The Washington herald., 1909-07-08

tie Near Pomona, Kans.
St. Louis. July Rain fell steadily all
last night and to-day. and continued to
night IN Missourfs flooded district, and
railroad officials report the tie-up Of their
lines In this State the worst in the past
quarter o. a century.
All trains going south and southeast are
held indefinitely at St. Joseph. Hundreds
Of thousands Of acres Of wheat and corn
have been partially or wholly destroyed.
and a number Of cities and towns sub
merged.
Eleven persons are reported drowned
The Wabash Railroad bridge at Chilli
cothe. No. was washed away this after
noon with FIVE men clinging to the wreck
age.
Appeals for Help.
A telephone message from Pattons-
burg. No. having 200 population. to-
night appealed for mora help, saying the
food had reached the first floors Of most
of the houses there, that five persons had
been drowned. and many other lives
were threatened.
The identified dead al Pattonsburg are
George Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Boener, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Willard were
drowned two miles west o. Chillicothe,
No.; Thomas Jennings, wife and three
children were in tree tops four miles west
of Chllicothe, all Of to-day, rescuers fall
ing 10 reach them.
Gauatin. No. reports six railroad sec
ton men missing. They had been sent
to keep driftwood from the Grand River
Bridge.
Charles Daniels and John D. Brewer
were drowned crossing White Cloud
River.
The Chicago Great Western Railroad
IS under six feet OF water, and six miles
Of it washed away yesterday between
Benton and Shenandoah. Iowa, was again
washed away early to-day.
Floods from both the Missouri and
Kaw threaten Kansas City's low lands
The Upper Mississippi and Missouri riv-
er floods are expected 20 meet this week
lust above St Louis. where It has rained
steedIly since 10 O'Clock last night and
continues tonight.
Cut OF from World.
Marysville, No, is absolutely cut of
from the outside world Not a train has
moved on either the Burlington or Wa
bash roads IN twenty-four hours It is
raining there tonight.
Weakened by excessive rains and COW
cred with water 70 a depth OF two feet.
the roadbed Of the Santa Fe line. one
half mile east OF Pomona, gave way un-
der the weight OF the second section Of
west-bound passenger train No. at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Three coaches turned turtle on the right
Of the embankment and lie in eighteen
feet OF water. Two of the 800 passengers
On the train were injured-Niss Laura
81. Clair, Boston. badly strained her
back an6 right arm: Miss Mamie St.
Clair, Boston. sustained bruises about the
body
The train had been detoured from the
main line TO a temporary cutoff to avoid
a food blockade, and encountered rising
water a mile this side Of Pomona A
stop was made to examine the track. and
the train slowly entered the food.
Half the distance to the depot had been
traversed when the baggage car left the
rails. The smoking car and the day
coach OF the train following turned from
the rails and slipped gradually over the
embankment and down into eighteen feet
OF water.
BOatmen Rescue Party.
Tonight four boats. manned by expert
crews. took the passengers Of the tops
OF the submerged cars.
Three persons were drowned. and four
others narrowly escaped with their lives
this afternoon when a vehicle carrying
a berry-picking party was wrecked by
the swift current in the middle OF Grav-
ers Creek, near the Grant farm, IN St
Louis County. No. where President L.
s. Grant lived before the civil war.
Mrs. Bertha Castovera, widow, her FIVE
year-old SON. Frank. and George Heckel
twelve-year-old son OF a neighbor, were
swept into the stream and drowned.
Kansas City Aids.
Kansas City and St Joseph responded
to the call Of distress to-day, and men
with boats are fastening to the relief
Four miles from the town they were
halted by the floods, and they are try
ing to make their way against the
mighty sweep Of the water. But for
telephone and telegraph wires. communi-
cation with the town is impossible.
Rains on all the rivers, and heavy
rains in Iowa, caused the sudden rise Of
the rivers, which are still rising and
the current Of water is rushing down the
Grand toward ChiIlicothe.
Houses are floating down the food;
barns, sheds. and trees have been car
ried away and II is feared that there
has been heavy loss OF life through the
farming region. Refugees have gone to
the girls industrial school building. which
Is one Of the most substantial structures
IN town. Two hundred and fifty people
are said to be housed there. In the mill.
another stone structure, near the river, a
number OF others have sought refuge
A IRE broke out last night, and there
was no means Of fighting It, The house
of 7. c. Worley was destroyed and Wor-
ley and his family escaped on planks
and are now in the top OF tree.
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