The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
WIPED OUT BY FLOOD.
HUNDREDS or HOUSES WASHED
AWAY OR RUINED.

AWAY oRRulNEp.
People Camping Outin tho -HIslds-streets
Six Feet Under watsr--Railread
Bridges CuIYerts and MILES OF Track
Gone.
Sioux Cry Iowa, June 26.-Rain con-
tinued TO fall all last night, and lie still
coming down at noon today. The work.
of repairing railroads and telegraph
wires Is much delayed In consequence.
The greatest destruction by the floods
was confined to an area Of fifty miles in
extent, directly east Of this place. Most
Of The reports sent out thus far have been
pure conjecture, as the roads are impas-
sable and the telegraph wires have been
useless. Communication with Cherokee
has Just been opened by the Western
Union. which has one wire working
slowly to Sioux Falls, s d.
Cherokee was the centre of the storm
andthe place where most of the damage
was done. The first authentic news from
that place was received at 8 O'Clock this
afternoon.1aiNo lives were lost at that
place. Fifty houses were washed away,
however, and a great many were shifted
from their foundations, while every
bridge and o~culvert in the county Is
! washed out. Several miles of the ILL
|nois Central tracks are gone, and the
road Will be unable to resume operations
for three, or four days.
Adyices from Correctionville say that
/ tho n1ooa In 1,at ,,.Ior yyotor. A ,.o
FLA the water stood six feet deep in the
streets yesterday, but is slowly going
down today. The valley of q email
creek running into the Little Sioux at
Cherokee was the only outlet for the
water during the storm, and every house
nearly one houndred in number-was
swelt away. o a. ,;si9sst j
trhe town of Maville was nearly wiped
out by the flood, Out of about fifty
houses only one is left standing. The
people are encamping out In the fields.
WATERLOO, Ia, June 26.-Conduc-
tor Dengy, of the Fort Dodge relief
train, just arrived tonight from the
flooded districts, says from STORM Lake
to Cherokee the country resembles a
vast lake, Bodies of horses, cattle and
other animals are visible in every direc-
ton, floating on the water. One farm
er lost 200 head of cattle from his pas.
ture. Reports that four persons were
drowned are not correct. The damage
to Illinois Central is now estimated at
$200, 900. For hundred families are now
homeless and little aid can reach them
before Sunday.
OMAHA, June 26.-The very heavens
seemed to have opened and a perfect de-
luge of water has been falling since 8
O'Clock this morning. The newly grad
ed streets are washed out, and thous-
ands o. dollars have been lost by the
~cloudburst. Not q train has arrived IN
the city since morning, and none of the
Union Pacific and Elkhorn since yester-
day. Telegraph wires have gone down
and the lightning has played havoc with
the electric lights. Owing to the bad
condition Of the wires but little can be
heard from the interior of the State. A
tornado n water-spout at Palmer,
entirely demolished crops In the sur
rose seven feet In an hour and drowned
a large amount of stock in the stock
yards there.
OMAHA, June 26.--Rain fell ~continu-
ously from 7 O'Clock this morning until
q O'Clock this evening. Considerable
damage vas done in the northern and
eastern pal Is of the city. In the yicini-
ty of the old North Omaha creek the
streets are flooded to a depth of from
two to five feet and the water is UP to-
the windows of the first floors of nun.
dreds OF residences. Street. car traffic in
that section of th.S city is abandoned.
East OpahaIs almost all under water,
v tie overlooked section Is not thick
'ly populated, and comparatively little
damage was done. A cl%oud-burst &C.
CURED this afternoon at Willard, twenty
miles from Omaha, Oh the Union Paci-
tic, and inundated the track for half q
mile. The wash0uts on the Elkhorn
Railroad, which had been repaired, were
washed out again today. The heaviest
AIN for years fell at Nebraska City to-
day. The streets and cellars were food
ed and great damage done.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 26.-Re-
ports were received today at the Chicago
and Northwestern Offices from the flood
ed districts on the Maple River branch
of the road. The town of Maville is al
most wiped out. The water reached the
second story of the houses, and every
building in the lower part of the town
was swept away. Three miles of rail-
road track between Maville and Kings.
ley are gone. The bridge over the Sioux
and most of the small bridges were car
ried away.
Another stormse in this afternoon in
the same district, and is still raging.
The storm extends south to the main
line OF the Northwestern. Trains on the
main line of the Northwestern are still
running, but the Milwaukee and ST. Paul
cannot get TO Sioux City.
DENVER, Col, June 26.-Reports
just received show that the storm of
Wednesday and Thursday was unusual
ly severe. Wednesday cloud burst oc-
CURED near Box Elder, doing great dam
age and running crops. Thursday a cy.
clone wrecked several houses and caus.
ed injury to several persons.
A Meddlesomo Postmaster.
BALTIMORE, June 26.-Christian Seit-
linger, postmaster at Della, Md, was
arraigned before Commissioner Rogers,
charged with annoying Miss Florence
Keith. Of PlainGeld. NJ i with