Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-25
Torrent Saturday Night Floods
Streetsand Railroads Doing
Considerable Damage
GREAT WESTERN HAS wAsHouT
Trains Delayed On That Road All
Nisht-Passensers Use Northwestern
Traeks-Lishtnins Strikes Street
car-Woman Jumps and Is Hurt
Total Downpour of Over Two Inches.

The rain, which many have wished
evening. and for a time the downpoul
assumed the proportions of cloud
burst. flooding streets and railroads and
doing slight damage to the latter The
total fall for the twenty -four hours
ending Sunday morning at 1880 O'Clock
was 205 inches. functions of streets
with converging grades were over
flowed and the water backed over
neghiboring property. The union sta
ton platfrom was transformed into a
swift current thirty yards wide, and
passengers were compelled to wade to
dry land.
So far as could be learned the Great
Western was the only road that suf-
fered to any great extent, altho the
rain was general all over the central
part of the state. That company's line
near valera and Mingo was badly
washed. The north-bound passenger.
due here at o'clock in the evening,
was held at Valera all night. Nos. z
and Q used the tracks Of the North
western between this city and Des
Moines. BY noon Sunday the damage
was repaired.
Streets and cutters about the city
became raging torrents which. follow
ing the grades, were of such volume
that the storm sewers were entirely
too small, and the water backed over
the sidewalks and upon adjoining
property. AT the Junction of Park and
Third Streets, the street car track was
under foot of water. A like depth
was reached at Fourth and State
streets.
Baggage Room Mill RACE.
The baggage room at the union sta
ton. soon after the heavy downpour
began, was transformed into a mill
race. The water from Second avenue
swept In thru the north door and rae
ing out at the south went whirling along
the platform covering dt to a depth of
four or five inches. Passengers who
left or arrived on Northwestern pas
senger No. at 1880 O'Clock reached
their train or the depot only after wad-
ing thru water ankle deep.
Lightning Strikes Car.
Lightning struck car No. l or rhe
street railway company. just as 1T was
leaving the Soldiers Home, and altho
but little damage was done the passefl-
gers were badly frightened. Mrs.
DEGREES, wife OF a member of the
Home, became SO excited when the bolt
flashed thru the car that she jumped
off, and in so doing sprained her anKle.
Her injury is not serious. The other
passengers stuck to the car, and alrho
the light was burned out, and the bolt
scorched some of the wood work no
one was hurt Motorman n. T.. Win
ans, who was in charge, at once TOOK
the car to the barn for repairs.
River Is Rising.
The Iowa river began to rise little
Saturday night as the result of the To-
cal downpour The rise was not so
noticeable, however, un.il Sunday ar
ternoon, when the waters from the
north arrived. A rise Of four feat re-
suited Sunday afternoon AMI might, and
today the water is still coming UP slow
ly. East of the city much OF the low
lands are covered with water, and the
river, in places, Is almost bank fall
The total amount OF rainfall during the
forty -eight hours ending at 1880 This
morning, was almost two and one hall
J. the exact figures being PAP.