Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-26
FLOOD LOSSES GROWING.
HAR the story o Z Disaster Wrought by the
Heavy Rain Remains to BE Told.

Heavy Rain Remains to BE Told.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Dec 25. "A special
from jefferson City, Mo, says: ADJ
vices received by Ramsey Brothers, tie
dealers of this ci ~, indicate that one
half OF the story of disaster in the
Usage river valley has not yet been
told. Their corresl ondent at Tuscan
bia estimates that a small scope of
valley adjacent to that place no less
than 100, coo buskes Of corn in the
sheck was swept aa ny ny the food.
There is no estimating the loss of ties
and timber at this tim ., but it win be
very heavy THOUSAND of ties were
on the banks ready for rafting, as no
one dreamed of such "a 1 unparalleled
freshet at this season Of the year.
AT Bagnefl, the terminl of the JEFF
fersoH City, Lebanon & S outhwestera
branch of the Missouri Pacific, the
water is still 81 feet deep in the sta
ton. The telegraph insh uments in
the office, after having been sub
merged several days, are j asst above
the top the water now. N circular
track surrounds the yard Mt Bugnell,
and when flood came along It string
of empty ears was run on this track to
boom in the ties. The tops of ONE of
these cars have been under water for
three days
From all along the valleys OF tn
streams in this section are coming re-
ports of people driven from homes ru
ined by the floods IN many instances
they have lost all of their possessions
and are destitute of food and clothing.
Rain has now fallen almost unceas-
ingly along the valleys of the Usage,
Moreau and Gasconade rivers since
Monday evening. 1t is still raining,
and the present food will greatly in
crease. Many families have been
driven from their homes to the hills, and !
this will prove mostdismal Christmas
to them. Fortunately the weather
is as warm as during May. Floods |
in December never occurred before, so
far as any one knows, and consequent
ly no precautions against them were
taken For more than so miles the
0sage valley is a sea of surging water,
and in so me localities the high water
mark of 1874 has been surpassed.
A dispatch from Clinton, Mo-, says: |
Rain has been falling the last ~ hours,
and Grand river is rising rapidly again.
The Usage is rising rapidly at Rock
vile, and has damaged the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railway tracks so that
trains have not crossed for two days. +,
All communication with the south |
from here is by the way of Kansas
City.
A late report from Carthage, Mo-,
says: During the flood two families
camped on the White farm near Smith
field were missing, and were supposed |
to have been drowned. The Russell |
boys, the eldest under 1G years of age.
began a search for them and found
them, Is men, women and children, on
wagon box on hay stack with n
mile of water around them in every
direction. The lads conveyed them,
two at time, in safety to land
Advices from Little Rock, Ark, say:
The Arkansas river continues to rise
anu Will pEOOhDlJ TedCh JIG uduBeF
line at Little Rock. Low lands above
the city are inundated and farms in
the bottoms are being badly dam
aged. The big pontoon bridge at
Dardanelle has been washed away.
White river is higher than it has been
since 1890 and farmers have been com
PEELED to drive their stock from the
bottoms and big overflow there is
looked for.
A report from Dallas, Tex, says
The storm was more severe on rail
roads in Texas, Arkansas and the In
/ dian territory than any other for years.
Trains centering at Dallas are from
six 10 IS hours behind schedule |
time, and some cannot be heard |
from at all. Washouts and wrecks
are reported one particularly bad on
the Santa Fe road, but at what point
or how serious cannot be learned here.
The ground has been greatly benefited
in farming districts, however, and