The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
A WALL OF WATER.
A Water Spout Breaks in Davis COuO-
ty, Nebraska.
White River Raises Sixteen Feet In
Forty Minutes.
Bridges and Stock Carried Away but
no Life Lost.
Severe Rain Storms Visit Indians and
Illinois.

CHADRoN, Neb., May pa water
spout which broke in the northwestern
part Of Dawes county last night, sub
merged five miles of track on the Elk
horn, Grand River g. Missouri railroad
and washed away several bridges. 1t
has rained hard twelve hours and the
country Is flooded. Farmers all along
White and Lone Tree have had to aban-
don their houses. a number OF which
have been washed away. White river
has risen sixteen feet in forty minutes.
The water came down IN almost solid
wall. 1t is impossible to cross White
river, as all the highway bridges are
washed out. 1t is feared great damage
has been done further northwest as the
waterspout came from that direction.
Captain j. A. Sweet, a farmer, lost six
teen head of cattle and five head OF
horses, the water coming in such a
wall that it carried the live stock along
with il. Sweet came across the river
in a boat, and reports that terrible
damage has been done other farmers in
the loss of stock and crops. The river is
still rising and it is raining hard. No
loss of life has as yet been reported, but
it is feared that after full report can
be obtained there will be fatalities to
record. The cloud was plainly visible
from here and it had the appearance of
q rolling mass of black cloud revolving
like a cartwheel or log, entirely differ
emit from a cyclone cloud. A man
named Anderson was in the extreme
southern limit of the spout and he re-
ports the water coming down in a solid
wall ten feet deep and carrying every
thing possible before it. Anderson
barely escaped with his life. This sec
tion is noted for water-spouts. The
last one occurred three years ago and
carried away an entire railroad camp
which was then building the Fremont,
Elkhorn s. Missouri Valley road.
OMAHA, Neb., May 2S.-Reports
from different points in the interior OF
the state report the heaviest rainfall
for years. Many settlers living in sod
houses had to abandon their homes and
seek safer and dryer shelter. All the
reports say the rain is still falling with
no signs of abatement.
IN ILLINOIS.
QUINCY, ILL.,, May 2S.-Not in the
last fifteen years has such rain storm
visited this section of country as the
one which struck here last night
There were two showers, one in the
early part of the night and the othel
about O'Clock in the morning, and TIT
amount of water which felf was 2
all this fell in less than four hours. Tit
gauge shows that more rain fell herr
last night than during the five months
following May LIST last year. The rive
rose about two inches, but is now at ;
standstill.
ToPoLIs, Ill, May 2S.-The most Sc
we're rain storm that has visited thi;
county for years has been raging almos
necessarily tor the last thirty-eigh
hours. Considerable hail has fallen
The streams have overflowed and tn
country is covered with water
GALEsBURG, ILL.,, May 2S.-A heav
thunder and hail storm, accompanies
by a strong wind, prevailed here yes
terday afternoon. Limbs were broke
from the trees and considerable damag
was done to the crops near Wataga an
above this city.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May pa fU
rious storm passed over the neighboI
ing county of Hendricks, doing muc
damage. A farmer named Bunson an
two horses were struck by lightning an
killed. Bunson's barn was also d.
stroyed.