Show KA KANSAS SAS THREATENED fD BIG FLOODS fl Half Ilaff of Is Under Un cr Wa Water ter from Overflow of the Kaw River v FAMILIES IN LOWLANDS MOVE Wichita Worse orse Flooded Than In Its us History Forced to acate Homes Kansas City July 7 Ono halt half of ot the packing house homo town In Inthe Inthe the suburbs of ot the title side Is II under underwater underWater water from the tha overflow of or the tho Kaw The Tho water vater Is la still rising at nt a to rate rato und and conditions approachIng n the tha I ho great t Hood of ot 1103 1 03 tire are feared The lowlands of ot Argentina and other suburbs also alvo are aio Hooded and hl lr of oC laboring people have baa left loti their homos homes West Wesl of oC Kansas 1 City along the tho Kaw Kw that stream ID la anti great at nt North Topeka Lawrence and at nt I Its tributaries are aro risIng rilin Them has hiatt been almost In ruin rain In Ito this part of or the lIe south southwest southWest west for Cor live lays days Iud aunt font for to It month past heavy rains have havo fallen Intermittently All lust last night bight a steady downpour of or ofrain rain fell toll hero and In mutiny many parts harts of Kansas and onil today It continued rhe The lint first rio rl o In the Iho cAmo Caine at at nt midnight II III II I when wilier water began through ft it large d ilyko ko built across n a new now channel made mude by hy tho the Hood lust last year Families 8 In the tho low lowlands lowlands lands began heian h to 10 move antI and when later appeared at nt three other places there wa WaR sae a n general movement toward town Id higher blither ground Morning found the Iho wa WIL water tot tel still on the tho rte rIce rl c and gradually spreading over the town until of or time tho place wan vas wn under from one ono to tt five feet Cc ol of oC anton a Today the tho had hadi i reached the live stock x drove the tue occupants from tile the basement floor I Forecaster OConnor however while predicting pro that tile tha HAw would continue continua to rise for lor another 24 hours sail said that thoro there hardly would be bo a repetition of ot last years ears disastrous dl flood 1100 Ho lIe Is it con Colt that tIn till Missouri river will bo lie able to 10 carry off oft the excess water with without out mitty great treat damage resulting Hallway welt ost of hero Is madly badly demoralized FLOOD Wichita Kun Kim July Jut JUI 7 h Is hooded flooded to today todo la woree than ever before In Its lis history hl lor The Tho dikes nt lit several places along the tho Little rIvet river gave 00 way oa before h tho the rush rl h of or water and It poured down one of or the principal resident streets In ft n raKing raging torrent be bo becoming coming canting waste w deep On Main I III street the hotel hole I was Hooded and the tha walor Is la flowing swiftly within two blocks of or Douglas avenue the tho main hu Street living within seven blocks of ot the tho Little river have ha hah been h cn forced to 10 vacate their homes hum TUB TIlE KAW KA W IS lUBINa Topeka Kan July 7 At the tho Kaw Kw today tho Iho water It Is above tIle mark and rising riling slowly In North Topeka the tho water vater U Is through the princIpal streets and tIme the town Is d n All lust Inlet n a 1 of ot if humanity poured across the tho big bill Milan Melon bridge to higher on tile the south louth side Hille The rhe well to do class of or people stacked 1 their household goods gooda In the tho upper stories of their homos homeR anti and lied fled lIe liedThe 1 The Tho poorer classes driving their live livestock livestock stock before them carried what of or their goods they the could upon their shoulders The rite merchant and n worked alt all night theIr stork to 10 flute quat t tere hr r Hoats are nire being used In Topeka propel the wilIer water Is three thre blocks block up town lown from Crom the Ihl river chan ohan channel nel miel Trains on ott the tho Union Pacific Santa Fe ot anh nd Hock Rock Inland are abandoned e east t west welt of or Topeka The house hou e of or Cass ace nes Woods a n park policeman In Riverside park was vi wn hell lIn Mrs Woodi and her two Love children drowned droned Hundreds of or were I cro engaged en busily busl nil all day retrievIng removing house household hold bold goods goads from tho the suburbs subunit of or Kansas city Kan along the Kaw white while In Inthe inthe the tho west overt bottoms near lien I the tile Missouri Kansas line thousands of ot dollars worth of or goods wore Svere ur either removed from Crom the district or placed upon Ion upper floors Over Oval V I people tied Oed from many of ot if whom wow were ere furred forced to leave lene their belongings Communication b be Argentine Is I shut off ort except by h boat bont and anti only A n f few tew w one arc living us d because of ot the swift cut rent Wilier Water In the Ih packing houi haitian H caused nn till almost total suspension sion slon In those plants and anI packers stopped 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