The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
Duluth. Mimi.
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The rainfall for 1914 was 80 inches
even. The normal annual rainfall for
Topeka is 1876 inches; up to today
there has been 1917 inches
! Sunday the Hottest Day.
A heavy rain broke over Topeka at
| o'clock Sunday afternoon rms was
more or less a local affair. The max
imum temperature at 1880 O'Clock
| Sunday was SO degrees. the heat rec
ord for the season.
The temperature at $50 o'clock was
65 degrees, a drop of % degrees. The
weather was sultry and disagreeable
Sunday morning.
The rain Sunday afternoon netted
"a inches A second rain began fall
ing at 9.15 o'clock Sunday evening,
continued throughout the night and
up to nine o'clock this morning. In
the early part of the night the storm
was accompanied by heavy thunder
North Topeka Undisturbed.
Although the local rains swelled
Soldier creek and the stage of the
river had already made the use of the
Fairchild street pumping plant nee
essary, the situation in North Topeka
was not serious. The pump was TAX
ing care of the water in very good
style.
Creeks Booming.
The Shunganunga and other creeks
around Topeka began to rise rapidly
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reaching an alarming stage.
Railroad and government reports
indicate that the rainfall Sunday night
and early this morning was general.
The Santa F'e reports all the way
from two to six inches of rain be-
tween Newton and Florence. Marion
received a heavy rain according to the
same reports Two inches fell be-
tween Concordia and Strong City. Be
tween Concordia and Ellinwood there
of
state the reports. There was heavy
rain between Dodge City and st. John.
High wind accompanied the rain be-
tween Newton and Ellinwood. A
Rain General i'm Central Kansas
Word was received today from Abb
lene that heavy rain was general
throughout central Kansas. More
than one inch fell at Abilene, accord
ing to a long distance message. There
was a severe electrical storm in NORTH
Abilene.
Three inches is reported to have
fallen at Junction City.
Bridges Go Out.
The bridge over Butcher cleek on
Twenty-first street near Madison
street was washed away by high wa
ter early this morning. The Sixth
street bridge over Shunganunga
creek, just east of the Sixth street
by the washing away of part, of the
east abuttment.
Bridge Under Water.
Shunganunga creek was completely
This bridge is old and weak and is to
be replaced in the fall by new
bridge. but it held against the flood
and is being used today. The APP
proach to the Fillmore street bridge
over the Shunganunga creek, which
was seriously damaged several weeks
ago and had not been repaired, was
apparently none the worse for the last
flood
Railway Troubles.
On account of a rainstorm that
lasted far into the night, the Union
Pacific main line tracks east of Chap
man have been washed out in two
places Traffic may be demoralized
for several days. Workmen are try
ing to get the tracks in shape again.
The Rock Island this morning had
received no reports of washouts. The
general offices of the road in Topeka
obtained word today of terrible hail
storm at Colorado Springs and vicinity,
with the temperature last night drop
ping "a degrees in less than two hours.
The Santa F'e reports that inches
of water was above the tracks ut l1Ol-
liday last night. This morning the
water receded to point below the
rails. The Kaw at Lecompton, Ar
gentine and Holiday fell slightly to-
day.
Trains from the west on all lines
were late today.
Heavy Rains on Central Branch.
Atchison, Kan, July 19.-One and
fifteen hundredths inches of rain fell
here last night causing small streams
to overflow lowlands. Railroad traf-
fic is badly demoralized because of
washouts and soft track. The Mis-
souri, river, which had started to fall,
is rising again and is now five inches
below the years high water mark
Four inches of rain fell al Green
leaf q Central Branch town, last
night and heavy rains were general
over northern Kansas. An approach
to a Missouri Pacific bridge was
washed out near Nebraska City, Neb.,
stopping traffic on that line.