The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-05
Many Trains Are Waterbound in
Kansas and Traffic All Over
the State Is Delayed.
PRECAUTIONS AT KANSAS CITY
Packers Move Articles Which
Might Be Damaged and Little
Work Is Done in the Big
Plants at Armourdale.

Lawton. Ok. June "A tornado demol-
ished part OF the little town of Walters,
near here. One woman was killed and
twelve injured.
The dead:
Mrs. Thomas Payne, near Walter.
The known injured;
Mrs. j. W. Mill. neal Walter, fatally.
G. Brown n family of six, near
Walter: are all more or less seriously hurt.
The southwestern part of the county
was visited by a hailstorm that damaged
crops TO the extent of general thousand
dollars.
Continued heavy rains in this part Of the
Kiowa and Comanche Nation have turned
all streams into torrents and the valleys
are inundated.
OKLAHOMA CITY FLOODED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Oklahoma City, Ok. Juna 4.-The por-
ton OF this city north Of the Rock Island
Railway and west of Robinson street. for
a distance of a mile and four blocks wide.
is covered by water from one to five feet
deep. All residences in this district are
flooded and the inhabitants were COM
PEELED to move out In boats and on RATS.
In the downtown district hundreds Of
Easements are filed Thousands Of dol
lars damage was don't to property and
goods.
An railroads entering the city are de-
layed on account of washuuts, and no
trains viii arrive or leave here to-day,
with the exception Of the Santa Fe, from
Wichita, Kas.
The Canadian River Is out OF its banks
n rising rapidly. People in the low
lands are moving to higher ground to
escape the rise now coming down the riv-
er. 1t will reach this place tonight Sew
eral traction engines are in use to-day to
pump water out Of the Easements of ho-
tells and business buildings.
KANSAS SUFFERING.
Kansas City, June I-Further rains have
fallen in Southern Kansas within the past
twelve hours and the food conditions in
the valley Of the Neosho and Cottonwood
rivers continue to grow worse. The
streams are higher than at any previous
time In twenty years, not excepting the
rise a year ago, and they are still rising.
The Kaw, which caused the real damage
from Kansas City west to Manhattan in
the food of 1903. continues to come up
slowly at Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas
City, but as yet no alarm Is felt over the
result Of the flood along this stream. Al
though the Missouri River at Kansas City
IL high and rising slowly, 1t is believed It
viii be able 70 carry off the great amount
Of water coming this way from the west
through the Kaw.
A the streams which are the highest
are those OF the Kaw watershed. and
drain into rivers south Of Kansas City,
whatever serious damage is done must
effect Southern Kansas territory, and
will not do material damage to Kansas
City, Lawrence and North Topeka, which
towns suffered the brunt of last years
food.
Railway service through the Southwest
Is demoralized and a dozen or more trains
are stalled in Kansas. The damage al
ready done by the food is immense. Hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars worth of
bridges have been destroyed and growing
crops v been greatly damaged.
As far as known, but two lives-a wom-
and a child, names unknown, who were
drowned at F1orence-have been reported
lost.
PACKERS CAUTIOUS.
The packers are taking precautions to
avoid flood damage. The plants In Ar
mourdale are much lower than the rest of
the city, and water would reach them
long before 1t covered Armourdale proper.
All articles which would be damaged by
water were removed last night. from the
cellars and placed above the food mark
of last year. To-day only a part Of the
force In each plant is at work. Very lit
tie killing Is being done in any Of the
plants.
Between four and five hundred persons
bound for Kansas City from points along
the various railroads embraced in the
Frisco system got into town late last
night after being water-bound at Fort
6cott from five to twenty hours.
At Humboldt, in the oil district, the
Neosho River is still rising slowly. In the |
night II rose eight inchas. A steady down. |
pour Of rain continued all night, and the |
weather Is very threaHfning this morning. |
The river to-day 10 Just thirteen inches |
higher thar it was a year ago yesterday.
The Webster Refinery is under water
and win suffer much damage. The Neosho |
River bridge Is threatened All trains are
stopped. and no mail has been received for |
two days.
BIG DAMAGE AT DECATUR
Decatur. III. tune l-Twenty-five thou
eaud dollars damage. has been done by q
storm In a radius Of twenty-five miles. |
Several houses were wrecked and dozens
Of barns destroyed Near Mount Pulaski
the farmers elevator was blown down.
At Moweaoua Mrs. Frank Leafs babe
wa blown out Of the mothers arms and
hAdly hurt