Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-21
BIG WESTERN FLOODS.
-Four Million Dollars Worth of Dam.
age Done by Outbreak.
IOWA Is A HEAVY SUFFERER.
RrToIts From keoISuk Indicate
That Widespread Loss Has Been
Dome In the Rural Districts.
The Illinois. On IL Rampage.

| KrpNuk, la. July 41.-The flood con-
! iii i1}tS Aaye-1eeil much worse, and the
Mississippi li}vr is from two to ten
mites wac f"l' >eYrnty-tive miles be-
| low N,uktt. sad is r.Siu" rapidly. The
! flood is res, Ling far outlying farms.
I hitherto mr d. and farmers in the
/ lpWlauls Oh the Missouri side have
lost everything but their citadels on
high knobs and Il few fields behind the
highest levers.
| Damage IT. also occurring on the I'LL
noiS side eiWocl here and Quincy.
where tl!'!" are lHilny thousands of
acres of Tie liNtrsistt leV"r> ;t,ld where
the IrNrrS themselves are !ot entirely
efficient tn wat y, IS working through
at the site OF tn" flood gates.
Tie Lima and Hunt leveeS opposite
Canton. Mo-. the most dangerous
places and which protect many square
ni!c,; of corn in Illinois, are constantly
patrolled, and hopes are entertained
that they may POSSIBLY hold. Th"
greatest damage is on the Missouri
side Of the Mississippi river between
Ilpokuil and Hannibal. territory coy
cring 300 square miles and on which
the corn was estimated at eighty bush
els to the acre II few days ago. Hun
drcdS Of farmers are tenants who lost
crops Ivy last years drought in the mp
lands and moved to the loWlandS this
wear. They are now penniless and are
hunting work in towns and cities.
Reports are that in the territory in
dicatcd the loss will be over S4.uh. 900.
chiefly to corn land. which was in
splendid condition previously.
Great Damage Done.
The damage done ;llon. the MiSSiS-
sppi river is greater than was expect
ed or ut first reported. one township
in this county, Green Bay. is six OF
seven feet under water. 1t contains
more than 1000 acres Of crops. Fam
ilic, there were driven out hurrie,ly
and some cattle We're drowned. Corn
was the finest in this section OF the
country last week. The levec eight
miles north OF burlington broke, mum
ta1lng ll!tH square IllltS tlltlt nav
been considered safe.
Skunk river, the most Damaging
tributary of the Mississippi, is roaring
down with a food approached but
twice in the history Of the state. in
1851 and 1~!'o The water topped the
record of 1902 and touched the highest
record of 1851.
Interior Iowa towns on the Des
Moiups and Skunk rivers were sur
prsed by the rapid rise, and there is
much excitement. It was believed the
recession Of the food of the first three
days of the week removed all danger.
and people returned to ordinary condi-
tons. The surprise entailing lack of
preparation caused much increased
damage. Eddyville Ottumwa and
Coppock al~ among the heaviest losers
from this cause.
Expense to Railroads..
Railroads in Iowa will be put to
great expense in the maintenance of
tracks and the safety of trains. The
burlington and Rock Island systems
all bridges and culverts No damage
has occurred to them on account of
the systematic prevention but this has
been done at great cost.
The supervisors of Lee Des Moines.
Washington. Henry, Jefferson, Wapel
10 and Van Buren, counties have men
at work trying to save wagon road
bridges many of which have already
gone out. Losses from this cause will
be very considerable.
Thousands of acres are submerged in
Appanoose county, la. and there is
much small grain caught in the fields.
The crop in other places is chiefly corn.
A new element which has appeared all
over the drowned section of Iowa is
disease among stock from the condi-
tons of pastures overlowed slightly
and used after the temporary subsi-
dence Of the waters.