Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-27

fell In torrents IN Fort Dodge and over the
main portion Of the county roads and fields
are submerged and railroad service has
been generally crippled. The Illinois Cen
trail has suffered most. The track is under
FIVE or six feet Of water At Arion. Two
hundred feet Of track are washed out at
wiilette. and there is another big washout
near Logan.
The Swedish Lutheran church at Cal
lender was struck by lightning this morn
ing and badly damaged.
The Des Moines river is higher at this
point than It has been known to be In
years and great anxiety prevails among
residents Of the flats
Butler County Also visited.
wAVERLY, IA, May pa tornado
passed through Butler county today, doing
considerable damage at Shellrock and AL
lison. At the former place an elevator was
blown down and four railroad workers
who had sought refuge therein were badly
injured, one of them fatally. The bridge
spanning the shellrock river was wrecked
and several dwellings and barns were
blown down. Meager reports indicate that
still greater damage was done in other
parts of the country.
Strikes Shelby County. Iowa.
AUBURN, Ia, May 26.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Authentic reports arc just coming
in OF a disastrous tornado which swept a
wide strip through Botna, Shelby county,
and about ten miles north between Mann
ing and Templeton. The storm struck
Botna about $3.50 in the morning, wrecking
several stores and a large church. The
new Great Western depot was turned al
most around No one was injured. Many
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the path OF the storm north Of Botna.
About two miles north Of Gray, a telephone
lineman named Lester reports, two children
were seriously injured in the wreck of a
farm house. Five other persons were
slightly injured in the same house. The
Audubon County Telephone company sut-
fered loss of nearly four miles of line
while telegraph wires were also blown
down. Some damage was done in Manning
Cloudburst at silver City.
SILVER CITY, Ia, May 2e.-(special)--
Silver City and vicinity was visited by the
worst rain storm of the season last night
which assumed the nature Of cloud burst
the water simply falling in sheets. The
stream northwest of town overfowed its
banks, the water taking a shortcut for
Silver creek, running across Main street
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two feet deep. Many cellars were flooded
and walks washed out of place, and a vast
amount of work will be necessary in order
to put the streets in proper condition. Dur
ing the storm the large hay and stock barn
belonging to E. u. Anderson, north of
town, was struck by lightning and entirely
destroyed, together with the granary a
large amount of hay, corn, oats. harness.
farm implements and a number of fine
hogs. BY hard work Mr.. Anderson was
able to save his horses Mr.. Anderson
estimates the entire loss at about $780,
with 81, $50 Insurance. The FIRE was plainly
visible from Silver City until a late hour.
Buildings wrecked at DEBORAH.
DEBORAH, Ia, May 26.-A heavy rain
and windstorm did much damage here
today. Three buildings were wrecked and
many trees blown down. In fifteen minutes
the rainfall was one and one-half inches
storm Does Damage in Kansas.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May 2s=-A tornado
swept through Doniphan county, Kansas,
last night, doing a great deal of damage to
buildings, but no loss OF life is reported.
special to the Daily News says the brick
Catholic church at Severance. one of the
largest in northwestern Kansas, was
Inc grain 6leNdlOT ana CTlDB at
Morrill, were destroyed and dozens of barns
were blown down. It is roughly estimated
that the damage will reach $4,000. The
church at Severance cost $4,000
ABILENE, Kan, May ga cloudburst
struck the northern part OF this county last
night. Mud creek valley from Abilene to
Manchester was flooded and great damage
done to crops.
The mood reached here after midnight,
inundating one-third of the city and dam.
aging much property. Cellars and lower
floors were flooded. No lives were lost
The water was the highest in twenty years
Aged Man washed from Buggy.
FORT DODGE. Ia, May 2s-(special
Telegram. while his daughter stood help
less on the bank, John o'Connor, an aged
resident OF Coalville a small town near
Fort Dodge. was washed from his buggy
by the rapid current of n swollen creek and
carried down stream to his death this morn
ing. The creek was swollen by a cloud
burst, O'Connor and his daughter having
crossed II only half an hour before. The
daughter is almost crazed by the shock.
The body was carried down the stream a
quarter of a mile, where It caught on
barb wire fence and was rescued.
Kansas in COnsternation.
sALINA, Kan, May 26.-This city is to-
night the scene of the worst hood in it's his
tory, fully 100 families being driven from
their homes, and the damage ia estimated
to be hundreds OF thousands of dollars
Another heavy rain fell tonight, making
| four inches of rain that has fallen here
during the last twenty-four hours. The
Northwestern portion Of the city is entirely
submerged and women ana children are
rescued from their homes in boats.
The Missouri Pacific grade on the west
| is holding back a large ana threatening
body of water. II the water succeeds in
crossing the tracks the entire western por-
ton OF the town will be under water.
| A passenger train on the Lincoln branch
Of the Union Pacific is held between two
washouts, two miles north OF here. The
passengers were brought 10 this city on
handcars.
The Union Pacific tracks for three miles
west OF here are washed out and all through
trains are running over the Rock Island
from Limon Junction, Colo. TO Manhattan.
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The Union Pacific station here is sur
rounded by water and the railroad yards
are flooded The entire dlsvrIct for miles
northwest and southwest from the station
is flooded.
As far as the eye can reach the wheat
helds have been transformed into a great