Show cloudbursts and wind storms overwhelm i tt Kansas Lightning claims two vic tims tornadoes demolish 1 i i houses and crops r 1 4 I 1 Tope fea kan june 2 kansas streams are rapidly rising tonight cloudbursts are reported from em poria newton strong city florence f manhattan st john and salana at lincoln center more than tour inches of water ell tn three hours heavy rains are reported from u stream in the kay valley but most of the high water trouble is being experienced perien ced in the bottom lands between emporia and newton at emporia the neosho and cottonwood rivers are re ported ag rising a foot an hour at i florence ibe santa fe depot Is flooded and the telegraph operator had to leave the santa fe tracks are a foot under water at emporia strong city florence and newton and doit in several places six hundred people were forced to leave their homes in newton and rescue parties will be at work all night saving people from the flood the little town of almdale elmdale Elm dale eight miles from buttonwood Cutt onwood falls J reported as being under three waler A severe wind the rain greatly damaging fruit androw ing crops at bt john sterling and in the country district around salana louses were demolished by tornadoes edward holmes of clementa and 0 olsen of were killed by lightning no croudle Is being expert encee by the rock island and union II 11 pacific in moving trains the santa fe missouri pacific and U K T are experiencing trouble the kansas river is rising rapidly at topaha and lawrence no great damage Is expected from this source the santa fe double track bridge at neva IB reported washed out tonight the santa fe management annulled all the regular running between kansas city and emporia emporia kan june 2 aa a result of the heaviest rain of the year which fell this afternoon the neosho river Is overflowing a wide strip of country railroad traffic is suspended three santa fc trains are being held up by the flood the rain which amounted to a cloudburst far west as newton f r |