The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-02
SITUATION WITHOUT A PARALLEL
Kansas City Without Gas Electric Light-The Water
Works Shut Down and They Are Franticaly at the
Mercy Of the First Fire.


ing sent from Leavenworth.
Colonel Miller, commanding the
post Of Fort Leavenworth, has sent
troops and tents from the post to
assist in caring for the homeless and
to aid in the rescue work at Kansas
City, Kansas, where conditions are
constantly growing worse. Many peo-
pie are in houses that are surrounded
by water and unless they have help
soon many of them will perish.
The Kaw river above Kansas City
has fallen within the last eight
hours, but the Missouri is making
matters worse by rising. Many relief
parties and prvates went to Kansas
City, Kan, from Fort Leavenworth.
Topeka, June lit is now be-
lieved that the number of lives lost
in the flood here will not exceed 90
No lives We're lost in the flames and
only eight buildings were destroyed
by fire. Early reports We're unavoid-
abby exaggerated The burning of
lumber piles gave the impression
that the whole of the north part of
the city was going, and no one was
found who placed his estimate on the
loss of life under hundreds.
| With the smoke cleared away, the
! Kaw falling and communication by
boat less difficult, additional light on
the subject was received this morn
ing and the reduction in the estimat-
ed loss of life followed
About 200 people are still at North
Topeka, about $50 of them being in
the upper story of the woolen mills.
They are well fed, but extremely un-
comfortable.
The property loss from the best
estimates obtanaIble will now amount
approximately to $1,OO0,00O. The
whole of North topeka is still under
water seven feet deep. While the
200 people penned up in the second
stories of houses have plenty of food,
they are in great need of drinking
water, which is being supplied as
rapidly as possible in barrels and
cans.
The great fear at present is that
some Of the buildings in North To
peka Will collapse because of their
foundations being undermined. There
is no immediate apprehension that
tha woolen mill will go down, but
every effort will be made to eXtri-
cate the people from that point as
quickly as possible to avoid any fur
ther loss of life.
Boats have crossed from the south
side to North Topeka with abund-
ance of provisions A number of peo-
pie have been pulled across from the
stricken district over wire cable
where the Melan bridge stood. A
sand dredge was in operation after
the manner of a Ereeches buoy. 1T
is impossible to obtain anything like
an authentic list of the dead at pres
: ent
Kansas City, Mo-, June 1.-The
! desperate aspect of the flood situa-
ton -here showed no Improvement
II this morning, except that the fires,
Il which it was feared last night would
spread, were put out by the rain and
flood itself.
t So far as rail communication was
y concerned, the city was almost an
8 island The only communication. and
that very uncertain, was by road
running southeast.
Business all over the city was sus
i pended. Manufacturing plants on
. high ground were compelled to shut
II down owing to the almost total shut
- ting off of the water supply. NC
street cars We're running, nor were
any railroad trains going to or IRON
y the city, northwest or south. Tht
e blockade at the outlet to the south
l. east was so severe that traffic in tina
. direct on il practically at standstill
IN Great anxiety is felt for the safet!
le of the l,ople of Kansas City, Kan
y There has been no communication
III with that city, and exhaustive effort
~ to get word from that city this morn
Il ing failed Of any results. Five re
ae porters who crossed the Kaw yestel
a day before the flood had become s.
a. serious have not been heard from
a since.
W Telegraph and telephone wire
Is, -