New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-08
THE FLOODS IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI
TWELVE PERSONS DROWNED AT wINONA-RIvERs

TWELVE PERSONS DROWNED AT WINONA-Hl'EHS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS
Springfield No. July IA dispatch to The Re-
publican" from Wnona. says that Winona was
totally wiped out by cloudburst or torrent
similar In devastation between 1890 Friday night
and o'clock yesterday morning. Twelve per-
were drowned and the financial loss VIII
reach at least 10000. The dead are the Rev. IT,
W. Duncan. Mrs. G. w. Duncan. Miss Matte Dun
can. Mrs. Crawford daughter OF G. W. Duncan;
Miss Crawford Mrs. George Nevins Norma
Nevins, daughter Of l.. Lloyd Wright. Maggie
Cannon. John Norris and Mrs. Nevins
The bodies Of all were recovered. The bodies or
Mrs. Crawford. Maggie Cannon and Mrs. Nev''s
were found two miles below the town. The first
information that the world had Of the disaster was
when Mayor b. F. Evans telegraphed to this city
and other places for clothing and aid
The heavy rain. accompanied by wind OF tornado
proportions. swept down on the town at Q o'clock
at night. At 10 o'clock there an awful tor
rent raging. and the water stood from four 20
twelve feet In the streets Ia iater hs "wn
were no longer able to resist the avaanehhe .s os
water and began breaking and drifting with M me
western part of the town. caught the wreckage
and the struggling people carrying all away toward
Successive ashes showed men women and chill
dren struggling in the torrent They were clingins
10 ssove the Roar % and din It was after mid
night before the storm had abated so that that, the nc
water without clothing until daylight.
Birch Tree Mo-, July IA cloudburst occurred
here Friday night. Two houses were swept away en-
tirely and seven torn from their foundations No
lives were lost. though several persons were In
jired carload OF lime In a warehouse Stacked
and burned the building. Whole fields Of grain were
swept bare. Reports come In that Thomasville, In
Oregon County, flooded and Eleven Point River
was carrying death and destruction along Its path
Ottawa. Kan. July THE water in the Marais
Des Cygnes River here last night the highest
known In thirty years Forest Park was flooded,
the water having reached the platform OF the Tab
ernacle submerging nearly all the tenting grounds
occupied at the recent Chartauqua Assembly The
racetrack covered and the food reached to the
rear doors OF the Santa Fe shops The city water
works pumps stood in ten feet OF water last night
and were shut down
Marquette. KAN July THE Smoky Hill. at this
place. has overnowed Its banks. and on the south
side extends nearly back to the bluffs two miles
distant. The water is nearly to the second story
of the houses nearest the river. and some OF the
people were being taken out In boats. The ap-
proaches to the Missouri Pacific Bridge are washed
away. and the bridge itself was nearly of the abu-
ments.
Peabody. Kan. July IA terrific rain and wind
storm visited this town and its vicinity this after
noon. and much damage to barns. windmi.s and
crops by the wind Is reported. The streams are
higher than they have been for ten years. The
Doyal River rose eight feet In three hours. and
many bridges are in danger of being washed away.
About one foot of water stood In the depot.