Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-09
KAW FLOOD PASSING
Crest Of Both Rivers Is in Sight Of
Kansas City.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAIR
Rains Are Over and UpPe aw is
Falling 1S
NORTH topeka IS Fl Z %
Water Two t. -Four Feet L 20. q
Many Houses.
1AynAAn npATyrzrC nETA
RAILROAD TRAFFIC della
Trains on Union Pacific, Burlington
Rock island 10 Points North
and weat Are Late or
Abandoned.

t's~SAs CITY June s--The Missouri
arl Saw rivers continued to rise here TO-
day little more than an inch an hour.
hut the erect Of the flood m both rivers
is in sight and will pass on Wednesday.
The weather observer says that the Kaw
viii rise six or seven feet higher and the
Missouri will rise nearly three feet more.
10 twenty-six feet.
weather conditions in Kansas are fair
and apparently the rains are over. The
tributaries OF the Kaw and the upper sec
tion Of the Kaw itself are falling and will
continue TO fan. The Kaw river is dis
charging It's water into the Missouri at
great speed, which means that there will
be no backing up as in 1903 and 1904 when
the Kaw bottoms we're flooded. In those
years the Missouri river was higher than
the Kaw Some OF the low lands about
Kansas city are submerged. hut no damage
has been done. The banks OF the river are
higher than in 1903 and the railroad tracks
are higher. All the bridges are safe, there
being little driftwood running. The pacS-
ing houses and Wholesale establishments III
the Kaw bottoms have removed the con-
tents Of their easements to upper floors
People Leave ArmOurdaIe.
People in the Armourdale district of Kan
sas City. Kan, continued to move from
their houses today in spite of the assurance
Of the weather bureau and the drainage
board that there WAS no serious danger.
The MttIo village OF Harlem. Mo- in Clay
county, just opposite Kansas City. will
be inundated. but this is expected at every
high water and the inhabitants are ac-
customed TO moving.
Train service over the Union Pacific and
Rock Island railroads between Kansas City
and Topeka has been abandoned. Trains
are routed over the Santa Fe but that line
win be closed II the water reaches the
height predicted. The Denver train of the
Rock leland this morning was routed over
the Burlington to Lincoln, Neb. Trains
from Omaha and St. Joseph are late be-
cause OF soft tracks. On the branch lines
Of the various roads in the Kaw valley
traffic IL practically suspended.
situation at Topeka.
TOPEKA. KAN JuEe .s,--Tne government
weather gauge insthe Kaw river at this
point showed a registration OF @.7 feet Al
10 O'Clock ths morning which is rive of
seven inches in three hours During the
flood OF 1895 the water reached 327 feet on
the government gauge.
The situation from the upper Kaw valley
is favorable. vamego reports the river
stationaty. Manhattan a drop OF an inch
and foot fall at Junction city. The
government weather service predicts .
possible rise OF foot more here during
the dsy. but with the rains over in the
Kaw valley.
The government weather indications. jus
received are also favorable. saying fair
tonight ara Tuesday"
whls conditions at this hour are serious
in North Topeka, with The low portions
under wate.. TIE water has not yet reached
Kansas ayeIue In tho heart Of the Nortl
Topeka business district.
Vt noon there was a break in the KaW
river tank 500 yards wide at the big bend
of the river. mile and a half west Of
north Topeka. As result water four feet
Tdeep swept down into north Topeka
through treak In the Union Pacific rail-
road eal0ankment The water is two ant
three feet deep in many houses.
Beats IN City streets.
II is-cxpecsed that the water will cove
Ke-sas avenue from Soldier creek to tn
river to a depth Of two feet by night bu
the people are prepared. The windows arr
boarded up and other preparations made
In some Instances wooden scaffoldng
have been built around the houses to keel
the drift away. Boats appeared on Jack
son street at noon. where the water wa
three feet deep. The river formed a juno
tion with the back water from soldle
creek and flooded that part of Nortl
Topeka known aa Little Russia" Tn
Watee here was two feet deep at noon
but the current was slight and little dam
age was done. The Santa Fe. the last ros
which had been running trains into To
peka annulled passenger train No. / a
Lawrence al noon on account OF submerge
tracks at Lake View. twenty miles cas-
Of Topeka.
A lion Pacific passenger train cam
within five miles OF Topeka this mornin
with paseenGers who were transferred I
boats a. that point and brought to Topek
by this means.