
ing Trains delayed, roads are almost imPasH"-
Die and business is at standstiL f-.,.. e
Independence reports a heaVy snow "hc" 'o'
tinues ,.oa ., ro,r at
Fort Scott has resulted in the abandonment OF pas
sengers and freight trains and put quietus on
Christmas trade.