, 1891-06-27
FLOATING IN THE FLOOD
Distressing Reports From the
Flooded Districts.
Five Hundred People Homeless
at Cherokee.
Water Six Feet Deep in the
Streets of Omaha.


BOONE, Ia, June 25.-The first direct
new from the scene of the floods on the
Maple River branch of the Chicago 4
Northwestern road was received at the
cOmpany's headquarters 10 this city today.
The dispatch is from the operator at
Neville and says that the town is almost
wiped out. Water runs in at the depot
windows and is up to the ceilings OF all
buildings. AL the houses 10 the fiat nor
ton OF the town have been swept away
and the railroad turntable is washed from
Its place, Three miles of track are gone
between Neville aud Kingsley, and most
of the small bridges and the bridge over
the Sioux river. This destruction is now
being supplemented by another storm
raging at present and extending south to
the main line OF the Northwestern. 1t is
raining very hard and the storm is travel
ing East.
Fort DoDGE, Ia, June 26.-An eye
witness to Tuesday food who has Just
arrived from Cherokee states that il is
necessary for one to see to have the least
idea OF the great amount of damage done.
why" he exclaimed, it is fearful, the
wav the immense body of wuter swept
things before it Houses were seen to
tremble, swing half around and were car
ried along by the torrents. Trees were
bent and broken The most remarkable
feature Of the disaster is that any of the
people in the track OF the fl iod escaped
with their lives. As far as | could learn,
no lives were lost at Cherokee and I'M
mediate vicinity. The storm rendered be-
tween 300 ami 400 families homeless in
and about Cherokee. The amount of
damage will reach $3.50. 900"
CHEROKEE, June 26.-Five hundred
people were rendered homeless and desti-
tute by Tuesdays floods and the resources
of Cher5kee's citizens have been taxed to
the utmost to meet the present require
meuts Of these people. Outside aid must
be given to avert hardship and Mavor
Bloom has issued an appeal .or aid and tele-
Rraphed the governor for tents for shelter.
COntrit utions sent to Mayor Bloom will
be placed in the hands OF a responsible
executive committee.
Sioux CITY. June ga man rode
over from Correctionville to Kingsley this
evening. and teleph0ned the first partic-
ulars about the food at the first named
point. 1t came dOwn the valley with ter
uble force and carried out a dam Just
above the town The houses in the lower
part of town were carried away and many
people had narrow escapes Two children
were drowned. The number of houses
destroy ed is not known. Five bridges
were carried away. business houses are
flooded and great DAMAGE done.
OMAHA. June 26.-Considerable dam
age was done In Omaha by a storm that
ragged all day and did not cease until even
ing. Fast Omaha was badly flooded and
the thIckly% populated section OF the north
ern part OF the CITY was undate Rom
Clark street north of Twenty-fourth
street the water is from two to six feet
deep IN the street and street car traffic is
abandoned. The pnlIce and FIRE depart
ments sent a force of men to the nun
dated district to rescue the distressed peo-
pie aud their effects No lives we're lost,
but there were several narrow escapes
from drowning. Several wnslrouts arc
reported on branch lines of the Burliug-
ton and Elkhorn. causing abandonment
of trains.