The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-07-04
WRECKED BY THE STORM
MovILLE. IOWA. ALMOST WIPED
OUT OF EXISTENCE.
Further Details Of the Devastation I'm
Northwestern uiics Of
Railroad Track washed Out.

BooSE, Iowa, June 2a--At the Chi
cago A. Northwestern Office in this city
was received the first direct news from
the scene Of tho floods on the Maple
river branch of the road. The dispatch
is from the operator M Neville and
SAYS thai town is almost wiped out.
The water ran in at the depot windows
and is up TO the ceilings of all the
buildings.
All the houses in the fiat portion of
the town have been swept away and
the railroad t%urntable Is washed from
ITS place. Three miles OF track are
gone between Neville and Kingsley,
also most of the small bridges and the
bridge over the Sioux river.
This destruction is now being sup
plemented by another storm raging at
present and extending south To the
main line of the Northwestern. IL Is
raining very hard and the storm is
travelling east.
WATERLOO, Iowa, June Cherokee
Is still cut off from railroad or tele-
] graphic communication with the rest
of the world. Hundreds OF animals
were seen in the river floating past
Cherokee. Horses tied TO the frag-
ments OF their wrecked barns were
also seen, some dead and others drown
ing. Hundreds OF cattle, hogs and
chickens followed each other at short
intervals. One farmer living south OF
Cherokee says that over 200 head OF
cattle are missing from his pasture.
Appeal for Aid.
CHERoKEE, Iowa, June 2D.--Fivc hum
drcd people are rendered homeless and
destitute in this city by the flood, and
. H. a 60 80. -. 1..-. l.afr
taxed 70 the utmost TO meet the pres
ent requirements Of these people and
outside aid must bc given 20 avert un-
told harpship.
Mayor ID. II. Broom has issued an APP
peal To the public for such aid and has
telcgraphed 10 the governor for "A hum
dred tents in which Co shelter those
who have not found accommodations in
the homes Of the citizens.
Contributions may be sen To Mayor
Broom, who will place the money in
the hands of a responsible executive
committee, which has been appointed
To distribute aid.
OF the houses that were washed int
the river at Cherokee only two can be
found. These are lodged in the brush
about two miles below town.
Wagon bridges on the country roads
from Storm Lake To Cherokee are all
gone. Cherokee Is still accessible only
by boat.
Hundreds OF Dead Cattle.
FoRr DoDGE, Iowa, June 20.-The
latest adviccs from Cherokee say that
Us the waters rccedc the carcas ,es Of
cattle are landed and the stencil from
them permeates the air.
The Sioux river l. subsiding, but IL is
still forty feet deep and covers "A quar-
ter of a mile of country. The average
depth OF the river when m It's channel
is ab.ut four feet.
Deluge I'm Nebraska.
OMAHA. Neb., June 2O.-l,ain has
been falling in torrents here MI day.
Owing TO the heavy rains railroad
traffic Is entirely suspended in this
J State. There are no trains In or out cf
Omahn for the west to-day. In many
places in the State the tracks are un-
der water for miles, rendering traffic
entirely impossible, and the Missouri
is a raging torrent. IL is rising fast
and is within n few feet of the danger