Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
RIVERSON ARAMPAGE
Eleven Inches Of Rain in Western Missouri
Since Thursday.
FLOODS WORST FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS
Carrolton Cut OFF from wabash Station
Except by Boat,
MISSOURI PACIFIC BRIDGE WASHED OUT
Traffic on the Main Line Suspended for
the Present,
IsSoURl PACIFIC BRIDGE WASHED OUT
SITUATION At KANSAS CITY BETTEF
No Damage by the Rainfall of sunday
and Kaw and Missouri
Rivers Continue 20
FaIl.

KANSAS CTTY, No, Sept. I-Heavy
rains still continue in western Missouri,
forcing streams up and causing much dam
age to railroads and other property. Car
rollton is experiencing the worst flood since
1855. At that place seven inches OF water
has fallen In the last twenty-four hours
and eleven inches since Thursday. Wa
kenda creek is on a rampage and Carronton
is cut off from the Wabash depot except
by boat; all residents in the lowlands are
moving out and the Standard on works,
the city waterworks and the electric light
plant are threatened and may have to shut
down The water is rising at the rate OF
four inches an hour The damage to crops
in the Wakenda and Turkey creek bottoms
is already heavy.
Six inches OF rain has fallen at Marshall
since yesterday ana the Salt Fork river
near that city is over a mile wide The
Missouri Pacific tracks are flooded for
considerable distance and much of the
tracks has been washed away.
Missouri Pacific steel bridge 100 feet
long over the Iamine river at Otterville,
went out today and traffic on the eastern
division OF the main line will be impeded
for a day or So Missouri Pacific trains to-
day from Kansas City were sent north over
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road, but
! on reaching the Lamine bridge near Clifton
the tracks on the latter road were found TO
be four feet under water. The trains were
sent back TO Kansas City.
While rain again fell at Kansas City to-
day, no damage was done and the Kaw
and Missouri rivers continued to fall
Jefferson city Isolated.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Sept. l7.-As
| consequence of the heavy rains, jefferson
! City has been isolated for the last twenty
/ four hours far as train communication
with the outside world is concerned. Many
persons are detained here through their in
ability to make connections for points east
and west
| Kaw stationary at Topeka.
! TOPEKA Kas., Sept 1.-THE Kaw river
| rose gradually all day today, but tonight
is stationary The weather bureau reports
| that all danger of further damage is passed.
| Flood Damage I'm johnson County.
TECUMsEH, Neb.. Sept, T-(special)-
! The flood conditions in johnson county are
much improved today. The Nemaha river,
Yankee creek and Badger creek are again
in their banks. The Burlington has had
I 100 men at work all day today putting track
back on the grades between Vesta and
| Crab Orchard. The work train was able to
get into Vesta last evening. Another crew
is at work in the vicinity Of Filley and
the trains will probably be able TO get
! through again tomorrow. The track was
washed worse than at first reported, and
, in some places considerable grade was
washed out. The train from Nebraska City
did not get through to this point yester-
day, a waterspout being reported at john
son.
Along Yankee creek, in the vicinity Of
Crab Orchard and Vesta, a great deal Of
stock was lost and several barns were
washed from their foundations. Some
stock was lost along the Nemaha river
in this vicinity. The people who were COM
PEELED to move from their houses along the
bottoms are now at work cleaning out
their residences and preparing TO again
occupy them. In one house the water got
UP even with the keys of the organ, and
not an article of furniture was removed
from the building the family barely haV-
ing time to save themselves.
The county will suffer great loss in
bridges and culverts along these streams.
10 say nothing Of the inconvenience TO the
travelling public which is bound to prevail
until the bridges can be replaced.
Balloonist John Morrssey, who dropped
into the Nemaha river from a parachute
Friday. has been at work the past two
days locating his balloon and parachute
He has brought them in and will now cleAA
them up for future business. Both oAn1s
down in the water.
Church struck by Lightning.
STELLA Neb., Sept. Especial Dur
ing a heavy storm yesterday evening light
ming struck the Baptist church at Prairie
Union. four miles east Of Stella burning II
70 the ground The building insured
IN the Richardson county Mutual for H,ooC
and 500 on the contents, which were prac-
ticaly all carried out TO a place OF safety,
The building is one Of the old land marks
= having been built thirty-two years ago
. Rev. D. l. Mcbride is the pastor at the
I present time. living in the parsonage, which
D is forty rods east OF the church. During
e the storm last night hail stones fell meas
D uring six inches in circumference, but as II
4 was not accompanied by any wind did not
70 break much window glass