Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-22

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Irving school house, was unable to
take off the water and this land being
low, the water rushed in from all sides.
The brick sidewalk owned by |. E.
Fisher on Miner street was washed
down into the slough, the ground being
washed away for about twenty feet.
The property of DR.. M. Fl. Sprague on
Miner street, sustained the greatest
loss. The water having risen to a
height of three feet in his basement
The kitchen and the dining room are
in the basement and for this reason
the loss will be quite heavy. Some
of the silverware and china was saved
before the water had reached it, but
the kitchen and dining room furniture
is badly damaged. On Burrhus street,
directly in therear of the Irving school,
a large pond has formed and the resi-
dents of this street are compelled to
so around by the way of Chester ave-
rue to reach Church street.
Sidewalk Washed Out.
The river backing in through the
trestle on the Wabash tracks along
the river washed out the trestle side
walk on Richwond avenue, just off
Church street. Property in the immed-
late vicinity is also flooded.
Railroads Troubles.
Burlington passenger train No. 10,
leaving Ottumwa at ais a. M, was
the last east bound train to cross the
Tyrone bottoms, and the last west
bound train to cross the lowland west
of tower 80 was No. 5. Here YER
liable cloudburst must have taken
place, for the west bound fast mail
train, No. Is, could get no further
west than Abba. Meanwhile Dudley
was having trouble, and it required no
litele work to prevent bridge there
from going out. The track just west
OF Ottumwa, however, still stands
the storm and is easily passable.
The Burlington trains from the east
this morning, Nos. 8 and Z, the first a
passenger and the last a fast mail
train, were stopped at Abba to keep
No. Is company No. 10 and No. 6,
the east bound passengers, were stop
ped west Of the washout, until about
1880, when the track was made pas
sable. The west bound trains hurried
over it ana the east bound trains came
on toward their destination. No. 10
arrived in Ottumwa about two and
one-half hours late and No. 6 was two
hours behind time. This afternoon
trains are running as well as could be
expected and if there are no more
rains no more trouble is anticipated.
East of Ottumwa the trains are run
ming without trouble on the Burling.
ton, except just west of Mt Pleasant,
where the slipping Of the dump is de-
laying west bound traffic somewhat.
However. the trains are arriving at OF
tumwa., though somewhat late.
The Milwaukee reports that there
is no trouble on its line of road al
though all the creeks along the route
are swollen beyond their usual high
water stage. The Wabash track is
in danger of being washed away at
Village Creek, a few miles south of OF
tumwa, where the water is within a
few inches of the stringers The
branches of the Burlington are not in
trouble and the trains are running reg
ularly
Trains are running regularly on the
Rock Island, although if the water
continues to rise at its present rate
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be a wheel turning north of Ottumwa
tomorrow on this road There are no
washouts reported, however, although
the creeks are running over.
Country Roads impossible.
Rural mail carriers are having a
hard time today, and two of those
whose routes start from Ottumwa, j
H. Valley, on Route No. 2, and G. T.
Beale, on route No. 4, were compelled
to return to the city after having gone
over few miles Of their routes. Mr.
Valleys route, which lies southwest OF
Ottumwa. crosses Village Creek, but he
reports that when he reached that
body Of water it resembled a river and
was six feet higher than on last Mon
| day morning, being higher than it has
ever been before in the knowledge OF
the farmers residing in that vicinity
Near the residence of Daniel Baum