The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05

kansas City, Mo, June with gas
and electrict lights ~eXtinguished, the
waterworks shut down and the city
practically at the mercy Of the first fire
that shall break out, with railroad
transportation feeble and uncertain,
Kansas City may, if the waters do not
recede within the next two or three
days, be compelled to fight for her very
life. And tonight the skies are dark
and lowering-the rain is falling heav-
ily-mOre story weather is sweeping up
from the west, and the Unsuitable river
is stoutly holding its own. 1t is prac-
tically stationary tonight, but what the
Hood mas it keeps and there. is no GER
tain promise of when it willCecede. The
the Weather Bureau says that while
the outlook is for continued rains, it
would necessitate a very heavy fall if
the present high water is continued.
The first authentic information from
Kansas City, Kansas, was received to-
night. In that district 1000 people are
homeless. Many have been drowned
but the umbe cannot be estimated.
The property loss has been heavy. The
situation there is q parallel to the stu
alton here-apparently no better, and
no worse.
There is no great probability that
there will be further loss of life, if
the river does not rise very suddenly.
All through the wholesale district and
in the east and west bottoms, there are
people still in houSes-many of them
nXiOu to be taken awav-a gOodly
number of them content to remain
where they are, with all the chances
of the flood. The police have lone Won
ders today in rescuing people, and have
probably brought $50 of them safe to
the high ground since SIM rise. One
hundred and fifty Of these were brought
to the Tiaduct at 18th street and the
others were saved in the east and the
west bottoms by boats. Twenty people
were taken from the Martin school and
thirty from O'Brien's lodging house in
the east bottoms. The rest of them
were brought in single Tonight, in the
east and west bottoms, anumber of
obstinate people are still clinging to
their homes. Although the police have
Ibtl DOdIS DtIItdlI llS4l AlL1Nto"S anu
offered to save them, there are few to
leave and will take their chances for
anL Their night at least. There is no pos
sibla way of getting at the names of
the dead and no chance Of forming any
estimate that can confidently be term
ed accurate. 1t is likely, however that
the Number of fatalities in Kansas City,
No, will approximate fifty.
Down in the wholesale district peo-
pie at luSk tonight We're waving white
cloths to attract attention. The condi-
ton of some of these people is pitable. ]
They haze been held prisonersif6r two !
days, threatened giShIAeath by drown-d
ing, and at z time by fire. For, thea
most part they were. ,fft3cda fG1dDsM
for p hours withaut. a&stf$ #atef. |
Every effort s.Naes&ade, and they}
will all be saved sHe@AesLhel
water rises more. The financial dam !
age is about as great now as it is like
ly 20 become. unless the water rises
much higher.
SITUATION AT TOPEKA.
Topeka. kas.. June 1.-Tonight at s
o'clock the water in the Kansas river
had gone down fuorteen inches and is
falling at the rate of half an inch an
hour.
From Manhattan up the river. comes
the report hat the water is slowly fall
ing. At Wamego the same condition
prevails and it is now reasonably GER
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