San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-29
HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS.
Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota and Wisconsin
Flooded.


Flooded.
CHICAGO, April 29.-Rainstorms
in the states of Wisconsin, Iowa
and Eastern Nebraska last night
were very severe and reports show
that much damage has been done.
The dispatches are as follows:
OMAHA, Neb., April 29.-People
along Ames Avenue and adjacent
streets are packing their goods
preparatory to leaving for higher
quarters. The Ames Avenue sewer
caved in and 100 feet OF wooden
sidewalk fioated away. Reports
from the country show much dam
age. The electrical display was
the most continuous and the
fiercest for many years.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 29.-Near-
ly two inches OF rain fell in an
hour and ten minutes. Great
damage was done to streets and
bridges. Both power houses and
many residence were struck by
lightning. The rain fall was the
heaviest recorded since the flood
OF 1876.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, April 29.-In
Clayton county last night the rise
amounted to flood and all rivers
were overlooked.
Elkport, Iowa, was deluged and
much damage was done to proper
ty.
Elk creek, in Clayton county, is
out OF its banks and doing great
damage TO farm property, washing
out its banks and doing much
damage to fields in the bottoms.
Hail covered the northern part Of
the state.
CLINTON, Iowa, April ga
cloud burst brought the water over
the fence top at this point, where
the deep hollow emptied. Giant
hail stones fell and considerable
damage was done. Trains on the
Anamosa branch Of the Chicago
and Northwestern, and Clinton
branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul were delayed several
hours by the washouts.
MITCHELL, s. D., April 29.-In
two hours over an inch Of rain fell.
Much seeded land was washed out.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April o.
! Considerable damage was done to
telephone wires and electric street
railways here today by heavy
thunder storm. Streets were
washed out and a number OF build
ings damaged by lightning.
OSHKOSH, Wis, April 29.-More
than an inch OF rain fell here.
The heavy rainfall of the last few
days has overf1owed the water in
the Fox River Valley. The rain
fall today raised the water three
inches below the crest Of the Me-
nasha dam which was the point Of
flood two years ago. Boatmen are
jubilant at the condition OF things.
SHEBoYGAN, Wis.,, April pa
terrific electric storm followed by
a cloudburst occurred here last
night. Several buildings were
struck by lightning and two dwell
lings were burned. The electric
street railway wires are on the
ground and the motors are burned
out. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down. Water to the
depth of foot flowed through the
streets. The G. & n. W. track was
washed away for some distance
and trains are delayed.
MITCHELL, s. D., April ga
severe cyclone struck near Spencer,
taking a northerly direction and
doing much damage. Three per-
sons were fatally and 10 more or
lesss injured in the immediate
vicinity. The wires are down and
reports arc meager. At Madison a
heavy wind demolished several
buildings and hail destroyed a
great deal OF glass. On account Of
communication being cut off the
full extent OF the damage is I'M
known. A family Of five is re-
ported killed outright near Mont
rose, but the report cannot be veri-
fed.