The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

ne Recent Terrible yi.,,..
sno water In Iowa, Ne.r.." ~ VII
.es"sn- Iowa the Worst S.r" and Nsl
mss swept Away, cr.,. isaudI
naiiroads Rendered us.l... nestreysa
" A. Many Human Lives ..a' Wong
WATERLOO. la. June VI I'll.
pc wind and rain-storm when er'
tuesday night appears % h.. oegaa|
y = vast circle through nor,r'. 'weA|
iowa, with Cherokee as MI "es'en|
Seventy-hvc houses In that u, center
carried away BY the torrent ans ~e's|
many lives have been lost K W, 49, nos|
Ter Of uncertainty Mos, q = mat
struction Ia Cherokee was wr,,. mc ae.
the extraordinary rise N NJ .sN VI
river, resulting from the ,rs W. s,ouz
downpour Of water The NJ, suaous|
bridge on which the Illinois rus
crossed the river has also BEEN sn''al
away. NH" carried
"Wednesday night the Little s;on
NJ the highest stage ever known ~ ~@
best information indicates M, i, ine
nois Central rails are under ws,' S M
tinuonsly for many miles on the i. ~
branch. and that the damage N r r'sa
way and bridges is enormous y lag
Will be delayed for many days ~ ,an'
railroads besides the Illinois u''
can scarcely have escaped mn, a a
age particularly the Chicago q Nm a'
western and the Chicago. Milwaulam 's
-. Paul As near as can ~ l..n
the storm affects not only d huge \, rn,'s
OF country In Iowa, but large nor,,ss 4
also Of Minnesota and Nebraska =
Reports from Sioux CITY ~ \.
storm has almost devastcd that nor.;ns
OF Iowa No trains are runninv a~s.
The Floyd river valley is inundated j.
- miles north OF the city. The ,ow,.
Of Merrill. Hinton and James are com
pletely submerged. Thousands Of acrs.
OF crops are under water
a special from Fairmount Mn,
says the lowlands are flooded. ana ~
damage 70 crops is very heavy.
Town Devastated.
Fort DoDcE, la. June 2G.-For i.
last twentyfour hours the western ,,.,
81 Iowa has suffered severely from "a.
and wind storms. In O'Brien conn,-
the effects Were the most severe. All
there It devastated the town ~ CAN.
met, on the Illinois Central railroad
and Sutherland. on the Chicavo 4
Northwestern. Particulars are verv
neager, owing to the fact that all n.
telegraph wires west Of here are down
4 is known. however. that the Illinois
-entral depot and three other huildipc.
4 Calumet were destroyed. and al >u,b.
srland II is reported that forty bnild.
ngs were blown down. Quite d nun.
Der Of people were injured. but no cne
'atally so far as can be learned.
The first storm was followed ID
loud burst north of Cherokee. VIII
made the Little Sioux river fio)
,herol<ce and Correctionville suffer-
he worst. The lower portions Of bdV
owns were flooded and fcu1 pcrsanss
'ach place were unable to escfpe frol
he rising waters and Were drowned.
On the Cherokee a Dakota division
4 the Illinois Central three bridges ar
'one, and several thousand feet q
rack have been washed out. Supcrin
endent Gilleas Of the. Illinois Central
vho Is ut the scene 81 he tsbuble. ~
'raphs that thy damage to tlis div 4
; sutl bat toRflic will havs 10 n "
'endeS Tor som> time. II ii ~. 3D.
vhen khe waterproof struck ~
orth' Of Cherokee, IL burst. and -,
cr came down in a wall about e. go
Ugh. filling the ravines and spreading
yer the country for long distance.