Evening star., 1909-07-08
FLOOD STAGE PASSED
Great Distress Along Rivers of
Kansas and Missouri.
PROPERTY LOSS is HEAVY
Dwellers in Afflicted District Driven
From Homes.
WATERS SLOWLY RECEDlNG
Pattonsbure's Inhabitants Suffer
Great Discomfort = Marooned
Passengers Find Shelter.
PROPERTY LOSS is HEAVY
SLOWLY RECEDING
Pattonsburg's Inhabitants Suffer

| KANSAS CITY. July s.-Flood condi-
tions III Missouri and Hansas today
Were vastly improved, except 1T Kansas
, City, where the Kansas and Missouri
rivers conv@se. Most streams IN this
part Of the southwest were receding
this morning.
Daybrcak revealed much distress
throughout the flood districts. Thou
river the people along the Missouri
river. the Grand river in Missouri and
the Narais dc Cygnes river in Kansas.
who had been forced to take refuge IN
upper stories from the rising waters,
awoke after a night filled with terror
lest the food should wash away the
foundations of their homes.
Suffering and Loss.
Besides great damage to unharvestei I
crops and the washing away OF prop
erty. the flood has caused much suffer
ing to many farm people who are ma
rooned on remote and inaccessible
spots.
Several relief trains sent out from
hdIiSdS lily anu Quiet pO1ItS were lcI
a time unable to reach their destina-
tions. Boats loaded with food and other
supplies which had put out TO go TO the
rescue were forced back by the swirl
ing current.
In several small towns almost the en-
tire population had to seek safety the
roofs of their homes. Unless aid is eA-
tended TO them soon, it is feared the
suffering will be acute.
| In Kansas City the damage has been
slight. The river here must rise nearly
ten feet yet before the stage of the
| foods OF 1908 and 1904 are reached. Such
a rise is not now considered likely
But little rain has fallen since last
night No additional lives have been lost,
as far as known.
At o'clock this morning the Mis-
souri, river stood here at twentyfou
feet five inches, rise Of two feet In
the. last twenty-four hours. Tie Kan
| sae river was at twentyone feet, also q
ris = Of two feet.
| The damage here was confined TO the
west and east bottoms. In the west
| bottoms six inches Of water stood in
/ part of tho quarantine pens at the stock
vi rdS along the Kansas river, but the
| main Yards We're not III danger. This
! overflow resulted from water backing
up through the sewers.
| Situation at Pattonsburg.
In northwestern Missouri IN the Vi
cinity Of PattonsburG, where several
I thousand people have been driven from
| their homes, It is believed, all have now
been placed upon safe grounds.
| Many in this district are without
homes however. and suffering great dis
comfort. But relief in the way Of
food and clothing, rushed III from sur
rounding points, is being distributed
! ystematicaily.
| About 1850 people, crowded into the
upper floors of store buildings, lodge halls
| and the school.Iouse, have been without
| sleep over two days at Pattonsburg.
| Mayor Maupin has taken personal di-
rect.on Of the relief work. His own
home, which is large and the only one IN
| town which has no water on the first
! fioor, has been thrown open and i filed
to its capacity with refugees
| The water is within i foot OF the door
step Main street is eight feet deep IN
rushing water. Threefourths nf the nco-
pln in the town have lost everything they
had
The water fell inches during ths night
and continued to reccdc. The iasI OF The
/ refugees has been removed from house
and tree tops this morning
I The relief train from 81 JOSEPH, which
I had been stalled near Santa Rosa, landed
its passcnge,s within ~" miles q Pa
/ tonsburg From there -" remainder ot
/ the Journey Was made on boats.
i The rescuers quickly went 10 work
Ample food. at least for present needs
was distributed to the refugees.
In the past few days many persons have
suffered acutely frcm exposure and lack
of sleep.
Marooned Passengers Relieved.
Al Pomona Kan. all the Iuarooned
/ passengers from the wrecked .ttchison
Topeka and Santa Fe passenger trains
which ran into the river Yesterday had
found shelter and Were safe The river
that caused this flood, the Mart.is des
Cvgnes has spread out over q large Ter
rirory. but today II is receding.
\ Three hundred passengers Were on tile
west bound train when part Of the train
overturned and toppled into eighteen feet
OF water These people. after being res
cued by boats and rowed distances vary
night in the homes OF hospitabie farm
erS.
\ Argentine and .Armourdale Kansas
hacking house and railway suburbs q.
I Kansas City, are safe. a newly built
ayle. al Argentine Safeguarding tina,
,iacc nj least for the present.
~ Topeka the mood situation had inn
T rroycd since last night. Shungituung:
Il rr..k which drove many persons out OF
i tbair homes in South and East Topeka
/ h.d subsidized within its banks. Th.
1 Kansas river there showed a fall Of
! four inches since last night now stand
/ inc AT sixteen feet six inches.
Manhattan in No Danger.
Paports from Manhat; an, Kan. to-
dav indicated that the food stage there
had been passed. The weather observer
said there would not be a rise OF more
than Two feet. the maximum to be
reached tomorrow.
| The Blue. a tributary of the Kansas
/ is reported ten feet out OF its banks at
| BIue Rapids. Kan, but no great Dana &c
can result.
/ 10Th kansas and Missouri the