Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
a WATER-SoA CITY.

AWO# sAAOuAan0E Houses In 1lnCOlns N00n
Submerged BY = Flood High Water
Wasl'-< Out Railroads ana Ruins Crops
In Other Parts OF tho State Diaastrous
storm IN Kansas-l4oss of Life Reported.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 14.-Lncoln has
hardly known such q food as she Is now
experiencing since the date OF her SETTLE
ment More than 1000 Lincoln houses in
the valley OF Salt creek are submerged
The water has been rising rapidly for
thirty six hours AT midnight Monday
the creek began TO-, overflow it's
banks, and hundreds Of people were
aroused from their sleep by the water
rushing into their houses Daylight
saw q pltiable sight Women with children
In their arms We're struggling through the
water, and In every house the furniture
was atioat By that time all traffic had
stopped ON the hundreds Of tracks in the
Burlington and Union Pacific yards, and
during the whole Of the day mono but main
line trains were run.
Transfer wagons, drays and other ve-
h1cles were pressed into service, and by
noon nearly every one had been trans
ferred to dry ground Many sick who
were confined to their beds were
brought out and cared for In one place
paralytic was found with the water
within six inches Of covering him. He
lay helpless until reached by the rescuers
It was stated, and quite generally believed,
that small Bohemian child was drowned,
but the name of the family could not be
learned The babe was left in a high-chair
while the mother took tho other children
to place of safety. When she returned it
had fallen out and was drowned
There Is report current that three men
their IN, TO
stock. The damage is enormous More
than 1000 homes are under water, with
the furniture, carpets and bedding
soaking in water Buckstaff l. Stout's
pressed brick works are under four
feet of water. At the warehouse
of the Western Furniture Company the
water is over fat cars and running into
box cars. There are thousands Of cars in
the yards loaded with valuable merchan-
disc and many can not be reached
Many Omaha wholesale grocery firms
have cars in the Lincoln Yards
from which they fill their orders
These are watersoaked. The school
houses and public buildings have been
opened to the sufferers, and many OF Lin
coins fine residences sheltered the I'M
fortunates. A number of State tents have
been secured and people will be fairly
comfortable, though it will take many days
before their water-soaked houses can be
used again.
At Beatrice, on the Blue river, the
houses on the bottom lands were flooded,
the people escaping in boats. The new
paper-miu was swept away and other small
buildings were wrecked The Lincoln &
Northwestern tracks have been washed
away three miles west of the city At 10
,, ~ ono two Toiou Do oifo I.,.;d<.oc l>o
tween the city and West Lincoln were in
great danger.
KANSAS CITY, NO., Aug. 14-Reports Of
the effects of Tuesday mornings heavy
rain and wind-storm are being received.
The tracks OF every road, except the Union
Pacific, running into Kansas City were
damaged in some manner by the
storm SO that all the trains were delayed.
Many bridges on the Santa Fe and
Southern Kansas roads were de-
stroyed and the heavy iron bridge
on the former road at Olauhe was washed
away. Several trains on these two roads
were abandoned. Almost every foot of
country between Kansas City and Topeka
is covered with water, and the corn crop in
that territory is badly damaged At
Atchison several buildings were blown
down. At Falls City, Kan, j. NJ. Boomis
barn was struck by lightning and burned
An engineer on the Santa Fe said that the
country this side OF Topeka was one great
lake, covered with broken cornstalks and
debris. Nearly all the crops within sight of
the railroad had been blown down by the
storm, and he thought the same was true
all along the various lines between this city
and Topeka.
The storm played great havoc with tn,
tracks between this city and Omaha blu,
all the trains arrived, coming in from half
an hour to three hours late