The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-11
All Records in 26 Years Broken
but One.
FlOOdgates Opened on Topeka
Last Night.
RAIN GENERAL OVER STATE
Street Car Co. Suffers Damage
From Storm.
Fair Weather Predicted to Fol-
low Storm.

Nearly half a foot of water fell in
Topeka between ago O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon and 2:15 o'clock this
morning-5.7O inches. The rain was
general all over Kansas. All October
records for heavy precipitation were
broken in Topeka in the past &c years
or since the government records have
been kept. In fact with one exception
this was the heaviest rain ever ex-
perienced II the capital city in "a
hours on September and Z. 1909,
the record was IS inches.
The lightning put out of commits
sion 3 of the street railway company's
cars, the motors being turned out or
badly crippled in the evening BY the
dead" cars which it was necessary to
pull into the barns
At times the tracks were flooded up
to the car steps with water at certain
places-deep enough to immerse the
1t will require d week or two to
repair the damage done and an ex-
penditure of hundreds OF dollars will
be necessitated. but the company has
numerous reserve cars and the service
will not be i'm paired.
The Santa Fe reports heavy precip-
itation along all Kansas divisions.
Figures are lacking for the most part,
but the least amount of rainfall mem
toned was one and one-half inches.
The Rock Island reports extremely
heavy rain on the Kansas and Ne
bra ska divisions. Snow flurries were
recorded in the western part of the
state. and as far west as Colorado
Springs.
Like a Broken FlOO,ISate.
The water came down by fits and
starts III Topeka. At times there was
almost a solid sheet of water and the
lightning was unusually vivid. partic-
ularly in respect to the storm thar
broke at 11:1O Thursday night. Be
tween g and 9 o'clock in the evening
l 81 inches of water fell. and between
11:1O and 1850 O'Clock an even incn
was recorded by the government in
strument. Then there was another
near deluse which began at shortly
after midnight aud continued until
o'elock.T eH4
The mercury cEt up some pranks.
too, while the water was coming down.
At O'Clock the thermometer reading
was Ga degrees. Ry $50 il was 81
Then in ten minuses the mercury had
tumbled to the .? degree point, the
minimum for the night.
Up to O'Clock this morning the
river had risen ~ feet and it was
still going up at rather a rapid pace.
In fact the KaW is expected to con-
tinue to rise for two or three days.
no dangerously high mark -
likely to be reached according to
sunny Flora, the weather man. The
stage at the hour mentioned this MORN
ing was 81 feet.
The Shunganunga river was over its
banks this morning as "A result of the
rain. The corn fields west of the West
ern League park were partially flooded
Many roofs in the city sprang leaks.
and as a result there has been a heavy
demand upon the carpenters Of the
,ity today to make necessary repairs
Hundreds of cellars are flooded with
water So hard did the rain come
iown at times that there were small
rivers flowing down the streets
The Rain Was Needed.
1.-The rain was a mighty good thing"
"a id sunny" Flora today THE rain
laIl for the year even including the
present downpour is below normal
Jp to the end of September we were
IA inches short. The total rainfall
or the year including the precipita-
ion of tht past twehty-four hours is
1851 inches: the normal amount OF
ain up to October IL is 30.6 inches
rhe average for a year is 1913 inches
The present rain was greater than the
otdl rainfall of anv late fall, winter
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