Show f 41 T t WA T H L F L 0 0 DIE D C R T R ILI 1 S danger considered over in kansas city and topeka st louii 3 in fear of disastrous flood three lives already alrea dy lost in vicinity the latest reports from kansas city show that the danger from the flood is over and the stricken innab tants are counting up their losses in lives and property there are about people temporarily homeless distributed as follows argentine 2 Armour dale 16 kansas city kan 4 kansas city mo harlem the rain ended june 2 and blue sl y was visible for the first time in a week the waters arks have resumed operations and gas already has been turned into the mains this affect ed kansas city cit in missouri only and across the river the situation is more gloomy and the needs far greater A feature of the flood now regarded as important is the prospective change in the courses of both the missouri and the kaw rivers t TOPEKA CALLS FOR AID r unable to cope alone w th the fear 4 ful calamity with 10 people homeless th the inhabitants of the cit city threatened by contagion crops ruined and with three or four weeks of time to pass t before the flood is entirely receded citizens of topeka decided to S appeal 1 to the outside world for help gov bailey has issued a proclamation matlon call mf ing on the charitable people of the 11 country to send assistance in the shape of money A pathetic incident was the drown ing of edward idward grafstrom bechani k cal engineer of the santa fe by the f capsizing of a steam launch he had af j spent a night and day putting er for rescue work he had saved seventy four persons by his unaided efforts A thorough investigation as to con editions in and about a and in i the water covered portions of kansas has been instituted much informs tion was vlas collected enough to prove the general situation A little less than appalling the gist of the he informs tion thus gained follows less loss in north topeka 2 number of homeless 10 16 flooded district uninhabitable for at least three months known dead forty eight sanitary conditions due to decay ing car carcases eases and h iman bodies prom aises to be frightful territory under water ater in kansas probably 3 square miles or 2000 2 acres crops this year in flooded district virtually ruined ricia valleys under many feet qt water and still in many places added to the horror and uncertain ty in this region is the belief that aa RESCUING TLE H A R L many farmers and families lost their lives bodies of the dead have been been seen floating in the torrent frequent ly the last few days hundreds of cattle were also drowned when the water falls away and the bodies af animals and human beings are at tacked by the sun the physicians tear fear much sickness will follow al ready the stench is being noticed and in some quarters of the city Is well nigh unbearable FEARS FORST FOR ST LOUIS flood almost certain to do damage to that city already beyond the danger line at SL 1 louis the mississippi river con unties to rise and tour four or five ve feet more of water may be seen before the maximum is reached reports from up the river indicate that the rise will continue tor for a day or two much property damage has already been caused by the flood but with the higher water to come it is feared tha loss will grow to enormous sums when the thirty four foot stage shall be reached there will be two feet of water in the street on the levee the cellars ot of which are now nearly full of seep water damage to the extent of hundreds of thousands oil dollars will be done in bt louis and contiguous territory for a week the weather bureau has been sending out warnings of the floods foods sweeping down from the upper mississippi and upper missouri rivers and all have had ample opportunity to beek places of safety t there will doubtless be some in the lowlands low lanas lancis who will not heed hood the theiarn warn ings until they are surrounded by water but the abilities tor for rescuing such here are so ample that none I 1 should perish the rl er has risen to such a stage at alton ill that steamers can pull I 1 tt L am arx L near the chicago peoria and st louis right of way and run their gangplanks on the tracks to unload freight the altonian Alt onlan a ferryboat and dozens of small craft hae hane been sav ing the household effects and cattle of flood victims hundreds of head of cattle have been rescued two feet more rise and the alton glass the boilers will be ext ingul hed A suspension mil ill enforce the idleness of 4 men thirty feet the danger point has been passed by the river the crest c the flood from the kansas and mis alis rivers is yet to come and when it shall reach st louis and find aug on from the high water in the Alis sigs api some loss of life Is feared and destruction to property must en sue the first loss of life attending the present flood in this vicinity was re ported in the drowning of mrs wil liam schmidt and her two children in an attempt to escape on oil a flatboat from catfish island in the missouri river seven miles southwest of st charles schmidt and his family of four were compelled to abandon their des moines iowa rowa it has been determined that there will be no extra session of the legislature gov cummins is satisfied that he can supply the needs of the flood sufferers and tornado victims by borrowing bon bori owing money and having the next session of the legislature approve his course the situation in des mo nes is still disheartening although the wa water con finues to tall fall rapidly train service on main lines is once more nearl nearly formal at va the water has begun to decline and the danger is past davenport iowa flooded streams still block all railroads in this y SCENE IN FLOODED DISTRICT 4 01 A T HARLEM DAM debor 4 14 1 A V r 52 kr 0 ar 0 ai FROM THE SWEM ST VIADUCT iab 01 10 an A t FD home on the island and loaded a part of their household goods on the small boat in midstream the boat capsized and schmidt was able to save only one of his children in some places between here and alton the river is five to seven miles wide covering thousands of acres of farm land destroying crops and daiv ing out the farmers the greatest damage yet reported is at missouri po pont nt at the confluence e of the mis Ms spun and mississippi rivers where several hundred farmers and their families have been driven from their fertile lands by the high wafer water still greater damage in this section is feared during the coming rise SITUATION SETTER BETTER IN N borth iowa flood lo 10 1 pass ng and stat will assist it lt Suf sufferer ferem telegrams grams from various points gave flood news of general import as fol lows 11 but the mississippi is stationary two feet below the danger line st paul minn the minnesota res is on a rampage caused by the bursting of the dam at big stone lake the stream Is a mile and a halt half in width and thirty fet deep the members of an unknown family who recently removed from oklahoma were all drowned their house Is strewn along the M ippi farm farin buildings near the river and the bridges have been damaged and the loss to crops will be heavy lincoln neb the flood danger has passed in southeastern nebraska but ane high water has left the railroads in a badly crippled condition lexington mo the missouri river Is within six inches of the h gh water mark mar of 1881 houses houes and barns are ff floating down the river the govern ment steamer atalanta has removed many flood sufferers from lowlands louisian mo the mississippi river rose a one foot here overnight in the country north the crop damage Is serious gait galt river s rising and steam oats and pleasure launches are rescuing stool new york telegrams have been sent by maor mayor low to the mayors of topeka kan kanca kana a C ty and des moines dmd ff ig r 3 Ms food offices in obtaining reli relict f tor for lood ufer cufer ers mont the melting snows in the couer dal d alne ne moun mounta tans ns are causing a ramp ge of all st streams reanis the tracks of the northern pacific are in danger near hope idaho |