The Red Cloud chief., 1892-05-27
WOEFUL WATERS.
Fearful Destruction BY a Sudden
Flood at Sioux City.
At Least Twenty-Five People Reported
Drowned by u sudden Rise In Floyd
River-Grcat Loss Of stock and
other Property.

Sioux Cry, Ia, May ia great flood
disaster has ovcrtakcn Sioux City. Yes
terday morning agreat wave came down
the Floyd river which flows through the
center of the city and which was already
swollen bank full.
The wave came n few minutes after Z
o'clock. Warming had been given but
n short time before to the inhabitants
Of the low lands, but only a few Of them
had been notified. The first %intimation
was a volume of water spreading over
the bank to the depth Of three feet and
throwing n mist of foam before 1t. In
n few minutes the water had risen above
the first floors and several thousand
people fled in terror to the higher
ground. At least twenty-five people
! drowned.
The water rose four feet in IN hour
and n half, and from o o'clocls continued
to rise steadily, but not so rapidly.
Probably one-third of the inhabitants
of the city live on the low ground which
is overflowed. So rapid was the rise of
the tide that great numbers were un-
able to escape and the work of rescue
engaged every energy Of the people.
The only names of the dead SO far
ascertained are: Nellie West, child;
Mrs. Louise Horner and two children;
Frank Henderson, wife and child: two
boatmen, unknown: A. =. McClearat;
an unknown Scandinavian; Mrs. Peter
Rasmussen and two children; two I'M
known men near Fourth street, near
Fairmont bridge: unknown man at
Sioux City Il Northern yards.
At 10 o'clock the fire alarm was
sounded to call ont more workers. All
the boats from the boat houses on the
Sioux river were brought in and used
to save life and property.
The Missouri river Is high and when
the food in the Floyd river struck it
the water damned up and rushed over
the adjacent low grounds. The stock.
yards and packing houses are situated
ut the confluence of the two rivers and
they were instantly inundated. About
1900 head of live stock were drowned.
Many hundreds Of dead stock have also
been floating down the Floyd river.
The round houses of the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha are dam
aged to the extent Of $40, 900. That
road, the Illinois Central and Sioux City
4 Northern enter the city by the Floyd
valley and all are stopped. Not u train
left Sioux City yesterday.
It is estimated that 5000 people have
been driven from their homes. All bus
mess is suspended.
The water is slowly receding. A citi-
zens' meeting at the courthouse organ
lied to provide several thousand people
,,,;xl. ,1.lx,. Tt~4 Jcrru.c "a -~,r,~<,
will reach 81, 800, 900. The loss of the
Sioux City & Northern railroad will eX-
coed s2OO, 900. Miles Of cedar block paw
ing have been washed out.
The first warning of the approach of
the flood given the s~tockyards company
was u telephone message warning them
to prepare for high water and stating
hat the Seventh street bridge had
gone out. The whole available force of
the yards, and also bystanders who
could be induced to assist, were at once
put to work in an endeavor to get all
stock out of the yards.
A long train of empties were sent
down to the chutes, but before the cars
could be loaded and pulled, the rush OF
water came and put out the fires in the
engines, and they were compelled tc
stay. The attendants and gardiner
who had not time to escape were percllet
on the roofs of cars waiting to b,
, rescued or for the subsistence of the
r food. 1895. .
The rush of water was so great that q
: number Of commission men and thei,
, employees could not escape. They took
3 refuge in the third story OF the Elk
I change building, while the water had
, risen to within an inch of the frs
floor.
-. The scene at the yards Is almost indie
: scribabls. The rush of water cam
down across the bottoms rs the over
9 flow Of the river ut first flowed out OF
: the east banks. At 1890 solid blocks o
hog pens were seen swaying with tn
motion Of the wind and waves and intl
4 short time they began moving dow
! stream. The new division started frs
, and almost the'whole block started OF
4 down street. and the report of the rend
q ing and breaking OF tirnbers sounde
a almost like the sharp crack Of canperp,
. At II O'clock there was not sign 81
hog yard left. The large corn cribs co
q tanning several thousand bushels G
a corn were also carried away. Seal
houses and NIL buildings We're take
a with the flood. The cattle yards nttth
h time mentioned above were mostly II
q tact, but the south portion was hoatin
with the evident possibility that
q would soon follow the hog pens On
u sheds.
1. Minneapolis Convention Hall.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 10--It hu
been definitely decided that Coy. Nj
Kinley will deliver the formal openin
address at the dedication OF h bi