Show I MISSOURI FLOODS Rain Causes Many of tIle Creeks to Overflow and Great Damage In Done MONTGOMERY Mo Dec 201tain ha been falling for fortyeight hours and creeks are overflowing bottomlands bottom-lands Much damage has been done to corn in shocks W H and James W Harvey who were in camp in Lute Lu-te bottom five miles west of here where they are running a saw mill I were aroused from slumber by a flood of water in their tent They started for their horses but before reaching them were engulfed in three feet of water They clambered to the roof of the stable where they perched until rescued Parties here rrom Spring River report having rescued five men one woman and two children who were water bound The men were in treetops tops and the woman and children were on top of a shanty They had been in that condition twelve hours and had suffered greatly frO the cold rains |