Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-12
fAmiliss In the river districts Of Ar
mourdale and Argentine have moved
to the higher parts Of the city.

Aaouiueie anu Argentine nave moved
to the higher parts Of the city.
Topeka June s:-The government
water gauge at the Kaw rdyer here
registered twenty five and seven
tehths feet this morning 4 rise Of
seven inches In three hours The sit
uation from the upper Kaw valley Is
favorable however. wamego reports
the river stationary, Manhattan re.
ports a drop Of one inch, and Junctio
City a fall Of one foot. The weather
service predicts q rise Of a foot more
here during the day, but with the
rain In the Kaw valley over vith.The
condition Is serious In North Topeka,
with the low. portions under water,
but the water has not yet reached
Kansas avenue, the heart of the bust.
ness section. Railroads report. much
trouble, the Santa Fe alone being ex.
cepted.
At noon today there was a break /.
the Kaw river bank five hundred yar
wide at the big bend Of the stream, t
mile and a half west Of North Tope.
ka. This water appeared to be about
four feet in depth and was sweeping
down into North Topeka in a stream
at least five hundred yards wide and
through a break in the Union Pacific
railroad embankment. Water Is now
flowing across Gordon street in a rap
Id current and will be two or three
feet deep in many houses BY evening.
Kansas City June 9:-The. prDs;
poets for an early abatement Of the
flood conditions along the Kaw river
In kansasand at Harlem, No., across
from Kansas City and points above
here on the Missouri, are favorable
this morning. This morning the Ais
souri, had risen to more than four
feet above danger line and the kaw
lacked but two feet of leaving its
banks. Both rivers continue to rise,
the Kaw less rapidly. Patrick Con-
nor, the local weather forecaster, saio
there is less cause for alarm than
yesterday. There is little likelihood
of the Kaw rising much higher. AT
several points along its principal trib-
utaries, reports are that the flood is
abating, have been received this morn
ing. At Topeka the crest Of the floot
was reached at three o'clock this NOR
ing, and fall Of one and a half inch
has been reported since that time.
The rise in the Missouri extends only
to Omaha, and beyond that point the
waters are at a standstill or are slow
ly receding. The end of this flood
is undoubtedly in sight" People liv.
ing In the river districts Of Argentine
and Kansas City, Kas., are still mov-
ing out today, and in some parts the
whole neighborhood has been desert
ed.
Topeka, June 9J-Seyen thousand
people have been driven from their
homes in North Topeka by the flood
in the Kaw river. The major portion
found shelter in Topeka proper where
the auditorium, school buildings, and
private homes have been opened to
them. No loss Of life is reported,
but much damage to property by NOV
ing and muddy water in the houses
will result.
Kansas City, June 1O:-With the
flood waters from the Kaw reaching
to within one block Of the Union sta.
tion, covering one quarter of the low.
er part of the stock yards, rendering
useless some of the railroad tracks
coming from the west and beginning
to creep into the Easements of the
big wholesale houses in the west bot
toms, Kansas City this morning found
herself in the throes of the most ser.
ious flood since that of 1903. The
flood stage of 1904 was passed last
night. There is no possibility how
ever of the great flood stage of 1903
when million of dollars worth of prop
erty was damaged, being reached, ana
there is every indication this morning
that the crest Of the flood would be
! reached early this afternoon, and
that another twentyfour hours at the
least would see the Kaw and the
Missouri river at this point begin to
fall as their waters will be drained
off above Kansas City. This over
flow Is bound to cause trouble cas-,
Of here as far as st. Louis, and as
1t reaches into the Mississippi, and
along the north banks Of the Missouri
as far as Omaha. To the west the
Kaw at Lawrence and Topeka is rap
idly falling. and from now on condi
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