Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-25
TW ENTY-THREE DEAD
Cyclone and Rain Storm Sweeps Throue b
Iowa.
Lives Lost and Property Ruined
Many Bridges Washed Away ON
the Railways.

result of the cyclone wnich swept the
northern part of Polk county last night at
II o'clock. The towns afflicted are Bon
durant, Valcria. Santiago and Ira.
No telephone or Geographic communi-
cation can be established, except with Bon
durant. which reports four deaths there in
the Bailey family, with five in the same
family seriously injured.
Three in the Phalen family are killed at
Valera.
At Santiago the list is three killed in the
Bolenbaugh family.
Between Valera and Ira the death list
is nine. Mrs. ScheIl was killed at the for
mer place.
Special trains have been started from
Des Monies, with physicians on board.
y storm is said to have swept along the
line of the Great Western from BonduranJ
TO MarshalltOwn.
Swept From IL Depot Platform.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, May ga terrific
electrical storm. accompanied by deluge
of rain, swept over this section at mid
night, doing immense damage to railroad
property The rainfall was 2S inches, and
it came as suddenly and in such volume as
if the waterspout had burst upon the place.
The Mississippi river rose one and three
tenths feet in the past eight hours and is
still rising rapidly.
The greatest damage was to railroad
property. Not a train has come into Du-
buqUe from any direction since yesterday
afternoon. 1t is reported that on the ILL
nois Central and Dubuque and Sioux City
eighteen bridges Were washed away and
another at Bellevue is gone North the
road is badly washed out. On the Great
Western road east of Dubuque bridge
is reported down, but on the same road
west the work of the storm was most dis
astrous. Lost bridges and washouts and
irASh rod oil
At Durango. eight miles west, the food
swept down the valley. struck the ste ton
in which were Mrs. Clark the agent and
her four children besides Tom Griffin a
brakeman; Joe Griffin. car repairer, and
several others. They were all on the depot
platform when the water struck it and
swept it away. 1t is reported that the four
children We're drowned and that Brakeman
Griffin is missing. Joe Griffin saved him
self by graphing telegraph wires and GO
ing with the flood until he lodged in a
stated
In Dubuque the damage of streets and
sewers Is considerable. a relief train has
been sent to Durango
MANCHESTER Iowa. Nav o3-A CIV
clone struck Manchester at about 10
O'Clock last night leaving a track of six or
eight miles in length in ruins Mrs Ira
Rowland and VIM Gray We're seriously in
jured.
Took Refuge in Cellars.
ELMA. Iowa. May % A terrific
storm, cyclonic in FORM occurred here last
night Mary buildings were unroofed
trees Uprooted and Cuthouses smashed
Telegraph and telephone poles and wires
were demolished and numerous business
fronts were smashed in. The town Is al
most lake. Hundreds of dollars worth
OF damage was done, but none hurt. The
people took refuge In cellars. The storm
struck here at pm. and LASTED an hour
At Alta Vista man was killed and two
children badly hurt.
Iowa River on Rampage
MARSHALLTOWN Iowa, May pa
cloudburst yesterday between La Noble
and State Centre caused Linn creek which
flows through this city, to rise in an hour
from q mere rtvulet to a river half mile
wide The Chicago and Northwestern
tracks and roadbed and two bridges near
La Noble were seriously damaged, the
food destroying crops and drowning con-
siicra HE live stock.
\ heavy hail acCC mDanied the rain. All
the railroad yards in this city are sub
merged and GU ellings on the lowlands
flooded 10 depth of three feet. Some of
the resider IS were rescued III boats, having
narrow escapes. The railroad traffic can
not be rest med for day or two.
The Iowa river IS also on the biggest
rampage for fifteen years.
Deynstation at North McGrexOr,
MILWAUKEE. Wis, May GA cloud
burst at North McGregor. Iowa, resulted
in the greatest destruction of property and
the probable loss of several lives One
body has been recovered from the debris
mile of tracks on the st. Paul road are
under water. and trains between Mil
waukee and MCGregor only are running
the connection west being broken. A small
telegraph office at McGregor was COM
pletely washed away.
Running through McGregor is small
stream bearing the historic name of Bloody
run. This empties into the Mississippi
just below the town. but after the cloud
burst this morning the run was unable to
carry the immense quantities of water and
1t oVerhowed its banks, 50 that people
were taken completely by surprise. and
buildings in the ravine along the stream
were inuT-d9 ted before they We're away or
could remove much of their property. One
body has been found and several persons
are reported missing.
The reports received from agents of the
St. Paul road are to the effect that large
quantities Of driftwood descended on the
town down the little stream, with the wa
ter ard debris filed the lowlands carrying
away The telegraph office, destroying all
the company's tracks ard North McGregor,
where the round house is located about a
mile in extent.
The passenger train which left Milwaukee
IaSL nlSat Tor south Dakota points was
Lrable TO proceed farther than McGregor,
and 1t was ordered to return to Milwaukee,
arriving here about two hours late The
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
roads suffered several bad washouts be-
yond Lacrosse.
1t was stated at the office of Division Su-
I'eriGtendent Collins of the Prairie Du
Chen division that the road west of Nc
Gregor would probably not be in condition
for traffic before tomorrow. The cars in
The yards We're badly used by the heavy
debris floating about. but workmen are
now engaged in digging them out
THE ARMIES CASE