The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-23
SIX INCHES ELL
HeavyssRain8 Cause Chisholm
Greek TO Overflow.
FLOODING NORTH END
Approaches to First Street
Bridge Gone.

Six inches Of water has fallen in Wich-
tia this week up til 6 O'Clock las. even
ing, and during the twenty-four hours
preceding that time more rain had fallen
than fell during the entire month Of May
last year, when the precipitation was
only lao inches. In the twenty four
hours preceding O'Clock last night, how
ever. the rainfall was La inches. During
the month Of May. 1892. there has been
over $50 inches. while the normal for
the month is AZ INCHES.
Chisholm Greek IS rapidly rising and is
now out OF It's banks. The approaches to
the First street bridge have been washed
away as has also the foot bridge on Doug
las avenue. The drainage ditch on East
Central avenue is choked up and is rap
idly filing. Is is usual whenever there
is heavy rain, the sewers on Douglas
avenue have been unable 10 drain the
streets. put when the rain slackened yes
terday evening. the water drained off.
Nearly an inch OF water fell after s
o clock.
The weather man said last evening that
he had some hopes that the rain would
cease this afternoon. The conditions that
produce the rain are peculiar. For near
~ a week the low pressure has remained
tains, causing the wind from the Gulf to
strike this city. bringing with it the moist
air This was condensed by the cooler
air of the uplands. The rains have been
general over the state
The tremendous waterfall made things
look dangerous in the packing house sec
ton OF the city The banks of Chisholm
Creek Were overlooked and all the low
lands in that section Of the city were
covered with water. Lawrence avenue
up at TWenty-second street looked like
q canal and there were three or four feet
of water between the Cudahy and the
Dold packing houses. The Cudahy plant
was entirely surrounded by water and
the employees mad to be brought cut in
wagon.
1t was reported at the stockyards that
water had broken into the basement Of
the Cudahy plant, but the Eagle called
up the house by phone and found that
very little damage was done from this
cause The water in Twenty-first street
east of the packing houses was up TO the
aXles Of the wagons and the Missouri
Pacific track was about the only thing
In that section which was not partly
overflown.
All of the lowlands south of Twenty
first street were overfiowed and the
water seemed to be getting uncom-
fortably near the big Watson mills. Many
Of the houses east of the mills and ele-
vators were surrounded with water. The
city had q number of men in the north
part OF the city with shovels openins
bitches to let the big pools of water
escape
The water in the Little river down at
Riverside park lacked about eighteen
inches of the top OF the levy Coroner
McCollis.er asked the city authorities
to keep watch and strengthen the levy
at the head OF Sherman avenue II ii was
likely 10 break over last night. 1t seemed
that some one had removed part Of
the levy at that point 10 get the dirt to
III UP their yards.
That old story about the Indians claim
ing that they had seen the water extend
from the Big river TO the foot of College
Hin was revived yesterday. It was con-
coded that the old Indian who told that
story away back in 1871 probably told the
truth The amount of rain that has
fallen the past two days would certainly
have made q great flood in the valley
il the land had been unbrokon like it
was in 1871
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