| Show Fifty Thousand d People le Homeless Horn eless Rendered So by h b the Ila greal real Floods Fo ds in Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma Fourteen Lives Liva Lost Prop rop city clI Loss Ate Ata field Up by hV b High igi is Still Sill Falling J i Kansas City Mo May Ma W Fourteen Urn lives Iv U it I M is I estimated hayS huv hu b ben been n lost tully fully MoO persona have b been n ed e homel and anti financial lowe losses loM In Including damages to o houses house hou and stocks away and amid an railroad tracks tro kc am ambridge and andI I bridges bridge tendered rendered useless that will wll wi amount high Into th time hundreds of thou thousands I sands Hindi of et dollars dollar dular J u already resulted torn the almost unprecedented floods now raging In Oklahoma Indian Ter Territory Territory Kansas I a 18 I Missouri Nebraska anti and I nd Iowa Ioa Lives are le reported lost hoot lot at ot tim tho tol fol following lowing points Topeka 8 Dea De 1 Moines 4 l City Cly 1 Ii Oklahoma City 1 I IThe The homeless are estimated as follows Topeka 10 various towns 3 Kansas City Kansas an ns und and 1111 vicinity 2500 2 lIes Des Moines COCO anti and Nebraska points 1000 10 Thousands of ot p plon persons non particularly at Topeka und and throughout Kansas spent silent last laal night on housetops anti hundreds hunt rea at Den DeB are arl without food fo anti and ane shelter Railway Hallway Halway service w west st anti south from Kansas Ian s Is 18 demoralized dozens of ot bridges reaching as far tar sest W 11 as a Man Manhattan hattan hatan Roe Kan have hae b been en washed out oUI mind many miles of at tracks track are under wIer Unto Is still sll falling failing In tint the south we west t and the weather bureau predicts that tha t tIme the disastrous flood 10 records of at m 1501 will viIi 1 bo be b exceeded and that time the worst Is U Uto Isto isto to come EAST KAST lAST T ICA AN N ISLAND Topeka Ken Kan May ay Topeka with its I jO Inhabitants is un on Island 11 can cami be le reached reachel by boat bont alone houses with time the water below the time see sec second ond end story windows nr are the exception In Inthe Inthe the tite residence district Three Thre business houses collapsed cla ld early today tola They rimey had lied been Jon deserted and amid no ni an one was hurt Time The mill was US destroyed by tire started from a alive I alive live lve Gas Oai water rater and electric lights am are ar shut hut off or while down Kansas avenue the main mall street water Is pour Petit pourIng Ing lag In a R swift stream Iral that at ninny many nany points would swim wlm a Q hor horse e U IL I Is la im tin to 10 the damage The river I Is II still rising All Al night nigh families ramile over the worst wont flooded H roosted on the tite roofs rC of buildings and ami t In upp upper r stories starlet shooting revolvers and amid shouting to 10 attract attention Ono One Ola baker and IUd four of ot his workmen who camped on omi their lieu toot roof rot over night on planks today They fh imey IW sw uw a 4 1 t a o ut h Ir her r n e A dl io tb t and amid the hotly body bd of ot an unknown nun nn drift drifted drifted ed cd by All night the citizens of ot south southside southside side tide labored In II the Ihl work of ot rescue by bout boat Lot wagon 1101 and amid horseback The Time city clY patrol horses were nets drowned In the time work worle of ot rescue A cold rain la is s falling today tOa I adding to tu the of or the victims Time The he house houses on omi the time south sIde aide are being thrown open Olen and end the th auditorium and amid other public JU buildings are filled 1111 with wih Hoats Boals are ure IU being constructed tic tig I rapidly ly as aa All Al of ot the time big houses hou 1 along the thic he river front are flooded Goods Gootis ls are being placed on upper floors noor The Hock Island bridge wont out OUI uarl earl today anti and time the approaches of time the big bridge are ar weakening packing hacking plant is 18 flooded nc anti and abandoned as an are all al the ice Ic plants Tile Tue railroads railroad will wi 1 b heavy hea losers as their belt thir tracks track are not coy any washed ush out but butth the th embankments the time rivers approach art are Art washed out which means leana days dyt of or repairing r The Hock flock Rok wires res are a out and Ind the dispatches are absent from the oly The Tb Union Pacific depot dellot in North To Inka 1 is abandoned a as Is the tre on that rod read td The Santa Pe Fe Ir I is still Kill Ul getting got trains we nt west t a i as far tar a as al ALONG ALO O l I NIS Kansas City Mo tio May M The tIred flood flooded fo ed e condition along the th banks Ink of the time and AnIHa Kaw rivers belt heie hee and anti we Wit west t Is tar far more mor serious than on yesterday and the predictions of ot Col Coi Connor Conner of ot the local lecel lol weather bureau that the dl us record lord of ot mi would be b exceed exceeded Hi ed will wi doubtless be b b realized realised Since yea yra p leray afternoon the Ml Missouri had rs ria reen en In nearly two feet fet and aM this lug morning time the government gauge here h r registered ler 25 JS feet hid Is II but one ozis foot tot below that In 1181 Doth Both Ith continued to 10 rice I teal anti and a still UI further rise riM of ot two IWo f tet feet et at this point pint Is I expected within 1 another 2 24 4 noun hours heavy h rains rain having fallen again last hut night for tr a 0 mile around mie City cl The principal damage aroun so 1 far sustained In this thin Ihl locality Is on tIme the Kaw river at Kansas Kanat 1 na City CI hen hAn and at cit and Argentine r suburb of or tills till city I U It 1 U Is estimated that tM 1 jr per ton soul 11 have hae Wen baen len driven from their km Bomen Jr within five ne miles of ot the Ihl mouth of ot the Kaw river rr 2000 20 of ot this thu tiia num awn th bet ber br are an at whose hoe are working mOt ar people The streets In the te greater ater of ne ate from rena two to three test ft deep dep In water ater All last night nilia the Ihl aided alde l by I tu iio lice lle lc and firemen were we busy br household effects l re women anti and children homeless homI and amid Ild providing shelter for to ant the The he north half hal of or Argentine occupied mainly by railroad and an packing house huI employee U ii I one 01 on bit big lake and 1 at that place ilace snore more than SOB 5 persons are Ir with without without out homes homel There er are I only 11 1 houses house and of ot nd water waIn the these are arc on 01 a I rite else rl of ot ground Ind clear ciar In Iii the west w t bottom both on 0 the Ibe Kaw Kawand Kawand and Ind Missouri the th water ter during the night had ht encroached still UI further upon I the tl pecking parkins kin houses haute In late I the tb UJ I 0 houe and the th tock stork yard 3 At the stock yard rl anI a number of pew paces p were flooded awl M water a wi wu be hall to run M into the of the limo th livestock exchange LINCOLN LOWLANDS D Mo to o May Mar Ma SiUt t Creek I I overflowing the tM lowlands tonel Be lie tween tW A tile the t liners bours 1111 of o o 6 ami 1 st Sat St 1 morning time the th creek f MM roes I five v inch inches e P es ani I Is now nw reported t be t within six lx Ix Inches of ot tb the high water waste wark of 0 heat lait year yar Thirty have hIe taken l rot ref refu rt Jl u ego fe with friend and gaieties for tor ut Id r fl more or are arc being Ine In hi th the ont court urt house boue bU IN KAST IMS DR MOINES MOINa De Des I toD IOWA May Mar ar aP I feet fN of ot water was wag ws ong K a large I section of ot JOt IVa I bu ln i at a daylight this thin mists doe to 1 a I rife rM rIe of at o the til lifer I ef ot one oe on test fe owes over overall ov 11 all al past pail Q resorts record and anti the tb carrying away Iway r I of a section lon of 0 the time haves 1 and dam flam am at Cents Cent street tho nd people lle In B 1 it lt De Dil res Moines 1000 In DM De Moines and 40 m It I North orth 0 Dw Dm D Moin are cut ou oft off ot from room communication with wih the main section of ot lime Ilie city cl Absolutely no attempt seton Is being made to transact business busine The Te street railway company does doe not expect to 10 b be S able alle to 10 start cars tot for a I w week k Six thousand persons are homeless SO 30 per list cent lent of ot whom ore lre practically with without fth out shelter sheler and have been unfed for tor hours during durin which time they timey the have ha been exposed to the ent cat weather Women children n nil all al night long In garments unable to tu a u dry place on oil 01 which to lie le Hox cars cams were placed within reach of the refugees morn morn Ing log In which they the could find shelter from tram the rain Inestimable suffering prevails Tho Time suddenness of time the flood floodgate gave gate 10 e no time for tor preparation or or organization organization of or defense This the time Des river Is two miles mies wide Time The damage cannot bo ho computed be because because cause CRue of ot the tact fact act that close to 10 2000 buildings are submerged and It I can cannot Cn cannot not bo be told whether they thuy Will Wil be carried carleL away Groat damage was done Ole by the breaking breakinG of the levee leee along the Chica Chicago go no Quincy track which Inundated tho time principal factory die dis Severn hundred thousand dol lars las worth of ot machinery In is under wa 1 tor tel or A dozen Icehouses have been ben washed away resulting in an nn minute mate loss OSS of ot a hundred thousand dol ol lar lurs The plant of ot the Daily Daly Capital Is Hooded and boats are nr plying through the time business district In that vicinity To get gH to Urn thu te Northwestern hotel at t a this Ihl morning it was necessary to use a u boat bont The water works work anti electric light anti and power Jower plant by he ho heroic role effort were kept In operation this thil morning although the thu water was WIS en teeing them thom ag ac IS fast as a the engines could uld pump It I out It If they the should cease on the time city would be he without light or water waler anti aM many ninny big plants using electric power would shut down own Of Ot the tho seven een bridges In la tIme the city only one If Is 1 open for tor Hallway service U it suspended Water Is over tho Northwestern N abash Burlington anti and anI Hock Hok Island Illan tracks in many place pl e eIn In the city cl limits From I rom Fort Kort Dodge above here bere the th Dos Des Ds Moines river Is tare re purled ported to 10 be ne two feet teet higher and anti till still tl The he weather forecast U is for tot continued ruins rains The Time rivet rhel above lusts here herf Is IB at cit a 1 standstill At 12 13 1230 30 four men engaged engage In an at n to rescue goods g from fronia a ahouse hou house neAt nell time the th East Ninth street bridge were mere thrown out Into Inlo the current and ammo quickly drowned The he name flame of but ond J B Ii 1 was waa known knowl to 10 the Iho wit It nese of ot time the tle accident In JI South Du De from troll roam 4 until 9 upwards of ot ti a I score Bore of ot stranded load victims eat eaton on tIme the l e roofs roos of ot their houses and piteously piteous Iy ly begged berged for boats boals When rescued they were half deed dead from exposure to old cold and und rain From I rom Marshalltown It I is learned that the tho Iowa river dyer Is la spread s out over a a vast ost territory nod thief the Iowa Central railroad has ha been practically abandoned Communication with the time north slOG Is la almost impassable at noon owing to the time swift current A pontoon bridge of telephone poles 8 and antI lumber Is being constructed from the time Hock Hock Island Iland depot depoe d poe to 0 the Molten Mele bridge a 0 distance of ot two blocks clocks by b which It II Is 18 hoped to establish Itch lish h a communication between the two to toI Portions portion I of the city H 1 and Company A of at the Na National National tonal hoard Guard were ordered out today to toa a assist Ut t the tue th sufferers and mind to aid old In quiet QuietIng quieting Ing ng any disturbances l lur that may arise from rom the this crush to the riverside of f fran franIc frantic ran tc tic Ic persons who have h ve relatives on the tha North tide sIde Mayor and the chief t of at police are at nt the formers home borne camped on the root roof awaiting rescue Congressman Charles Curtis Curtla Curla escaped with wih his hits family In the night Henry Jordan Ionian was Wil drowned tr day while trying tring to 0 rescue n u man from rain u a tree and the latter hatter whose whale name Is unknown was wept swept 1 away aa Decoration day have been abandoned a and the a I A A ft n hall hail hal has hM been thrown open for tor the lime be home teas let le Hundreds of refugees are being eared cared cre for tor In Jim passenger coaches cOlches mind and box boxcars boxcars cars A string Hiring of or box curs cars on 01 the UnIon Union Un Union ion Pacific caught cau ht tire lre at It U 11 1 anti and ald were destroyed d No one was Hurt lurt UNCHANGED AT T AULE Abilene Ablena Kansas Hanss Nay May SO The flood fo situation In this section lelon Is practically unchanged is 18 suspended arid and ad the time people are engaged pumping out and removing goods good I from frol store Ilore buildings building In danger of collapsing On time the bottom lands nil all ni families 1 have hllen been n rescued but hundreds of at cattle ct and horses hone horel Two To men awn spent Int alt all al lost last night In a tree tre above AI the time water ater A cold rain fell tel stead sted steadily lly ily I moat nOt of ot the tae night The Time Smoky Hill 11 west II of here her Is II higher than yesterday Crops Crop of th the entire entre valley ally ore ate ruined raIned Throughout the Iho county corn cr has been 1 so o washed wabe that nearly all al must be re replanted reo punted planted There Is no n prospect of a rail tal railway way nay ay train here for tor days aI In places the track are a half haf mile mie from fram the road roadbed roadbed bed d Woodbine and have h e been flooded Ille by the tha highest waters ever vr known but are now noW In better condition on AT LA Lawrence Jal M The river here her rose roue g v ral I fe feet ht t during the night and practically l the whole ole of at North Norta Nort Lawrence L n I Is under water The Th Bower BowerSock Sock lk mill mU collapsed clap early erl today toay and the tho th mill mi with Kg its Is valuable machinery machiner was varied carted care down the river causing a loss los ku kuo of o mo houses and are ar going down don the stream mall In Urge large num number bets ber r The water ter extends miles mile In direction and nd many small lal houses home hou barns hom homand and ad outbuildIngs outbuilding have ha already bea swept wept away Iwa The b Union Pacific Polo freight and nd passenger depots depot are surrounded dePt ar and nd there ther I t is practically no rio train sot ser service l lIc vice Ic out of ot hire here be belAD hAD BAD lAD PLOD FLOOD AT ATCHISON Atchison KUa May 18 N On On One of th time tho wor wOt worst t flood fo In the t hiatus of ot occurred here he early r today toy The Tho water followed a dodd lle and n very ry heavy ila which began bp at t midnight and Id continued for tor th hours hour hUl White Whitt Clay Cia erek erk cr ek h runt runs through the center canter ef of lt Atchison I Ii out cot ot of It Il its banks bank flooding Ig many cellar In th t the business bUln pert part of or tows town and 1 stock st al ek k te Ie 0 the tI I amount amont of 0 thousands of o dollars The T Th railroad bridge of ot the ti Santa Fe cad and U the lh Missouri Pacific at the thi western Urn It II of o were r carried crt out its a were ere man nl litany Wagen mUn bridge anti anil ad no DO trains 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