The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-18
Rainfall Over Several States
Yesterday Was the Heav-
lest i'm Years
CELLARS FLOODED
AT ST. JOSEPH, MO.
Many Miles of Railroad Track Affect
ed, And All Trains Entering Kan
sas City Today Were Hours Behind
Schedules.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June IS. II
| Reports of loss of life and destruction
of property during the high winds and
| heavy rain storms that prevailed
throughout Missouri last night and
early today were unconfirmed here.
| 1t was reported that a tornado
swept over Herman, Mo-, about 100
miles west of st. Louis, but news of
this had not been received at the gen
eral railroad offices in St. Louis al 10
10 clock today.
struck Paris, Mo-, last night said
that hotel had been blown down, but
this was not confirmed.
Yesterday rains, which extended
over northern Oklahoma, all Kansas.
Missouri, Iowa, and into Nebraska,
were the heaviest in years, according
to the report of the weather bureau to-
day.
Although the storms had diminished
today they extended over Central Iowa
and covered a district of 500 miles.
Des Moines being the eastern emu OF
the zone.
At Joseph, No., much damage was
done by the flooding of cellars follow
ing two-inch precipitation.
The lowlands near the city were IN
? uhddbtds buJ ItS1utHIS were akiC 10
move their property to safety.
Many miles of railroad track in
the affected district were swept ava v
and today all trains entering Kansas
City were hours behind their schedules.
because of washouts between Kansas
City and Sts Ioufs..---s-----
Missouri-Paeific trains were detoured
lover the tracks of the Santa Fe road.
Tributaries of the Kansas are repo,t
: Flood warnings to all points in fle
Kansas river valley and along the
Missouri river were issued by the
Iweather bureau today.
ed bank full. Beloit Kan, reicrted
precipitation in the last 81 hours Of
: 5.75 inches.
: A later report says II persons were
e killed as result of wind and rain
| storms that prevailed in this section
i to southwest last night
Il More than score of others were in
ured
: At Westmoreland. Kan, Charles Nor
7 ris, president of the Kansas Southern
7 and Gulf railroad, his son, Guy, anG
John Gunther, druggist were drown
: ed when a bridge gave way unde
their railroad gasoline car. Five 9th
er persons who were on the car es
9 capped.
I, Three persons lost their lives a
: Richmond, Mo. Mrs. Arthur Covey an,
: small child, and Mrs. Mary Bell wer
4 the victims. The Covev home wa
lifted from its foundation and demol
ished. Mrs. Bell was struck by light
ming.
A farmer and his wife, named Wi
z liams, living near Richmond, wer
= struck by the wreckage when thei
home was swept away and both wer
- dangerously injured
~ Paris, Sedalia, Lamonte and Nevad
reported several persons injured.
Gene Nichols, farmer living nea
Wameco, was killed by lightning.
en- Five members of the family of job
he Burgess, a farmer living near Onag
ro were killed and two seriously injure
n in a tornado which swept the count
so early today, according to reports r
re eeived at the Topeka offices of IL
ty Union Pacific railroad. The same r
E. ports asserted houses were wrecke
stock killed and much other propert
ng damaged.