The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-22
MANY CITIES IN MISSOURI AND
KANSAS ARE IN SERIOUS
DANGER.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC BLOCKED
FARMERS IN THE LOWLANDS
HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES.


hours. and resulted IN damage along
the ST Louis river front amounting to
many thousands of dollars. A vast
amount of produce and other shipping
property along the levee is still in
danger The river stage yesterday
forenoon had reached 90 OF feet, a sud-
den rise of 1905 feet in ewenty-four
hours. The danger line is 35 feet.
The water is gradually creeping up
and it is predicted that the gauge will
in few hours show a stage of 2S
feet.
Form Salvage Crews.
Produce houses and grain and cot
ton firms having consignments stored
along the levee have organized gangs
of laborers and endeavored to save
their property from being swept away,
but the suddenness of the freshet in
terfered to a considerable extent.
Thousands of barrels of apples, bales
of hay sacks of grain, bales of cotton
and in one instance $4,000 feet of lum- !
Der were swept away. Men worked
breast-deep in the flood ntercepting
floating merchandise, and feet of |
skiffs manned by men with boathooks |.
assisted in the salvage work.
Six Feet of Water on Tracks.
Madison, Kan, Sept. 20.-One Of the
worst floods that has ever been ex-'
perienced here is raging now. The
Verdigris has overfowed it's banks /,
and half of Madison, with a population
of 1000. is under water
Great difficulty is experienced by
the people in getting from their
homes. AS far as known no livess
have been lost. Wires are down and :.
there is no trains into the city. The
a depth of six feet. a
Lowands Suffer.
Lawrence, Kan, Sept. 20. Three
inches Of rain fell here Sunday night:
and it continued to rain yesterday
The Kaw river here rose steadily dur.
ing the night and is still rising, caus-
ing further damage to railroad and.
other property in the lowlands. Il
Rains Every Day. +
Kansas City. Sept. 20. Rain has
fallen in Kansas City and vlcinityx
every day excepting one in September
with a total railfall to date of ten Il
inches in seventeen days, and there :.
are no prospects of immediate cessah
ton. Practically the same conditions
have prevailed throughout Western :.
Missouri, especially in the northwest
ern corner of the state, and in pord
ton of Eastern and Central Kansas.
Traffic Is Demoralized.
AS result all streams in this parhr
of the country continue to rise anSfl
railroad traffic is becoming demorah
iZed because of numerous wash-outs. II
Turkey creek, which flows througled
ROsedale, just across the line in Kansdd|
sas on the southwest, is on the rame j
page and many people along it's banl
were forced to move out yesterday
The Missouri Pacific, Wabash, Misis|
souri,, Kansas & Texas railways soutl
and east Of Kansas City are experienc
ing the greatest trouble.
Steel Bridge Swept Out. u
Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 20. ->Thi
Missouri river is rising rapidly herd L
and ''Darktown' inhabitants are moA
ing from the lower part of the city tt
higher ground. The food is washinllyl
through the Galloway county bottoms
across the river from here, and TIL
farmers have been driven from theiatI
homes. The farm of one man nameaan|
Laux is under sixteen feet of wateill1
The recent torrential rains, supple
mented by backwater from the riveT|
put all small streams out of thetlh}
banks. The Tanner bridge, steall|
structure spanning the Moreau, is ifs.
imminent danger of going out. |