Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-06-07
MANY DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
Eleven Inches Of Water Falls at Cortland
Nsb,, in Few Hours.
IOWA AND DAKOTA GET THEIR SHARES
Damaged, Railroad Tracks and
ridges Washed Out and Trains
Are Delayed for Many
- Hours.

Hours.
BEATRICE, Neb., June Especial Tele-
gram .)-Later particulars from Cortland
concerning the cloudburst are that eleven
inches of water fell between 4 and 10 p m.
The Union Pacific rOadbed between
Princeton and Pickrell is badly damaged
and over 900 yards Of track washed away.
Passenger train No. 4S is stalled between
Cortland and Pickrell and freight No. IS
northbound is tied up at Pickrell.
Owing to a washout on the south end, the
Burlington sent its main line trains through
here last night and this morning.
The Burlington bridge north Of town is
under water and unsafe. The morn
ing passenger for Omaha got through oil
right. also a stock extra.
Beatrice is practically isolated. Tele-
phone and telegraph service is interfered
with cons iderably.
The high water from Cortland reached
here at o'clock this morning flooding
the residence district along the creek bot
tom. Inhabitants had been warned, how
ever. and they escaped with their effects
before the tidal wave reached the city
The water is still rising and much damage
will result in this vicinity.
II is impossible TO estimate the damage
done by the storm at this time, but 1t will
doubtless reach a large sum. 1t is esti-
mated that at least seven inches Of water
fell during the hour Of rain.
st. Paul Flooded.
ST. PAUL, Neb., June "a rainfall Of
between three and four inches within four
hours has caused food in this part Of
Central Nebraska. The town OF Dannebrog,
ten miles from here, was inundated by
rise of Oak creek. At o'clock this evening
the water stood three feet deep in the
streets and was steadily rising. II was en-
tering the first floors of stores and resi-
dences and people were moving to higher
ground. The railroads are suffering. the
Union Pacific having its tracks washed out
and the Burlington losing bridge between
Farwell and Ashton. Much stock has been
drowned.
low Suffers Severely.
DIES MONIES, June 6-(speciaL)-Dur
ing practically all of Thursday night and
until daylight this morning there was
rainstorm prevailing all over Iowa, one Of
the heaviest ever known in the state. Not
all sections OF the state were affected alike,
but from nearly every part OF the state
the rainfall was reported unusually large.
In Des Moines there was 2.15 inches Of
water fell during the night. 1t came stead
lily, SO that at no time was the city flooded
and no serious damage was done. The
Weather bureau reports 5.24 inches at
Clarinda, which was the heaviest in the
state. AT Carroll the rainfall reached a
total of $40 inches, and while no reports
were received from several points to the
northeast It was evident that the heaviest
part Of the storm occurred along the line
| of the Great Western west of Dubuque. At
| Gladbrook and Reinbeck the storm was so
severe and came with such violence that
| the wagon and railroad bridges were
| washed out In great numbers. At LaPorte,
/ on the line OF the Burlington. Cedar Rapids
& Northern, a railroad bridge was swept
| away. The trains on the Tama branch OF
| the Northwestern had TO be abandoned.
No trains came into Des Moines from the
north on the Great Western until late to-
day. The Illinois Central lost a large
| amount of track near Masonville. The
| damage near Des Moines was confined to
crops. A brilliant electrical display ac-
companied the transforms here and else
| where.
The heavy storms have done some injury
to the fruit crop Of the state, though the
reports for June / indicate that the crop
month. The percentages reported to the
secretary Of the State Horticultural So
ciety we're: Apples 81; American plums,
81; European plums, 35; Japanese plums,
35; cherries, as; grapes, 70; currants, 70;
red raspberries. AZ; black raspberries' 81;
blAckberries, AZ.
| Great Damage TO Railroads.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia. June S.-(special
| Telegram.)-A veritable cloudburst struck
the city at g. 80 last night; rain fell In
sheets for half an hour and was followed by
a high wind and an electrical storm The
| Baptist church was struck by lightning and
| the steeple split from top to bottom.
| FORT DODGE, Ia. June 6.-(Special Tel
! egram. .)-Anthony Sheker, prominent
farmer OF Elkhorn township, lost six head
OF horses valued at $500, which were struck
by lightning Thursday evening The bolt
struck eupola and followed the track OF
| a hay fork to the horses stalls. Mr. Sheker
had Just left the barn when the accident
happened. The loss is covered by insur-
ance.
MARSHALLTOwN, Ia, June 6.-This
| section Of Iowa is literally deluged and
great damage TO property and growing crops
| will result. A cloudburst occurred al Glad
brook, washing out several miles of rail-
road track on both the Chicago North
western and the Chicago Great Western.
1t also did great damage to crops. The
bridge on the Northwestern was washed
out near Gladbrook and came rushing down
the stream, collided with the Great West
ern bridge. carrying it entirely away. All
trains on both roads are delayed many
/ hours.
Heavy damage is reported on other roads
The Iowa river is higher here than fol
years, submerging crops and threatening
the residents Of low-lying localities. Corn
fields in many parts are four feet under
water. Stock is being rescued by boats
Boniford Langdon, a 7-year-old boy, fell
from a tree top while trying 10 cross q
creek and was swept away and drowned.
Devastation at Mitchell.
MITCHELL, S. D., June 6.-(speciai Tele-
gram.)-The worst rain storm that has
visited this section in years descended on
Mitchell this morning az $50 o'clock. A
violent wind storm came up first and the
rain followed. Immediately after the rain
fell in torrents and with beating force
for three quarters OF an hour.
The streets were turned into a run