The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-07-12
HEAVY FLOODS IN IOWA.
Situation in the State Is the Most
Serious at Any Time in
Ten Years.
STREAMS OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
At Des Moines Two Hundred Persona
Have Been Forced to Abandon
Their Homes-If Lcvee Gives Way
Hundreds Of Acres of Residence
Property VIII De Inundated.

Their HOmes-If Lcvee Gives Way
Hundreds of Acres of Residence
Property Will Be Inundated.
Des Moines, Ia, July 10.-The flood
situation in Iowa is more serious than
at any time in ten years. The Des
Moines, Iowa, Raccoon, Cedar and
Skunk rivers are from seven to fifteen
above low water mark and the low
lands are submerged. Hundreds have
been made homeless.
In Des Moines 200 persons have al
ready been forced to abandon their
homes and have suffered the loss of
horses. cattle and hogs. Truck gar
deners have suffered the loss of crops
of an estimated value Of $4,000. At
Des Moines and elsewhere through
out the central section of the state
continuous rain has fallen for "a
hours, the precipitation at Boone and
Fort Dodge being reported as nearly
four inches.
Rivers continue to rise rapidly and
are filled with dliftwood. False work
on concrete bridge has gone out
here and two other bridges are in
danger. A bridge ac MSS the Des
Moines river near Boone is reported
to have gone out. I.evees in Des
Moines are weakening, and if break
occurs hundreds of acres of residence
property will be flooded.
From Atlantic comes the report
that the west half of Extra is in.
undated and that Barytown is in sim
liar condition. Onawa has experienced
rain almost amounting to cloud
burst, as a consequence of which
trains can neither enter nor leave
Sioux City from the south.
At Marshalltown the Iowa river has
reached it's highest point and numer-
Gus washouts have delayed trains on
the Northwestern and Great Western
The Des Moines river is rising two
inches an hour.
Many persons are being removed
from their homes in small boats. Sim
liar rescues are reported at MARSHALL
town and elsewhere. At noon the
Des Moines river was 16A feet above
low-water mark.
Floods and Washouts.
Omaha, Neb., July 1o.-The rair
which began falling Tuesday even.
ing continued up to noon Wednes
day. Reports which are being re.
ceived show the conditions in the
flooded districts to be worse than at
first reported. Morning trains were
from one to five hours late into the
city, and some of them had beer
abandoned entirely.
Terrific Storm in Illinois.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 1O.-A terrific rain
and electric storm swept over Peoria
and the adjacent country.
Rain fell in floods for several hours
and the damage wrought is extensive
All the railroad lines entering the city
arc more or less affected. The Lake
Erie & Western through freight, due
! here at four o'clock, went through a
bridge at Farmdale, six miles east of
here. The engine and several freight
cars are piled in the bottom of Farm
creek. The engineer was fatally in
iured and the fireman lies buried in
the mud beneath the engine. 1t will
be several days before traffic is re-
stored. The Toledo, Peoria & West.
ern passenger train, due here at six
O'Clock Tuesday evening, struck a
, landslide ~ miles east of here and
the engine was derailed. The damage
to the timothy and oats crop is very
heavy. Several inches of rainfall was
recorded,
Pray for Rain.
Santa Fe., N. NJ, July 10.-A spe.
cial mass for rain was celebrated in
Aqua Fria, and similar masses will
be held in all the parishes of this
section, as the drought is shriveline
/ up the crops.
Cloudburst in Pennsylvania.
Easton, Pa, July 1o.-A cloudburst
in the upper Bushlill district of
Northampton county did vast
amount of damage. Only meager de-
tails are obtainable at this time
owing to washouts and the destruc.
ton of telegraph and telephone lines
Charles Abel, farmer, who, with his
! wife, was returning from the harvest
field, was struck by lightning and
killed.
Heat in the East.
Pitts'burg, Pa, July 10.-The mer.
curry is still lowering in the nineties
but thunderstorms and cooler wealth
err are predicted for Thursday. Six
deaths from the heat and ten serious
prostrations have been reported since
Tuesday. In nearly all the prostra-
tions the condition of the patients
is said to be serious and some are
in critical shape. The mill-workers
are the greatest sufferers and many
have been obliged to stop work.
Six more victims of the heat were
reported up to one o'clock, making
II deaths since Tuesday. The mer.
curry was SO degrees at one o'clock
New York, July 10.-This was the
hottest day of the year in this city
The weather bureau thermometer
showed temperature of 81 degrees
at one o'clock, and there was little
or no breeze. Six deaths from the
heat were reported
Treaty Negotiations Begun,
Washington, July 1O.-Final negotia.
tions for the conclusion for the de.in-
tive treaty between the United