The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-11
TOPEKA'S WILD NIGHT
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ported today: The stage was II feet;
the bank fun stage is 21 feet The
rise Thursday came from the Little
Blue. The Big Blue is not high.
The Republican at Manhattan was
said to be within few inches of bank
full stage at Junction City To-Day
The rainfall Thursday night was one
and one-fourth inches.
Manhattan reported one inch OF
rain. No fear is felt over the situa-
ton at that place.
Telephones Out of Order.
Many telephones were put out of
commission by the storm, and long
distance service was seriously crippled
The Shunganunga seriously 1nisbe-
haved, Overlooking ITS banks.
Light Rains Above.
But while the rainfall at Topeka
was excessively heavy the preclp1ta-
ton was comparatively light further
uD the Kaw and along its tributaries.
This fact is what Flora bases his be-
lief upon that the Kaw will not rise
to any alarming degree in the next
twenty-four hours
The sharp rise of So feet at Topeka
was caused by the water from the
heavy rains of Thursday morning to-
gether with the local flood waters of
Thursday night.
Soldier Creek Is Out.
North Topeka streets were net
work of canals and lakes an hour
after the storm broke Thursday even
ing. Cellars in the residence districts
the low diStrlcts-were
flooded. In many instances this con-
dition was due 10 back water from
the sewers AS far as being large
enough 20 handle the deluge of water
the sewers might as well have been
soda StrawS.
Soldier creek this morning was at
the highest stage that it has been
since 1908, and shortly before noon
was still rising slowly. The water
at $50 stood within two feet of Cen
trail avenue bridge and was running
four feet deep over the road north
of the bridge.
1t is into only the low northeast cor
ner of Garfield park and barely
touches the casino.
At Menoken, according to a report,
the Soldier creek bikes broke early
little danger from this condition.
Damage to Crops.
1t is estimated hat hundreds of
acres of crops in the loWlands along
Soldier have been destroyed owing to
the thin sheet of water that has spread
over them. At the Rochester bridge
over Soldier creek the crossing is i'm
passab BILE. Five feet of water is run
ming over the road at the south end
of the bridge. Shortly before noon
only one that could be crossed.
Lowlands Flooded at Valencia.
The river at Valencia was reported
out of it's banks this morning and the
lowlands flooded
Flood Scare Soon Subsidies.
Among many of the residents of
the North side this morning a flood
scare ran rampant. Moving vans ny
the dozens piled between the North
and South side. Hundreds of people
MPl3n bridge watch
ing the water gage.
All this occurred before reports
from the west dispelled the fears that
a flood in North Topeka was impossi-
BILE. When the Kaw reached the stage
of twenty-one and four-tenths feet
this morning business men-a num-
Der of them-began to take precau-
measures and move their
goods from the easements and cellars.
Little Soldier is reported to be out
of its banks and the lowlands cover
ed with water. The largest amount of
done by the high water will be
to crops in the lowlands along Big
Soldier, the Kaw river, Little Soldier
and Indian creek.
There was halt in moving-out
operations IN North Topeka when re-
ports from the west were received
that tributaries of the Kaw were
falling
On East Side.
With water in hundreds of cellars,
Topeka people are today rejecting
hat cloudburst, although annoying,
s not nearly so bad as a flood.
Shunganunga creek has been high
er than since 1908 and early TINS
it covered a large part OF
South Topeka, south of Seventeenth
street, entering the lower floors OF a
few houses near Harrison and Twen-
ieth streets, covering the floor or the
wagon bridge on Lincoln street, the
main thoroughfare to the Country
club, and running over the Missouri
Pacific track.
Falling Rapidly.
At daylight the water was falling
"a pidly and it was apparent that with
cut more rain Topeka was in no fur
her danger of flood damage from any
direction save the Kaw river, which
was still far from danger stage.
Back water from the Shunganunga
threatened the comfort of the people
n the colored settlement south of
Eighth street along Washington.
northeast of the baseball park. Most
Of these people have been through
spring freshets before and took the
situation philosophically, even when |
he water backed up around their
houses.
They were at no time in danger as
hey always had an exit to the south !
-oward the hills beyond the ball park
That Biddle Creek.
Biddle creek on the east side of
= IN probably has made more trou-
Die than any of the other local dram
age courses 1t ran full of water and
spread out over the region south of
Fourth street and east of the Shunga-
lunga toward the Topeka cemetery
all night, being the first section to
flood and the slowest to drain.
Sent Relief Boats.
Early this morning at the request
Of Harvey Parsons, chief of police,
Lester Davis of the Davis Mercantile
company loaded three boats at Gar
field park on a motor truck and de-
ivered them in the vicinity of Sew
nj nrntl a WhRre