The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-28
CLOUDS JUST FALL
IT Is NOT TAKING THE TROUBLE
TO RAIN IN OKLAHOMA.

Falls ut FL Reno in Seven Hours, Whit
Guthrie Reports the Heaviest on Recor
-Lightning Singles Out Religious an
Educational Institutions at Ell Reno
Mississippi Breaks Bounds Below War
saw, Illinois, and Scene of Loss AM
Suffering EDsues-Other Flood News.
Ell Rero o. T., April 27-Another yer.
heavy rain today fell, being continuou
for seven hours, and amounting to 5-S
inches. making a total rainfall since Sat
urday roon Of 119S inches. During tn
storm lightning demolished the Presby
terrain church spire and struck a negro
school house, knocking the children righ
and left, but killing none.
The North Canadian river is overflow
ing its banks, the valley being one vas
lake tonight The Rock Island bridge
over the North Canadian moved several
inches out OF line today. the water being
I'D to the rails. Washou.s on the Choc-
taw road turred west bound trains back
at Yukon, several miles Of the rails being
under water.
GUTHRIE'S HEAVIEST.
Guthrie, o. T, April 27.-All southbound
Santa Fe trains are held up tonight
many bridges being washed out. The
rains have been the heaviest on record.
The Cimarror river is flooding the valley,
destroying much property. No damage
10 crops is reported except in the bot
toms.
ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
ST. Louis, April pa special to the
Dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, says:
Hunt ,evee, OIL the Illirois side, thirteen
miles below this city, broke this morn
icg unexpectedly and threw the inha Bit
ants OF the district into the widest state
of alarm. Twenty-Five hundred acres Of
rich land will be overlooked. People mad
felt secure and were rot prepared for the
break. A wild rush to get families and
stock out of the bottoms is being made.
Much stock will be drowned and there
nay be loss of human life. Government
boats have gone from this city with sacks
Every craft is being pushed into service.
This break has caused the water in the
river to recede slightly. All Missouri
river bottoms between this city and Quin-
cy are OVERLOOKED about four feet. All
railway communication west and south
vest is cut off. Alexandria, Sprawls and
Gregory, Missouri. are inundated. Only
about 10 square feet Of land in Alexandria
remains above the water. The crest OF the
food Is here.
THE BREAK AT GREGORY.
ST Louis, April 2-Points on the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers above here
report a serious condition Of affairs. the
water having risen to a dangerous hight.
Thousands Of acres of farm land or both
the Illinois and Missouri sides of the Mis-
sissippi river have been inundated and
considerable stock has been drowned
and crops destroyed. According to the
weather bureau both rivers viii continue
20 rise.
A special to the Republic from Gregory,
Mo, says: The Hunt levee, which protect
ed the, Hunt drainage district on the Hi
nois side below Warsaw, broke today,
sending the Mississippi over one of the
most fertile regions ir the Mississippi val
ley. The widest excitement prevailed to-
day, for fully 10000 acres of land and
hundreds of homes will be under water
in few hours. By tomorrow a territory
thirteen miles .ong by seven miles wide
will be covered with water The break
was discovered by a little child of Sam
dc at no a1o Of
the crevasse. He and John Waters al |
once gave the alarm along the levee. the |
latter leaving his own stock to warn his |
neighbors- Couriers were sent on horse |
back 10 the houses back in the district. |
a scene Of disorder and fright was every |
where. Some were unable to save any
thing and barely escaped with their lives. !
1t is feared that some have been caught |
and surrounded by the flood. The levee |
was covered today with a crowd of farm
ers and their wives. hurrying their chill
dren and their live stock TO PAGES of
safety. Litters Of pigs, poultry, cows and |
horses were crowded on the narrow en-
barknnent trying TO reach the towns on
the hills Many are now camped out on
the high places, with absolutely nothing
left. Poverty and untold suffering must
inevitably follow this disaster
FALLING AT OTTUMWA.
Ottumwa. Iowa. April 27.-The river fell
eighteen inches last night and relieved the
situation greatly. The Burlington has sue
cesded in re-es;a blishing train service on
the main line and branches. The Mil
waukee is running trains ir a roundabout
way. The Rock Island is still unable 10
move trains. The Central and Wabash
are running as usual. The receding water
shows tia. the damage is great, especial
ly TO railroad property
ALSO AT KANSAS CITY.
Karsas City. April 27.-Bo,h the Mis-
souri, and the Kaw rivers at this noint
nave fallen since yesterday. and Weather
Observer Connor says that the former
will continue TO go down slowly and the
latter VIII recede quite rapidly A fall Of
Of a foot was experienced If
the Missouri and Of seven inches in the
kaw. Further north a corresponding fall
has taken place in each Of these streams.
DOWN BELOW NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April PA break in the
levee occurred a. II o,c,ock last right al !
the MelroSs plantation, thirty miles below
the city, on tAe west side Of the river
superintendent Landrick OF the Grand !
Island road is en- the scene with force
Of men and material ard is sanguine ot
closing the break, which is row thirty 10
forty fees wide.