The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-27
THE NORrHWEsTERN FLOODS.
No Accurate Information OF tho Damage
Done Yet Obtainnble.

Sioux Cry. a.. June 26-Rain continued
10 fall all last night and IS still falling at noon
today The work Of repairing railroads and
telegraph wires is much delayed IN conse-
QpenCe.
THE greatest destruction by the floods was
confined To an area Of fifty miles in extent di-
rectly east Of this place. Most of the reports
sent out thus far have been pure conjecture,
as the roads are impossible and the telegraph
wires have been useless Communication
with Cherokee has Just been opened Dy tno
Western Union which has one wire working
slowly TO Sioux Falls 5. ID. Cherokee was
the centre of the storm and the place where
most Of the damage WAS done.
No accurate account Of the loss OF Ire or
property can yet be made. however, until
communication Is fully resumed
FIFTY HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
Sioux CITY, a.. June 26-Tho first authen-
tic news from Cherokee was received m
O'Clock this afternoon No lives were losi 70
that place. Fifty houses were washed away.
however. and a great many were shifted from
their foundations while every bridge and
culyert in the county is washed out. Several
miles of illinois Central tracks are gone, and
the road Will be unable TO resume operations
for three or four days. Advices from Correc-
tonyille state that the place is yet under
water.
At Aurelia tho water stood six feet deep in
the streets yesterday but IS slowly going
down to-day. Tho valley Of small creek
running into the Little Sioux 40 Cherokee was
the only outlet for the water during the
storm and every house, nearly one hundred
in number. was swept away.
DELUdE OF WATER.
OMAHA. MN. June 2G. The very heavens
seemed to have opened and perfect deluge
of water has been falling since o'clock this
morning The newly graded streets are
washed out; sewers have burst and pave
ments washed out and thousands OF dollars
have been lost by the clond-burst.
Not train has arrived in the city since
morning. and none of the Union Pacific and
Elkhorn since yesterday. Telegraph wires
have gone down. and the lightning has
played havoc with the electric lines Owing
10 the bad condition Of the wires but little
can be heard from the interior of the state.
A tornado and waterspout at Palmer.
while it did little damage in the town entire
ly demolished crops in the surrounding coun-
try. At Dodge the river rose seven feet IN an
hour and drowned large amount OF stock IN
the stock-yards there.
WIND AND RAIN-sroBM
MOUNT CARMEL. Pa, June 2G.-1his section
was visited this afternoon by wind and rain
storm of unusual severity. Trees we're up
rooted and carried a great distance. while the
ram poured down in torrents and the light
Ming and thunder wer0 terutc. When tho
storm was at ITS height a heavy crash was
heard above the noise OF the storm, caas-
ing people 20 dee from their homes IN terror.
For time IL was feared that ter
rible calamity had taken place In the borough.
10 WAS soon learned however. that the crash
was caused blythe collapse Of the Patterson
Coal COmpany's large cOllery situated two
miles west of this place This structure WAS Il
new one and WAS rapidly nearing completion.
Four skaters. named y. VI. Blossom, Richard
Roberts, D. Il. DObsOn and William Lodge,
from Shick-Shnny. Penn. We're on tho root no
tho time II the accident and were hurled 10
the Ground, adistance Of one hundred and fiity
feet. and crushed 10 "A elly by the heavy tim
bers falling upon them. Two workmen from
Luzerne, Pa, whose names could not 10
learned were also working IN the building.
and they shared the same fate IS their CONF
panions II was two hours before the men
could be rescued owing o. the debrs that
was heapcd abont them. Tho loss 10 the COLI
liery vas about $4,000.
WHOLE Town WIPED OUT.
Reports were received to-day at the Chicago
and Northwestern Offices from the flooded
districts on the Maple river branch OF the
road. The town OF Alayille Is almost wiped
out. The water reached the second story OK
the houses and every building IN the lower
part Of the town was swept away.
Three miles Of railroad track between
Mayille and Kingsley are gone. Ihe bridge
over the Sioux aud most Of the small orid2es
were carried away Another storm set "a this
evening in the same district and Is still raging.
The storm extends south 10 the main line OK
the Northwestern. Trains on the main line
OF the Northwestern are still running but the
Milwaukee and ST. Paul cannot get to Sioux
City.
-FOUR HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS.
WATERLOO. a.. June o. % Conductor
Dengy. of Fort Dodge relief train lust ar
rived tonight from the flooded districts.
saws from storm Lake 10 Cherokee the country
resembles n vast lake Bodies Of horses and cats
tleand other animals arc visible IN every direc-
ton floating on the water. One farmer lost
two hundred head Of cattle from his pas;
ture. Reports that four persons were drowned
IS not correct The damage 20 the Illinois
Central IL now estimated nj s2JO,0O0. Four
hundred families are now homeless and little
aid can reach them before sunday