The Saint Paul globe., 1902-07-10
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
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| m. the Des Mo4nessriver rose 81 feet
and now stands at 1871 above the
mean mark. tits "a feet higher than
the part of East Des Moines, situated
on the bottom, and three feet higher
than South eds. MDines, but so far is
held in check by the levee. Fifty on
sixty families Werea driven from their
homes today. "A tWo-foot rise or a
break in the levees will inundate 500
houses. The false work of the new
Sixth avenue bridge. which went out
last night, today swept away five
spans of the Chicago Great Western
railroad bridge over the aDes Moines.
South of the junction of the Des
Mqines and Raccoon the river is three
miles wide for miles, and is destroy
ing crops and drowning live stock.
Many Trains Abandoned.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, July g.
The washouts along the lines of the
Northwestern and Illinois Central in
Western Iowa have been repaired to-
day. and trains are running regularly
with the exception of the North
Westerns trains on the Maple river
branch, and there is no prospect Of
traffic being resumed in the next
tWenty-four hours. The Milwaukee
has been a much worse suffered than
was at first anticipated, There has
not been a train over that road in this
city today, though, a train was sent
out over the Northwestern and one
came in from Des Moines this evening
over the Rock Island. The washoutS
along the main line of the Rock ISL
and were repaired in the early morn
ing, but the south branches are now
suffering. The branch from .Avoca to-
Carson reports a washout of 200 late
tonight and the arain was unable to
make it's regular trip.
Over Fifty Bridges Go Out.
OMAHA, Neb., July AT Benning-
ton the Papio river has risen from a.
sluggish stream to a torrent mile in
width in places. A number of houses
in the east end of the town have been
washed from their foundations, and
twenty families were forced to aban-
don their homes. Fifteen hundred feet
| of Elkhorn track in the river. bottom
disappeared during the. night and sew
eral trains are blocked on both sides
of the Washouts. A great number of
bridges have been washed out, and
crops on low ground are total loss.
In Otoe county over fifty bridges wall,
ued at $4,000, have been carried away
by the floods, and other losses have
been equally heavy. The Burlington
road was the only line to bring a
through train int6Mthe city on4time to-
day. Every other train was from four
70 fourteen nOuIS late, ana many came
in piecemeaT.
The home of Mrs Collins slid with
an embankment into the river. She
had a narrow escape from death, and
! received injuries which may prove ia
| tai. .
AT Beatrice the situation is grow
ing worse hourly and the flood threat
ems to go5 higher than In 1897, when
half the town was submerged. Water
now stands eight feet deep in some
houses, and a number of cottages have
! been carried from their fundations.
Both the electric hight plant and the
Waterworks have been closed and the
city is in darkness. No trains are
coming in or leaving tonight, and the
Blue river is rising at a rate Of three
inches an hour. A conservative esti-
mate places the losses from floods in
Nebraska at over $1,000, ,000.
Vast Expanses of Water. -.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July=9 a-4Ba mage
to the extent of many thousands of
dollars has been done in the bottom
lands southeast of Sioux City by
floods. Rain ceased falling at noon and
the worst is believed to be over. Rail-.
roads have suffered severely from
washouts, and their loss will be very
heavy. Farmers; however, are the
greatest sufferers. Small streams. us
y
swollen rivers, miles in width. Reports
from towns near by tell of heavy loss.
Otto, Hornic, Luton and Mapleton are
flooded and surrounded by vast ex-
panses of water.
Streams Out Of Their Banks.
OSKALOOSA, Iowa, july al
most five inches of rain has fallen in
Mahaska county during the past twen-
ty-four hours. All streams are out of
their banks and the damage in this
city and the surrounding country in
general is heavy.
Many Leave Their Homes.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 9.-The flood
| Reports of a rise in Salt Creek, south
of here, caused the police to warn
| people to escape from the loWlands
A carload of -four 4donated to flood
! sufferers is being distributed. The
! number of those forced to leave their
homes is not large. .u
Floods Kansas City Cellars.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 9.-The
| Missouri and KaW rivers at Kansas
| City continued to rise today, as a result
OF the heavy rains last night, and both
| streams are now bank full. In the
| lower part of Kansas City, Kan, sew
| eral cellars have been flooded and the
water in the KaW is dangerously close
to the floors of some of the bridges
| near here.
Washes Out Bridges.
ATCHISON, Kan, July 9.-Northern
| Kansas last night again experienced
another rainfall, following the unprece-
dented rains of the past few days.
West of Clyde two Missouri Pacific
| bridges have been washed out, and
the branch between Yuma, Kan, and
Prosser, Neb, is completely tied up
by Washouts. The Republican river is
out of it's banks in many places and
| bottom farms are flooded. Streams
| are still rising.
Havoc in Wisconsin.
| Special to The Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, July o.
! Serious damage was done by storm
in Chippewa county last night Ole
| Hanson, farmer in Wheaton, lost one
barn forty by 100 feet and another
| thirty by eighty. His machine sheds
were all blown down. The loss is
| damaged. Crooks and Cummings, on
| the Bradley farm, lost hay barns valu-
ed at $1,000. Matt Cheney's barns
were struck by lightning and destroy
ed. They were valued at $1,000. In
Cooks Valley four farm barns and
| other outbuildings were destroyed.
CIoudburst in Pennsylvania.
/ EASTON, Pa, July "A cloudburst
in the Upper Bushkill district of North
! ampton county last night did large
amount of damage. only meager de-
tails are obtainable. Charles Abel, a
| farmer who, with his wife, was re-
turning from the harvest field, was
| struck hV LIGHTNING and killed