Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-01
KANSAS CITY DEsoLATED.
No Improvement in the Situation There
Today-Dozen Lives Lost.

No Improvement in the Situation There
Today-Dozen Lives Lost.
Kansas City, June 1.-The desolate
aspect of the flood situation here shows
no improvement this morning, except
that the fires which it was exp cted
last night would spread, were put ou:
by the rain. The only rail communi-
cation the city has and that is very
uncertain, is by the road running
| southeast. Business all over the city is
suspended. Manufacturers on high
| ground were compelled to shut down,
owing to the almost total shutting off
of the water supply. No street cars
are running. The river gauge this
| morning showed thirty-five feet, hav-
ing risen from 30.7 during the night.
This is nearly nine feet higher than
any previous high record.
Relief Work.
Committees having in charge the re :
lief work and rescue We're busy early.
A special meeting Of the city council
was held during the forenoon. Thou
made their breakfast from liberal ra-
tions issued by the relief committee.
The police have been ordered to shoot
on sight anyone caught piuildering. The
number of lives lost in this vicinity
cannot be learned for some time and
probably never will be known deiinite-
ly. However, there seems to be ample
verification OF reports which accounts
for the loss of more than a dozen lives
In the bottoms.
Kansas City, Kas., Cut Off.
Great anxiety is felt for the people at
Kansas City, Kas One rumor circu-
lated during the night was that scores
of people had perished there. but owing
TO the fact that there has been abso-
lutely no communication with that
place since yesterday. there is general
disposition to discredit this and other
sensational reports. That there has
been some loss of life there, however,
is regarded as probable. Telegraph
and telephone wires north. south and
west are down, and there are only a
few wires east.
At nine this morning 1t was reported
at police headquarters there had been
no further loss of life during the night,
as far as known. All along the bank Of
the river wagons containing ropes were
stationed during the morning in order
that any emergency could be promptly
met. Early in the morning it was an
nounced there were number of peo-
pie on the Milwaukee bridge and it was
decided to send a ferry boat to their
rescue. An additional call was made
from hotel situated at the inter-sec-
ton of Fourteenth and Genesse streets.
where a number of people were report
ed to be held in the upper stories of
the building. A ferry boat was also
ordered to take them off at the earliest
practicable moment. Word came up
from the stock yards that there were
twenty or thirty people caught by the
flood in that district They We're said
to be in no immediate danger Word
was brought to police headquarters
this morning that a number of men
were looting houses in the east bot
toms. They had improvised RATS from
boards and by propelling them with
poles were making their way into
houses thru the second story windows
AS soon as this word was received by
Chief of Police Hayes he ordered de-
tachment Of officers to the place, with
strict orders that If the story was found
to be true. the thieves should be shot
down at once.
According to the statements OF the
flood refugees, which generally are ex-
aggerated, from the east bottoms about
fifty Belgians, men, women and child
rem, were drowned near Crescent Hotel
on Sycamore avenue, early this morn
ing. Another refugee reports the
dorwning of twelve people by the cap
sizing of their skiff. None of these
stories has been substantiated. Many
people are yet imprisoned by the
waters in the west and east bottoms.
most attempts to rescue them being
owing to the swiftness
of the current. 1t was reported last
night that twenty seven men went
down with the Union Pacific bride
last night and were drowned This was
not confirmed by officials OF the Union
Pacific.