p. 9 | The Floods

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 1, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 26.

The Floods.

The governor of Kansas reports that the situation in his State as a result of the floods is appalling; that more than 30,000 of the inhabitants of that State are homeless; that a fertile valley 200 miles long and five miles wide has been converted into a watery waste; and he asks the charitably inclined everywhere to contribute to the necessities of the Kansans. The Rio Grande has overflowed its banks in many places, Los Cerrillos is entirely submerged, Alameda also, whose inhabitants have fled, and Albuquerque is in danger of inundation. The tracks of the Santa Fe have been washed out, leaving Albuquerque cut off from the East. The Fraser River, in British Columbia, is over its banks and is flooding the country, and the people are moving their household goods to higher ground. The waters at Kansas City and St. Louis have receded, leaving mud, debris, and ruined buildings behind.