The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-02

AuIiOH from the HOOOcu QISIrlCIs
The first reliable news of the loss in
the Little Sioux valley south of Chero-
kee was secured Friday night vis
courier from correctionville to Kings
ley. to which place the telephone limo
was working. The story is that
at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing a terrible rush of water
came down through the valley above
the mill dan just above Correc-
tionvilie. The dam gave way and tho
waters deluged the city. Many houses
In the lower portion of the town were
soon swept from their foundations In
one house. a large two-story frame
building, were two children who wero
drowned. The bridges Of the Illinois
Central and Chicago 4 Northwesterp
were destroyed as well as several fino
country roads Many families are quar-
tered in the schoolhouse and in high
brick buildings. Stocks of goods were
badly damaged. The railroads in all
directions from Correctionville are
washed ont; but it is impossible to
fruess the loss, as the water is still high.
hundreds of acres of corn above and
below the town are submerged and .
great many cattle, horses and hogs are
drowned. In Correctionville the water
rose 25 feet above its normal stage.
From Kingsley it was learned that not
building in Moville escaped damage
from the flood in West Fork, tribu-
tary of the Little Sioux. All were
moved from their foundation and are
now standing in the streets or carried
far away. Not word can be learned
from Otto. Smithland and points down
the Little Sioux river.
A special from Moville. on West
Fork, which was completely inundated,
says that there are only $50 pounds of
-four in the town. The town is almost
completely cut of from succor. Hun
dreds of horses and other live stock
ont in the fields in the valley were
fcarfully lacerated by the barbcd wires
carried down by the swollen torrent in
which the beasts became entangled.
A. w. Thesher, the mail clerk who
went cast from this city Thursday
night with the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul passenger, which is now
water-b bound at Hornick. reached here
Friday and thus relates his experience:
Our train reached Rodney In the Little
Sioux valley along in the morning. There we
were told that We could so no further on nc.
count OF washouts on Maple river and started
back to Sioux City. When we reached a
point . mile or SO this side OF Hornicls
fash OF lightning revealed . sea Of water
over the tracks and further progress was i'm.
possible, 30 We ran back to Hornick TIE train
Is still there with the crew and twenty three
passengers and no prospects OF getting out for
q couple Of days.
How did you get back herer'
We'll, / got hungry. as did oil the passen.
gers Our rstions were rather slim, and 90
made up my mind to come TO Sioux City
Put my letter mail In pouch together with my
clothing and started to wade. ! waded through
fully mile and . half Of water between Hor.
nick and Hedges. and in many places Il was
up to my neck. At Hedges caught . con.
ssruction train and rode into Sioux City.
''T'hc low lands are covered with water IS
far as you can sec. Field after field is SUBJ
from to feet deep in the first floors Of houses.
the farmers have moved out to the high ground
in nearly all instances
Il saw farmers wading In the water up To
their waists pushing RATS, on which we're load
ed their families and household goods. ahead
OF them to the high land One farmer At Hor.
nick whose house was flooded pushed o bio
, hog trough ahead OF him in which his wife
holding her baby was seated. He was making
| for the high ground near our train"
SIX MEN KILLED.
Mount GARNET, Pa June a7.-The
Patterson Coal Company's breaker To-
Gated at Natalie, village ? miles
north Of this city, was destroyed by q
cyclone Friday afternoon and the fol-
| lowing persons were killed: J. N. Bios
som, Hawley, Pa; J. Bently Dodson,
Shickshinny, Pa: Richard Roberts,
Luzerneborough, Pa; William Lodge,
| Luzcrneborough, Pa; two unknown
| strangers.
Lodge, Roberts and the two unknown
men were skaters and were engaged in
roofing the breaker at the time of the
accident. The other two killed were
carpenters and met their death while
at work on the interior of the
breaker. Shortly after noon the
sky in the north became black
and the darkness grew in intensity
| The men perchcd on their high tower
| gazed on the advancing storm, expect
! ing to descend in time to avoid thu
rain. Suddenly terrible wind-gust
gathered up the mighty structure a.
though it were feather, and, whirline
/ it around. dashed it to ruin. The mcr
were mangled almost beyond recogni
tion.
CLOUDBURsTs IN EUROPE.
BERLIN, June 37.-Grcat destruction
of life and property by cloudbursts ant
thunderstorms is reported from al
quarters. At Coblentz on the pppe
Rhine whole districts are fearfully de
vastated. At Ehrcn the lower part
of the town and of the fortres.
were flooded Thursday night. Th'
people were driven to the house
tops for safety and the garrison wa
called out and dispatched to the assist
ance of the inhabitants of Pfaffendor
and Horchein, who were in great peri
and distress. All along the Rhine an
Moselle the vineyards have suffered sc
verely, and great fears are enter
tanned for the future vintage
Near Wincheringen, on the Moselle
some peasants, going along the road il
cart, were overwhelmed by a cloud
burst and swept down the embankmen
into the river. One of them wa
drowned, but the others save
themselves. All the railways be
tween Trcves and Metz are in
.passable owing to the floods
Many local lines are similarly ot
| structed. Early Friday morning
cloudburst did great damage to tn
Soden medicinal springs, and the vi
lagos of Holzendorff, Wernsdorff an
Murk are reported to have been d,
, stroyed. Houses, roads, bridges, walls
, cattle and crops have been swept ava,
and the inhabitants of those district
, are terror-stricken and in despair.
;, LONDON, June 27.-Heavy thunde
r storms arc reported throughout Eni
, land aud Ireland. Much damage wi
caused by floods, and several house
r were burned or shattered by lightnin,
: VICTORY FOR HARVARD
, The Great University Boat Race Result
: In y Had Defeat for tho Yslc Crew.
New LONDON. June 37.-The 81.
teenth annual 4-mile eight.oare