The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-20
The Rains of Yesterday in Kan
sas and Missouri
Almost Unprecedented in His
tory of the States.
WAS ALMOST A FLOOD.
Six Inches Fell in Some Places
in FOrty-eight Hours.
People Driven from Homes and
Rescued in Boats.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 20.-The Mis-
souri, weather service reported last
night the heaviest rainfall recorded
since the establishment of the bureau
The total rainfall in the last forty
eight hours has been 6.29 inches.
This is equal to four gallons to every
square foot. or about $50 tons of water
to the acre. The rain has beer gen
eral throughout the State, and is still
falling. All over Central Missouri the
streams are out of their banks. In
some places much damage to fences
and fodder has been done by the
: water.
Fort Scott, Kan.-The Marmaton
river and Mill creek, swollen by the
heavy rains, went out of their banks
. late last night and before morning a
number of families had been driven
from their homes. The teachers of
the Bell school in North Fort Scott,
were unable to reach the building and
school was suspended until the water
subsidies. The Goodlander houring
mills were obliged to close down on
account of the water flooding the en-
CINE room. A number of streets were
inundated. and travel in some parts of
the city was stopped.
Guthrie, Okla.-After a continual
downpour of rain for twenty-four
hours, blizzard set in from the north
west last evening, and one of the
hardest snow storms for years is now
in progress, about three inches of
snow having already fallen.
Galena, Kan.-The rain has raised
Spring river higher than ever known
before in its history, in many places
being over two miles wide. The loss
of property cannot be estimated, but
it is heavy. Houses, and almost every
thing magma BILE, can be seen floating
down the river. Several feet of water
is in every mill that can be heard of,
and the Boston mills are removed
from their foundation. About 300
yards of track on the Memphis, east of
the river, has washed out Considera-
bic track of the Santa Fe, east of the
river, has gone.
Webb City, Mo.-This is the heaviest
rainfall since 1875 Mining operations
will be suspended for several weeks,
throwing 500 men out of employment,
which will aggregate a loss to them
of S., 600 weekly. Some parties from
here went out to Spring river, and
rescued i've men, one woman and two
children, who were water bound. The
men were in trees, and the woman and
children on top of a shanty.
Sedalia, Mo.-From Monday noon
seven and a quarter inches of water
fell in this immediate locality and the
rain storm was general throughout
Central Missouri. All rivers over
flowed their banks doing great dam
age to farming lands and railroad
property. One hundred yards of the
Sedalia, Warsaw and Southern rail-
way tracks were washed away by an
overflow of Flat creek. All traffic on
the Missouri, Kansas and Eastern be-
tween Sedalia and st. Louis has been
suspended on account of serious wash
outs
Nevada, Mott has rained here
without cessation for ifty-two hours.
The Marmaton river is higher than it
has been before for six years and is
still rapidly rising. It is still raining
furiously.
Carthage, Mo.-The rainstorm has
been almost incessant for forty-eight
hours Spring river reached the most
dangerous height it has shown for
twenty years. The damage to the
farms in the bottoms has been very
heavy.