Show LOSS OF LIFE exaggerated number of people who perished at topeka Is thirtyfour thirty four it now appears that the I 1 first reports of the loss of life at topeka kansas was greatly exaggerated at this time there are thirty thirtyfour four known dead about people are still at north lopeka of them being in the up per story of the woolen mill the they are well fed but extremely un comfor t able the property loss from the best es now possible will amount ap proximately to 1 the whole 0 north topeka is still under water sev pral fee deep while the people that aie penned up ia a the second stor ies les of houses have plenty of food they are in great need of good drink ing water which is being supplied aa as rapidly as possible in barrels and cans can the great fear at present Is that some of the buildings in north topeka may collapse because of their dounda eions being und undermined erminet there is no immediate apprehension that the coplen mill will go down bat but every effort will be made to extricate people from froin that paint po int as quid ly as possible to avoid any further loss of life |