Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-10
LOSSES BY FLOODS.
Immense Damage Done In Iowa
from the Continued Rains.
LIGHT and POWER PLANTS CLOSED,
- Great Number Of Bridges Washed Away
b Nebraska and Crops on Low Ground
Total Loss-Ths Situation had
At Beatrico


b Nebraska and Crops on Low Ground
Total Loss Tho Situation bad
1t Beatrice.
Des Moines, Ia, July l0-The con
dnued rains have forced nearly all
Iowa streams from their banks, and
the destruction Of crops, live stock
and other property is assuming i'm
mense proportions. It is impossible
u estimate the damage from the in
definite reports received. The dam
age is especially extensive In the
central, northern and western and
Northwestern parts OF the state.
1he valleys Of the Sioux and
Maple rivers are flooded and Wood
bury and Monona counties are under
water. The Iowa river at Marshall
aDwn is the highest since 1881. Many
country bridges have, been destroyed
and traffic between Marshalltown
and Surg Points is practically cut off.
Cattle and hogs have been drowned
IN large numbers in the Iowa valley.
At Cedar Rapids 40 inches of rain
has fallen since July I. The Cedar
Rapids river is out OF its banks and
many families have been forced from
their homes.
Numerous bridges have been swept
sway in Linn county.
The Skunk river and Squaw creek
are out Of their banks and near the
confluence in Story county thousands
Of acres are flooded and crops prac-
Ideally destroyed. The continuous
rains are paralyzing business in Fort
Dodge and the railroads are almost
eut of business. The west end of the
dty is inundated and families are
moving out The Des Moines river is
1p six feet OF that point.
Because Of the saturation Of all the
Insulation on the wires electric
power has been shut of and the town
y dark
Near Oxford, in johnson county,
n . windstorm Tuesday night Jacob
burkhard was crushed TO death by
the falling Of barn on tho farm Of
Wesley prush. Halt q dozen barns
we're destroyed in the same neigh
pcrhood. Near North Liberty the
sesidence of Jacob Neidhiser was
wrecked and the family had mar
SOW escape. All over johnson coun-
y the storm destroyed windmills and
harms.
A delnge visited the town of Extra
Tuesday night and trains on the Au-
inbon branch Of the Rock Island
eould not pass that point yesterday.
The town is under four feet of water.
The Raccoon river at Abel, after be-
hg stationary all day, began to rise
}apidly last night and shut off the
0ectric light plant and is doing
great damage.
The situation In Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., July 10.-At Benning-
lon the Papio river has risen from
Quggish stream to torrent a mile
n width in places. A number of the
R0uses in the east end of town have
been washed from their foundations
and 20 families were forced to aban-
Ion their homes. Fifteen hundred
feet of the Elkhorn track in the river
bottom disappeared during the night
and several trains are blocked on
both sides of the washouts. A great
number of bridges have been washed
but and crops on low ground are a
tqtal loss. In Otoe county over 50
bridges, valued at $4,000, have been ,
tarried away by the floods and other
losses have been equally heavy. ,,
A dispatch received last night from
Fremont states that three miles of
The Elkhorn track were washed out
ncar Dodge and that a number of
families at Snyder were driven from
their homes, Conrad Schneiders en-
tire lumber yard was carried away.
At Beatrice the situation is growing |
worse hourly and the food threatens
y 60 higher than In 1897, when half :
he town was submerged Water
POW stands eight feet deep in some
lbuses and a number of cottages
have been carried from their founda-
asns. Both the electric light plant :
mi the waterworks have been closed
md the city is in darkness. No L
brains are coming in or leaving and /
The Blue river is rising at a rate Of
Aree inches an hour.
A conservative estimate places the
losses from floods in Nebraska at
Dser $l,000,O0O, and some exceed
1Rice that amount.