The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

family. An hour later men In boats
rescued three women from house on
! jackson street and each woman carried
q bird cage.
The street car company were rum
! ming double headers to Laurent street
at noon and taking the refugees by
hundreds over to the South side. Inc
Russians walk the streets on the
North side, their faces dumb with woe.
This second blow has them worsted.
Yet there are men on the South size
| who stood undismayed today ana tank
ed of this second calamity IN cheerfui
tones There are a few of these men.
The thrush of the Atlantic ocean couid
not break their indomitable courage
and hopefulness.
No one suffered any personal danger
on the North side this morning during
the work of rescue. All the people
have been taken to places of safety
except few stubborn ones who still
persist in taking chances and remain
ing in their homes. There were
score or more of people in houses sur
rounded by the flood this afternoon,
and many of these are women
At noon the water in North Topeak
at the fire station lacked nearly three
feet of the depth it measured Monday
at midnight but the indications are
that by night the water will reach a
greater depth at this point than be-
fore. The current is swifter than at
any time during the flood Monday.
Rise Was Rapid.
The rise of the river last night was
very rapid and Soldier creek also left
its banks which adds to the mis-
fortunes of the devoted North Side
people. Soldier creek was not very
high last Monday when the big rise
in the river reached its crest. me
situation over in North Topeka today
Is very bad. A majority of the peo-
pie had returned to their homes and
were finishing up the work of placing
their houses in order after the flood
the first of the week. The river came
down Gordon street so rapidly this
morning that it cut off great many
of these people and express, delivery
and transfer wagons and buggies were
pressed into service to take them to
the dry land south of Gordon
The police patrol wagon drove UP in
a hurry at $50 and was doing effec-
tive work at . o'clock. At this time
the water was creeping south on the
avenue from the fire station at the
rate of an inch minute. There
was need of hurry, as several hundred
women and children were still north
of Gordon at $50. While there was
no danger, yet no one knew with any
certainty how high the river was go
ing to rise this time, and they did
not know that it was rising this morn
ing in North Topeka much faster
than it did last Monday.
These women, with their most valu-
able belongings held in their arms and
little children Juggling at their dresses,
climbed down out of the vehicles and
stood in the rain with look of grim
despair on their faces. 1t was a sad
sight. The rain made matters much
worse than the first of the week.
. Soldier creek is out of its banks and
presses from the north to join the
overflow from the river as it comes
down from the west The waters of
Soldier creek evidently will cause the
river to reach a much higher stage
in North Topeka this time than before
even If the river rises no higher than
It did Monday night. And the rise will
be much faster.
Merchants Busy.
The merchants along the avenue
were hard at work early this morn
ing moving their goods back to the
upper stories and on the high shelves
and stagings. The men worked with
grim, set faces. and had no word to
say. Drays are crossing the bridge in
streams loaded with merchandise and
household furniture.
This second flood coming on the
heels of the first has struck the town a
staggering blow. The work done
Monday and finished Tuesday will
have to be done all over again Satur-
day, and all in the same week. Hope
and courage must fight the battle
again with the cruel and relentless
food.
The Kaw river fell until almost
noon yesterday and the stream then
began to rise and continued it's up
ward course slowly until 10 o'clock
when the rate of the rise increased
materially. Between midnight last
night and 1 O'Clock this morning the
river rose six inches this being the
most sudden of all the rises which
have occurred since the stream began
to rise.
1t
rises as rumor had said there would
be. Just a slow rise of from an inch
to three inches an hour until mid
night was reached then a six inch rise
scattered over an hours time. The
rate of rise diminished somewhat
later in the morning and the water
rose an even inch between s and 9
O'Clock this morning reaching PAP
feet, point exactly four feet be-
low the high water mark of last
Tuesday morning.
The rise was caused by waters
which fell in creeks west of Topeka
Friday night and by the rains which
. fell in the vicinity of the city last
night. The water which fell in the
valleys of the Kaw tributaries Friday
night reached Topeka during the early
hours of the morning and was re-
eponsible for the rise which has for
the second time within week mum
dated North Topeka.
Santa Fe Conditions.
The Santa Fe had trouble at Wa
karusa this morning with the bridge
there, but at IL o'clock announces il
had been strengthened and train SER
vice was expected to continue, a train
leaving as usual at 1905 p. M
At O'Clock the Santa Fe Will run a
stub train to Emporia to connect with
eastoound trains. At 10:45 D. M a
stub train will leave Topeka, reaching
Emporia in time to connect with west
bound trains.