The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-15
UNDER THE WATER
Last Nights Storm Causes
Many WashOuts.
Heavy Rainfall in Topeka and
North.
CREEKS OUT OF BANKS
CREEKS OUT OF BANKS
Damaged Bridges Delay Travel
Near Meriden.
AtchisOn Pilgrims Held There
Several Hours.

ed by one of the heaviest storms of the
year last night. Both telephone COM
panies are having trouble with wires
and many electric light wires were
burned out.
Passenger travel on most of the Kan
sas railroads was seriously inconveni-
enced today because of the damage to
roadbeds done by the severe storm dur
ing the early morning hours, which was
general throughout the state There
were a number of washouts on some of
the branch lines of the Santa Fe but
the main line did not suffer any dam
age. However, all the trains on the
main line were more or less late because
the roadbed of the Union Pacific at sew
eral places between Topeka and Kansas
City was washed away or so softened
that trains could not be run on it and
all the trains of the Rock Island and
Union Pacific were run from KansasCity
10 Topeka on the Santa F'e tracks. This
congested the traffic on this road to a
considerable extent.
There were a series of bad wash
outs on the Atchison branch of the
Santa Fe near Meriden, and Topeka
people returning from the Atchison
corn carnival had decidedly un-
pleasant experience at this point.
Three washouts occurred about 2
o ocIock this morning in the vicinity
OF Merlden and kilmer and at a point
where the road runs through a
meadow near Meriden the overflow
from Muddy Creek covered the tracks
with a foot of water for a half mile
One of these washouts was repaired
at O'Clock, but the other two con-
tlnued to delay traffic on the line un-
Ill noon. There was not an adequate
amount of material on hand for the
railroad men to work with in making
repairs and they had to wait while this
points along the line. All of the To-
pekans leaving Atchison on the late
train last night were held up by these
Washouts at Meriden at o'clock this
morning, as were those who left
AlchlSon this, morning on the train
due here at 10:15 o'clock. Both these
trains did not reach Topeka until
early this afternoon.
a washout on the Emporia cut of
OF the Santa E'e DELAYED travel on that
line for a number of hours and some
OF the Santa Fe passenger tracks at
Argentine were put out of business by
the storm but there were number of
freight tracks at this point which were
not damaged and the passenger trains
were run over them.
Iran1c between Kansas City and
Topeka on the Union Pacific tracks
was stopped as early as o'clock last
night and since then all the Rock
Island and Union Pacific trains are
being run here on the main line of the
santa Fe. Along the entire line on
the Union Pacific between Topeka and
Kansas City a double track is being
lalc and the roadbed is naturally soft
so no chances are taken by the Rock
Island and Union Pacific officials and
as soon as there is severe storm
they divert their trains over the tracks
OF the Santa Fe. There were no real
BAD Washouts on the Union Pacific line
put the soft track sagged so badly in
many places that no efforts were made
TO run trains on it. The softest places
on the line are around WiIlfamstown
Where a train left the track a couple
OF days ago. It is hoped by the Union
Paclf1c officials to get the track in
shape for traffic some time today
among the TOpekans on the trains
Iled up at Meriden were DIR. Eva
Harding. 0. K Swayze, Miss Kate Put
nam, Mr.. Frank P. McLennan and
wire and daughter Mary. Congress-
man Victor Murdoch and wife of
Wichita and Bent Murdock of Ell
Dispatches received from Holton
state that the tracks of the Leaven-
worth, Kansas & Western and the
kansas City & Northwestern were
,washed out there by an unusually
neaVy storm. 1t will be several days
before these tracks can be put in
shape, so extensive are the washouts
seven inches of water fell at Holton
me creeks have overflowed all the
potion lands there and much stock
has been lost.
Trouble North of Topeka.
The heavy rains have caused all of
the creeks north of Topeka to over
flow their banks and do more or less
damage Dry creek near Elmont was
out of its banks and mile and a half
of the R. 1. track was washed out.
Half Day rose rapidly yesterday and
the Fowler family, who live in the old
Blcket place, were obliged to seek
refuge in the upper rooms of their
mouse, as the water was nearly eight
1eet deep in their place. The water is
feceding as rapidly as it rose and this
morning had fallen four feet.
Indian creek is also out of it's banks
and flooding the low lands. Kaw VAL
ley school house, which is on the
tIrantviIe road mile beyond the
water. as are other places in the
neighborhood, and a good supply of
pumpkins can be seen floating around
In this lake.
In the Lyman neighborhood there is
more or less water on the road in
front of the r. L. Anderson place. it
being several feet deeD. With all the
other creeks on the rampage Soldier is
of course high
At Rochester the road is covered with
water and the people of that neighbor-
mood who came to town this morning
USED the avenue bridge. North of the
Central avenue bridge the roadway was
also under water. These places are.
however, low. The drift of Soldier
creek which has lodged against the I'm
ion Pacific bridge has knocked that
bridge out of line and made it unsafe
The iron Of this bridge has been remoy-
ed preparatory to enlarging the strIlc-
tuFe for the double track and in the
meantime piles have been driven in to
support the bridge but the quantity of
drift which has lodged against these
piles has endangered the bridge, and
consequently no trains are leaving
North Topeka over this road.
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