Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-05
A RAINY HAVOC
N middle West
STORMS IN THREE STATES DO A
HEAVY DAMAGE.
The ARKANSAS IS BOOMING.
Rise of Ten Feet NOted-Iniury 10
Mining District Grcat-Brldgcs
Swept Away.


If Tulsans may judge from recent
occurrences, the old adage that a man
gets his deserts, and more, too, even
tually is proven correct,
Tulsa didn't have as much rain In
the opinion OF most people, as was
deserved in the early summer and late
spring, but the rain has finally come
just lots Of it, too during the past
few days.
But the worst part Of it is that the
last rain was a "million-do dollar" rain
of a different sort than the first mil
lion-dollar" rain which fell
Yesterday morning shortly before
daylight, one Of the heaviest OF recent
rains fell and it was accompanied by
n fierce gale The driving rain is
said to have partially outweighed the
good effects Of previous precipita-
tIonr, not so much In Tulsa as in other
parts of the state and sections OF the
country
The Arkansas River at o'clock
yesterday afternoon was up 9.7 feet
and was still rising. For certain the
old Arknagas looks like the Mlssissip-
pi as 1t is bank-full and is looping up
to the very edges of the bottoms at
some points.
The rainfall yesterday was 1,26 in
ches
TorOnad0 at Harlan, Kan,
Smith Center, Kan, Aug. 4,-This
section Of Northwestern Kansas was
visited Thursday by a cloudburst and
today all streams in this and adJoin-
ing counties are out Of their banks.
Six inches Of rain fell here in two
hours.
In this country the swollen streams
carried out bridges and culverts
which will cost 100000 to replace.
The Rock Island Railroad lost thirty
bridges and culverts in n section eX-
tending forty-nye miles west from
here.
The town OF Harlan, fifteen miles
south OF this place, was struck by a
tornado and several houses were
blown down and its wreckage was
swept away by the Solomon River,
which is several miles wide at that
place. Barns and buildings in the
country were blown down and much
stock killed, but no persons were SER
iously hurt.
Heavy Damage Done.
Kansas city, Aug. 4.-Ralns which
have fallen in Southwest Missouri
Southeastern Kansas and Northern
oklahoma since Wednesday have
done damage estimated at more than
one million dollars in these districts.
Reports from Galena say the damage
to mines in that district and In the
Joplin district is nearly three-quar-
ters Of n million dollars.
At Lowell, near Galena, an electric
company, early today dynamlted its
30-foot power dam which cost nearly
half n million, in order to save the
machinery OF It's plant from damage
by water, At that point the Spring
River was flowing over the dam, and
the bottoms wero under water.
Reports from as far south as Ok
lahoma City tell Of damage done by
tho rain and wind there early today,
and from points In the Northern Sec
ton Of the state comes reports or
high water.
All small streams In the vicinity
Of Tulsa ara out Of their banks, and a
rain today caused a rise Of ten feet
in the Arkansas River, which only a
few days ago was feet higher than
at any previous point this year The
last rise brings the river to tho high
est point OF two years.
Solomon River Falling.
Atchinson. Kan, Aug 4.-The Solo
mon River. which was sent out Of It's
banks by tho downpour Of Wednes-
day and Thursday Is falling, At
Glenn Elm, Kan, one OF the small
branches OF the river, the water Is
stll rising however, and II Is believed
win go over the bridges, Near Portls,
Kan, an engine, wrecked by wash.
out Is under seven feet OF water.