Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-10
RIVER IS NOW RECEDINC
At Highest Point Sunday Morning, AO-
OOrding to Official Reading,
WAS OVER TWO FEET BELOW DANGER LINE
Damage Reported is Not Great In
Monetary way, but Many People
on Low Lands suner by
Loss Of.CrOps.

When Local Forecaster welch went down
TO the river at o'clock Sunday morning
he found the official measurement to be
1874, which means two feet and siX-tenths
below the danger line OF eighteen feet and
half a foot higher than the reading of
Saturday morning.
The Big Muddy went down to a per-
ceptible degree Sunday and the indications
are will soon be flowing past Omaha at
it's normal stage A number OF people
living along the river In the north part Of
town said the river reached its greatest
height during the present rise at midnight
of Saturday and then began to recede,
which would tend to indicate that the Of
fetal reading of Sunday morning at I
O'Clock was not the highest figure reached
at this point
The danger point is said to have been
passed here and the damage reported is
not great. A number of cornhelds have
been inundated and numerous bottom
dwellers inconvenienced by the overflow
Of East Omaha are communicating with
the outer world by means Of boats.
sIRhtseers out In MuItitudes.
As many of Omahas population as could
get away Sunday took to water, for It is
not often that the denizens OF this part OF
the country are permitted to view so much
water as Vas to be seen Sunday. Every
vantage point from Gibson to Florence,
along the river on both sides, was the
rendezvous for hundreds OF people who
gathered along the banks. Cut on lake,
now a preten.ious body of water, attracted
thousands Of visitors, while the East
Omaha bridge was the mecca for several
thousand more.
North and east OF the city is a veritable
lake region, numerous little bodies of water
being left by the receding overflow. The
street cars running to Courtiand beach and
East Omaha were taxed to their utmost
capacity Sunday afternoon, while the roads
In that section were lined with vehicles and
pedestrians.
All safe mt south Omaha.
All day long Sunday the high banks at
South Omaha along the river were crowded
with people watching the river run by.
There was no material change from satur-
day. Ali of those living on the bottoms
were given warning in time and moved to
higher ground. The City Emergency hos
pital is still surrounded by water, but un-
less there should be a change in the cur
rent the hospital will not be damaged to
any great extent. There is still no way for
garbage wagons to reach the river and no
EFFORT will be made by the city oficials to
build road, as the water is reported to be
falling.
South Of the city and in the vicinity OF
Bellevue the river has washed out truck
gardens and potato patches. Tom Hoctor
reports losing sixty acres of potatoes and
other farmers report heavy losses.
So far the city has not been called upon
a. 20, of ha ~
bottom lands in the vicinity of South
Omaha.
Damage Near PIattsmOuth.
PLATTsMoUTH.. Neb.. July s.--Cspecial.) }
Reports received here indicate that some
damage is being caused on the Iowa side OF
the river, northeast of this city, as a result
of the high water. At point near Henton
station the water is said to be overfiowing
the railroad tracks and some OF the inhabi-
tants are preparing to move. Since Thurs
day night rise Of over four feet is re-
corded and the indications are that these
conditions will continue for some time. It is
feared that II the rise continues as rapidly
as yesterday 1t will be only a short time
until the Iowa bottoms are flooded.
River Falling at Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, July Especial )-The
Missouri and Big Sioux rivers. whose high
waters occasioned considerable alarm here,
are now falling, and further danger is
passed. The Missouri's swirling current cut
off many acres OF valuable farm lands. The
Big Sioux threatened the fine boat houses
at Riverside park.
Danger Passed at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. July 9.-Although the
Missouri and Kaw rivers are still rising
slowly. all danger OF flood here is past
owing to cessation of rains in the Kaw
valley. The Kaw is falling rapidly in It's
upper course and tonight will begin to re.
cede here. Practically no damage was
done to crops in the Kaw valley, because
the land was overfowed for only twenty
four hours.