Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-25
PROGRESS OF FLOODS.
Levees Near Quincy, ILL.,, Are in
Great Danger.
MAY BE SAVED BY CLOSE WATCHING
They Protect CornfieIds Valued at
Several Million ID olIars-Hundreds
of Farmers Left Absolutely
PenniIess by Floods.

Keokuk, Ia, July 23.-Ihe center
of the top of the Mississippi river flood
is now at Quincy. The river reached
the maximum at Quincy at noon Tues
day and has been stationary there
since. A stationary stage at Hannibal
is expected this morning. The Lima
lake levee, extending north from Mey-
Ter, ILL.,, 10 miles north of Quincy, de-
Telopsd danger Tuesday and a large
force OF men we're employed to patrol
it and earth tools were scattered along
its length. That and the Hunt levee
has stood the strain Of the flood hith-
erto, but the insinuating water at one
point came near causing crevasse
near Meyer Tuesday morning. These
levees protect corn fields valued at
several million dollars. Levees on the
Illinois side of the river below Quincy
are standing and saved most of the
country there.
The Mississippi river fell nine inches
here during thelast "a hours, and there
IRE no signs in Iowa rivers of any
more flood approaching. A gradual
fall of a couple of weeks will end the
Hood in the vast domain south of here.
Several hundred tenant farmers are
absolutely penniless and with no
chance of an income this year. Each
community seems to be taking care Of
Ats own refugees and no systematic
plan of relief has been preached vet.
The same conditions obtain along the
as miles of the Mississippi river on
the Missouri side, and a hundred miles
of the Des Moines l9ver lowlands. The
population of the village of st. Fran
cisville, Mo-, has been nearly doubled
by refugees from the flood district.
who lost absolutely everything.
Trestlc Washed Away.
Tuesday night a trestle $50 feet
long one mile north of Alexandria on
the st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern
railroad was washed out, blocking
traffic on that road and the Keokuk
q Western, which uses the track there.
Extraordinary precaution prevented a
serious casualty. The north-bound
Twin City express, from St. Louis to
st. Paul, passed the place half an hour
previously. The situation is in the en-
larged mouth of the Des Moines river.
which is now two miles wide between
the Iowa bluffs and the Egyptian levee
an Missouri. The water there has
hitherto been blowing over the tracks
and through the trestle. A large force
rs at W4Ark repairing the break, which
is in the midst of the strongest current
of the river torrent and is extremely
difficult to handle.
Dixie, Gives Way.
: Peoria, Ill.,, July 23.-5The. dixie pro-
tecting the marsh drainage district
across. from Pekin gave way Tuesday
morning and caused damage that cam
not be estimated at this time. Two
square miles of farm lands are covered
from two to ten feet. During the Gull
aviation of the district it is practically
nninhabite but during the winter
months several families make that dis
trict their home. Three weeks ago,
when the river began it's phenomenal
rise, those people living within the
district moved out. Over 1000 feet of
the tracks of the Peoria & Pekin Ter
minal railway We're washed away.
Fatal Storms in Hungary.
! Vienna, July 23.-The storms Mon
day lest did immense damage through
out the country. Many villages were
flooded snd a large number of house.
were swepb away. The spire of a
church al zupine, Hungary, was struck
by Lightning and fell, demolishing the
church. A total of four deaths from
lightning is reported.