Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-10

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the Rock Island could not pass that point
today. The town is under four feet Of
water.
The Racoon river at Abel, after being sta
tionary all day, began to rise rapidly to-
night and shut OFF the electric light plant
and is doing great damage.
SIOUX CITY. July 9.-(Special Telegram.l
The Maple and Little Sioux rivers are on
the rampage and southern Woodbury. and
eastern Monona counties are under water.
The streams are from one to four miles
wide and rising. The food is the worst
known In this section for years. All day
long trains from the east and south have
been unable to move and Sioux City has
been effectually cut of from Communication
in these directions. A large wave rushed
down Miller creek. which runs through
Woodbury. county, and destroyed all the
crops In it's course. The damage 10 corn
alone will be great. The food was caused
by a series Of cloudbursts, which followed
each other in rapid succession. At Maple
ton the Maple river is FIVE miles wide.
C~astana, Correctionville. Danbury. Otto and
Ida Grove we're hard hit and report the
streams overlooking their banks. No lives
have been reported lost, but, the damage &c
crops and buildings in the storm stricken
district will be great.
Storm Havoc at M~aquOketa.
CLINTON. Ia, July Especial Tele-
ran )-Terrible storm, wind and rain
struck Maquoketa last night. Plate glass
windows broken, doors torn from hinges,
shade trees uprooted, outbuildings blown
down. houses unroofed. A deluge OF rain
followed. Maquoketa river overlooked,
flooding hundreds OF acres OF lowland and
destroying corn and oats.
FORT DODGE, Ia, July s.-(special Tel
egram.)-Continuous rain is paralyzing
business in Fort Dodge. Railroads are al
most out Of business The main line OF
the Omaha division Of the Illinois Gen.
trail between Fort Dodge and omaha
is unable to run regular trains on account
of washouts. The Minneapolis a st. Louis
road Is badly crippled. The east end Of
the city is inundated and families are NOV
ing out OF their houses.
Water is running through nrst stories of
residences Of a number Of homes. A large
natural basin at the east edge Of the city
is overlooking and volumes Of water are
increasing and causing great loss to prop
erty adjacent.
Electric power is shut of. Wires are
tangled up with telephone wires ana ali
poles charged. Insulation on electric wire.
thoroughly soaked, rendering protection
useless.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia, July s.-(specIaI
Telegram. This section Of the state wal
visited again last night by a terrinc rain.
storm. The Boone river and lite tributaries
are out Of their banks ana the lowlandu
under water. The Northwestern has re.
paired its washout. but trains passing upor
1t have a slow order.
Man Killed by Tornado.
IOWA CITY. Ia. July s.-(Speciai Teie.
gram)-Belated reports from many ruraI
points In Johnson county show that the
tornado Tuesday evening caused SIS, OOC
damage to crops, orchards. buildings AND
live stock. Jacob Burkhart was instantly
killed when his employers barn was bloGr
down at Oxford. The Iowa river here /:
inundating adjacent territory; It has riser
i've feet in twelve hours.
oNAWA, Ia, July 9.-(SpeeiAl Telegram.
The rainfall here for July to date is s.5l
inches. which breaks all July records sine,
1879. according to the weather observer
the nearest approach TO this hgure belnj
July, 1885. when 500 inches fell during tn
month. The washOut on the Illinois Cen