Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-09
Rivers on Rampage and Doing
Great Damage.
MUCH STOCK DROWNED
TWO HUNDRED PERSONS HAVE
TO LEAVE HOMES.
Parts of Illinois and Minnesota Also
Visited by Disastrous
Storms.

DES MONIES, Iowa, July 9.-The flood
situation In Iowa is more serious than at
any time in ten years. The Des Moines.
Iowa, Raccoon. Cedar and Skunk rivers
are from seven to fifteen feet above low
water mark. The lowlands are submerged.
Hundreds have been made homeless
In Des Moines 200 persons have already
been forced to abandon their homes and
have suffered the loss of horses, cattle and
hogs. Truck gardeners have suffered the
loss Of their crops. At Des Moines and else
where throughout the central section of the
state continuous rain has fallen for twenty
four hours, the precipitation at Boone and
Fort Dodge being reported as nearly four
inches.
Rivers continue to rise rapidly and are
filled with driftwood. False work on a con-
crete bridge has gone out here and two
other bridges are in danger. bridge
across the Des Moines river near Boone is
reported to have gone out Levees in Des
Moines are weakening. and If a break oc-
ours hundreds of acres Of residence proper
ty will be flooded.
Half of Town Inundated.
From Atlantic comes the report that the
west half of Extra is inundated, and that
Barrytown is In a similar condition. Onawa
has experienced a rain almost amounting
to cloudburst, as a consequence of which
trains can neither enter nor leave Sioux
City from the south.
At Marshalltown the Iowa river has
reached its highest point and a number of
waShouts have delayed trains on the North
western and Great Western roads.
The Des Moines river is rising two inches
an hour.
their home in boats. Similar rescues are
reported at Marshalltown and elsewhere.
At noon the Des Moines river was 1872 feet
above low water mark.
Storm at Peoria, Ill.
PEORIA. ILL.,, July "a terrific rain and
electric storm swept over Peoria and the
adjacent country last night
Rain fell in floods for several hours, and
the damage wrought Is extensive. All the
railroad lines entering the city are more
or less affected. The Lake Erie and West
ern through freight due here at O'Clock
went through bridge at Farmdale, six
miles east Of here. The engine and sew
eral freight cars are piled in the bottom
of the creek. The engineer was fatally
injured, and the fireman lies buried in the
mud beneath the engine.
The Toledo. Peoria and Western passen-
ger train due here last evening struck
landslide twelve miles east Of here and the
engine was derailed
The damage to the timothy and oats crop
is very heavy. Several inches OF rainfall
/ was recorded
Fatalities Due to Storm.
ST PAUL. Mimi. July 9.-News was re-
cetved here today that as result of the re-
cent terrific storm which prevailed south
and west of Waseca. Mimi. the family Of
Adam Bishman. jr.. Is again. within the
space of month. plunged into the grief of
a tragic death in the family
June 10 Philip Bishman. the son. was
murdered at wedding row in the town of
Wilton. When the storm broke Adam
Bishman, jr.. his two sisters and the hired
man were in the basement of the large
barn attending to the milking. The barn
was torn asunder, and the heavy mass of
farm machinery and hay with which the
upper floors were filled fell upon the in
mates One of the daughters was killed
| instantly. and Adam, jr., was so crushed
| that he died last evening from his injuries
The other two occupants were rescued from
! suffocation only after long hours of work
| by the neighbors. The rest of the family
| sought shelter in the house and were un-
harmed
At Wanda the damage from the storm
| was heavy, and at Perham the wind lev
eled circus tent. which caught fire from
the lights. Several people were burned and
bruised, but none was fatally injured