Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
HIGH WATER CARRIES
OUT RAILROAD BRIDGES

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ed in many parts of the city causing
damage to the amount of $4,000.
This morning in the work room OF
Ley Brothers establishment, three
feet of water were measured and it is
estimated that their loss will be about
$780,
The basement barber shop of John
Friend was flooded this morning with
about five feet of water. Between
5000 and $500 will be the amount of
the loss.
All along High avenue the sewers
were unable to carry away the water
as it fell in such torrents, and the eel.
lars in the business places and resi-.
dences are all considerably under wa
ter with more or less loss.
Between 4 and 6 o'clock the lower
ing clouds poured their contents out
upon the city of OskaloosaS and the vi
5cinity in perfect torrents. Almost i'm
mediately the streets ran with water
and the sewers being unable to carry
1t away many of the cellars were filled
with the overflow. Again about s
O'Clock in the evening another heavy
rain storm was experienced and con-
tinued until early this morning. The
downpour was accompanied with very
little wind or lightning. From all re-
ports that have been received there
has been considerable damage done to
the farmers from the flood.
Fear Felt at EddyviIe.
Eddyville, July 9-(SpeciaD- 8
O'Clock this morning the Des Miones
river had risen nearly four feet since
last evening and is still coming up
Considerable apprehension is felt on
the part of the residents of this place.
as they are beginning to fear an over.
flow. Possibly the heaviest rains of
the season were experienced last
night, three and one-half inches falling
in a few hours. Everything is flood.
ed today, though the damage done is
very slight About IL o'clock last
night the heaviest downpour was ex.
perienced, though at no time was
there heavy wind or a very severe
display of lightning.
Three Counties Flooded.
Sioux City, July Especial -sev-
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pie river valleys in Ida, Woodbury. and
Monona counties are flooded. The
streams are from two to five miles
wide and have done immense damage
to crops. Mapleton, Danbury, Ida,
Grove and other towns on the Maple
river division of the Northwestern are
cut off and will have no trains for two
or three days.
Struck by Lightning.
Williamsburg, July 9.-(SpeciaD-
Yesterday evening a severe wind and
rain storm struck this section, doing
great damage to crons, blowing wind
mills down, and wrecking many build.
ings. The storm was worse north of
here than here. Lightning struck the
barn of Jasper Monnette, where his
hired man, Earnest Taggartz, was
leaning against the door. He was
struck, but was not injured fatally al
though two horses in the barn were
killed. A man by the name of Jacobs
northwest of Oxford, went into a barn
and the wind wrecked the barn, kill
ing him instantly and injuring anoth-
err man.
Killed in the Storm.
Iowa City, July 9.-(Special)-The
storm along the Iowa river, last even.
ing. killed James Burkarde near Ok
ford and injured several persons, kill
ed stock, unroofed dozens of barns and
destroyed the crops.
Cloudburst in Pennsylvania.
Easton, Pa, July 9.-(By Associated
Press)-The cloudburst in the upper
Bushkill district of Northampton coun-
ty last night, did vast amount of
damage to the railroads and telephone
and telegraph companies. Charles
Abel, farmer, was killed by lightning
Many fields of grain We're wholly de-
stroyed.