Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-20
THE GREAT IOWA FLOOD.
scenes ~ eieu1 City and In the surrsunAine
Country.

AZ the ordinary seAeo Of water the floyd
river Is as Insignificant q stream - ever mean.
dered in pastoral insignihcance. But swollen
py the continual rains until it never veal-ds-
nned banks we're oohterafed II vas In poor
cohoiuon 70 carry away the immense mood OF
water which fell In the cloudouyst. A wave
moving q solid wall Of water swept down the
! narrow vallav ~ ,hs s,ra.,, IN. r..a g..
throuo, Az ..,,..- % O. w. - -. a..
1e eo"se' VI o,oeA o'g s"o s'oae 's
ua"As are tne MONIES OF thousands To these
tne hood brought death and demolition Of
| their homes One million dolars win not
cover the loss by food to this city clone
The water in Floyd river receded rsp.
idly last night but today il still outside of ts
banks, and considerable portion Of the bottom
is still covered, but 10 no great depth for the
most part.
The scene which il disclosed by the recession
of the flood is one which beggars description.
| Throughout the flooded district il u one story
OF destruction and damage. The food ct its
height extended from Court street 70 The Floyd
bluffs and from the suburb Of Lynn 10 the his-
souri, river. This comprises q district four
! distance of n mil. and !. 10 49, 49, so,'.S
of the Floyd the bottom Is deusely populstsd.
large portion Of tho inhabitants are poor peo-
PIE, VINO are employees o. packing houses, raul
thron,hor, ,h;s $500, s'eA' many 'e'A'' '""P'
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| SCENE OF DssoLAT1oF.
| There il confused scene Of desolation. At
the height Of the food the current struck
straight through the residepce strset.. Amo.~
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'A0ee ne~ies' W tne river SCORES VI e~euahRs
were swept rom their foundations ana carried
iong distances and either smashed or turned
bottom SIDE up. It's no uncommon sight TO see
= o"eihhe turneo over on Tvs noe OF roof.
Many '|o:ssory buildings were swept away.
| me buildings which are twisted or carried
snort distances are innnmerable. 1t must be
eign. streets from the river the water Yves Iar AT
Awe seconu,story w'naoWs. WIN swu'
EVERYWHERE fences. ontbonsex .idewsjHs.
wooden pavements. railroad ties and timbers
are scattered about among the contorted and
| hundreds of tbousanda ~ Tier, snS e.rr;sd
them away. In some places there are immense
masses of debris piled on top Of houses. Sew
eral thousand people closely followed the re-
| eeding foods to search for their homes and
missing ones.
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| o>LH FEW HOMES HAsifAsLk
Only a few on the outer edge Of the flood Will
be able to occupy their homes at present The
streets are an impassable mire Door wards are
6,lea viii, Md "a a,;,,;n.. W.. 49,. ...
not wrecked and carr;ed awav will be .,most
uninhabitable. Furniture Is destroyed aud
many things in the houses lost: The reseuing
Rari laa are aara a. WORK. one iady named Mra
her chin in water at 81 tb;. moru;n~ * She he
had put trunk on table and sat ON il for
twenty-four hours She will recover.
| Foreman Pecout of the Leeds engineer works
said: 1.-THE flood struck here at 5:55 O'Clock.
| One of the bows saw it coming and told me.
warned the men and they fed. By ropes the
rescuing boats were sent out and pulled in by
| the crowd on shore Bob Harvey an old boat.
man, went out in a boat after some one, who
could not be reached. The boat disappeared
and was not seen again"
| SEEKING THE DEAD.
Boats are plying today over the Hooded terri
tory searching the houses remaining for sicl
and dead people and bringing To shore the vain.
| .h,os of ,h.;- ,,oor o,,,,,a.nt. Tro h;,h -
-, y.
WINCH sMept the "noie vaIiey o., Gay maze II
neA. 70 ihpossipIe Ior rescue OF tne most exPe-
Ilenceo poa'men 70 hoid OUT more tnah Two
trips. oeserm persons nave Deen FOUND IN
o tn nea HOUSES no., Snere .ney sPent Men. on
| list of dead. A a. An6erson. enOineer, Georoe
c. Willard, Thomas Fitzgerald, laborer; Oliver
Hoblitz and Peter Rasmussen. wife and child.
cert.;u rIv h Sa; ; inc lS' Oh oea'ns VIII
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| Oscar Anderson, who worked all day yester-
dav like n hero and Who Witnessed the 6rovm.
| ~. IA, - >. -.
ing vi niue onio' 'orn away ITO" 's mo.nei
when the rescuing party had almost reached
her, lost his reason, and is raving today about
the beautiful baby that swept under the muddy
waves.
No trains have left the city vet, except on the
Milwaukee, Dakota line The old cattle and
| hog pens were all practically destroyed, but
| those which came to the Union wards by the
consolidation with the Central remain in good
condition. The water in the streets has fallen
six feet, and by night it Ia hoped large part Of
the flooded district may be out Of the water
The Missouri river, fortunately, has not gone
over its banks. The Missouri flows eastward
past this point and the Flood, which has done all
| the damage, flows due south.
In the Floyd bottoms are the packing houses
and most of the manufacturing plants Of the
city and the little homes that naturally cluster
about the workshops. The Providence which
| brought the food in morning instead Of at night
is alone responsible for the oompsratively small
loss of life. About 400 head Of cattle and COO
head of hogs were drowned at the stock yards.
THE "ohA OF sELaf.
pubic meeting was held ut the court house
at o'clock last evening, which was attended BY
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