The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-04

N'''tIN bl lHc Ma" ana MISSOURI flE'
crs nearly four feet above the dlsa.
truus level Of 1881 and their swollen
de spread over II square miles Of
the city and its suburbs, Kansas City
is enduring the worst food of it's hi,.
tory.
Twelve bodies have been counted as
they tioatrd past. In nearly every in
stance thry were lying across pieces
II wr,ckagc. On the roof of cabin
that came swirling down could be
sp,a the body of a woman and her
yhLG.
lie financial LOGS has been increas.
nS all day. AMI dds fair to continue,
'hc heaviest loss is at Arnourdalc,
where tie losses TO the packing indus
~ r"do.hcrs are placed conservative
vct $c,5doO0o. Argentine, another su.
""h. has suffered losses estimated at
t5o1,JG0. Other losses, which can not
estimated. will increase the total
;cry materially.
city without Water supply.
Two-thirds OF Armourdalc is under
Tairr. Over foTty-fye hundred pco
s.c IN his suburb found safety in the
tie higher part of the town. All
bridges over the Raw river are down,
md ;hc only communication with Ar
mourGa'c is by boat.
Kansas City is without n water sup
ply, the Hood having disabled the
pumping station. and the utmost care
ia being taken that no fires shall
break out, Even a small FIRE, it is
feared, would start contiagration,
The city il blockaded with trains
unable to get out. Not train went
out Sunday except TO the east
Union station Useless.
The Union station. by the rise OF
the Hood, il rendered practically use
less Al one end the water was three
feet deep Sunday. and at tho other
it wax foot higher. In the baggage
room baggage was fastened to tackle
Il suspended In thr air out OF the
reach Of water.
Vwo.thirds OF Argentine. railrond
aud manufacturing town on the south
hank OF the Knn'as river, six miles
from Kansas City, IL inundated by ten
to twelve feet OF water, and probably
100000 OF damage has been done.
Forty five of the $500 inhabitants
nre homeless and nearly three thou.
sand are destitute. Five bridges have
Lccn swept away, all the railroad
tracks and fnctOric. are under water
and busincss is suspended. Various
rumors Of loss OF life can not he veri-
fed, but an unknown negro woman Is
known to have been drowned She
was ciingiug to a log which struck the
accumulated wrcckagc at a bridge and
WIS tdIl Ith hlltfI. iHf santa re
property loss is very heavy, but can
scarcely he estimated until the flood
has abntcd. The company has 100
Mills of track in the Argentine yards,
and several miles of freight ears stand
submerged,
Frri.ht Cars FiontinE Away.
Some cars nav" broken loose from
their trucks and iloatrd down the riv.
er. The current has left the old chan.
mel and has moved south, taking all
the buildings in its path.
The Turner's bridge, three miles
above Argentine went out at 1890
o'clock Sunday morning. Its wreck
ngc lodged against the county bridge
at Argentine, which succumbcd at
noon. The belt line steel railroad
bridge just below the county bridge
fell Immediately afterwards. Then. in
succession, the Twcuty-fourth street
bridge, owned jointly by the Metro.
po,i,an Street Railway Co. and the
and the county bridge at Fifth |
street were carried away. The rail. |
road bridge was valued at $4,000. and |
the other four at s25 900 each, making |
the bridge loss $4,000.
Five hundred frame dwelling houses
are under water, and with q further |
rise many will hs swept away.
thirty Cars Burning.
Late Sunday afternoon the walls OF
A building at the foot OF Fifth street
fell with a crash.
At nine o'clock seven fire, were
burning in as many places in the rail-
road yards. all OF them having origi.
mated from lime stored In freight |
ears. the lime having become heated
Dy contact with the water.
At four o'clock the most scriou.
blaze Of the day broke out in some
lime ears standing opposite the west
nd OF the Union depot and directly
behind the round house owned Jointly
~ all the roads entering the depot.
The flames ran rapidly from car to
AR. and within three hours 30 OF
hem had been destroyed. Among
hem were several oil tanks which
or a time threatened damage to ey-
rything in their vicinity.
Great sheets of blazing OIL.
The wind carried the great sheets
flame toward the south and the
hrrcnt swept patches of blazing oil in
he opposite direction. Fortunately
here was an open space directly
orth Of this Are which afforded
srcss for the burning oil, and 1t was
arried swiftly out to tho river.
While this blaze was at its height
'antic cries Of "Help!" Help!" came
'om the vicinity OF the fire, but the
ian who uttered them could not be
Gated. although numbers OF men ran
1t upon the Twelfth street viaduct