Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13
RAINFALL in IOWA FRIDAY
NIGHT HEAVIEST in YEARS
washouts Of bridges, caused by the
heavy rainfall Of last night.


between z o'clock last night and the
same hour this morning This in It,
self far eclipses any previous rainfall
within the past several years. The
Des Moines river has been rising
steadily since early this morning, and
up to 2:3O o'clock this afternoon, the
eleven foot mark had been passed.
Damage to Railroads.
The schedule of trains on the differ
ent railroads running into this city
was badly damagnl as a result of last
nights storm. A bridge between
Tower 80 and Tyrone, over which the
Burlington passes, was completely
washed out by the terrific downpour,
as was another bridge on the Wabash
near Carbon and on the Rock Island
Just west of Eldon. The Milwaukee
bridge at Willard was slightly mis-
placed by the rain, but early this
morning this small damage was re-
paired. The Ft. Madison was made
impassable by the washing out of
bridge two miles east of Batavia.
Burlington No. 8 and Z arrived this
morning from the east, but were COM
PEELED to lay over in this city because
OF the accident to the Tyrone bridge.
There were no east bound Burlington
passengers this morning, and substi-
tute to No. 10 was sent east on that
trains schedule The Ft Madison
south bound was abandoned. Aside
from the damage to the traffic the tele-
graph wires of the Burlington suffered
considerably. 1t is not likely that Bur
llngton trains will go further west than
this city today. The Rock Island is
placed in a similar position Its north
bound trains cannot get further north
than Eldon, neither can the south
bound train proceed further south than
this city. The traffic from this city to
Des Moines is clear on the Rock Island
and Burlington. Rock Island passen-
ger No. 2O6 arrived here at 9:33 o'clock
and 1880 o'clock returned north as
No. 2O1. The Milwaukee line, perhaps,
Is the most fortunate of all Its trains,
although delayed by the storms, were
not blocked by washouts. The South
west Limited left this city shortly be-
fore o'clock, and passenger No. 8,
due out of here at 1913 o'clock was
about an hour late. The damage on the
Wabash has thus far blocked the
Overflow on South Side.
Last nights heavy rain and the STOP
ping I'D of the sewer at the corner of
Madison and Wabash avenues caused
an overflow at that place, washing out
the brick sidewalk.
Get a Soaking.
Three thousand people stood with
umbrellas raised and witnessed the
brief performance of the Hagenbeck
circus last night. The rain began Just
as the performance was about to start
and soon was pouring through the tent
in torrents. Few of those present es-
capped thorough soaking. The crowd
was good natured and although the
people could not let loose of their UNI
brellas to applaud, they manifested
their appreciation of the few acts
given, by shouting. With the water
standing in big pools IN the rings and
coming through the canvas in streams
a number of wild ANIMALS were put
through their various stunts. The
aerial artists also gave a portion of
their act which was of a high stand
ard and the entertainment closed with
the performance Of the magnificent
trained stations. At the close of the
exhibition the large crowd stumbled
through the darkness, mud, wind and
rain, hunting for the sidewalks lead
ing to the street car tracks.
Officials Here.
George T. Ross of Burlington, sup
erlntendent of Iowa lines of the Bur-
llngton, arrived in the city this after
noon in his private car, which was at
tached to No. 8. Mr.. Ross in com
pany with several local officials and
fifty workmen, left on Burlington No.
3, for Abba, from which place they
will go to the scene of the washout
west of Tower 31O w. H. Given of
Des Moines, superintendent of the Des
Moines Valley division of the Rock Is
land also arrived in the city today and
is now east of the city, assisting in the
work of clearing the traffic between
here and Eldon.
Two Trains Dltched.
Eastbound Rock Island passenger
train No - on the main line and
Rock Island freight train were ditched
this morning near Floris. The dam
age was considerable to rolling stock,
but no loss of life was reported. The
ROCK Island system is running a train
from Washington to Seymour over the
Milwaukee tracks today.
Fatality at MarshalItown.
Marshalltown June 10.-During the
most severe thunder and rain storm
this year "Shord" or Sheridan Wick
man, young man about II years of
age, was killed by lightning and S. M.
Rubee was shocked The storm broke
about 5 o'clock last evening, the rain
falling in torrents, flooding the streets
from curb to curb, while flashes of
lightning lit the sky Sheridan Wick
man, who lives near the Iowa Soldiers
home had taken refuge in a dairy
barn of A. B. Cole, a neighbor. A bolt
struck the gable of the barn killing
Wickman instantly and also killing
three COWS. In the barn at the time
were another man, forty one COWS and
eleven calves. The man was shocked
but not hurt.