Show I MISSOURI TOWN IS 3 IN OF FLOOD Springfield Mo July Juh 8 8 Springfield eld anti and vicinity are arc suffering the worst flood In their history ory following the theo o overflow erf low of ot the Jordan river river tho the re result result re- re sult suIt of ota ofa a a rainfall early today that amounted to nearly seven Inches The rl rIer er normally but bat b t twenty foot feet In width runs through the heart of the tho city The tremendous downpour sent I It up without warning and soon the tho the stream was half hal a mile mUe wide Throe Three persons persona aro are reported drowned and tho the damage la is placed at Scores of or residences were flooded wholesale houses and ra factories were partially submerged and thousands thousand of vf dollars' dollars worth of or goods Kooda carried away Numerous r small houses were moved from tram their foundations and it was Wid necessary ne no- to chop chol holes hul through the roofs to rescue occupants Th The streets toda today were blocked b by tons of ot debris debris' The waters spread out over oer the surrounding surrounding sur stir rounding country countr causing much damage damage dam dam- age to farms farm and farming tanning property Today the tho water wate-r l ii receding rece |