The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-30
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Streams in Illinois Overflow, Causing .
Vast Amount of Damage-Many Tswns
Under Water Cyclones in Iowa and
Wisconsin.
GALENA, ILL.,, June 25.-The terrific
rainfall of Wednesday night and
Thursday has proved the most disas-
trous of any storm ever before ex-
perienced in this locality. The Galena
river rose Thursday at the rate of an
inch minute. All day Commerce and
Water streets were like rivers, as were
also the cross streets leading to
Main. by 8 o'clock Main street was
flooded. Row boats were resorted to
as the only means of crossing the street
and obtaining entrance into some of the
buildings. Easements and lower floors
of every business house in town were
flooded. At the Lawrence hotel the
water stood feet deep on the dining
room floor, and at the European hotel
the parlor floor was several feet under
water. Business men attempting to
rescue books and papers found them
selves up to their necks in water in
their own Office sand were obliged
to leave everything in order to
escape with their lives.
The upper bridge, owned by the 1lli-
nois Central, Notwithstanding heavy
ballast of stone-laden freight cars,
broke away and was hurled into
the river, ballast and all. The
heavy iron structure known as
the Green street bridge was car
ried off and completely demolished.
OTTAWA, Ill.,, June 25.-The Fox
river is feet higher than it was ever
known to be before. 1t is spread out
over a vast area between Aurora and
Ottawa and thousands of acres of grow
ing crops are ruined. 1t is feared that
there is not dam left in the stream.
That at Millington went out Friday
morning. Many small buildings have
passed this point.
Dayton, miles above Ottawa on the
Fox river, is perhaps the heaviest loser
in the Fox valley, the large clay indus
tries and mills along the banks
of the Fox being from to II
feet under water.
All of the cities of this district have
been almost daily sufferers from heavy
rains for the last fifty days and hun.
dreds of cellars in Ottawa, Marseilles,
La Sale, Peru and surrounding towns
and villages have been partly filled
with water since the first of May.
As fast as this water is pumped
out it returns and, unless the
rains cease, the present conditions may
prove a menace to health.
CHICAGO, June 25.-Tne damage in
the business district caused by flooded
Easements will easily reach 100000
In the downtown district the flood
gathered by the transforms of the last
week swept into the lower floors OF
many wholesale houses and damaged
valuable dry goods. On the west and
south sides the water lifted whole SEQ
tions of pavement out of place and sent
them floating with the stream. Streets
were injured to the extent of 100000
in this way. Sewers in the residence
quarters choked up and backed into
Easements and lower floors.
Passenger trains on nearly all the
railroads centering in Chicago have
been from one to fifty hours late owing
to floods and washouts in nearly al!
parts of the country. The northern
and western roads have suffered more
heavily than those entering from the
south. The postal service was in ter
ribly demoralized state. Fully IS pei
cent. of the mail service was more OF
less affected and not few trains were
abandoned altogether.
Navigation was also impeded and the
vessels were unable to move up The
swollen river. The loss to the ship
ping interests is estimated at close tt
$500 In the lumber district havoc
was caused by the overfowing river.
Outside of the suburbs and as far Al
Lemont the waters covered everything
filling up the stone quarries and forcing
the workmen to run for their lives
Cicero suffered most of all Chicago
suburbs.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 25.-Return
from twenty-thrce counties in tn
flooded districts to the state board o
health give the following facts and fig
ures: Total area overflowed, 796 squar
miles: overhowed area under cultiva
ton, 234,475 acres; total money lost
So, ,O94, 900; number of families driver
from home. 2, 1877, making 9,957 persons
men, women and children; families at
solutely destitute, 957; persons absc
lutely destitute, 1906; sum estimate
necessary for the support of the dest
tute, $4,000. In response to the gov
ernor's proclamation calling for cor
tributions total of Sl3, S27 has been re
ceived and distributed.
MINNEAPoIIs, Mimi, June 25.-It
stated that a cyclone passed oyer Chick
asaw county, Ia, Thursday night
One man. resident of Frederick towr
ship. was killed and thirteen injured
two, it is feared, fatally. The easter
part of Iowa is flooded with water
GALENA, H., June 25.-The village {
Cuba City, Wis, about fifteen mile
north of Galena, was devastated by
tornado Wednesday evening. Th
storm swept everything in its path fo
distance of several miles. At Cub
City every business house in tow
was totally demolished. The ston
dwelling house of George Wilkinso
was the first object of the cyclone
wrath The building was blown dow
stones being placed high on Mr.. Wiki
sons bed, which was otherwise uno
cupied. Horses hitched to buggit
were lifted high and in some cases 81
down without injury many yards ava.
Not tree. windmill or house is le
standing between Cuba City and Haz
Green.
Horrible Death of Another Resident
Titusville, Pa.
TITUsvILLE, Pa, June 25.-Be
/ Childs, aged II, died suddenly Friday
l his home in this city. He had bee
suffering severe pains in his stoma'
? since June 7, at which time he was ca
: ried nearly mile by the food and take
unconscious from the water. po
, mortem was held, the result of whi'
demonstrated that his stomach HI
, been entirely eaten away by acid su
! posed to have been floating on t
q water and coming from some OF the !
= fineries. lie died in horrible agon
q This makes the sixty-third victim of t
food and fire in this city.