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Title: 1903 Flood
Description: Story of the anticipation and preparation of the flood and the narrow escape as it struck.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Flood Hits Industry
Description: Sugar Creek refinery near Kansas City only source of oil after the flood's damage to other plants.
Date: 1951-07-26
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Aviation Facilities Suffer Flood Damage
Description: Summary of effects of the flood on the most severely hit airlines.
Date: 1951-07-23
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Pick Raises Kaw Flood Damage Estimate to $990 Million; Called Conservative
Description: Photos and text about the unprecedented damage and prices for repairing and adding flood prevention measures.
Date: 1951-08-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flood Waters Roll into History as New Marks Are Set, Controls Talk Revives
Description: Description with numerous photos of the flood, accompanied by engineering plans to prevent a similar reoccurrence.
Date: 1951-07-26
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Oil Men Battle to Supply Public Despite Heavy Flood, Fire Loss
Description: Flooding of important oil "bulk" plants, nearly eliminating the local oil supply, with company-by-company reports on losses.
Date: 1951-07-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Protecting Health in Disaster
Description: Article about prevention of epidemics during times of disaster such as the 1951 flood.
Date: 1952-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How the Bridge Was Saved
Description: Photos and text about the destruction wrought by the 1903 flood on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Bridge.
Date: 1903-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City's Deluge
Description: Photos and article about the destructive flash flood along Brush Creek and the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City in 1977, sweeping away numerous automobiles and engulfing a trailer park, etc.
Date: 1977-09-26
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: New Terror in a Savage Spring: A Record Rampage of Tornadoes and Sudden Floods
Description: Article about the rash of tornadoes and floods in the Midwest, including the May 20, 1957, tornado in Ruskin Heights in southern Kansas City, with large photos and maps.
Date: 1957-06-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: About the West: Kansas Abolitionists Fight Confederates in Missouri
Description: Photos, illustrations, map, and biographical article about Jared Barnes (1834-1916), "an avowed Free-Stater" moving from his native New York to Kansas Territory in 1857 and serving as a Union officer in the border warfare and Civil War. Description of other soldiers on both sides of the conflict such as Colonel W. D. McCain, Captain Golden Silvers (43 years old in 1864 and later a Kansas senator), Major General Samuel Curtis, and General Joseph Shelby, et al.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article