Telegram-herald., 1891-06-21
DIED Ikea Hero BRAVE
A Heroic schoOlsoy Loses HIS Life
ID Nebsasza Flood.
DRAGGED DoHs 81 raE CURRENT
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las IA save ths Lives az
To L1itie GiriA

NoRzoLz. Web. June .. "A country
senoos house nrar tAia place watch vas
ero~isd with ehitirea was washed
away Gurlag the resent storm The
catastroy be resulted IA the drowning OF
Charles Niles. Cora Hamlin aud Anna
Cox. That ali the children did
ma perish wa due % the herolsm of
young tiLss who. on observing the
rasine hii.ng with water and the build
nag settling. attempted 20 conduct the
sEh0lzss % high ground Several
pupils s!Fiitcd away with the food. but
young Mics gallantiy plunged In and
rescued them Wide struggling ashore
With abe two little girls al three were
swept away beneath ple OF drift
wood
CHEAT DAMAGE N ILLINOIS
OTTAWA. Ill, June 81. The streets OF
Utica are again free from water. though
covered with q coat of mud and sand
washed FROM the hIltops By the del
uge- The heaviest sufferer In the viii
la-e Is A. r. CriiIia. the owner OF the
Utica sewing-plpa works -Four kfins
Of newiy-nade tile were burning
when she sclugs occurred. and they
were ieveied 70 the ground The dam
eyeA viii amount 10 fully $4,000. The
damage 20 the Utica Cement Company
+ estimated al $4,000, and II Will
take several days before the works
can be put in operation The
farmers of Waltham township will
suffer the greatest loss from the
storm Hundreds OF acres OF corn.
oats and wheat were laid tat, and IN
many instances the grain was torn
from The ground The damage TO the
crops Is estimated as 5000 The
Rock Island Railroad Company has a
dozen gangs OF men working day and
night repairing the road ~ that point
and temporary track may be con-
structed hy tonight
PEORIA. III. juno 20.-The damage
by Thursdays storm is more general
and widespread than was ~ first sup
posed A new iron bridge 800 feet
long over Ten-Mile creek. in Fond du
Lac township. was washed away. The
creek Is high and people there are cut off
from communication with the rest of
the world JUST across the river from
Peoria two brickyards are under 10 fact
Of water. The face Of the country was
entirely changed Where hillocks stood
there arc cow ponds and where there
were ponds and depressions there are
now sand ridges The damage to crops is
almost incalculablc. The reports come
in slowly for the reason that in the
country districts all bridges were
swept away and the roads washed out
so that il Ia impossible for people to
get to this city.
The farmers for q distance Of or
miles up tie river and ~ miles back
10 the hills have lost all their crops
In many places the water is yet stand
ing over corn fields to depth of o feet.
Along the line Of the Toledo, Peoria &
Western road Is terrible scene of
wrecksee- The household furniture of
people in Farmdale and Hilton was NIL
washed away. Chairs. baby carriages,
wagons. dead cattle. pianos, tables and
picket fences are piled up 10 feet high
against the railroad trestlc.
BkLvIpERE, H., June GA cloud
burst Friday afternoon = few miles
north of this city caused much dam
age. The Northwestern railroad suf-
ferod badly, having bridges and tracks
washed out Trains from the north
over the Madison division have been
compelled To 90 around By the way o.
Rockford No lives were lost.
ALrocgA, PA. UNDER wArKB.
Arvo.N~. D. lima On One - Ar
heaviest transforms in years struck
Altoona Friday afternoon The streets
and avenues looked like small lakes,
and the sewers failed 20 carry away
the large body of water. Cell
lara in all parts of the town
were filed with tho fluid. and
great deal Of damage was caused in
consequences. A second storm oc-
cured about o'clock. followed by
serious results Mrs. Barbara Reichi,
aged Is years. and Katie Brady. aged
sysars, were struck by lightning. Tho
former will die. Small bridges through
out the county have been swept away
BIZ the overlooked streams
vvRroUs sroRas IN KAysAa
FoRr Scorr. Kan, june ga phe-
nomensi rain fell here Friday night
beginning et T:s0 and continuing one
hour and ten minutes The streets
we're flooded, aud Buck Run. q raviae
which traverscs the city from south 70
north. was transformed into raging
torrent. it il feared that several per-
sons are drowned. but nothing certain
is known.
Arkansas CrrV. Kan. June 10
About o'clock Friday evening q heavy
windstorIa. accompanied by heavy hail.
PASSED over this city. doing consid-
srabls damage % shade trees and ex-
posed windows Two miles southwss.
Of The city the storm assumed the char
scter az n cyclone and ieveied 20 the
ground the vheas IN the shack and the
growing corn Tho residence of VIII
ham Mordey was removed from its
foundation and several barns were de-
riolished No one was seriously in
tnred
rkrALrrrrs ~ kRKASsss
r.rrrrR Rock. Ark, June a0.--A de-
strrctivs storm passed over eastern
Arkansas Friday morning Houses
were uuroofed and blown down. fences
carried away and large area Of
amber laid waste. Mrs Julia shad-
rick was killed by falling tree. John
Stanley. who was hauling ties In the
woosls. vas crushed beneath falling
sirnserx Two boys. sous ~ mill
san nsnsed Hcllinssworth. are missing.
Ard. II - feared. have been killed in
she wunsls-
wExr pew~ wrrH A sarpss.
LxItxrk. Col. Jana -. Friday