Show KANSAS CITY FLOODED town is absolutely at mercy of waters with gas and electric lights extinguished gui gul shed the water works shut down and the city practically at the mercy of the first fire that shall break out with railroad transportation feeble and uncertain kansas city mo may it if the waters do not recede within the next two or three days be compelled to fight for her very life the first authentic information from kansas city kan shows that in that district people are homeless A number which cannot be estl esti mated have been drowned and the property loss has been heavy the situation there is a parallel to the situation in kan kansas aas city mo io apparently co better and no worse there their e is no great probability that there will be further loss of life if 1 the river does not rise very suddenly it akely that the number of 0 fatalities la in the city will approximate fifty |