The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
KANSAS FLOODED.
Rain, Wind and Hail Do Damage
| Over the State.

| Salina, Kan, July Ga severe storm,
covering a large area, passed over CEN
trail Kansas Tuesday afternoon. Short
| ly before o'clock in the evening an
| northwest and in few moments the
storm broke over this place. The rain
fell in torrents and the wind blew
| gale. This continued for an hour and
was followed by a steady rain.
There is no communication with out
side towns and it is feared that the
country northwest has been visited by
| a destructive storm of either wind or
hail, and perhaps both. AS far as can
| be learned no damage was done here
by the wind, except to shade trees and
| out-buildings.
| There are grave fears for the wheat,
which has been ready to harvest for
| the last week. Rain has fallen every
| day since the harvest began. Tuesday
storm may end the harvesting altogeth-
| er, if the wheat is knocked down.
AT LEAVENWORTH.
| furious rainstorm visited this place
shortly after o'clock last night. Rain
| fell so fast that it seemed as though
| a cloud had burst Cellars were flood
ed in the business portion OF the city
| and small bridges washed away. The
rain was the heaviest known here in
four years. 1t rained nearly all day
| long.
A landslide is reported on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad between here and
Kansas City and no trains were run
through last night. Trouble is also re-
ported on the Union Pacific. Nearly
eight inches of water has fallen here
since Friday.
AT HUTCHINSON.
Cow creek rose a foot Tuesday and
is still coming up. rise of another
foot would bring it into several streets
Several houses in the lowest part OF the
city are surrounded by water already
and many acres of truck farms just
north of town are under water. Ike
ports from Lyons and the headwaters
say that the stream will probably be
as high as last year, when the busl-
ness streets here were flooded.
Farmers in Barton and Rice counties
are making arrangements to get old-
fashioned cradles so the wheat can pc
taken care of. The fields are so wet
that modern machinery cannot be used.
1t will be possible to save considerable
grain by using cradles.
Two and eleven-hundredths inches
of rain fell here last night and the
surrounding country in all directions
had fully as much. 1t was one OF the
heaviest rains of the year ana tne
wheat fields were injured. 1t is pos
sible that a large per cent OF the
wheat will go to waste or spoil in the
shock.
AT WICHITA.
Both the Big and Little Arkansas
rivers are rising rapidly. The Little |
Arkansas is now within a foot of the
high water mark of a month ago, and
is rising at the rate of an inch an
hour. Reports from Halstead ana
other points north are to the ERECT |
that the river is out of its banks and |
that streams emptying into 1T are
bank full
The Arkansas river is six feet above
low water mark, or just at the highest |
point reached last month, and is still |
going up. The street commissioner
has ordered a big force to patrol the ]
dykes along the banks of the little
n oft a fFQShaf
this time of the year is unprecedented |
AT STOCKTON.
The worst hail storm in years visited |
this section Tuesday afternoon. Hail |
stones that measured fourteen inches |
in circumference were picked up in
the streets. The hail broke many |
panes of glass. The damage to crops |
is heavy.
AT EMPORIA.
A heavy rain fell here Tuesday and |
about an inch of rain fell Monday. |
The rainfall for the last week has |
been more than three inches. The |
rain gauge at the State Normal school |
shows a rainfall for June OF 9.4S
inches, as against 1.25 inches for June |
of last year. The rivers have not been /
fordable since early spring. The Ne
OSLO is out of its banks in places, and |
is still rising. The Cottonwood is four |
teen feet above low water. Farming |
has been out of the question for the |
last month.
AT CONCORDIA.
A heavy rain fell here in the MORN |
ing and another last evening. Wheat |
is ripe and ready to be cut, but the |
ground is so wet that the binders
nire down in the field. With favor |
able weather it will be several days |
before much cutting can be done |
Much wheat has been damaged by the |
heavy rains and winds and the farm |
ers estimate that one-third of the |
grain will be lost in harvesting
AT CLAY CENTER.
Clay county received a heavy wind |
and rainstorm with some hail. The |
ground is now completely soaked. |
putting a stop to harvest. Only a |
small portion of the grain has been