New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-28

YET WEATHER IN THE VEST.
INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT DELUGB-wADING
FROM A wATER-BOUND TRAIN.

| INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT DELUGE-wADING
FROM wATER-BoUND TRAIN.
Lincoln. Neb., June 27.-Another heavy rain fell
throughout the State yesterday and reports Of damage
to crops continue TO In. Trains the Burling
ton road. west and south delayed account Of
numerous washous. none. however of a serious nature.
The Elkhorn Valley appears the greatest sufferer.
| All small streams are overfowng.
Sioux City. June 27.-Further reports here place
me loss at sutherland by the storm at $4,000 TO
buildings alone. seventy miles of Illinois Central
track are submerged. The loss will reach 100000.
The loss Of the Chicago and Northwestern will be fully
as great as the Illinois Central Advces from Cor
rectcnvle say that the place is stu under water
At Aurea the stood six feet deep in the streets
yesterday. but is slowly going down to-day. The
valley Of small creek running into TIE Little Sioux
at Cherokee was the only outlet for the water during
the storm and every house. nearly 100 In number.
swept away.
A. W. Theshcr, the mail clerk who went East from
This city Thursday night with the Chicago, Milwaukee
ana 81. Paul passenger train which is now water
bound al Homck, reached here to-day and thus re-
lates his experience: "Our train reached Rodney in
the Little Sioux Valley along in the morning There we
were told that could go no further
on account Of wsshouts Maple River, and started
back for Sioux City. When reached point mile
or so this side Of Hornck fash Of lightning revealed
sea of water on the tracks, and further progress
was Impossible, so we ran back to Hornick. The
train is stn there, with the crew and
twenty three passengers and no prospect OF
getting out for a couple Of days The track In the
Sioux Valley, from what could gather from meagro
reports is out and at O'Clock Thursday afternoon
the water al Rodney still rising at the rate OF
four inches an hour Between Hornung and Hedges
Siding the track is out in many places. and so great
the force of the water that the rails carried
far from the rOadbed."
How did you get back here?'
Well, got hungry did all the passengers. and
our rations were rather slim. so / made up nv mind
to come back to Sioux City, put my letter mail
in pouch, together with my clothing, and started TO
wade. waded through mile and half Of water
between Hornck and Hedges and in many places 1t
was up to my neck At Hedges l caught con-
structiOn train and rode into Sioux CITY,"
"What does the country look like az HedGe'sG"
"The lOwlands are covered with water as far as you
can see Field after field is submerged all over the
fats. The water is from to four feet on the first
floors of the houses. The farmers have moved out to
higher ground In nearly every case, The homes or
buildings have of them been washed away. !
farmers wading In the water up TO their waists,
pushing RATS which loaded their families and
household goods ahead of them. one farmer at
HOrnck whose house was flooded. pushed big hogs
head through ahead OF him which was his wife hold
ing her baby. He Was making for the high ground