The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-01
Disastrous wind and Rain Storm in
Iowa.


Disastrous wind and Rain Storm in
Iowa.
WATERLOO, Ia, June 2i-Reports were re
ceived this morning by Illinois Central
officials in this city Of terrible wind and
rain storm which prevailed last night along
the company's lines, from Storme Lake to
Lomars, a distance of fity-six miles. All
the towns are considerably damaged. -Four
persons were drowned at Cherokee and four
al Correctionville The railroad depot at
Calumet was blown down and much dam
age 10 town property is reported.
Sutherland, O'Bricn county, a small sta
ton on the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road five miles from Calumet. is reported to
have been wiped out over forty buildings
being blown down. The wires are all down
and it is impossible to obtain accurate in
formation except through the reports trans
mitted to the railroad officials Twelve
inches of water is reported to have fallen last
nigh; in the Cherokee Valley. The Illinois
Centrars train No. , the passengers which
left here last night at 1880, Is still at Storme
Lake, and the train master here says there j.
no prospect Of moving it in the next twenty
four hours.
LATER REPORTS.
Sioux CTTT, Iowa, June 2i.-The terrible
rains of lsst night and this morning has al
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roads art running trains from this city East.
The Flood River Valley is inundated for
thirty-fiye miles north of this city. Many
houses in Lemars are flooded over the iirst
floors, while the towns of Merrill, Hinton
and James are completely submerged Thir-
Jy-five 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 washout at Le-
mars. 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, but no fatalities are re-
| ported At the same place the approaches
( to the Illinois Central bridge over the Sioux
| are gone. On the Central Iowa branch g0l
| feet Of track was carried out, and on tht
Sioux Falls branch seven bridges were wash.
ed ont The Chicago and Northwestern
4 tracks in the Sioux valley are out for over s
| half mile al Switzerland. The same road is
also washed out at Carroll. At Merrill eight
/ safs ElarrI
| fifteen feet in three hours to-day and al
eight O'Clock tonight the flood is sweeping
through the Floyd river towards this city
and devastating hundreds OF acres Of crops
The manufacturing towns of Leeds, Lynn
and Lewiston are in its course and will b,
submerged by morning.
Tonight hundreds of families on tn,
| Floyd river fats in this city are moving ou
to higher grounds. The railroad companie:
have abandoned their yards and shops, ant
engines, cars and all kinds of material hay,
been removed to higher grounds. The stocs
in the Union and Central stock yards, hav,
been removed. Wires east and north o.
/ here all down. Reports from South Dakots
are that the Vermillion river is out of it:
| banks and flooding thousands of acres o.
growing grain.
CHICAGO, June 25.-In view of Iowa S
| floods, caused by deluge that fell in sheets
the Illinois Central Railroad Company has
refused to sell tickets or ship freight 10 any
! point west Of Aurelia At Lemars, the reliei
party telegraphs the Floyd River is three
| fourths Ofa mile wide, and everything is
under water About $50 miles ofthe Cen
! trails track are blocked or out of sight.
At least seventy-five houses went down
/ the river from Cherokee, and, as telegraph
wires are down, If is not known how many
persons .perished. Fourteen counties were
swept by the terrific rain-storm.
All around Cherokee, within one mile oi
which a work train reached to-day, l. vast
expanse Of water a. far a. the eye can see
The refugees on the hills are without food.
LENART, Ia, June "a heavy food came
down Willow creek yesterday, entering
! Floyd river about a mile above Lemars
The bottom land along the river at once be
came raging torrent nearly q mile wide
The food washed over a mile of embank-
ment twenty feet high, on the Illinois Cen.
trsl track, a mile east of Lemars, where vii.
low creek runs under the railroad. The
crops on the bottoms were entirely destroy
ed. Hundreds of head of cattle and horses
were found swimming in their pastures and
were rescued by men in boats. No lives
were lost. Lemars is on high ground and
sustained no damage. The food is the high
est ever known.
The water came down from the Souther-
land storm, the larger part of the deluge
however, going on the other side of the di.
vide to Cherokee Mails were delayed thir
ty-six hours. The track between here and
Sioux City was repaired to-day. To max,
the Illinois Central good east will require
several days.
Corn's New Enemy.
CHESTER, Pa, June 24.-The Agriculture