G^9 "VI Ej'WS OF TiaUC GREAT KAN S AS RIVER o BiraBAVisrcM BT CiiCltBor-B«rt»er«(r KAJVSAB OITT mo. LAWRENCE May and June NTNETE,EN HUNDRED AND THREE PCBLIHUBD F. M. K N I G H Photographer I^WBENCC KASB. Class _£^_1^ Rook 'LlI^/(^ GopightN". COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Two Copies Receivpo SEP 8 1903 Copyiight Ent[y cuss ct XXc'No -) / ^- e-2, COPY B. The Great Flood of 1903. AS SEEN BY THE CAMERA. HE stories of the great flood of 1844 as told by the Indians are now taken as true, since the greater flood of 1SKJ3. The camera and the printing press preserve wliat heretofore lived only in the indistinct tales related by the In- dians, in half-broken English. The old Delaware Indian cliief, Sarcoxie, claimed to have rowed in his canoe from the Jefferson County bluffs on the north to Blue Mound on the south, and tliis trip could have been duplicated this time. The first and most enterprising photographer, who secured the best views of the flood was Mr. F. M. Knight. After making over 5,000 prints and being unable to supply the demand, he decided to issue a booklet which has been prepared at great expense and care, and it will doubtless l)e treasured by future generations. No one who did not witness the ravages and devastation of the flood can realize it. The losses in property, stock and crops in the vicinity of Lawrence is estimated at four million dollars, but fortunately, but two lives were lost here. The fact that the loss of life was so small, is due largely to the heroic and untiring efforts of Mr. G. A. Graeber, famil- iarly known as "Dolly," and his little gasoline pleasure launch, "Reliance." On page four, "Dolly" is shown standing in his boat, with Sheriff E. E. Meyers and Mayor A. L. Selig on the landing, just entering the boat to cross over to the north side. Without price or liope of reward he ran his little launc h, nearly night and day for six long weary weeks, and during- that time he transported over 28,000 passengers and 100 tons of provisions. This hero of the hour as soon as the waters had subsided and the Union Pacific pile driver had driven the last sixty-flve foot piling in tlie trestle work across the new channel, returned to his workshop, the same inckistrious, unconcerned man as before. There were of course many other heroes worthy of mention, and the public holds them in lasting remembrance. The flshernien along the Kaw known as the "river rats," experienced boatmen, rendered valuable service. The rescue work was made possible by these fearless rivermen, and this is why Lawrence fared so well. We had the men and the boats. It is with deep regret that Mr. Knight is unal)le to give the names and the pictures of these modest lieroes, so tliat their faces migiit be preserved in his Itooklet. Along the Kaw Valley, all events will now date from the flood, and it will go down in history as the greatest calamity of modern times. To this pliotographer of the terrible horrors and devastation of the flood of 1903, Mr. F. M. Kniglit, is due the thanks of this and future generations, for his energy and enterprise in braving the dangers and risk- ing his life so that others might see the sights as presei'ved by his faithful camera. He is certainly deserving of pi'aise and reward for liis successful efforts. E. MARTINDALE. (In Lawrence Daily Gazette, Sept. 4. 1903.) RUINS IN NORTH LAWRENCE. REMAINS OF BOWEBSOCKS MILL AFTER THE FLOOD. THE HERO OF THE FLOOD— DOLLY GEABBER IN HIS BOAT— THE RELIANCE. LOOKING NORTH OVER MILL DAM ON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1903. LOOKING NORTH FROM TOP OF THE LAWRENCE NATIONAL BANK BUILDING GIVING BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF A PORTION OF THE FLOODED DISTRICT. VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM TOP OF BOWERSOCK'S ELEVATOR SHOWING WEST PORTION OF NORTH LAWRENCE WHERE MOST DAMAGE WAS DONE BY THE FLOOD. LOOKING SOUTH BELOW MILL DAM— THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1903— SHOWING BOWERSOCK'S MILL, ETC. VIEW OF THE MAD WATEES BELOW MILL DAM MAY 28, 1903. THIS VIEW SHOWS A OAR WITH TWENTY TONS OF COAL-TURNED UPSIDE DOWN-WITH RAIL- ROAD TRACK ON TOP— ON SANTA FE SIDING SOITTH OF WATER WORKS. UNION PACIFIC DEPOT FROM THE EA«T. VIEW SHOWS BOWERSOCK'S MILL SITE. THE BOWEESOCK FLOURING. MILL AS IT APPEARED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE IT WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLOOD— DESTROYING OVER $100,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY AND BREAD-STUFFS. WRECKED HOUSE IN NORTH LAWRENCE. BACK OF BRIDGE STREET— NORTH LA WRJ:NCE— AFTER THE FLOOD. BACK OF BRIDGE STREET— NOBTH LAWRENCE. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACK— NORTH LAWRENCE. VIEW SHOWING NEW NORTH CHANNEL CUT DURING FLOOD WHICH DESTROYED THE PRINCI- PAL BUSINESS PORTION OF NORTH LAWRENCE. VIEW BELOW MILL DAM LOOKING OVER ELECTRIC LK^HT PLANT WITH PART OF NORTH LAWRENCE IN DISTANCE. BRIDGE STRBEl'— NORTH LAWRENCE— DURING THE FL(JOD. HIGH WATER— LOOKING NORTHEAST. LOOKING WEST ON SANTA FE TRACK BEFORE THE FLOOD REACHED ITS HIGHEST POINT. LOOKlNCi NORTHEAST FROM UNION PACIFIC TRACK IN NORTH LAWRENCE SHOWING SUB- MERGED BUILDINGS. BRIDGE STREET— NORTH LAWRENCE— AFTER THE FLOOD. VIEW LOOKING NORTH WHEN FLOOD WAS AT ITS HEIGHT. VIEW SHOWING THP: FEKKY ESTABLISHED BY U. S. ENtHNEEKS FK()>[ FORT LEAVEN WOKTH- WHICH WAS IN OPERATION ABOUT TWENTY-FOUR DAY'S, IN \VHICH TIME THEY' CARRIED 25,747 FOOT PASSENGERS— 1,059 TW^O HORSE WAGONS— 1,198 ONE HORSE WAGONS— 268 COWS, ETC.— BESIDES MANY' TONS OF FREIGHT. LOOKING WEST IX SOUTH LAWRENC'K— SHOWING WATER BETWEEN BRIC^K PLANT AND WATER WORKS— PART OF BRICK PLANT ON LEFT. UNION PACIFIC PILE DRIVER AT WORK PUTTING IN TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVER NEW NORTH CHANNEL CONNECTING NORTH AND SOUTH LAWRENCE. LOOKING WEST FROM RESCUE STATION— EAST OF SANTA FE DEPOT. TAKEN FROM NORTH END OF BBIDCJE SHOWING BRIDGE STREET, NORTH LAWRENCE AND UNION PACVlFIC PASSENGER DEPOT WITH NORTH APPRtOACH OF BRIDGE. SANTA V¥, DEPOT FUOU SOUTHEAST— SHOWING TRAIN FROM TRAIN DURING THE FLOOD. OTTAWA— THE ONLY REGULAR 1903 LOOKING NORTH FROM TOP OF BOENER BROS. CIGAR FACTORY.