Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-07-02
The DELUXE.

NEBRASKA UNDER WATER.
OMAHA, Neb., June s7--A perfect
deluge of rain has fallen throughout
Nebraska. Since midnight Thursday
the flood has continued necessarily.
Railroad traffic is entirely suspended in
the state. There We're no trains in or
out of Omaha for the west Friday
night In'many places in the state the
tracks are under water for miles, rem
dering traffic entirely. impossible.
The Missouri is a raging torrent. II
is rising fast and is within a few
feet of the danger line Crop damage
is incalculable throughout the state.
Considerable damage was done in
Omaha by the storm. East Omaha was
badly flooded aid thickly populated
section Of the northern part of the city
was inundated. From Clark street
north on Twenty-fourth street the
water is from 2 to feet deep in the
street and street-car traffic is aban-
doned. The police and fire departments
sent a force of men to the inundated
district to rescue the distressed people
and their effects. No lives were lost
but there were several narrow escapes
from drowning, and an old lady who
was confined to her bed was with diff
Guilty taken from her house which was
filled with water feet deep.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., June e7.-The
heaviest rain here for twenty years fell
Friday afternoon. Central avenue was
In q few moments transferred into a
madly rushing river and nearly every
cellar on that street was flooded. The
damage to the Watson hotel alone will
reach 50, 900, and other losses are heavy.
Reports from the surrounding country
say small grain is badly damaged.
STORMS CONTINUE IN IOWA.
WATERLOO, Ia, June 27.-The floods
at Cherokee abated enough to en-
able many of the occupants of the
houses in the flooded districts to gain
entrance to them, but the waters are
now rising. The scenes OF de
struction are appalling. Fifty
houses were wholly swept away.
Some of them were dashed together
and mingled in common wreck. In
places substantial buildings were
swept away, while frail buildings
on the same lots escaped, In the
buildings which escaped the wreck the
furniture was found destroyed anc
everything covered with a black sedi-
ment Of mud. The people who are suf-
ferers by the flood are the poorer class
and laborers, and many of them are
LETT ii destitute circumstances
Three hundred people are now being
fed by the relief committee and large
amount of clothing has also been fur
nished. Friday afternoon telegram
was received from Cherokee stating
that outside aid will have to be fur
nished or many poor people will suffer.
The damage at Cherokee is estimated
at over 100000.
An engineer living in this city, who
has been at the scene of the trouble
since last Wednesday, returned Friday
morning. He left Fort Dodge Wednes-
day morning at : o'clock, reached Au-
relia at 10 o'clock, and it took from
that time to 6 o'clock in the evening to
run miles. The worst of the storm
was between and 1880, and during
that time rain fell in torrents and the
train had to be stopped several times
until the storm slackened During
that time the river at Cherokee rose
nearly feet.
From Storm Lake to Cherokee the
country had the appearance of one vast
lake, and not a bridge on any of the
country roads can be SEEN Large
numbers of houses have fioated down
the river at Cherokee and many an
lmals have been seen floating past.
Many OF them were apparently alive
and struggling to reach the shore, but
the force of the current was too much
The main line of the Illinois Central
is in pretty fair share as far west as
Aurelia. At Cherokee Hill, however,
there is a washout 200 feet long, and
from Cherokee to Meriden, a distance
OF miles, the track is washed SO bad
ly that trains cannot be run over il. A
gravel train WAS caiight in the sandpit
at Cherokee and two-tbirds of the train
is entirely covered with sand, and only
the smokestack of the steam shovel is
visible.
The Cherokee & Dakota branch.
south Of Cherokee, has been explored
for distance of only miles, and it
has been found that much Of the track
has been carried fully 1000 feet from
the right of way. Thus far no
authentic reports have been re-
ceived from the country dis
tricts for the reason thai the farm
ers cannot yet to town. The loss of
domestic animals is undoubtedly very
great, and one farmer who managed to
get to Cherokee this morning reported
that 200 cattle had been drowned ia his
pasture and that he and his family oniy
escaped FROM theft house by wading in
she water up to their waists.
OF the houses that were washed into
the river at Cherokee only two can be
found These are lodged in the brush
about miles below town. A 5-miles'
walk down the river failed to discover
any OF the Others. The wagon bridges
on country roads from Storm Lake to
Cherokee are all gone and Cherokee is
accessible only by boat.
The Sioux river is subsiding, but it is
still 80 feet deep and covers o
quarter Of a mile of country The av-
erage depth of the river when in its
channel is about feet. The work of
clearing away the debris is now in
progress, and aid is being rendered the
unfortunate inhabitants The town of
Neville is still flooded, and not one of
the 200 inhabitants is able to occupy
his house, and all are camping ont
Five hundred people were rendered
homeless and destitute iii Cherokee BY
the food, and the resources of the town
have been taxed to meet the
present requirements of these peo-
pie Mayor D. H. Bloom has
issued an appeal to the public
Tor aid and has asked the governor
for tents in which to shelter those who
have not found accommodations. Con
tributions may be sent to Mayor
Bloom, who will acknowledge their
receipt and place them in the hands of
responsible executive committee
which has been appointed to distribute
aid