The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-25

In boats guarding the property in the
flooded districts last night No one
was permitted to ford the river last
night either at the Noble or College
avenue bridges.
Water Plant Damaged.
Late yesterday afternoon the large
well in island park caVed in, forcing
the nnpp 'h6dset,. covering the electric
moters and machinery and it was late
this afternoon when the water could
be bailed out.
The wates kept rising In the pump
house until the river had receded into
its banks The machinery Is damaged
very badly and perhaps the moters
are ruined. The steam pumps were
lput in operation last night and the
lplant has been operating by steam
power since that time. The loss &c
the city by the we'll caving IN and the
machinery by the pump house being
filled will be heavy and can not be
estimated at this time
poor House Patients Moved.
The inmates of the county poor
house were taken from their quaYtefs
on the banks Of the Cottonwood on
lSixth street yesterday when the
water commenced to rise and have
been quartered temporarily in the Cot
tage hotel on West Oklahoma avenue
several Of the women were sick and
,were moved in the city ambulance and
many persons believed them to be
drowned.
| Cimarron River at High Mark.
The Cima.ron river was the highest
lit has ever been and was up within
a few feet of the railroad bridge yes
terday and was bank full. Many cf
the bottom farms were covered The
water was up as high as the wagon
lbridge north of the city yesterday al
two o'clock after which the river be-
gan falling. The Arkansas river was
mot high and the water from the
lCimarron easily emptied rs great
volume of water into the river and
did not back up as did in 1897.
Train Service Disbanoed.
The train service throughout the
state was at a stand-sull yesterday
and only a stub train was run for a
few miles IN some localities. The
smaller branch road beds We're in bad
lcondition before the heavy rain which
made them too soft to traverse at all
and many of the TRUSTEES are out along
the roads of the ID. e. and G.
The two tressels across the Cotton
wood river are out of line and the
lother at the nioIs.h of the river is
washed away. The bridge across the
lCimarron. seven miles west OF the
lefty, Is partially ont and the track Is
lin very bad condition. no trains have
lbeen run on the road since Saturday
forenoon. Practically every bridge
lalong the CimarrOn river between
here and Pawnee on the Eastern okla
Ihoma road are washed away. Sew
Ieral land slides from the bluffs north
lof the city along the treacherous river
have fallen onto the track below and
lmany miles OF the track had water
lover it yesterday. Several hundred
feet OF the track Is washed out be-
tween here and Perkins with a span
OF the big Ripley bridge across the
lCimarron out and two bridges cut be-
tween saltwater and Pawnee. The
Eastern Oklahoma track from Gushing
TO Shawnee is in a very bad condition
and no trains can reach Shawnee In
ANY wayti The Katy road bed Is wash
led l0nu betWeanu here and Fails aud
1.-THE Ft smith aud western. and El
lReno and Western, roads have sus.
lpended service indefinitely on ac-
lcount of the frightful condition OF
their tracks and bridges. The Santa
lFe asserts that this Is the worst gen
eral rain that has ever trayersed the
ientire state and Kansas included. The
lSanta Fe main line trains have been
blocked since Saturday with eight
feet Of water at Pauls Valley; a bridge
Tout at Davis and high water and some
ltrack washed out between here and
Seward this side OF Dead Mans Cut
I-They hope to get a Grain through from
the south by night but It is d3ubtml,
lTwo trains arrived last night and this
morning from the north several hours
late. after mending the b.1dge at Ar
kansas City across the Arkansas and
bridge al Red Rock. The main line
ltrains in Western Oklahoma are re
ported 10 be as bad and there Is no
lhaye been received except that bella
tied from Kansas points
Nc Trains Today.
\ gThBre were no trains 5ut Of the city
inaany direction today except two
istub trains 90 Newton. Kansas which
stafted from here andi not wheel
turned on the other roads No traina
arrived all day yesterday and no mails
have been received except Saturdays
mail from Kansas points.
On the Rock Island branch 10 Man
gum. bridge near Fort Cobb is gone
and the tracks are under water be-
tween Aanadarko and chickasha. The
depot OF she same road Al Apache is
under water. and many families have
moved from their houses nearby
More than 100 families moved from
their houses today in the Beals and
Wood addition az I.awton SQnaw
creek runs through the dlviclne line 81
these additions an the creek b over
flowed and al contiguous teFlilo-y Is
inundated
4 The north end az Oklahoma city