The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
DROWNED AT K. C.
Eight Persons known to Have
Lost Their Lives by Flood.
Many Bridges and Much Other
Property Destroyed.

Kansas City. No, June 3.-The flood
situation is very much improved. The
gas supply is ample; two electric street
car lines have resumed service. ard
others will follow today; the electric
light plant is ready to begin service. but
does not do so because of possibility Of
fires from crossed wires; the water
works will begin to pump Kansas river
water into the reservoir tonight and
the next day. the water will be turned
into the pipes; the food supply is am
pie on both sides of the river, the vast
quantities of meat in the packing
houses having been reached by expedi-
tions sent out by the packers; the pre-
dicted increase of sickness has not ap-
peared; the Kansas river is falling fully
half an inch an hour and the Missouri
river is beginning to fall
Eight persons arc positively known
to nave been drowned in the two kan
sas Cities since last Friday. They are;
Policeman Edward Keenan,. -- Kohle,
Philip Ware, negro boy, w. Heisler
truck driver: William Herbert, express
man; James Deerman, John Roy,
negro; Edward Brooks
Following is a list of some of the
large structures that have either been
damaged or swept away:
Chicago Great Western freight depot
Old Southern bridge.
Union terminal steel bridge.
Fifth street steel bridge.
Kansas City belt line railway bridge
Kansas axepue steel bridge
Metropolitan street railway bridge
Rock Island railway bridge.
Stock yards bridge.
Union Pacific steel bridge.
Elevated railway bridge at Central
avenue.
Union terminal railway bridge
James street wagon bridge
Ann avenue bridge.
Kansas City, Mo, waterWorks-
Chicago Great Western Drldge
Chicago, Milwaukee and 81. paui p 41
Building occupied by Seavey tlars-
helm. merchandise brokers' 1917 st LOUIS
+ l. Cassers refrigerator factory, S1o-s12
0s n. W. Blenders saloon. 400 West North
street 1890 "a
Missouri river front.
Several piers on the L road viaduct.
One thousand buildings in Armourdale-
Five hundred buildings in Argentine;
Four hundred buildings in the east DOL
toms. e,.sss.o,a
one hundred buildings in west bottoms.
The Burlington and Milwaukee, bridges
across the Missouri and the missouri "a
cific bridge across the Kansas are intact,
but the approaches are wrecked -...-,
The Swift company chartered the steam
Fowler plant taking meat 70 the fAansas
side Men were also sent to the Seventh
street Viaducf ana lHeIe 49, - -
Armourdale plant Hundr1os q aols
bodied men volunteered to work. and nucn
of the vast stores Of meat IN the packing
house will be saved, 1900 e,s.
Kan. crowded with people many OF w wh on
live here and had been besleged. on the
Kansas side since Saturday
The relief fund amounts to $5o'OOO-
An enormous number of beer kegs IS
floating down the Missouri river Cne
brewer lost $40. 900 worth of kegs tha'
we're carried away from Armourdale-
Assistant General Freight Agent
Marsha11of the Grand Island road chsr-
tered a steamboat to carry passenger
to the Milwaukee bridge, there to De
transferred to the railroad where they
can go to St Joe and make connections
on the Burlington. Rock Island anc
Great Western routes for points NORTH
and east Mr.. Marshall stated that he
has done this because there are about
1 900 people in Kansas City who ar
anxious to reach st. Joe.
Swift & Co. estimate their loss a.
! 100000.
B. E. Smith, assistant engineer of tbs
! government corps in charge of the MIS-
souri, river, is here seeking TO determine
whether the Missouri is cutting a new
channel along the Clay county biun'
north of Harlem. There is an immi-
/ nent possibility of such an event. TIL
flood water is flowing over the Cial
county bottom lands with great swift
ness Powerful glasses show that tn
water Is rolling in huge waves north Of
the Harlem railway station The cur
rert Is running without interruption
/ through the embankment over which
the K. c., st. J. & c. B. branch for
merl-v ran
1T will be impossible said Mr.
Smith. to determine what the river i