Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-09
FARMERS LOSE MUCH
Crops Of All Kinds Along Flooded
Streams Are Wholly Destroyed.
Southern Kansas. Oklahoma ana Indian
Territory suffer with the Communities
Further North-Traiu Service Tied
Up aud Track Washed Out.

Oklahoma City. Ok, June 5.-Water
covers the northwestern section Of this
city from First to Sixth streets and
hundreds Of families have been driven
from their homes. The excessive rains
Of the last two days eliminated with q
terrific downpour. The water covers
over ten residence blocks and Is two
feet higher than during the big flood
Of year ago. The river is rising and
threatens the southern part Of the city
when additional water reaches here
from above. There is much suffering.
River Six Miles Wide.
Rich Hill, Mo-, June 6.-The flood
conditions are worse than any time
yet and the water Is higher than any
time in its history on the Marais des
Cygnes river. The Missouri Pacific
railway is having the worst time 1t
ever experienced since the road has
been built. The river is six miles
wide. People in the bottoms have
come out who were never before driven
out by the waters. Thousands upon
thousands Of acres Of growing crops
are ruined and the losses are inesti-
mable. The big wire wagon bridge
near CORTLAND is gone. All the mines
are closed. rs most of them are flooded,
and no cars can be had to load the
coal.
600 Homeless at winfield.
Winfield. Kan. June 5.-The Walnut
river is over mile wide here and 200
families have been driven from their
homes. The Frisco, Santa Fe and Mis-
souri, Pacific depots are under water.
All traffic is at a standstill and the
river is still rising.
Arkansas CITY In Rad Shape.
Arkansas City. Kan. June 5.-South-
ern Kansas food conditions are more
serious. Walnut and Arkansas rivers
raised two feet during the night. The
Santa Fe bridge across the Walnut at
Winfield is unsafe and trains are held
at Winfield. The Arkansas City bridge
Is loaded with coal cars to hold 1t
in place. The water here is within
two feet Of the Frisco bridge hangers.
Deadly Cyclone at Walters. Ok.
Lawton. Ok, June 5.-One man was
killed. a dozen injured and part of the
Town demolished at Walters by q cy-
clone. The southwestern part of the
was visited by a hailstorm
that has damaged several thousand
acres Of crops. Floods Of rain have
fallen. streams are torrents and val
leys are inundated.
Arkansas Churches Wrecked.
Newport, Ark, June ga violent
windstorm passed over this section.
Churches and schoolhouse were over
turned at Auvergne. At Weldon
church and schoolhouse were carried
,ff their foundations and turned over.
Cyclone ut Murphysboro. Ill.
Murphysboro, Ill.,, June 5.-A terrific
hurricane swept Murphyboro breaking
rees and blowing down three houses
Ind many small buildings. A brick
BUSINESS block on Eleventh street was
PARTIALLY wrecked, and w. S. Roberts.
! merchant. had a leg broken by the
alling walls.
Babe Blown from Mothers Arms.
Decatur, ILL.,. June 5.-Several houses
we're wrecked and dozens Of barns |
destroyed near Decatur. Near Mt.
Pulaski the farmers elevator was
'lown down. At Moweaqua Mrs.
frank Leafs babe was blown out Of
he mothers arms and badly hurt.