Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-04
RIVER RISES RAPIDLY
Height of Flood at st. Louis
Expected Sunday.
RAILROADS CRIPPLED
TOPEKA. GETTING BACK TO A
NORMAL CONDITION.
Mississippi Eight Miles Wide at Bur-
lington Water Breaks
Over Levee.
RAILROADS CRIPPLED

ST LOUIS, June 4.-During the past
twenty-four hours rise of nine-tenths OF
a foot has been recorded In the river, anu
at 8 am. the stage registered was 81 leet.
The extreme height of the flood here Will,
tt Is believed. be reached Sunday morning
In a stage of 50 feet which is feet above
the danger line.
Railroad tracks along the levee have been
submerged and the business will be handled
over the elevated road until the flood SUD-
sides.
Railroad Service Crippled.
The passenger service on all the roads
running to Kansas City, the west ana
northwest is badly crippled
At Carondelet (South st. Louis) the river
is four miles wide extending on the limos
side to the Mobile and Ohio tracks Which
alone serve as protection TO thousahoS
of acres of farm land. In North 81 LOUIS
the stream is three miles wide. NO esu-
mate of the damage done can De gwen ubtii
the water subsidies.
Better Aspect at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 4-Both tie
Missouri and kaw rivers are receuihs a. Oh
Increased rate today
A fall In the Missouri of nearly three feet
from the high point of 35 feet recorded
forty-eight hours ago was shown by the
government gauge at o'clock this morn
ing. A., .x, ~,
the Missouri will be close to 81 1eel. lieie
was a corresponding fall in the kaw
Notwithstanding the rapid decline. the
water about the union depot which is the
highest point in the flooded dlstrlct' Is s'ii
four feet above the first floors.
Epidemic of Sickness Feared.
While the conditions are vastly more
hopeful tremendous undertaking coh-
fronts the two cities. as the waters as they
recede are disclosing wrecked, shme-coV-
cred area of five miles square
1t is conceded by civil engineers who nave
investigated the situation closely that the
whole of the terminal system or the rali-
roads in the bottoms will have to be rebuilt
together with bridges that alone, 1T is esl-
mated, cannot be replaced under from 3D.
100000 to s1o.0O0,O0O.
In the work of rehabilitation the greatest
precaution will be necessary to prevent an
epidemic of sickness because of the utter
lack of sanitary measures.
Topeka Getting Back to Normal.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 4. - The fall OF
the Kaw river through the night
averaged an inch an hour. The river Is
now five feet below the highest recorded
point but the water, in the flooded districts
still averages about six feet and very
swift current is running.
The north approach to the Melan bridge is
being covered by pontoon, which Will
make possible communication between the
two parts of the city without the use OF
boats.
1t will be impossible for the water works
plant to resume before tomorrow The con-
dition of the homeless is satisfactory, and
no acute suffering is reported.
Eight Miles Wide at Burlington.
BURLINGTON. Iowa, June 4.-By the
breaking of Hunt levee. south of Warsaw,
ILL.,. the lowlands through which the Car
thage branch of the Burlington runs have
been flooded and the train service cut off.
The river here is eight miles wide. Resi-
dents in the bottom north of Burlington
are fleeing. The inhabited islands in the
Mississippi north and south of here have
been deserted.
River Over the Levee
LOUISIANA, Mo- June 4-The Missis-
sippi rose ten inches over night and is now
trickling over the Sny levee, back of which
5000 persons live.
The levee is thrty-five miles long and
was built to protect 100000 acres of farm
land in Illinois
The ferry boats are overtaxed in trying to
carry the Illinois people to this side of the
river, where the danger is less.
Six Unidentified Bodies.
iOt EN<A, NAN, June SIX unidentified
bodies, those of three men and three wo-
men, victims of the North Topeka flood,
were picked up today at noon by some of
the Ottawa rescue boats out of the Eaw
river drftwood west of the city
A rope was tied around the waist of one
OF the women. Evidently she had been
ued TO tree to prevent falling into the
water, many who were forced to remain
perched IN limbs for hours having done this.
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were made worse today by the bursting of
several sewer and water pipes