Show Kaw's Second Rise W Worse or se Than First I i rr II M H-M-H-M 1 11 I I r I rr I I I 1 I I K I t iI I I I i Ii wt r r-r r I I TWO ARE ABE DROWNED 4 i. SALINA SALIVA Iran Kan Juno Tuno 13 r ri I i 4 Mr lir and Mrs Thomas Berth Kerth 4 s livin were drowned drown 1 4 i.- i. living near 4 last night while returning from 4 i o 4 1 a wedding Wh While 10 dr driving dring ing 4 r 4 through h n a ravine u their vehicle 44 4 4 4 was caught b by tho the strong curl cur cur- 44 4 4 l- rent and tho the occupants were ro 44 4 r 4 drowned 1 Tho The bodies bodies were 4 4 4 4 found several hours later 4 4 0 i t I H sr i l I rl c-rl I- I nr i H c r- r rr r r I ri TOPEKA Kan June 13 Flood 13 Flood con conditions conditions conditions in m Topeka are serious erious today North Topeka is under water with tho the citizens be being n rushed out by boats police police po po- po lice ice patrol wa wagons ons and every available lo means Topeka proper is is surrounded b by an overflow o of the tho Shun an ordinarily ordinarily ordinarily nerdy small stream that flows alon along the west south Fouth and ud cast portions of off tho the cit city It is the worst flood the tho cit city has experienced in years Houses are inundated inundated dated for nearly nearl three blocks along llong its cour course course- e In some of oC the houses the tho water is six feet deep In Walnut Grove rove and that part of East Kast Topeka lying south of Twelfth street and comprising about 44 blocks is ono one great lake varying iu in depth from one to twenty feet the average depth bein being boing four feet Escape With Only Clothes R Residents were cre caught without warning warning warn warn- ing and having no boats to take them out abandoned d their household effects being generally content to escape with sufficient clothes on their backs The Tho Missouri Pacific tracks track south from Seventeenth street are aro covered with ith water for tho the distance of a n. milo mile and a half to tho the depth of a few inches to two feet and brid bridges are expected to go out every minute A freight train tram got out of the city cite safely at 7 0 clork but hut traffic is now tied up The Tho Santa S. SantaFe Fe roadbed i is safe but in one or two it it I places water is pouring over or covered and I Lower Kansas avenue is s street car service is abandoned below Seventeenth street The fair grounds where n 1 street fairis biris fair bir fairis is in prO progress 09 is suffering and tho wa water ter is around the Santa Fe depot The Therise rise riso came so suddenly people were l una una- blo bio to remove their household effects Worse Than Before Tho rho conditions in North Topeka are worse than in in tho the earlier portion of the week Not only Is iR tho the water pouring in from the Kaw river river in the old break brcak to the west but hut Soldier ier creek creck on the north and east is overflowing o tho the town and forming formin a swift current that is is' washing l in dead deadwater ad adwater away property that was ns only deadwater water before b before for Houses are flooded that tho the citizens had just finished cleaning and when tho the carpets were scarcely down A steady stead stream is flowing across Gordon street t around the fire station elation and many corner conser conservative citizens fear foar worse conditions cond than in 1003 1903 O Heavy Rains in Valley Tho Raw Kaw river shows a registration of or over twenty four feet at 9 D o 0 clock and andis andis andis is still rising Telephone reports from up lip tho the Raw Kaw valley vaHey indicate that a two-inch two rain during Friday night was general west to Salina A heavy Y rain is still stin falling hero horn with every appearance of a through tho the day RISE IN MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY THREATENS KANSAS CITY Juno Tuno Kansas 13 13 Kansas City thi this morning is Js confronted with wilh the tho gloomy prospect d of or a flood situa situation tion tomorrow worse than that which I prevailed Thurs Thursday ay when it it was Continued on Page e 12 HAWS HAW'S RISE Continued From Page Pale 1 L thought the crest crost of the overflows of the waters of tho the Kaw watershed had reached here and that normal con conditions would follow in in a few days Another extremely ly heavy beavy rain ram fell feU last night in eastern Kansas and western west west- ern era Missouri and tho the Kaw r river yer which had been receding until midnight ht when it reached a stage of feet be began an anto to rise riso again at this point an anti and at al 7 s a. a in lii had bad reached a stage 0 of 2645 feet lect Higher Than Before Tho Timo hi highest hest point reached by tho Kaw Thurs Thursday ay morning and the tho highest in in inthe tho the present flood was 28 feet feel when I practically practical all nil of Armour alc in in Kansas Kan Kau I sail sas City Kan Han and a lar large c portion of ot I tho the west bottoms of Kansas City Mo ro were under water Weather cather Forecaster Connor Conner has warned tho the residents of the flood stricken districts that tim the new volume of water coming down the Kaw valley will take the Kaw river to a n higher stage than that registered on Thursday and tho the movement of people peo pee plo back hack to their homes has stopped Heavy Rainfall At Kansas City 15 inches of rain fell last night and the rain continues Three inches fell at Lawrence antI and la a a heavy fall was general in the tho Kaw Raw valle val val- le lc cast east of Topeka 3 The Tho Missouri river rivet which rece receded d t tenths six of a foot yes yes- be began an to rise at 7 j o 0 clock o'clock last ni night ht and rose 1050 three tenths of a foot during tho time ni night ht Reports from Mi Missouri river points to the tho north are arp to tho the effect that very hen rains ha have fallen the thc rains 0 during ni night ht and tn that the downpour continues The rho rise rise in ma the thc Missouri j which had rec receded ded only onla a few fow inches aggravates the tho situation here a as tho time flood situation situations is ie s relieved only I n 1 when the Missouri rap rap- i idly l carries off oft the excess water of tho the Kaw |