The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
KANSAS FLOODED.
Rain and Wind in Northern
Portion Does Damage.
AT FRANKFORT.


The Vermillion river is out of its
banks, having risen higher than during
the flood of last June. The Blue river
also is rising very rapidly and may go
beyond the June stage Heavy rains
fell from o'clock at night until 4
o'clock in the morning.
A tornado six miles north of Frank
fort did great damage last night to
crops and buildings. Several houses
were blown off their foundations.
AT MANHATTAN
AS result of a cloudburst at Blue
Rapids, forty miles north of here,
which caused 13-foot rise there. the
Blue river is rising here at a rapid
rate The rise began at noon and at
O'Clock the water had come up SO
feet The Kaw river, into which the
Blue empties here, is at low water
mark and Will carry off the high water
of the Blue without causing any over
flow. The thermometer reached SO de-
grees.
AT BAILEYVILLE
The rain has caused a vast amount
in this vicinity. From o'clock until
L the downpour was continuous. The
railroad two miles west of town is
washed out $50 feet in one place. Three
miles south of town there was a tor
nado about $50 o'clock which tore up
trees. unroofed several buildings and
moved number from their founda-
tons.
Al ATCHISON.
As a result of rains the Central
branch of the Missouri Pacific had two
passenger trains and three freight
trains waterbound at Frankfort and
Blue Rapids most of Tuesday. The
Little Blue river became very high and
water was four feet over the tracks near
Frankfort. The road has lost no bridges
and does not anticipate much damage.
AT BEATRICE.
A destructive wind, rain and hail
storm visited this section. A strip of
country south of this city was devas-
tated by the hail. The damake to crops
Will be great. Streams are badly
swollen and traffic on the Union Pacific
is suspended between Manhattan, Kan.
and Beatrice because of high water.
The amount of rainfall was seven in
ches. A bad washout occurred on the
line trains from Kansas City to Denver
were run through Beatrice.
AT SENECA.
1t began to rain at $3.50 o'clock Mon
day night and continued until o'clock
Tuesday morning. Water fell in tor
rents and the heaviest downpour since
1853 for the same length of time is re-
corded. The water gauge showed four
and three-quarter inches. The Grand
Island passenger, west, stopped here.
The country was covered with water
and the train crew refused to continue
est for years and fields of corn in the
bottoms are covered with from five to
seven feet of water. Several hundred
yards of Northwestern track is washed
out between Seneca and Kelly. and the
Kansas City plug is tied up here. The
Grand Island train is still held at the
station because the bridge at Beattie
is gone out and several culverts between
Seneca and that point washed out.
AT VLIETS.
The business portion of this town is five
feet under water. The water raised four
feet an hour from until 1890 o'clock
The damage will reach $4,000 here, as all
the stores and perhaps % residences are
under water. The heaviest losers are
Beatty & Watson. lumber and live stock.
81 COG; j. n. Marshall, general store. $1,000;
o. F. Anderson, general store, $1,000; Bank
Bros. hardware and implements, $3.50;
c. J. Cigna, general store. $500; NJ; M
Hastin corn and growing crops. $1,000;
Henry Kennedy, corn and growing crops,
81 900: G. W. Morton, $500. Taylin Bros,
$500: Baker Crowell Grain Co, $500: w.
T. Buck grain, 81 600 The Vermillion
river was three miles wide Tuesday after
noon. Residents of the lowlands have all
moved out for higher ground: A wall
of water four feet high came at $50 o clock
Tuesday morning.
AT BLUE RAPIDS.
The Blue river is within three feet Of
the highest June rise here. 1t is higher
at Shroyer and Marysville than ever.