The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-02
FLOOD INCIDENTS.

FLOOD INCIDENTS.
Some of the Things That Are Worthy
of Notice.
CFrom Yesterdays Last Edition.)
The demand for rubber boots. rain
coats and hats has about exhausted The
supply the stores. By Saturday night
it was about impossible to get rubber
boots.
Women are wanted at the National
hotel, the R. S. Brigham residence or
Western avenue and Grace cathedral to
help make babies and chiIdrenss clothes
which are badly needed.
Miss Gertrude Stewart Of Oakland.
aged p, is missing. Her father, U. G.
Stewart wants to hear from her as he
is very much worried.
Rev T. ]. Pierson and family and
man named Kelsh We're reported to be
on the top of a freight car Sunday
afternoon.
One hundred men are wanted to assist
in flooring the Santa Fe bridge in order
to bring people from North Topeka.
Report at south end of bridge.
Andrew PatzI and family and the
land are safe. Patzll reported this
morning that the members of both fam
HES reached place Of safety Saturday.
If Mrs Murdie and daughter of 1923
North Jefferson are safe, communicate
with Fred Oliver at Kemper & Paxton's
The 0. D. Skinner residence at the
north end of the Melan bridge is half
washed away. The water has swept iii
the entire west end of the house and
the walls have caved until just about
half of the substantial brick residence
is left. This house stood directly in
the sweep of the current, and was proc
ably smashed in by the heavy run of
driftwood.
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock, q
huge mass of drift wood came in sight.
bearing down on the Melan bridge. The
drift looked like a small continent
moving down the river. It was about
100 feet long. and 80 feet wide. and
struck the bridge fiat side on It for
tunately was composed mainly Of small
timbers. and broke up. sank, and passed
under the bridge without injuring the
structure Floating in the drift could
be seen dozens of dead hogs There is
a fresco of dead hogs all along the west
side of the Melan bridge.
The people living in the immediate
vicinity Of Washburn college have ia
ken in charge a family of nine people
by the name of West. About a dozen
families, together with Washburn col
lege students and professors, are pro
viding for the West family A mouse
donated by J. T. Lovewe1 has been
furnished complete by contributions OF
furniture and the West family is being
supplied with clothing and food one
of the members of the family is moth
erless baby, months old, Whlen hveu
in North Topeka for oSaays on Diet
of crackers and water.
At the Auditorium three two-horse
wagons were hitched under the arch-
/ wav. The relief committee called on
( the owners to allow the teams TO pV
used for relief work Friday night ! ne
( owners refused to allow the teams ana
wagons to be used. George Burgnart
was theirs with one horse and light
buggy He offered to help ana ne t GIoS (
/ into the flooded country north OF crane
street and rescued people until late AZ
night On his last trip the water was
1 SO high that the horse was swept down
4 stream Burghart caught piece OF
floating sidewalk and remained on Il
until late Saturday morning. when ne
was rescued. He got dry clothes an-
went to work again. Another worker
who did valiant service between the
/ north end of the Kansas avenue bridge
and the houses in North Topeka was
J. w. Glasgow, of the Santa re offlces.
4 Glasgow was a Twentieth Kansas man
The farms in the low land east OF
! Oakland are all under water The
water from the river flowed into the
ditch excavated for the proposed Oak
land dam. and swept across the country
TO the east even before some of the
other lowlands were inundated
A shirt marked with the name OF
/ A. c. Heating was found floating IN
Oakland sunday afternoon.
49,
emergency relief work for the sick III
North Topeka, wishes physicians to
volunteer for service in North Topeka.
This morning half dozen volunteered
and went over. DR.. ROby wants 4
dozen more TO report at , o'clock in the
afternoon and 9 o'clock in the morning
at 125 Kansas avenue, where he has
headquarters. The sick need blankets
and clothing" said Dr. Roby- I'VE can
supply all the medicine needed. Water is
4 needed for everyone, whether refugees
or not. The contaminated water must
not be used unless it is boiled. Boilins
muddy water will kill the germs, ana
the mud will not hurt anyone. but the
germs will.
The houses on the 900 block on Harri-
son street, North Topeka, all remain
on their foundations.
Archie Campbell bookkeeper for
Thomas Page, was brought over from
North Topeka at noon today.
Mrs. Conroe is the woman in the Da-
Wis elevator who has week old baby.
Mrs. r. NJ. Thomas. of s25 North Mon
roe street, and Edwin s. Thomas, wife
and baby of 900 North Monroe street
are at 1112 Tyler street with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Brown
Peter Roundtree reported at noon that
IA people were in house at 1414 Logan
street. and that they had not had fooc
since Friday. A relief was started fos
them at once.
The following men manned boats that
were sent out from Western avenue t.