The sun., 1891-06-26
THE GREAT IOWA FLOODS.
A SEA COVERS THE FARMS IN THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES

Over 1,10o People Driven Out OF Tnesr
Homes h CherokeeSBridges by the
Score and Trains At = Stasdstif-It IL
All the Result OF = Terrible Bsin.
CHICAGO. June 2a-Advices received at the
| headuuarters OF tho Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad in this city this morning Indicate
| that the destruction By the cloudburst In
Northwestern Iowa yesterday II more wide-
spread than was supposed. The deluge covers
at least portions OF the counties OF Sioux.
oBrien. Clay. plymouth. Cherokee. Buena
| Vista. Woodbury.. Ida. Sac. Monona, Crawford,
| Carroll. Harrison. and Shelby, covering terri
| tory three counties In width along the western
border Of the State. and nve counties in length.
beginning within one tier OF counties from the
northern boundary Of tho State and extending
southward. The telegraph lines In this terri
tory arc greatly demoralizsd. and 1t Is next to
| impossible to get Information. This territory
| IL dotted with villages and covered with culti-
| waited farms.
The main line Of the Northwestern rond.
Northern Iowa division. is demoralized from
Linn Grove to Alton, forty miles The Moville
branch. from Moville to Schaller. foity-hve
miles. is In the same condition. and tho Onawa
branch. from 0nawa to Ida Grove. nifty miles.
s also badly OF. These lines with an aegre-
gate length NJ 1856 miles, are entirely blockaded
BY tho carrying away OF bridges and the wash
Ing out OF the roadbeds. All traff1c this side
Of aud beyond the points named 10 being car
rled by roundabout lines.
On the main line from Linn Grove to Alton
tho bridge over Waterman Crock. with Its
trestle. $50 fect loug. has been carried away.
aud ton other bridges, five on each side OF
Waterman Creek. have boon rendered useless
by undermining. or partially carried away.
One bridge. 1870 feet long. near Paulina. 10
gone, together with two smaller ones. The
l. v0..A
Waterman Creek the track and ties have been
carried a quarter OF mile from the foadbed.
The bridge over the Illinois Central at Choir
okee over the sioux River Is washed away.
4 he oilcals fear the worst. not only as t. tho
lherokee to Sioux Falls.
The Chicago and northwestern management
al each end OF the 6renKs in lie lines, ready to
teRin repairs but the waters are stu SO high
Ss DAYS so
ioE the resumption 2I traffic.
WATERLOO iowa. June 25:-Cherokee and the
storm devastated. is entirely cut of from tele-
graphic cummunicatlon. tho wires WORKING
Al All tho @ bridges seross the Little sioas. a
ena Fho pepoes
stosm indicate that It was worse than At first
sSus hal svsa At SS hss lis
houses at Cherokee have been washed away, No
further loss Of lie Is reported there. be,ond the
Tho same is truo at Correctlonyille. and no
a
known that six persnne, met their neath eat IN the
ip Is reporssd aH inc easeS to e1eh HOUSES barns.
and outhouses were reported floating IN tho
Little Sioux past Cherokee oil day. No one
snmel 10 be from southcrland. No loss oi life
Is reported from tho up country. AuIelia re-
thousands. u, dollars worth, Of merchandise
At Storm Lake the merchants were unable
to get into their stores on account ol the water.
SssS %S fhs Of b1ase
below town Material is being moved rapidly
The Il ens "f the Gheaso @ Ss Paul
Alinnenpolis. and Omaha telsgraphs that all OF
the bridges on his limo are gone from Sheldon
The Floyd River is out Of it's banks. and peo-
tases "te 10 I nsber 9lound hs Wassrs re-
cedins this morning. and the worst Is now
tho Ssnt SfaSs out @ a so?F Taes
day might: This was followed By all the houses
over 100. The nsmbsr Of people driven from
their homes wes between 1:2oS and !: 500: The
s8s nyss 1sn tSs aa soSs s el
both wagon and RAILROAD, ls gone De- |
tween here and Onawa. and probably |
every bridge in Cherokee county on
the Sioux River. Last night most of |
the distressed people found shelter il the &. |
A. n. and Odd Fellows' buildings and arrange |
Dents were made whereby they might be
cared for. This morning the town presents
very sorrowiul appearance. Those houses
that remain on the fiat arc almost buried In
mud. People have 9lready begun to clean up
the rubbish. The destruction OF properly in
Cherok GO Is about S2OO.UOu. Almost all OF the |
stock pastured along tho Sioux was carried
away by the Hood, only few animals being
saved as they came down the river Yesterday
morning nl passenger trains were stopped ut
storm Lake. The weather is clearing.
All the surplus stock Of provisions was de-
stroye, BY the Hood anil the town Ia now as ef-
Iectu ally isolated from the rest NJ the world as
though no railroads wore In existence. No
one dares TO brave the flood in boats owing to
the mass Of heavy d ibris the river continually
bears forward. The wagon roads are all i'm
passabe in he valley. aud no prospect Is seen
of reaching he people from any direction until
the wafer su bsides.
The Illinois Central refuses to sell tickets or
ship freight to any point west OF Aurelia. At
Lemars the relief party teleRraphs that the
Floyd River is three-fourths Of mile wide. |
and everything Is under water. The track has
been carried away. and the bridges arc gone
This ia the result of wall OF water six feet
high that rolled down the stream yesterday
and trresistibly carried ey erythnR before II.
Says He Came to Work for Ringler.