The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-06-04
Twelve Square Miles of Kansas
City, Mo-. and Suburbs
Are Under Water.
A HUMBER OF LIVES WERE LOST.
several Fires Broke Out In Flooded
District and Great Couhagra-
tion is Threatened.
The City Without Water supply as the
Eiood Having Disabled the Pump
ing Station-Raiirosd Trafho
Is Almost Paraiyzed.

| --eH Nttfs MO. June IA mes
sage from Kansas City. Kan. by way
OF Leavenworth az . O'Clock Monday
morning says that 20 men were on the
Union Pacific iron bridge which span.
ned the Kansas river when Il went
down and an OF the men were drown
ed- it IS said that many persons saw
the helpless men drowned.
Kansas city. Mo. June with the
waters OF the Kaw and Missouri riv.
'rs nearly FOUR feet above the dlsas-
Tons level of 1851 and their swollen
TIDE spread over 10 square miles OF
inc city and its suburbs. Kansas city
Sunday night endured the worst food
q IT'S history
Tn tho valley of the Kaw or Kansas
river. between this city and Kansas
CITY. Kan. a report has BE- chat a num-
Der ~ lives have been lost one re-
port says "a and another go. but in the
midst ~ decentralization Of traffic and
the ordinary means of communication
u ls impossible 90 verify these ron,-fs
Twelve bodies wore counted aa fhrv
hoatci past during the day DOB near
y every instance thcy wore lvin-
across pieces Of wrockace on tho
roof OF cabin that came svir.Inr
down could be seen tho body of a rorn.
an and hor child.
Tho financial loss has been 'nrreae.
Ing an day ani bids fair to continue
Tho heaviest loss ls at ,rmourdars
where the losses t0 tho packing indrs.
fry and others is placed conservative.
N NJ $4,000 900. Argentine. another
ar s'''uNn other losses which can
nor now nc estimated via increase fle
total very materially.
Armouriaic. with population of
10000 people is deserted and r- sifr
marked oaiy hy the tops of bundIure
and number of fires
Seven fires. believed 90 Doe chiefly
box cars burning. could hc soon from
the huds Sunday ulcht There is
some danger that the flames win
spread to The partially rubnerrrf
buildings adding rroatiy to the already
heavy loss The fre started hv Tho
intrusion Of the GOOD nto nme
house
The refugees from Armourdaro f.r
the most part are huddlel tnrofhc- lq .
'he immense auditorium ~ the con- .
Vennon haN although several hundred
found haveus with friends in more I
fortunate parts Of tho city.
Twothirds of Argentine is under
from l0 to c1 feet 90 water over 4 .
900 people in This suburb found safrf, .
IN the hlsher part OF tho town. All +
bridges over the Kaw river are down .
and the only communication with Ar
mourlaio Is by boat
Kansas City Sunday night was with.
ont a water supply. the food having
disabled tho pumping station. and the
utmost care is being taken that mo-
ares shall break out Even a small
IRE. it is feared. would start a con0a.
grafton. Only one street car limo Ina
me city was running Sunday night ow-
ing 10 the disabling OF the power
plants by tho food
The city is hiockadcd with trains
unable 10 get out Not a train went
put Of the city except east Sunday ana
q is said that there is little prospact
II an improvement in the situation for
several days
The stage Of the river at o'clock
Sunday night was 80 feet Z inches
The previous high record was made in
eNl when the river rose 20 26 feet 3
nchcs.
The Union station by the rise of the
iood Sunday was rendered practically
Useless. At one end the water was
hree feet deep and al the other IL
vas foot higher. In the baggage
oom baggage was fastened 90 tackle !
md suspended In the air out Of the
each OF the water Numerous res
ues. some Of them made by the na-.
owest OF margins. occurred during the ]
lay. 4
The Santa Fe railroad loss Is very
'eavy, but can scarcely be estimated ,
ntil the food abates The railroad Z
las 100 miles Of track in the Argen- q
Inc yards and several miles Of freight
ars stand submerged. Some cars ,
ave broken loose from their trucks ,
nd ioated down the river. The cur. ,
ent has left the old channel and has
aoved south, taking all the buildings J
ITS path. The Santa Fe track is un-
er water all the way to Holiday.
light miles from Argentine. up the 7
Kansas river valley The Turner :
Fi0Se' hfee miles above Argentine. !
rent out at 1890 O'Clock Sunday Q
lorning. Its wreckage lodged against c
he county bridge at Argentine. which
uccumbed at noon The Belt line 4
teel railroad bridge fell Immediately i
terward. Then in succession the d
Nentyfourth street bridge and the {
ounty bridge at Fifth street were car II
led away. The railroad bridge was
alued at $4,000 and the other four At .
$4,000 each. making the bridge loss ! II
lFs.O0o. Five hundred frame dwell Il
lg houses are under water. and with {
iurtner rise many people lined the O
anks Sunday watching the procession
houses, cars, trees and other debris b
TAT foated down n
At 6 O'Clock Sunday evening eight 4