Evening star., 1928-11-19
14ARE KNOWN DEAD
AS FLOODS ABATE
Snow and Cold Bring Added
Suffering to Thousands
Made Homeless.
Bv the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, November 1.-TWO
more drownings recorded today brought
the known dead from floods in this Sec
ton to IA.
At Augusta, Kans., the body of Charles
Waterman, a Santa Fe Railway en-
ploye, was recovered near pumphouse
where he was working when the flood
wave struck several days ago.
The death in Winfield. Kans.. of A. c.
Smith, Missouri Pacific section foreman.
was verified by railroad officials Smith
was swept from levee and drowned.
Flood conditions were rapidly improv-
ing in most sections of the three States
affected-Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa-but snow and cold weather
caused suffering among the hundreds
of families rendered homeless by the
overflow of streams due to heavy rains
last week.
Railroad officials here said the dis
ruption of train schedules was one OF
the greatest in history. Restoration of
regular service, however, was expected
by tomorrow.
Three schools at Joplin, Mo. were
closed because teachers who attended
convention of the State Teachers As
sociation here had been unable to re-
turn home by rail or highway.
Crops Are Hard Hit.
National and local relief agencies
throughout the flooded section have
Joined to combat the new menace and
to aid in rehabilitation of the victims.
The property damage runs into the
millions, the principal loss being to
crops, live stock and flooded homes and
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sections Railroad companies suffered
heavily.
The biggest toll of life at single
point came at Ottawa, Kans.. Saturday
night, when swirling waters capSized
motor boat in which DR.. Ralph Shiras
and DR.. j. Ward Smith had heroically
carried on rescue operations. The other
victims we're Mrs. c. c. Jones and her
two small daughters, whom the phySi-
clans had removed from their flooded
home in the Marais des Cygne lowlands
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Payne and their
3-year-old child were drowned near
Hartshorne, Okla, last night while ford
ing Bushy Creek in wagon. Mrs.
Payne's body was the only one recovered.
Mrs. Grace Tucker stepped from the
porch of her inundated home at Well
ington, Mo-, Saturday and was drowned
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in Southeastern Kansas, had previously
lost their lives.
Relief Well Organized.
Relief operations here were well or
ganized yesterday as the swollen Blue
River, which drove 800 families from
their homes and caused big industrial
property damage, returned to its banks
At Clinton, Mo-, paved highways were
under IL to IA feet of water.
Northwest Missouri was mudbound
with "a hours of intermittent wet snow
following 36 hours of rainfall that began
Thursday night.
Snow fell at Arkansas City. where
upward of 100 homes are inundated.
One hundred and fifty families are
homeless at Augusta. Kans., where
$500,000 damage was caused.
Unverified reports of two deaths came
from Winfield Kans.. where flood dikes
failed and the worst flood in history
swept into the city.
Ottawa, one of the hardest hit towns,
remains without water or electric light
service or fire protection today. Water
shipped in tank cars has partially re-
lieved the suffering.
Paved highways between Kansas City
and st. Louis have been reopened. and
rail service to Sedalia. stopped Friday
night has been restored.
SNOW BLANKETS ROCKIES.