Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-02
STORM In IOWA.
A Large Portion of the Northwest
Part of the State Flooded,
Houses, Bridges and Growing Crops
swept Away ana Some Loss
OF Life,


Adri"es received at tho hcadquar-
tcrs OF tho Chicago n Northwestern
railroad in Chicago. indicate the dc.
struction by cloudburst in northwest
crn Iowa June 9th is more widespread
than the dispatches 80 far received sue-
gost From the damage to its na,s
actually reported to the road II ap-
pears that tho dcluge covers at least
portions of tho counties of Sioux,
O'Brien, Clay Plymouth. Cherokee,
Buena Visa, Woodbury., Ida, sac, Mo
mona Crawford, Carroll, lIarrisoa u. d
Shelby covering u territory of three
counties in width along The west ,rn
border of tie state, and five count o
in length, beginning withia one tier OF
counties from the northern boun lar;
OF the state and extending southwark,
Telegraph lines in this territory arc
greatly demoralizod and IL IL neat TO
impossible TO got accurate or detailed
Information touching the general
, losses and casualties, This territory
Is dotted with villages aud covcrc
with cultivated farms and tho worst is
feared in the way OF damage ana pos
siblo loss of life along tho water
courses traversing this great sect on
Of the state. Several general OH ,ar3
OF tho Northwestern road lett for lhn
scene and are making strenEoIs Efforts
to penetrate into tho devastated region.
Their reports To headquarters give
only the result of their observations IN
regard To the damage done To the u OPP
crty OF the company leaving that Of
adjacent communities TO be inforrc |.
THESE reports show that the muin line
OF the road OF the northern Iowa divi-
sion l. demolished from Linn Grove to
Alton, distance Of forty miles; that
| the Movilic branch from Movillo to
Schaller, distance Of forty -fvo miles,
Is in the same condition. Tbs Onuwa
branch, from Onawa TO Ida Grobe,
fifty miles In length Is equally bud
oil. These lines, with an aggregat 4,
| length OF 1873 miles, are entirely
blocked by the carrying away Of
bridges and washing out OF railroads.
All traffic east OF beyond the points
named IS being covered by round about
lines. On tho main limo from Linn
Grove 10 Alton, tho bridge over Wat ~
man creek, with its trcstlc $50 feet
long, has been carried away, and ton
| other bridges, five each side of Water.
man creek have been rendered use
less by undermining or partially car.
ricd away. One bridge, 100 feet long,
near Paulina, is gone together with
smaller ones. The track is wa d
away in many places. At Watarm IN
creek the track and ties have b zen car.
ried quarter Of IA mile from the road
| bed. IL is impossible to learn much In
regard TO the condition OF affairs ON
the Neville branch, between Movil o
and Schaller. The wires are down
and the waters still so high IL is impo,-
| sibo rs yet TO make personal inspc =
ton OF the line. The officials in Chi
| cagO, however, fear the worst. The
same conditions obtain on the line BE-.
tween Ida Grove and Onawa. No &c.
| ports are in from that section. which
indicates great damage has probably
been done. II is reported from Galya
that the bridge over Maple river has
! pcen badly washed out. At the pres.
ent time it is impossible to estimate
the damage to the railroad property in
thut territory; but enough is known to
show it will bo very heavy.
Cherokee and the country al accent
| which the storm devastated. is entirely
cut OIL from telegrs.phic communi,a.
/ ton The wires are working 10 Au-
rclia, the first station east OF Cherokee.
All the bridges across Little Sioux ut
Cherokee are washed away, together
with railroad tracks and wires. Later
reports of the storm Indicate it was
worse than first reported. A couri u
has just arrived at Aurelia from Cher.
okee giving the information that all
| the houses in Cherokee are washc
away. No further loss OF life IL re.
! ported there beyond the -four persons
whose drowning was reported. II j.,
impossible TO learn The names or how
they met their fate. Everything j. in
the widest confusion. The tarie l.
true at Corrcctionville, and no word
by telegraph can be received from
there until communication Is establish
cd at Cherokee. II is now known that
six persons met their death in the
country roundabout Corrcctionville,
and later reports have increased it &c
eight. Houses, barns and clubhouse.
were floating in the Little Sioux past
Cherokee all day. IL is presumed they
came from Sutherland. No loss oil life
is reported from up the country Au-
rella reports from two TO fOu, fec oil
| wa.cr in the streets there, cellars
] flooded. thousands OF dollars damage
to cops and household goods de-
stroyc1. At Storm Lake tao mer-
chants have closed their stores on ac-
count Of the water. All the passenger
and freight traffic west Of Aurclia IL
abandoned. The railroa bridge
/ which lodged half mile below tom
is being moved rapidly away to repair
the damage. The superintendent oI
the Omaha rold telegraphj that all
/ the bridges on his line are gone from
Sheldon 10 LcAlars.
THE MARXETS