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Show MISSOURI GETS FLOOD DAMAGE KANSAS CITY, Jin, Aup. 17' U'l') Flood waters Unit have menaced Kansas towns for the- past 1'ew days, today had started their I havoc in Missouri with tile flood I waters nf Sprint: Hiver standi:!.-several standi:!.-several feet deep in the Frisco station sta-tion at Ciirlha.i;e and wilh the industrial in-dustrial section of the eilv inundated. inun-dated. "Water to a depth of more than n .foot is floodim; highways near Lamar La-mar as the Sprim: Kiver continues its ilnmairo to fields and farms. Near Mount Vernon waters wer" also flooding farm lands and the Frisco railroad reported extensive damage to the roadbed. No loss of life was reported in the Missouri towns, although loss of livestock and crops is expected to reach thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, in Kansas towns, additional ad-ditional heavy rains have increased Hood daujjer. The Sniol;y Hill river and 1 'ry Creek near Salina are inountim; steadily and I he water is threatenin.i; to inundate new territory. ter-ritory. At Iloisin'lon and (Ireat Itenii. where flood waters first bewail Iheir flow across Kansas, conditions were reported as sliuhlly better. At Hutchinson, improvised dikes threatened lo nive way at any time. |