Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-25
1hEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
MANY PEOPLE DROWNED,
The Terrors of Youngstown
Almost Repeated.
Three TERRIFIC CL0UD-BuRSTS.
Large Tracts of Land in
Iowa Flooded.
FUNERAL OF EX-SEN. MACDONALD.
Wants a Divorce from Her
Indian Husband.
FUNERAL OF Ex-sEN. MACDONALD
DEsTRUGTIYE RAIN STORMS.

DESTR UCTIVE RAIN STORMS.
| Large Part of Iowa Inundated
Many People Relieved to Have
| Been Drowned-Wfres Down and
| Information NIeagre Miles of
Railroad Track Damaeed-Several
Bridges Carried Away Three
| Towns Submerged-Extent of the
Storm.
CHEROKEE, Iowa, June 24.-The terrors
of the Johnstown food were in part re-
peated here to-day. Seventy five houses
have been carried out of sight in a
| Niagara-like torrent. How many lives
have been lost is yet matter of uncer-
tainty. A terrific cloud-burst thrice re-
peatsd, and wind almost hurricane, are
what oonsummated the dreadful work.
The storm, which began last night ap-
pears to have swept in a vast circle of
| northwestern Iowa one hundred miles in
diameter with Cherokee as the center
Up to 1870 tonight, owing to the de-
struction of wires and railroads, only the
vaguest reports have reached here from
the devastated territory to the west, north
and south.
The damage here, taking into account
the relatively small size of the town, is
enormous. Most of the destruction was
wrought by the extraordinary rise in the
Sioux river, resulting from the tremendous
downpour of the rain. The flood carried
off apparently without an effort the big
truss bridge on which the Illinois Central
railroad crosses the river, and with the
bridge went 400 feet of trestle, on which
the company's tracks approached the
river. Tonight the Little Sioux is at the
highest stage ever known. The best in
formation indicates that the Illinois Cen
trail rails are under water continuously for
many miles on the Onawo branch, and
that the havoc both to roadway and
bridges is something seldom paralleled in
railroad history.
Many days will probably slapse before
traffic, either passenger or freight, is in any
thing like normal condition. Orders have
been issued to receive no more freight I'M
til further orders for any point beyond
Aurelia. Every effort was being made to-
night to bring order out of the chaos, but
the absence of accurate information and
the paralysis of transportation almost null
lilies progress Gangs of workmen and
several railroad telegraphers had reached
this point tonight, but could get no
further, and could do but little if any
thing here as yet. 1t may be a
week or more before the full extent of
the disaster is known. Other railroads
besides the Illinois Central can scarcely
have escaped great damage, particularly
the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. AS near as
can be learned the area of the storm as
given has been, if anything, underestimate
ed. According to latest advices the storm
falls little short of great tri-state Attic
ton, affecting not only huge stretch of
country in Iowa, but large portions also in
Minnesota and Nebraska.
MINNEAPOLIS, June PA special to the
Tribune from Sioux City, Ia, says: The
terrible rains of last night and this morn
ing have almost devastated this portion of
Iowa. No roads are running trains from
| this city east. The Flood river valley is
inundated for thirty miles north of this
city Many houses at Lemars are flooded
over the first floors while towns of Mer-
rill, Hinton and James are completely sub
merged. Thirty-fve miles of track
on the Illinois Central, Chicago,
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
and Sioux City and Northern are
flooded north of this city with bad wash
outs at Lemars. The Little Sioux river
bottom at Cherokee is entirely inundated
and thousands of acres of crops are under
water. The water at Cherokee carried
| away forty houses and barns in the bot
toms, but no fatalities are reported. At
the same place the approaches to the Illi-
nois Central bridge over the Sioux are
gone On the Central Iowa branch 900
feet of track was carried out; on Sioux
Falls branch seven bridges were washed
out. The Chicago and Northwestern tracks
in the Sioux Valley are out for over
a half mile at Sutherland. The same road
is also washed out at Carroll. At Merrill,
fifteen feet in three hours to-day, and at 8
o'clock tonight the flood is sweeping
through the Flood river valley towards
this city and devastating hundreds of acres
Of crops. The manufacturing towns of
Lynn and Lewiston are in its course and
will be submerged by morning. Tonight
hundreds of families on the Flood
river fats in this city are moving
out on to higher ground. The railroad
companies have abandoned their yards
and shops and engines, cars and all kinds
of material have been removed to higher
grounds. The stock in Union and Cen
trail stock yards have been removed. Wires
east and north are all down. Reports
from South Dakota are that the Vermilior
river is out of it's banks and flooding thou
sands of acres of growing grain. A cy-
clone at Sutherland last night at O'Clock
destroyed fifteen dwellings, four ware
houses, several barns and the G. and NV
railroad depot. The people took to cave'
and no one was injured. All the county
and railroad bridges are washed out:
cial from Lemars, Ia, says: One of tn
most fearful rain storms in the history O.
{ northwestern Iowa visited this section las
night. This morning Flood river is mil
wide. There is a great loss to stock in tn
country. Bridges are out on the railroads
, All trains are abandoned. Tomorrow tn
streams will probably be higher. 1t
raining now.
MINNEAPOLIS, June PA special t
the Tribune from Fairmont, Mimi, says
The heaviest rain known in the history o
n this city fell to-day. The lowlands ar
: flooded and the damage to crops is consid
cradle.
WATERLOO, Ia, June PA terribl
, wind and rain storm prevailed last nigh
4 along the Illinois Centra's Ines froI
Storm Lake to Lemars, distance of fifty
six miles. All the towns were consider.
bly, damaged. Four persons were browne
at Correctionville The railroad depot {
= Calumet was blown down and much dan
age to town property is reported. Tt
- wires are all down.
" SENATOR M,DONALD'S FUNERAL
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