Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
MANY FIELDS UNDER WATER.
Mail Clerk Relates What He Saw Of the
Iowa Flood.

Sioux CRY, Iowa. June 27.-A W. Thesher,
the mail clerk who went east from this city
Thursday night with the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul passenger train which is now
water bound at Hornick, thus relates his expe-
rience:
.'Our train reached Rodney. in the Little
Sioux valley. along in the morning. There We
were told thaT could go no further on ac-
count of washOuts in Maple river. aud started
back for Sioux City. When reached point
mile or this side OF Hornick 4 flash of
lightning revealed a of water on the tracks,
and further progress was impossible, 30 We ran
back to Hornick. The train is still there with
crew and tYenty-thrce passengers, and no
prospect of getting out for a couple OF days.
The track in the Sioux valley. from what we
could gather from measer reports, is out, and
at o'clock Thursday afternoon the water at
Rodney was still rising at the rate of four
inches an hour. Between Hornick aud Hedges
siding the track is out in many places and 20
great was the force of the water that the rails
were carried far from the roadbed-"
''How did you get back herel'
swell, got hungry, - did all the passengers,
and our rations were rather slim, 20 maae up
my mind to come back to Sioux City, put
my letter mail in a pouch, together with my
clothing. and started TO wade. L waded through
a mile and half of water between Hornick
and Hedges siding, and in many places it was
up to NV neck At Hedges L caught a con-
.Nhat does the country look like there?'
"1he low lands are covered with water as far
as you can sec. Field after field is submerged
all over the flats. The water is from one to four
feet on the first floors of the houses- The
farmers have moved out to higher ground IN
nearly every case. The houses OF buildings
have none of them been washed away. i saw
farmers wading in water up to their waist.
pushing RATS, on which were loaded their fam
ilies and household goods. ahead of them. One
farmer at Hornick, whose house was flooded,
pushed big hogsnead through ahead of him,
in which was his wife, holding her baby. He
was making for the high ground near"
Further reports heSe place The loss at Suth-
erland BY the storm at $4,000 TO buildings
alone. Seventy miles OF Illinois Central track
are submerged il waser. Loss will reach SlO0,-
600. but it will take many days to repair ii.
Loss of the Chicago and Northwestern will be
fully great as the Illinois Central Adyices
from Correctionviile say that the place is still
under water. At Aurelia the water stood six
feet deep in the streets, but is slowly going
down. The valley OF a small creek running
into the Little Sioux at Cherokee was the only
outlet to the water during the storm, and every
house, nearly 100 in number, were swept
away.
LINCOLN, NEB, June 27.-Another heavy rain
fell throughout the state yesterday, and reports
ofdamage TO crops continue to come In Trains
on the Burlington road, west and south, were
delayed on account of numerous vashouts,
none, however, Of q very serious nature The
Elkhorn valley appears to be the greatest suf-
ferer, q bad washout between here and Ere
mont ana Cedar Bluffs making transfer nscss-
sary. All small streams are overlooking.