Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-28
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Swept by
a Flood.
CAME WITH DEAFENING ROAR
Furious and Destructive Hail
Storm in Mexico.
The War Situation-lllinois
Legislature.

st. Louis, April 2S.-A dispatch
from Guthrie, Okla, says at 6 this
morning . great wave OF water six
feet high and mile wide swept down
the Cottonwood valley, and struck
the city. A deafening roar went up
IS the water crushed the houses and
drove people from their homes. At
the first rush every boat and bridge
was swept away. All Of West Guth.
rie IL submerged, and 20 business
houses have 10 feet Of water in them.
The river is 80 feet above the ordi-
nary level. Hundreds OF people are
in the trees, but cannot be helped.
Several men in trying to swim the
current to reach fsur women and q
baby in . tree weye carried away.
A woman wading Sfrom her home
with baby on her head was swept
away aud lost. 1t is believed more
than score OF negroes we're drowned
in the negro settlement. It is esti.
mated that fuky so lives are lost.
FariS1A IAavn Pour.
Guthrie. Ok(e-.L April 2s-The
heaviest rain Inv years throughout
the territory fell last night aud yes
terday. The down pour lasted seven
hours. All the creeks are up to the
danger point and some are out OF
their banks. A waterspeoA near
Waterloo, this count 1nun-
dated half q dozen farms. 1ofes OF
farms in the vicinity OF Clifton. Lin
coin county, have been swept clear
Of everything. and many cattle and
horses were drowned. The total
rainfall since Saturday neon is nearly
12 inches, and it is still raining hai d
with prospects of continued heavy
fall.
Rumors Of appalling loss Of life, as
q result Of the Hoods are constantly
circulated. At some places the num-
is no way Of getting at the real ex-
tent Of the catastrophe now. how
ever. While it is believed the above
report is exaggerated. the growing
indications are that the previous es-
innate Of the dead has at least been
conservative.
The waters reccded materially by
noon. The financial loss is variously y
estimated at 100000 to $3.50, 900
The main residence and business
portion Of the city is unharmed.
At King Usher.
Kipgfsher. o. T., April 90 The
country in the vicinity of Kingfishel
was flooded by sloudburst. Sew
eral persons are reported drowned
Bridges, houses, fences and tree!
were washed down the stream. Bus
mess is generally suspended.
In the Vicinity OF Keokak.
Keokuk, Iowa. April 2s.-Th'
latest news from the break in tn,
Hunt levee crevasss is that it is still
widening Ia spite Of the strenuous
efforts. to hold it. Sacks OF eand ar,
swept through 1t like SO many straws
Consternation prevails in the flood
stricken district and the inhabitant
hnve abandoned their homes. Th,
government is still hard at work Il
stop the break. As Q result OF tn,
crevasss the waters are recedir,
slightly at Keokuk, Alexandria an'
Warsaw.
The Rio Verde valley.
St. Louis, April 2s.-The San Lui
Potosi Mex special says the Bio Verd
valley was visited by . terrific hal
storm, running the growing crop
and causing great loss OF life. RI
ports are received Of the killing OF 4
persons by hail stones. On one hi
cicnda alone IL farm hands wer
killed. Some hailstones weighe
over three pounds.
A eye oas In M.s.oufL
Kansa, City, April 2s.-At los