Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-03
All Tributaries of Kansas River
on Rampage Again and Do.
ing Much Damage.
SANTA FE
TRAINS STALLED
Three Inches of Rain in a Few Hours at
Emporia-.. Tornado at Dallas,
Texas

Kansas City, June "a tornado at
Dallas, Texas, today blew off the roof
Of the Western Union office and caused
damage throughout the city. AS far
as known no one was hurt.
The storm broke over Dallas at
O'Clock this morning and continued
with great force until o'clock. The
rain fell in torrents all night accom-
panied b. a wind of cyclonic proper
tions. The principal damage was suf-
tered in the outskirts where several
small houses were wrecked. When the
Western Union building was struck a
panic ensued among the operating
force. Fortunately no one was hurt
All wire communication was cut off
for several hours and was only partial
ly restored at o'clock this morning.
1t is believed that more or less dam
age was done in the outlying country.
The kaw on a Rampage.
Kansas City, Mo-, June 3-All the
tributaries OF the Kaw River in Kan
sas are rising rapidly today and SER
ious food is threatened. Heavy rains,
continuing for two days at time, have
prevailed all over Kansas at various
times within the past month, and twice
during that time the streams have ov-
erfiowed their banks. In the past "a
hours further heavy rain storms have
again swollen streams this time be-
yond the height experienced in the two
former rises. Today rain continues to
fall at many points throughout Kan
sas and the ultimate result will be an
other overflow of the Kaw here and
at many other points At Newton, ov-
er 900 persons have been rendered
homeless by the rise in Sand Creek
which flows through the north part of
the town, The flooded district en-
braces about one-fourth of Newton. At
Emporia three inches of rain fell in a
few hours and the business portion of
the town was flooded. At Council
Grove the city is threatened with a
flood as serious as that of last year
when the property damage amounted
to over 100000. At Parksville the
water in the Neosho is within two feet
of last years record and is still rising.
At Ellsworth the main street is flood
ed In the vicinity of Lorraine and
Sterling two inches of water fell with
in ten minutes. Similar reports have
been received from number of towns,
although many rivers and streams are
still within banks. All train service |
is demoralized, and many through |
o;y, cI yUocf stalled
Santa Fe Trains Stalled.
Topeka. Kansas, June 3-The kaw
River at this point stands at eleven |
feet and two inches at 10 o'clock this
morning, rise of foot in "a hours.
No trains are running on the Santa re
west Of here and the tracks up Cotton
wood Valley, so miles west to Flor
erce, are under water or washed out
Much loss to crops and stock is re-
ported.
Glencoe Tornado Swept.
Arkansas City, June "a tornado
struck Glencoe, a town OF 1000 inhab-
itants in Payne County, Oklahoma, to-
day. demolishing five residences and
destroying the Methodist Church Sew
eral persons were hurt but none SER
iously. Much damage was done to
farm property.
Houses Unroofed in Joplin.
Joplin, June 3-Several houses were |
unroofed in Joplin, trees uproOted and |
many booths arranged for the annual
carnival were wrecked by severe |
wind storm, while torrent of rain |
flooded the down town streets, filling |
the easements and causing other dam
age. The storm was general through |
out southwestern Missouri and much |
damage was done in the country.
Floods in Colorado.
Sterling, June 3-As the result of a |
cloudburst which occurred We'd |
nesday, one thousand feet of
Union Pacific Railroad track over
Pawnee Creek not far from Sterling, |
Colorado, is entirely covered by water. |
The Platte bottoms are vast sea of
water AS yet no lives have been re-
ported lost nor have any ranchmen re-
norted loss of livestock but many valu- |
able fields of wild and tame hay are
completely ruined by the standing wat
er and the rubbish. Even the Oldest
inhabitant of Logan County cannot re-
member when so much water fell in SO
short a time or when the Pawnee Riv-
er was so high. The water has fallen
at Sterling but the town is enveloped
in a lake of backwater. A train of cat
tie from Texas was kept on the Atwood
e.. xuhi1n 40
washed out track was being repaired.
Keep your business ever before the