Kansas City relief plea stresses self help before external aid
Kansas City relief committee in Missouri issues a statement thanking offers of aid but urging that assistance be sent to Kansas City Kansas. The group notes the two cities on the river bluffs share a flood, with damage concentrated in West Kansas bottom lands. They say homeless care remains in hand and urge offers be directed to Mayor W. H. Craddock of Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansascity
Citigenus’ General Relief Committee of
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Citys
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas River
Armourdale
Riverside
Argentine
West Kansas
W. H. Craddock
Missouri and Kaw Rivers Fall As Flood Recedes
Missouri River dropped 1.9 feet and Kaw River about 2 feet in 24 hours at Kansas City. Depot platform nearing waterline as flood recedes. Refugees from Armourdale moved to tents due to unsanitary Convention Hall conditions. In St Louis the Mississippi reached 25.6 feet with crest expected Sunday and further rises possible.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Union Depot
Kansas Citys
Armourdale
Convention Hall
St. Louis
Mississippi
St Louis
West
Levee Breach Floods 100000 Acres in Louisiana Missouri
Snyder levee opposite Louisiana Missouri broke flooding about 100000 acres of farmland. Losses are expected to reach millions of dollars as the water inundates fields and disrupts crops and livelihoods.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Louisiana
Snyder
Seventy-One Deaths in Topeka Flood Toll Rises
June 6 reports list seventy-one flood victims in North Topeka with thirty still unidentified. Bodies found in wreckage, many missing, as Union Pacific depot serves as a morgue. Water covers much of town with severe store damage and ruined contents.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
North Topeka
Havoc at Kaw Three C Rail Yard Causing Massive Losses
Kaneaus City Missouri reports a disaster at the Kaw Three C yard where water encroached on stock pens drowned thousands of hogs and cattle, with an estimated six million dollars in losses. About 130 people are missing with around forty presumed drowned as levees fail along the Mississippi drive.
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Kaw
Disastrous Santa Fe collision near Stillwell Kansas
A northbound and southbound Santa Fe train collided north of Stillwell Kansas. Nine people are dead and twenty injured. Among the dead are H. B. Ward Frank Hoover and B McMahon. Injured include William Woods Owen Patchman and John Green. Wells Fargo express messenger remains trapped. Five coaches and both locomotives derailed.
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Kansas City
the Times
Paola
Kan
Santa Fe
Stillwell Kan
H. B. Ward
Frank Hoover
Steubenville, O
B. McMahon
Prescott
Ariz
William Woods
Steubenville O
Owen Patchman
Ottawa
Kansan
John Green
Wells Fargo Express
Sheriff Removed In Jackson Courthouse Turmoil
In Jackson Kentucky on June 5 the court removed Sheriff Callahan who sought recognition for service in the Curtis Jeff and Tom Whites murder cases. Deputy John Jones was appointed sheriff and ordered to summon sixty men from Magoffin County by Sunday night. The judge urged choosing intelligent and honest men.
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Callahan
Curtis Jet
Tom Whites
J B. Mare Uti
John Jones
Elizor
Redwine
Elizor Jones
Magoffin County
Jones
Cable from Canton Appeals for Aid in Kwansi
Secretary Hay received a cablegram from Canton stating Governor Wong reports over a million natives in Kwansi are starving and earnestly appeal for help from American charity. The message reflects urgent relief needs and calls for assistance from the United States.
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Washington
Hay
Consu
Gov McWade
Canton
Ernor Wong
Kwang Si
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