The record-union., 1891-06-26
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oS.


Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, June 25.-Advices received
from the headquarters of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad in this city this
morning indicate that the destruction bv
the cloudbnrst in northwestern Iowa yes
terday was more widespread than the
| dispatches thus far received suggest.
From what has been actually reported,
! it appears that the deluge covers terri
tory three counties in width along the
western border of the State and five
counties in length, beginning with one of
the counties from the northern boundary
of the State and extending southwark.
The telegraph lines in this territory are
greatly demoralized, and it is next to i'm
possible to get accurate or detailed in
formation touching general losses and
casualties.
This territory is dotted with villages
and covered with cultivated farms, and
the worst is feared in the way of damage
and possible loss Of life.
Several of the officers of the Northwest
ern road left for the scene last night, and
are making strenuous efforts to penetrate
into the devastated region.
Their reports give only the results of
their observations in regard to the dam
age done to the property of the company,
leaving that of the adjacent communities
to be inferred.
The reports show that the lines of this
road, some l35 miles in length. are en-
tlreIy blockaded by the carrying away Of
bridges and the washing out of the road
| beds.
At the present time it is impossible to
/ nN fIfgNC To tlnn.s II. -
IN the devastated territory, but enough
is known to show that it will be very
heavy
The section of the country where the
flood was most severe is traversed bv
numerous branches, not only of the
NorthWestern, but also of the Illinois
Central, the Milwaukee and St, Paul and
the main line of the Chicago, st. Paul.
Minneapolis and Omaha roads.
No reports of the damage to these lines
| have been received except from the
Illinois Central, whose lines from Chero-
kee to Onawa are blocked by washed out
tracks and bridges,
The st. Paul road suffered severe wash
outs on its Sioux City, Iowa and Dakota
Divisions The traffic, however, was
only delayed on the first division. The
telegraph wires are down, and the amount
OF damage done is not known.
WHOLE TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
SIOUX CITY Ga.), June 25.-The flood
in the Floyd River Valley which came
past Lemars and Merrill yesterday, and
dld great damage in the country,
reached here early this morning, and the
river rose about twelve feet. One hun
dred and fifty houses in the valley are
partially submerged, and the families
have moved TO the hills. The large stove
works, shoe factory, flour mill and
foundry in the suburbs of town are
closed. There We're no losses of life
here.
Men in from Moville, eighteen miles
east, report the whole town swept away.
and only one house untouched.
Additional particulars of the flood at
Cherokee indicate that the worse is not
yet over. 1t is stated hundred houses
! were washed away, rendering from 100
| to 1900 families homeless The citv is
| shut IN by vast eXpanse of water, and it
is feared that there will be added to the
sutferings of the citizens the pangs of
hunger, as all the surplus stock of pro-
visions was destroyed by the food.
There is no prospect of reaching the peo-
pie from any direction before the water
subsidies.
reports are coming from all quarters of
unprecedented high water in the streams
and of injury to railroad property, loss of
bridges and destruction of crops along
the river.
The destruction of property in Cherokee
alone is about $500, 600, besides almost all
the stock pastured along the Sioux have
drowned.
No further loss of life is reported at
Cherokee beyond the four whose drown
ing has already been noted
1t is now known that possibly eight
persons lost their lives around about Cor
rectionville.
IN KANSAS.
Topeka, June 25.-This morning the
heaviest Tainstorm of the season set in at
this place, and continued almost till noon.
Reports along the railroads indicate the
storm general only in the eastern part of
the State. Both the Santa Fe and Kan
sas Pacific roads are washed out between
here and Lawrence, and all west
bound trains are laid up at Lawrence.
waiting until the track can be fixed.
Warhouts have also occurred at Will
JAMESTOWN, on the Union Pacific and
Santa Fe. The damage to crops will be
great.
IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, June 25.-A special to the Bee
from various parts of Nebraska indicate
that last nights rain amounted to gen.
eral deluge.
AT Whas a house occupied by John
GunderSon and family was struck hy
lightning and torn to pieces. The family
was in bed at the time, and the springs
of the bed were melted. None OF the
folks were seriously hurt.
at Fremont the rainifell in torrents for
hours. Trains on the Fremont, Elkhorn
and Missouri Valley road are detained by
washoutS.
In the vicinity of York County the
bridges are nearly all washed out, espe-
cially in the southern section. DWELLINGS
in the low places in this town were in
vaded by the rising waters in the night
and the inhabitants had to move
AT Harrison the 16-year-old daughter
of John Johnson was drowned in ra-
vine.
AT Kearney there was considerable of
an electrical display, many buildings be-
ing struck by lightning, but no one seri-
ously hurt. The damage was great.
At Grand Island four inches of water
fell during the night, and much damage
was done in town.
ToRNADoEs IN TEXAS.
HEMPsTEAD TEX, June 25.-Two tor
nadoes within an hour this afternoon did
much minor damage in town. No one
was injured.
FAILURES.