Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-05
A GREAT DELyGE
The Western Part Of Oklahoma a
Lake
BOTH CANADIANS ARE OVERLOOKING

DUIH uHNHulHNO HnL O'LW ]N"'S
The Continuous Rains in Western OKLA
hu,na Causing Fioods-Mangum Got
Fine Inches of Rain-North Canadian
| at III Reno the Highest Ever Known
/ KINGFISHER: The heavy rains for the
past three days have flooded the coun-
try and have again brought the water
In the creeks TO extreme high water
stage. Not much damage has been done
because the floods of last week loft few
bridges to be injured by the present one.
/ WEATHERFoRD: Never since h
Cheynno and Arapahoe country was
opened to settlement has the rainfall
been so heavy as during the present
week. Creeks are out of their banks
and are doing considerable damage to
crops. Tragic on the Choctaw has been
badly demoralizcd on account of bad
washouts west of here.
MANGUM: More than five inches OF
rain has fallen during the past three
days, and all of .he level upland is coy
cred with water. Small streams are all
overfowing their banks and North
Fork and Red rivers are rising rapidly
II is already a raging torrent. The
damage to crops, however, is not SER
ious and as but few bridges have been
built in the county, no damage has re-
suited from that source.
Ell RENO: The water in the North
Canadian river at this place is now the
highest ever known and is still rising
The approach TO the bridge north OF
the city has been washed away and the
river is ont of its banks At Darling
ton the bridge is still being used, but
water is going around on each side.
The water almost touches the railway
bridge, but it is still being used. 1t is
reported that seven-foot rise is com
ing dowa from further up the river,
but the report is believed to be largely
overdrawn. Three and one-fourth
inches of rain has fallen in the past
twenty-four hours, and G7 inches i'll
past two days
BRIDGEPORT: The South Canadian
river is q raging torrent at this place.
The water is out over the lower valleys
and is touching the n On bridges
which has stood all hIgn water foI
eight years. There are fears that the
bridge will be swept away. The rain
at this place has not been especially
heavy, but the reports from up the river
are that the rains have been unusually
heavy.
ANADARKo: The flooding rains of the
past three days are proving disastrous
in several ways. At Lawton trains are
delayed on account of the washout of
the tracks there and three miles south
of here. The Washita river and Cache
creek are still rising.
OKLAHOMA CITY: The North Cana
.lian is rising at the rate of half an inch
an hour and now lacks only about n
foot or eighteen inches of the highest
since the settlement of the country. No
serious damage is likely to result ex-
cept to few people who have built
down in the low lands and to tenters,
most of whom have already moved out
onto higher ground. Three houses on
he Smith place have been flooded and
he occupants have vacated them. No
other damage to buildings is likely.
Willie Tappee, the eleven year-old
son of Chas. Tappee, who resides on
East Grand Avenue, was badly injured
IN an accident which befcll him near
he Canadian river. The lad was in tia
act of crossing a bridge that spans a
ravine this side the river on Main street
Jhen the affair gave way. He was
covered with dirt and other debris and
sustained broken leg and other bruises.
He was rescued by railroad men who
were at work near by.
LAwToN: No trains will enter or leave
this city for the next two days on ac-
count of the heavy rains and the condi-
tion of Cache creek. The water has
soften;d the banks of the railway to
such an extent that trains cannot run.
Cache creek is ont of its banks. 1t is a
half mile wide in places and in some
instances the water has inundated the
roadbed of the Rock Island.
Suicide at Enid
ENID: r. c. London, "a old gentle.
man. G5 years Of age, who had been
staying at the City hotel in this city
for the past two weeks, committed
suicide. He had been drinking heavily
during the early part of the evening.
When found he was i'll the last con.
vulsions ofdeath. Medical aid was inn
mediately summoned, but he was too
far gone to be resuscitated. Two empty
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