The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-08
GREAT DAMAGE
SURE TO RESULT
Water Spreading Over Kansas
City Wholesale District.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
GOVERNMENT ASKED TO ISSUE
RATIoNs.

Kansas City, July THE Kaw
overlooked its banks near the Mis-
souri, Pacific bridge at Il o'clock
tonight and the water is now spread
ing over the west bottoms, or whole
sale district. The water has approached
within two blocks Of the union station
and will reach the union station De-
fore daylight
The ArmourdaIe district Of Kansas
CITY. Kan. has been deserted. its IN
habftants having been driven from
their homes BY the overflow OF the
river for the second time IN thirteen
months.
Mayor Gilbert Of Kansas City. Kan.
is using all the means at his command
ia care for the thousands Of homeless
DeopIe who have been driven from the
fiood-stricken district Tonight he
sent the following telegram to the sec
rotary Of war
Ten Thousand Homeless.
Ten thousand people have been
driven from their homes in Kansas
CITY. Kan, by floods. I earnestly re-
quest that YOU direct commander at
Fort LeavenWorth to issue Tadons as
we may need
Tonight all Kansas streams are high
and thousands OF acres Of rich farm
ing lands have already been inundated,
causing losses to crops that viii doubt
less run into the hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars. Farmers at a dozen
different points have been forced to
fee from their homes, driving their
cattle before them and taking horses
and what household goods that could
be gathered hurTiediy.
BY tomorrow noon the Kaw win have
risen two feet and a half higher than
at present and viii begin to subside
rapidly. The Missouri river at Kansas
City, although up from the overflow
from the Kaw at this point. is still in
no danger of causing any serious flood,
and after a further rise of eighteen
, inches, Observer COOner predicts, this
stream viii also begin TO fall tOmOr-
row Across from Kansas City the
Missouri has flooded Harlem, a sparse
" settled place but none OF the manu-
featuring concerns along the stream
has suffered damage.
Traffic Demoralized.
Railroad service south and west of
Kansas City is dem0ralized, numerous
washouts being reported. and trains on
the Rock Island, the Santa Fe, the
Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific are
stalled.
The Armourdale people began to va
cate their homes, many Of which were
rebuilt since last years flood, in the
middle of the night, which was kept
up all day, hundreds Of wagons carry
ing the household effects of the citi-
zens TO the high ground in Kansas
city, Kan. or Kansas City. Mo. Many
sad scenes were enacted as the people
left their homes and property. Of which
they had almost been bereft twelve
months ago.
Tons Of meat and carcasses were re =
moved from the packing houses, while
cattle, hogs and sheep by hundreds
were driven to safe places.
Plants Shut Down.
Late this afternoon water surrounded
1he-foilowing plants in Armourdale and
had entered the Easements of many;
Swift & Co, Cudahy & Co, Schwarzs-
child & Sulzberger. Ruddy Brothers &
Nelson Morris. Pete Brothers soap fac
tory, the depots Of the Standard and
National Oil companies, the Badger
Lumber company, the keystone Iron
Works and the Cypress railway yards
All were compelled to suspend bust
ness early in the day
At Argentine. further southwest. fifty
families were driven from their homes,
but the damage was light
Just across the Kav, north from Ar
mOurdaie. the water crept within a few
inches Of the basement floor of the
livestock exchange, driving the occu-
pants OF the railway offices TO the up
per floors. and many Of the pens in
one end of the yards were flooded.
After y O'Clock today business on the
exchange was suspended and it Is
probable that il VIII not be resumed
till Monday next, as most railways are
unable to bring their stock trains in.
Further north, where the Kaw emp
ties into the Missouri river, slight
damage was done at the packing plants
OF Armour & Fowler. water entering
the cellars. but no serious inconveni-
enCe was experienced.