Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-26

..,,. a.. June 2i.-Reports con-
'' -. ,--l,c Of a disastrous storm and
..- Che Illinois Central. The re-
.ne drowning Of four persons at
40. and four at Correctionville are
.5rga dispatch from the superin-
tho Iowa division, who is at the
Che disaster.
! ,r<-sroBN, AND IT rs STILL RAINING.
a.. june N.--One of the most
..r.,torms in the history Of North
10. VISITED this section last night.
.. she Floyd river is mile wido.
.rl.f loss % stock IN She country.
u,,Frl away, and on the railroads
-. abandoned. The Omaha pay-car
.r--.,y engine available for work. AZ
....- .eplrtcd that ffjccn houses were
.nc sidewalks are gone and she
I.I Tho races are postponed. To-
---.stfy The streams viii be higher, as
--ar rH
-.Y loNLANps FLO0uEn.
Xxx MIN, June 2a.-Tha heayiost
r.. . re history Of thus city fell to-day.
.... are Gooded and the damage TO
... ..rah.C
-.a>, sCENERGEp-So TRAINS.
...r. a.. June 24.--The terrible rains
..r. .rI tais morning have almost de-
...- r..liru Of Iowa. No roads arc
.....- from ihis City kast. Flood River
....ls-ri Tor torty-hvo miles north
Many houses IN Lcmars are flooded
.... -.ar-. while the towns OF Merrill,
.aue- are completely submerged.
...H ..~ q tack on the Illinois Central,
60 r... Minneapolis and Omaha, and
-. 81. Nu.thfrn are hooded north OF
ar. laI wCshouts as Leinars Me
r.rr- bottom az Cherokee Is entirely
Ed. d.. thousands Of acres OF CROPS ave
...r.-. .Ie water ~ Cherokee carried
t.s-as and barns in The bottoms, but
..... .. ar. reported.
r.,rHJrs oV THE RAILWAYS.
... ...r r,ire tao approaches 70 the 1lh-
.... .-r over the Sioux are gone. on
l... branch 600 feet Of track was
.. .u Gre Sioux Falls branch seven
. washed out The Chicago and
ri. ..arts iu this, the Sioux Valley, arc
.... milo 90 Sutherland. Tho same
..-.H. ...H tIt At Carroll. At Merrill,
r..r. f.is city, the Floyd river rose
... ...f.r '.ree hours to-day, and az s
.-.. .r ..r lual is sweeping through
...- valley towards this city and de-
-E...-r.- OF acres OF crops.
-.,, I1 By swallowed Up.
-.-rc towns OF Leeds, Linn, and
-... i-- course and will be submergct
tonight hundreds Of families on
.-..r rHt- boo this city are moving out
... -...r". Tho railroad companies have
.. .-- yards ana shops, and engines
.. .. ,-.- ot material have been re-
....r ErUl'l. Tho stock in the
.....I s,ue6-yards have been re-
... ".rr- cas-; and north OF here are all
gu south Dakota are that the yor-
lsrnra
.. ..r.- uI growing grain. a cyclone
.... .l.t mClt at o'clock destroyed
.-- '.lr warehouses, several barns,
t."lE. and Northwestern freight
.. r..r'. t01S to caves and no one
AL country and railroad bridges
r...-... .l.
.....> --owS FLOOD REPEATED.
...... L... june 24.-The terrors OF the
.. .ar" Iu part repeated I'm this
..-.. ~...u'y-hye houses have been
-r.' iu "a Niagara-like torrent.
... r.- Hay. been lost Is yet a matter Of
a. terrific clOud-burst, thrice re-
..I almost q hurricane are what
..... -.. .- al WORK.
H. ID began last night, appears 20
.a.....9 vast circle over Northwestern
-..,- iu diameter, with Cherokee
.f t0 1880 tonight owing TO
-.. wires and railroads, only the
-- v"rcached here from the de-
.... -..-g fa tas West, North, and South.
rFIAvlGE Enormous
a-. r.r., taking into account the
.zs ~ the town, Is enormous.
.-'rl fi1u In Cherokee was wrought
-IHa~y rise in the Sioux river re-
... traueudous downpOur Of water
.... some iiea Of the immensely and
El1l can be inferred from the
.... t- Oh, apparently without an
.... .-...- bridge on which the Illinois
...t rus-ol the river, and with the
-.. r hundred feet OF trestle on
..l.srE- tracks approached the
-.-.. .-- Little Sioux Is a. the highest
-. rr The best information indi-
... .na.s Central rails are under
.-F for many miles on the Iowa
-. .-.'ftr havoc both 20 roadway and
- -.H-.l.lg seldom paralleled in rail-