The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-07


on the Neosho the water stood 2e1z
inches over the second floor of the
building. 1t is reported here that the
santa Fe bridge of the Superior
branch at Strong City has gone out
Plymouth and Saffordville, the two
stations next to Emporia west. are
both under water. with conditions as
bad as in the previous flood.
At Hutchinson.
Cow creek, that rolled through Main
street last year for three days. is get
ting higher all the time. Reports
from Lyons, Claf1in and other points
in Rice county and farther up in Bar
ton county show an immense amount
OF water in sight that will have to
come down the channe1 of the treach-
erous stream. Here in Hutchinson it
IS out of its banks and the lowlands
adjacent are covered with water. It
IS reported from Lyons that the water
is almost as high there as it was last
year.
At Chanute.
A phenomenal rise since after mid
night caused by three-inch rain from
Erie to Emporia and farther north.
at all points. All indications are that
a greater flood is on the way than the
one OF last month. The river has risen
10 feet or more here in less than 20
hours- The bottoms are flooded for
miles, which has stopped operations
and paralyzed railroad traffic.
The water came SO fast oil men
have been unable to make their prop
Two hoods, and greater damage is
promised.
At Florence.
East Florence is flooded, and reports
are coming in from up stream of a
heavy rise Reports from Marion say
mark of last year, which was the
highest in the history of this section
of the state. The railroad track has
been washed out in places between
mere and Marion and train service on
that branch has been abandoned. The
trains on the Arkansas City branch
only go as far as Augusta. The Rock
Island is running trains through here
on account of washouts at Marion.
Cedar creek, which was the highest
ever known few weeks ago, is again
on rampage and is even higher than
ever.
AT Lawrence.
Flood conditions again prevail about
Lawrence The water was higher last ev-
en1ng than it has been at any time since
the & big flood of last year.
The river has broken through into Lake
View and is overlooking the Iowiands
and the bottom lands adjacent to the
or less inundated Mud creek is higher
than it was at any time last year of this,
places, while in lower places whole farms
have been submerged, and the worst of
1t is that the water can not get out in
the natural way on account of the high
water in the Kaw. The Wakarusa is
again out of its banks The water was
just about as high in the stream as it
was when much damage was done a
few weeks ago and approa ches to bridges
broke loose near the waterworks pump
house and a large area of land is flooded
while the brick plant is in danger of hay-
ing to be shut down.
Fall of Six Inches at Wamego.
Wamego, Kan, July 7.-The KAN
sas river fell six inches during the
night and is still falling this morning
Little alarm has been felt here and
no damage has resulted from the
ers in this vicinity has been in the
VermiHion and Rock Creek valleys,
where hundreds of acres of wheat
which had been cut and put in shock
has been swept away.
At Louisville, which is on Rock
creek, three miles north of Wamego
the water was five feet deep in the
streets. The creeks are much higher
than they have ever been.
Damage at Kansas City.
Kansas City Mo-, July 7.-One-half
of Armourdale, the packing house town
in the suburbs on the Kansas side is
under water from the overflow of the
kaw river. The water is still rising at
rapid rate and conditions approach
ing the great flood of 1908, are feared.
The stage of the river is higher than
at any time since then. The lowlands
of Argentine and RoSedale, other sub
urbS also are flooded and hundreds of
laboring people have left their homes.
The first break in the Kaw came at
Armourdale at midnight when water
began running through a large dyke
built across a new channel made by
the flood last year. Families in the
lowIands began to move and when later
breaks appeared at three other places
there was a general movement toward
l. |,
ter still on the rise and gradually
spreading over the town until one-half
of the place was under from 1 to 5
feet of water. Today the water had
reached the livestock exchange and
drove the occupants from the basement
floor.
Forecaster O'Connor, however, while
predicting that the Kaw would contin-
ue to rise for another "a hours, said
that there hardly would be repetition
of last years destructive flood. He is
confident that the Missouri river will
be able to carry off the excessive wa
ter with any great damage resulting.
Railway traffic west of here is badly
demoralized-
Big Flood at Wichita.
Wichita, Kan, July 7.-Witchita is
flooded today worse than ever before in
it's history. The dykes at several places
along the Little river gave away before
the rush of water, and it poured down
Waco avenue, one of the principal
streets in a raging torrent, becoming
waist deep. On Main street the Balti-
more hotel was flooded and the water
is flowing swiftly within two blocks of
Douglas avenue, the main business
street. People living within seven
blocks of the Little river have been
forced to vacate their homes
Neosllo on the Decline.
Council Grove, July THE Neosho
river began falling this morning at
o'clock and in two hours had gone
down six inches. It reached it's high
est point at midnight, rising within
one foot of the high water mark of
last year. No damage was done be-
yond the inundation of crops and
fields
Smoky Up at junction.
Junction City.- july The Smoky