Show FLOODS IN KANSAS People of Frankfort Being Rescued From Their Homes in Boats Frankfort Kan June 5 Nearly all the streets of ot Frankfort are running with water from the overflow of the Vermillion river The water stands from three to four feet deep and the banks and practically all the business houses are flooded People are being rescued from their homes in boats In Inmany Inmany Inmany many streets however the current Js Is Isso so RO swift that this is difficult Many persons are marooned in their homes and are in danger as the swift cur current current current rent threatens to cause some of ot the buildings to collapse Henry Horr Herr a prominent merchant was WaB rescued from his store this morning nearly drowned F M f Hartman editor of oC the Index spent the night on the roof ro f of his home Much loose lumber has been carried away awa Topeka Kan June 6 Reports from the valley of at the Kaw and the tribu tributaries tributaries west w t of this place indicate a rise in the river ther at this point during the next hours hour Heavy Heay rain have fallen fall n during the past hours In the valleys valle of oC the Republican Solomon Saline and Smoky Hill rivers all allot of which empty into the Kaw The present stage of ot the river at Topeka is sixteen feet teet To be at flood stage It have to be feet Tire Te high water in 1903 reached re ched thirty feet teet The rainfall along the valleys of these thes rivers has exceeded two Inches in several instances Independence Kan ICan June 5 A wa waterspout waterspout waterspout extending over Wilson and Greenwood counties early today caused Verdigris river to rise rapidly resulting in much damage dama e in the flooding of ot lowlands and wiping out of crops Many cattle were swept away awa The river is from four tour to five lve e miles wide and is at the highest stage in Its Us history |