Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-26
Three Counties IN width aud Five I'm
Length along the Western
Border Covered.
y-E HUNDRED ANo rlrrY HOUSES
oUnNCRoro.
Hundreds Of Acres Of Crop Devastated
ana Other Valuable Property
Destroyed.
Tue pcsirueiian More Widespread
than at girst Thought

Tue Destruction More Widespread
than NJ sirst Thought.
CHICAGO, June 2j.--Advlces 10.
celvci NJ the headquarters " tho
Chicago 4 Northwestern railroad In
this city this morning Indicate tina,
the destruction by the cioudbuat In
northwestern Iowa yesterday was morr
widespread than the dispatches before
received suggested. From the damage
10 It's lines actually reported 10 the
rad, u appears that the delugo coyer.
territory In tire. counties In width
along the western border u tho state,
aud i've counties IN length, beginning
With one tier Of counties ffOm the
northern boundary Of the State, aud
extending asuthwafd. Telegraph lines
N this territory arr greatly democrat.
iEcd, ami u IA next n impossible 10 get
accurate or detailed information tUuch.
lng the gunorai losses aud casualties.
THIS territory ia dotted with villages
aud covered with cultivated farms,
aud the worst l. feared In the way u
damage and possible los 81 lie along
the water co'inrs which traverse this
great section NJ The state.
Several general officers u the North.
western road left Tor tho scene last
night, and are making strenuous efforts
To penetrate into the devastated fugion.
Their reports give only the result "
their observations regarding tho dam.
afc done 10 the property Of the com.
pauy, leaving that " the adjacent
communities % be Inferred.
The reports show that other lines Of
this road, some 1885 mile, In length,
nfe entirely hlockadcd by the carrying
away Of hfidgra aud the washing Out
~ the r0Adltis. A. m. present limo
II u impossible IN estimate the damage
20 tho riilrotd property IN the duyhstcd
territory, hat enough 70 known 10 show
that " VIII hU very heavy.
The section % county whore the
food wnA most severe u tfavrncd ny
numerous branches, not only " the
Northwestern, but aito of tho Illinois
Genital, Milwaukee and -. Paul, aud
the main lin. OF the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis aud Omaha. No reports
Of the damage 10 the. llucr Ia. brcn
received except from the lllluols Cen.
trail. the lin,- Of which from Cherokee
u Onawn arc blocked by washod .oul
tack and bridges.
ioa ~ SIOUX CITY.
The Hood In tho Floyd river which
cam. past 10 Mars and Merrill ycsivf.
day did great damisc IN the country
aud reached herr early this morning
and tho river rose abou, twelve feet.
one hunirvi and atty houses In tho
valley are partially submerged and
families have moved 10 the hills.
The large stove works and shoe fac
tory. n uf mill and foundry VA the
suburbs ~ the town are closed, No los
Of HE occurred here. Men ar" IN iEom
Neville, eighteen miles east, who TO-
ROT, the whole town swept away
CRurs pIsnioYrD.
FoRr nOpuE. Ia, June ej.--rhe 70.
ports nay in the sixty mile, iravvned
10y the storm hundreds of acres of CROPS
were devastated ani tho destruction
10 other property was enormous.
AZ wii.LIAMsTOwS.
ToirlSA, kr,. June e5.-Thls morn.
Ing The heaviest Eainftom of thu fea.
son set In nj this place and continued
almost till noon. Reports from along
the railroad indicate that The Storm u
general only Ia the eastern part Of tho
state. ngth the santa fc AMI tho
Kansas Pacific roads are washed out
between here aud Lawrence, and NIL
weilbound trains are laid up at Law.
renee, waiting until the track eau 10
liked. WasholA also occurred q,
Millianis,Uwn on tho Missouri Pacific
aud Santa Fc. The damage 10 orois
viii ba great.
4 0EsERAL DELuGE.
OMAHA, Neb., June s5.-SpeciAls 10
the Heo FROM various parts OF Ntbfasha
Indicate that last nightin rain amounted
10 general deluge. Al Wahoo q house
occupied by John dundrflon anu IN.
mily wns struck by lightning hnl
torn TO pieces. The family wrfu ~ bed
nj the time, and tho springs Of the bed
were melted. None OF the folks were
seriously hurt.
AZ Fremont rain fell IN torrents for
hourn. Trniur on tho Fremont, Err. |
horn a Missouri valley road wru dc.
thlned by wAshOuts. In the vicinity |
o, Yosk the oounly bridge. afr nearly |
all washed out, especially IN the
southern section. Dwellings ~ low
places IN tho town wefu Invaded ny
the rising waters In the night, anu tue
Inhabitants were compelled 70 move.
Al Harrison u lB.year'old daughter
Of John johnson was drowned ~
Tavlne. Al Kearney many buildings
were struck by lightning, but no one
was seriously hurt. The damage u
great. Al Grand Island four inches Of
water fell during the night. Much
damage was done In town
TWO ToRsAporH.
HEmPsrEAp, Texas, June aa.-Two
within an hour this after