Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-26
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..,-c. Jnne 25.-AdviceS received
t..t,narrers Of the Chicago and
.,twesteru Railroad in this city indi-
..rstthe destruction Of the cloud
,...t IN northwestern Iowa, yesterday,
m.r. widespread than the news dis
..t.s thus farreceived suggest. From
.s t.mare TO It's lines actually report
.5t, ,be road, 1t appears that the del
.-..,ycrs atleast portions OF the coun-
...os Sioux. O'Brien, Clay, Plymouth,
r.s-9kae Buena Vista, Woodbury., Ida,
-, Vonoa. Crawford, Carroll, Harri-
suf shelby. covering territory OF
.t-. COMMITTEES ia along the west
border NJ the State and five counties
length. beginning within one tier OF
entities from the northern boundary OF
.I. STATE. extending southwark. The
,t.--toh lines in this territory are
..-..fiv demoralzed, and ii is hard 10
~., accurate detailed information
.,.ch.ug general losses. l. Is known
rl.rau aggregate length Of 1876 miles
.fNa rthweStern branches are blockaded
t,-re CARRYING away OF bridges and
v.sf.rg out of road beds, SuSpending
. traffic In such places. The section
.. ..rntrv where the flood is most
severe. is traverSed by numerous
.archcS, not only Of the Chicago and
N.-thwestern, but also OF the Illinois
r-ral. the Milwaukee and st. Paul
ri the main line Of the Chicago, st.
PAUL. Minneapolis and Omaha roads.
The big bridge over the Illinois Cen
,-al 80 Cherokee over the Sioux River
is washed away. The officials fear the
worst not only as the line from CherO-
see 20 Onawa but also from Cherokee tC
Sioux Falls.
Cherokee end the country adjacent
which TueSjay nights big storm devaS
tated. is entirely cut oil from tele
graOhic communication, the wires work
.rg only 10 Aurela. All the bridges
across the little Sioux at Cherokee ar
zone together with railroad and tele
.yrsuh wires. A courier has iust ar
t-.ved no Aurela from Cherokee, givin.
the information that 700 house:
no Cherokee have been waSheC
away. Bat 20 further loss o
he IS reported there beyond
.bo four persons whose drowning wa:
..p0rued yesterday. Everything is il
le widest confusion. The same is true
,. Correctionviile, aed TO word by tele
craph can be received from there unit
a ,uo country around COrrectionvire
aj the number IS Increased TO eight
I.gseS. barns and OuthOuSeS were re-
ported foajing in the Little Sioux pas
-ueroGee all day. Aurla reports tha
rhe cellar, are flooded and thousands o
dollars worth Of merchandise and house
hold goods destroyed. The destruction
of property In Cherokee alone is abOu
$780, 900, besides almost al stock past
rrpt near the water, was carried away
Specials TO the Omaha BCc from yariOu,
parts Of Nebraska indicate that las
nights rain amounted 20 a general
de.nse. At WahaS, it took the form OF
an electrical disturbance, and for near
'y an hour the heavens were ablaz,
with lightning. A house in the north
western part of town was struck anC
raraly torn % pieces.
Lace news from the flooded district i:
I'D the eject that the town of MervillC
Is completely gone, and ont OF forty ol
'fy houses only one has been left stand
ng The people got most OF their goods
out of the way of tho flood but the
homeless crowd oil unfOrtunateS are
camping OVt en- the fields.