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Show WORST IF FLOODS Waters at Topeka and Westward-Have Already Begun'to' Subside From High Mark. KANSAS CITY EXPECTS CRISIS IN FEW HOURS Situation Such That No Loss of Life and Not Much Further Damage Feared. KANSAS CITY, Juno 9. The Kaw valley flood at Topeka and farther west is subsiding as rapidly as it arose, and Kansas City, now tho chieff sufferer, suffer-er, sees relief at baud in the prediction of the weather bureau that both the Kaw and Missouri rivers will bo stationary sta-tionary in licighL at, midnight tonight, and that twentj'-four hours later both rivers will begin to fall slowly. Jn the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock tonight the Missouri rose Ll feet and the Kaw p.o feel. Tho Kaw river at Topelca had fallen a foot at 8 o'clock tonight and inhabitants of North Topeka To-peka were returning to their houses to shovel out tho mud. Tim Hood here today furnished abundance of work and excitement for dwellers in tho lowlands ami entertainment enter-tainment for sightseers who crowded tho bluffs, bridges and viaducts. Every inch of rise sent water over a largo area. Most of the railroad yards iu the Missouri and Kaw bottoms aro inundated, inun-dated, and the remainder will bo covered cov-ered with water before noon tomorrow. Hosts Fighting Waters. The railroads were busy hauling cars from the yards to higher ground. In the Arniourdale district of Kansas City, Kan., hundreds of men with teams were throwing up dikes to keep out the water, wa-ter, and families continued to move from their houses. Only two of the bridges across the Kaw are in danger, and men are engaged on these bridges pushing driftwood under to prevent a .jam. which would take out tho structures. struc-tures. Tho only lino of railroad track open to the west is the St- Louis & San Frnneiseo, all Santa Fo, Union Pacific and Joek Jslanrl trains now using that lino as far as Olathc. Kan. Tho ttock Island in sending its Denver trains over the Burlington to Lincoln, Neb. Pari, of tho stockyards was flooded lodav. and if the, rise continues, as predicted, pre-dicted, nnarly nil of the yards will bo under waler.' Tho basements of all tlm buildings in the bottoms are full of water, wa-ter, but no damage has been dono. There is no current nnj"wherc ifi the overflow. The railroads, which have miles of track washed out , are the heaviest losers by Iho flood. Crops have been destroyed, but will be replanted with the assurance of a largo 3-ield. |