Show DESOLATION TION IN NORTH TOPEKA One Ono Hundred and Fifty Are Aro Known to be bo Drowned DIED DED IN THE lHEr SANCTUARY In lu a 0 hurch Fire Are Aro ro Out unit and ster Ihl II f Kan I h nn an May 1 the tl number of ot drowned people was wan known to bo be I at lt least 10 antI and a largo large number were iere yet ct missing Several were reported burned to death but Lut this could coull not nt be substantiated Prom Front alt all al over ove eastern custom Kansas Kansa beats nh cile be bo being boIng belog ing log rushed ruhel here herc tot for the UI of o the sufferers TIm Tho he north end of or tho the Mellan In bridge the only way 11 it of ot reaching r North Topeka Is entirely submerged anti un on efforts win will wi be made annIe Ilde to Il a wire iro cable across the tite bridge g All Al of or the ho Pun lon pontoon toon bridges s to 10 the north sub side were sere washed out early this thin morning and the lie only possible chanco chance of or teaching the survivors then was waR by boats bonts after oter nino mittie boats boat ar nr arrived rived f rl torn nun m Ia on u n spec II hi I train trIn and they were weme put Into Intel active nt at once alice boon Hoon after of ot drowning began to come In lii A boat bot containing eight own men swept away I awn U In the lie swift courrent at n bo lit 1 7 und amid as OH fur far furas furas faras as known all ul worth well drowned A boat bont containing two men uteri was isas capsized The Tho bouts louts were too mail to live lve In the thc swirl swirling swirlIng ing imig waters Situ Thu river remained after having hitIng fallen I lichen Inches Heavy 1 el rain rIn were CIO repotted reported from ruin up UI the stream however and und It I wait 01 feared fearo that another rise 1180 would set pet let In Jh t seen people ate are e high and dry dr drIn In the lit Page Pall elevator If the building bulling holds holl together they will wi be b rescued IN CHURCH CHURCHIn In the th It Ii I street colored Baptist church nearly a hundred people have been bLon standing since yesterday yest Many Ian of u them have 11 doubtless fallen alien talen from tom torn ex exhaustion hauston before this arid and drowned The building stands Intact however and thoro thor who nto left If alive alve may lay be res men rescued cued North Topeka is ta I n a 1 scene of ot utmost Not a square foot Cool of ot land ran eon be seen In any In direction There ThereIn In Is but n it small chance of ot any nn of ot the residences being left lef standing at the end enl of ot the tho Hood lood period Sherry Shery Oakland antI and ant tOe tn region about the this reform school north of North orth To fo Tolica lica are nil all al under the rushing waters but bitt the situation Is In iii these thele places lacH compares with wih that North Topeka Is i undergoing Finns PUT OUT Nearly Near nil all al the fires Ores have hoe been ben put out by b the ilni heavy hen hea rain rin which tell fell I till nil ul night nIght The ky sky sl was wal overcast and tutu the lie rain radii bid bill fair to tn continue till day dayA A titan man who hind hag ha Just returned from tram the th scene of r the flood od says he ho could see se us tin many lany as ten len persons hanging tram from coin trees near time the tl ardol avenue bridge nt the toot foot tOt of ot Morse e street E D n lang and In Charles Walden santa fanta Fe Fo em started out In a u boat bout early to today toay today day ay to rescue a n whom they saw on top on u it house not far from the bank of or the river They hey pot got ot thin In the Ihl boat hoat which Immediately capsized The thre found round resting places In trees tree where they the lie remain at this time Another nother party part is I trying to rescue the three At t 3 the water had h receded r ded exactly otto ono and a n half hair Inches an nn hour lItton this lila a a rise tIo of ot an inch hat had hal been reported The Th gauge augi went vent up u and ami Iown down all al the afternoon until 3 u a fall fail tal set Jt In 10 At 4 the water vater wlter had hucl left lett tint the th first frt of ot this the tu 1011 Island general but ut wee was U yet et MX sIx 1 feet f ct deep just Juit outside the building It I wan wac wal then lint a gang of at telegraph lh linemen succeeded In iii get getting ting Un 1 a heavy han wire rattle cable stretched iros 1 the top of ot the pontoon n loon bridge A hr hand dipper r was WI to this soil and used tIMid ul to take large luge quantities ties of nf provisions to those thos who Mho ho were not yet 11 rescued re u Tin 11 first nr t Hood flood lod victim to 10 be he b rescued reuf by b mentis of or the cable was the tho Rev Bel RevA BelA A N pastor of ot the lie Noi Norh North th To 0 teka r ka l church Mr 11 Pearson eahL ald We Ve 1 spent three days In 1 on the top of ot our house hOUi We Ve e were fairly warmly 1111 dressed but had only 1 two loaves of ot bread bretl for or our fatally family of four our during that time All A il day tH iii Saturday and RIll today toda we I had hal nothing to eat Ct Our situation was desperate de amid extremely fat table hut bitt hit We vi 10 at no time lost last faith In iii the tle ultimate intimate ability of ot our friends to 10 rescue us l Yesterday lily 11 wife and chili chil children dren wire HIe rescued tUI Toddy Today CI my 1 in turn and I cannot tell eli how mine lOII ant begin bein to tel hol 1 J am UI W v N N Keppard and wife wit aged ased af peo people PC hIP 11 were rescued rc ut at t I They The were iere werl K so 1 numb that they could rould not feel feeland and Ind had hall to t be lie knocked down Into the th v iter ler hero leor the lie men could coull reath them rbt were cre close Ilo together In iii II tho th attic of ot A house antI and so severe haitI had IIII been I their experience that hat their minds gave Jove WRY ray under the strain They can cnn cannot rat not fot recover A Mrs tirs Ir Anderson Anderl and her list bony bany nh have been for Cor or three thre days das In lit a trot tl In Iii plain sight Bight of at the time people who were powerless to 10 a rescue re Ue them theta The mother clasped her child chilI close clow dO to her arns arim anti managed to brace irate herself her e en against n a it I limb In itt 11 a it I reasonably secure eUI For three days she pile phI kept up UI u uthe the battle hatle for life Itt At 4 ocl cl her herNI NI was wan wap very nry near neur hut but she hc lost con uin Ion mother lother and child chil fell tel Into Irto the water lter anti were drowned be hog II immediately drawn under uller by II the current n r 11 n a local loal newspaper r hind hall a n thrilling He lie le took tok a boat bOt Friday night and made 1111 his hisa way a to a I house Ilus in 11 the hope of making Rune eme n rescues A woman anti and her baby names Mmel unknown were ert in II the lie house end ml Parsons took tok them Into his hi hoot boat Th They y haul hall only preceded a n short shott l lance when the th boat I Various contrived to get hImself dimwit and the tho others up II Into 1110 limb u n tf and there ther they tile the remained until 3 this afternoon when rca res rescued rM cued euel uel rh were brought to a n j III lve of Itoh but will wi probably not ot recover reO 1 had hol entered a ed Id str street t cot car cr but soon soomi on had hul to peck Feck reck the lie i lot StandS Stand s g I In this uncertain pon lion Ion for SI t 1 hours their condition was il r tc until they the were taken oft off or at nt t 4 45 4 with the aid ski of ot the big II I I h Wise ise former city r wAs MUS drained from tram tho the hayloft ha lat of i m burn b rn lie II was vea and numb from Crom cold cl but soon foon revived fIt hits His Jl story of ot the he beginning of ot lie thu flood fOI la Is 1 dramatic t TREES THEIS fly Ily J aid al of or tl tl small steam ham and gaso gasoline lal line lne launches 40 10 O men In south Garfield park prk were vera wee rescued rHO They had perched p he themselves In tn trees tres tr 1 They Tho hal hM had nothing to rat eat ot for tor 36 hour hours These men w wt f re In a fenced fene grow grou where they could auM not K kei ep a close watch of ot the sit 4 on All Al th they y could ul to pee t was ivas a the water fishIng nl about abut among the trunks trunk of the trees Iree One Ons of the th men meu said sa II they the could not lot hear each other speak sleak above the roar ronI of or the t water witter wlter Un Uncertainty Uncertainty UncertaInty certainty was added to their other hits mis misery cry ery Ir and nut hut one of ot them hind had hol tiny any un hopes of or escaping Patrick lila his wife wire anti three small entail children were iere taken from rein the nt at attie tie tic tc of ot small mal dwelling Thu parents were obliged to hold the tho two young oUI i children constantly in order to o 0 keep Icell their heads water waler They were ero nearly starved starel and probably cannot re me recover reo cover cuver Miss Alies Annie Amini Noble operator at nt the Union Pacific headquarters In Ninth was uan 11 forced to leave lele the building when Ihen the thc thi water wlter covered the lie tie With Wih her toothier mother nod young sit his sitter Uster ter the plucky Pluck young oung woman took tol Up housekeeping quarters quarter In an un abandoned horse cur This was good oo enough hol holt ter t r until that tho water witter rose Iose a n foot toot above ao the tue Inor of ot till the tw car but ut there timers they the had bad to 10 stay sin until today when they tho wore were In Included eluded among alon time the th rescued At t R E r tithe this evening people wore quartered In North orth Topeka as follows In H 13 street church t MO MOIn 0 In Topeka woolen mills hulls mi 10 In Cases Hour mill mi 01 SI In nn an elevator 5 In tho the lire fire lre station M MA I IA A boat was wnM wn sent cent to the woolen mPh with 1000 feet teet of ot rope moie which was to have hue been en used usO In making a n lifeline elne FLOATING I 1 A 10 SHUN At 5 S the Ir sight of ot bodies bolies was waR seen Been and 14 bodies ole were seen passing by b the this North orth TOI ekl lire slit ala station alaton tion ton Soon Hon after ator this It won Wil definitely that the lie following were drowned Karl Hupp Orvllle Orville Orvle Hupp ull Two ii girls K R 1 H hi 1 Jarnett This represents only a fractional pail Int of ot the lie heavy helvy loss hoes of ot life le At a n con conservative eln estimate 20 are dead Where these thele bodies are uro af nobody cnn can Cn tell tel When tho waters vaters recede e the time bodies holle will wll wil doubtless be b found at nt different places miles down the lie stream COLLAPSING Topeka Kan Hami May Ia 31 representative tive lve of ot the thai Associated Press PleBS walked wall out outon outon on un the pontoon bride to the th Melan arch brIdge where a satisfactory view slew of or tho tint flood situation wan ne obtained Looking to the north ns as ni far as the lie eye cye could coull coul teach leach was uvas one expanse of ot water dotted here anti alil there by Ir badly haI wrecked 01 oi 01 crumbling buildIng The rite he half halt mile mil front from Second street aret to the lie Melan bridge was cov cU Il with water mater sIx to 12 feet teet deep through which a ii I mad was WB flow flowIng ow owIn Ing In un on either side of ot the tte pontoon bridge were brick business buildings 63 In im tire are lre completely ruined by high bight water luster wlter Two rIm have Ilae while the foundations of others are lre crumb crumbling ling hag In The rue loss lo s In this thin respect In money will wil aggregate half hai a million dollars dollar This Is I the tint district In which all nih 11 the wholesale commission lun houses hou es were lo lq located and Immense amounts have hao been lost host by b the commission men All Al this It must be remembered Is on the lie south Bouth fide bide he of at the tIme river where the tue damage limes has been comparatively Insignificant Insl The reporter ventured out Into Inlo the tIme stream In lii a n boat Int as ns far ns as the raging current would allow alow and amid there It was wasa a that list la last t nights reports re the tIme burning buildings were somewhat overdrawn Last night the whole hole northern part of lt the city dt its seemed to be bE ala I elo loser er Investigation this afternoon noon revealed the lie th fact tact that only about of the buildings bullings on the time north side hl were sere destroyed by b mire lire lIr Notwithstanding their precarious condition ninny many of the sufferers held hell religious services today tOay In th buildings where they were cooped coped Tonight fifty nry or ur more of ot the Hood sufferers are lre living In passenger coaches cOchel on in 01 the Reek Hock Is Island I land trucks tracks Water Vater Wiler surrounds tho the cats came but there Is la no ao danger At 11 ii 1 p I I in IU I the lumber yard arl In Itt North orth Topeka wa was again binning Two women and a 1 baby bb were drowned tonight by the lie capsizing of or a about boat bout All Al the lie yet ret remaining In 11 North orth Topeka In places of or refuge have a sup up u ply lily pl of ot food to last for three days 11 with wih the time po I exception of ot the people In time the woolen mills mis Thousands of ot dead dal horses hor tattle cattle lle and smaller animals R are ure foa ilg down dowl the lie stream tonight tonight One man who worked with the life lifesavers slivers savers all ul night was wai H It F 1 Hayden the probate Judge jude of or Shawnee Shawne county Karly Ial title this morning he lie entered lila Ids boat bot to return to the north side The strong current mastered him and oll he henas was nas 11 swept down the lie river He lie le has since lot Iet been becil en seen The h AssocIated Pr IrA Press M has reports from Manhattan Abilene and other points to the effect et that the water Vater Is la falling failing slowly FloI There Is 1 no tie probability that higher the this river In Topeka will wi go any nuy |