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Show TEnniFIC nAINSTORM. Houses Flooded and People Rescued Dy Firemen. Kunsns Clly A terrific rainstorm prevailed In Kansas City and In tills lclnll) early Thursday, mining mon or loss serious damugo In Kansmi Clly 5 93 inches of water fell, n record for die time three hours and ti half .nw l)lng lands were flooded and the pollco mid flro departments vrtro called upon to rescue persons from basements In l.tttlo Hal), In the north end of town, and In the last and nest bottoms, whero the uater entered many small houses Several down town basements were flooded nnd Koods damaged. Trees were stripped of their follnpa and hundreds of spar rows were killed At Klmwood cemetery, flo miles cast of the business district, serious daniaga was done. At Knnsns City, Kan, and nt Ar-mourdalo Ar-mourdalo and Argentine, Kim , across tho lino from hero, much dninago vros Buffered by rallronU, wholesale houses nnd packing houses, and several sev-eral famlllcH had tn be taken from their homes b) firemen |