Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-11
Illinois Central and Chicago
Great Western Service Grip
pied by Bad Washouts
the DESTRUCTION OF CROPS
Oats Are Pounded Flat and Other Crops
Damaged by the Terrific Downpours
Delaware and Jones. Counties the
Worst ufferers-Damase by Light
ming is Considerable.

Speclai TO ItmeS-RepuDilcan.
| Cedar Rapids, July 1.-THE storm OF
last evening carried ruin to crops, an6
| damage to railroads in large section
! of eastern Iowa.
On the Illinois Central about 100 feet
OF roadbed is gone near Manchester
and trains are running thru this city
over the Milwaukee tracks. The rain
was the heaviest this region has seen
for many weeks, and for the time even
exceeds the rains Of the early part of
the summer The destruction and
washing out of the tracks put the COM
panies to great loss and inconvenience
and delayed traffic to great extent.
The Great Western also suffered from
the storm to a considerable extent and
also ran its trains thru this city.
Three bridges are out near Farley and
the Maquoketa river is full to its banks
and the overflow together with the
heavy pounding by the rain will destroy
many growing crops. The Great Wes-
tern sent its trains over the Milwaukee
to Dubuque. The thru trains were
brought down on the Rock Island from
Waterloo and from here were switched
onto the Northwestern tracks to Chi-
cago. This applied to the east bound
trains. A Great Western train of eight
Pullman sleepers, in this city at noon,
attracted a great deal of attention.
The whole eastern part of Delaware
county was flooded by the terrific
downpour The northern part of Jones
also caught part OF 1t, but the farm
ers and the railroads are the worst suf-
ferers. 1t has been long time since
such Il disastrous washout has oc.
Cured IN this vicinity as those on the
Illinois Central and the Great western.
Reports coming in from the northern
part of Cedar county would Indicate
thatthe storm passed thru Jones coun-
ty and vented its fury also on the neids
east of. here. Farmers coming IN at
Stanwood reported yesterday that the
oats is fiat on the ground. The ram
was very heavy at Stanwood and ac-
COMMANDED with wind. which did much
damage not only to oats, but also, 10
y lesser extent to corn. There are no
renorts of washouts on the Northwest
ern and the Milwaukee is WORKING It's
tricks east from Marion, the greater
part of the rain must have occurred
in Delaware county. If the rain there
was heavy enough to wash out a great
amount of track. II would seem from
the reports of damage to crops east Oh
here, that the damage to corn ana
oats north OF Linn county must also
have been great.
Great Western Damaged.
Dubuque, July ll.-Dubuque and VI
c;,,tv was visited by the heaviest
Storm of the season Thursday afternoon
and night.
In the afternoon at five o'clock there
was a heavy storm of wind In which
many trees. fences, etc. about the city
wore blown down. Early in the even
ing a thunder storm set in in when
there was an inch OF ram zen anu
many places struck by lightning. Kali
road lines running into the city were
washed out and two of them, the MI
nois Central and the Great western
suffered so seriously that they were
unable 70 operate trains all during the
day. The heavy fall OF rain under
mined the tracks and on the Central
washed out one of the bridges between
Delaware and Manchester.
Crops were badly damaged from be-
Ing washed out and flooded and also
from being beaten down by the heavy
rain. The rain also has another ser
ious effect in not allowing the farmer
to get the hay harvested.
Not only in Dubuque was the storm
heavy but also all thru eastern Iowa
and particularly across the river IN
Wisconsin. Reports from there say
there is loss of life and that many roads
are washed out.
The Great Western suffered severely
from the heavy rainfall. All along the
line between Dubuque and oelwein
there are numerous washouts and as q
result OF them not train has passed
over the road for twelve hours.