Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-24
RIVERS ARE OUT OF BANKS
Continued Rain in Southern Kansas
Causes Heavy Loss.
MUsKoGEE HAS NO FUEL GAS
Precipitation Continues Seventy-TwO
s Hours Almost uninterrupted in
okIabOmn-Train Service
Almost shut on.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. IA cold
rain, mixed with slest, fell here this morn
ing. and the precipitation was general
throughout northwestern Missouri and
southeastern Kansas. In oklahoma City,
where tho rainfall has been exceedingly
heavy for the last week, SO inches Of
rain had fallen In the last twenty-tour
hours, and the rain continues today. with
no promise Of abatement. Similar condl-
tons prevailed I'm the vicinity of Fort
Worth, Tex, where slightly over two
inches of water had fallen since yesterday
morning.
Springfield, Mo. reported a slight rain
fall, the heaviest part Of the storm being
west OF there. At ct. Joseph, Mo, there
were flurries OF snow. Local Weather Oh
server Cornor says tho low temperature
may change the rain into a snow or sleet.
Rain for Twenty-Five Hours.
BARTLEsvILLE, okl, oct, 2S.-The
Caney river today was two feet higher
here than at any time since 1886. Rain
has been falling along its valley almost
constantly for the last seventy-two hours.
Bartlesville is cut off from communication
with the outside world except by interur-
ban electric line service. The railroad
bridge across the Caney river. used Jointly
by the Santa Fe and Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroads. has been greatly dam
aged by the flood. North Bartlesville is
under four feet Of water.
MuskoKee without Gas.
MUSKOGEE, Okl., oct. 23.-Twenty thou
sand persons shivered. in a cold north wind
In Muskogee this morning without break
fast or fire as a result of the washing out
during the Right of a gas main across the
Arkansas river here. There has been a
steady downpour OF rain here for thirty
eight hours and this morning 1t was still
raining. Several railroad bridges have
been washed away and many passenger
trains are stalled near here.
V%erdiRris River High.
COFFEYvILLE, Kan, Oct. 2.-The flood
situation In southern Kansas today was
not improved. North Of Coffeyville the
Verdigris river continued to rise, and this
morning lacked only a foot Of reaching the
mark of 1904, which was the highest known
for twenty-five years. Many persons have
been compelled to leave their homes in the
north, east and southeast parts OF Coffey-
vile, where the lard Is low. Forest Park
is covered with two feet. OF water.
All the way from Neodesha and Inde-
pendence south to Coffeyville. the Verdi
girls has spread out until 1t covers thou
sands OF acres Of farm lands, doing vast
damage to corn in the fields.
Only One Road Running.
The Missouri Pacific was the only rail-
road that was able to bring a train into
Coffeyville this morning. This was the
passenger train from Kansas city. The
Missouri, Kansas G Texas tracks. north
east of this city. and the Santa Fe tracks
between here and Liberty. are both SC
deep under water that no trains can gel
through. The service on the Missouri Pa.
clfic line, east and west, through Coffcy.
vile. also has been abandoned. West
bound trains on the latter road get M
farthet than Chetope, and the eastbount
trains cannot reach beyond Caney. The
Santa Fe also is out between independence
4 and Cherryvale.
Early today the Missouri Pacific ran sew
eral coal cars on It's bridges in the bot
toms east Of Coffeyville in arr effort t.
save the bridges from being washed out.
The river is still rising at 10 o'clock thi
morning at Independence and Neodesha
and more serious conditions were expected
here.