Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-08
FLOOD RACES OVER NEMAHA
Wreck Near Julian-TrRRic Fate of
ohm Doyle Trying to save
Family.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. July ~T.-(Special
Telegram.)-Missouri Pacific freight engine
going south from here last night left the
track south OF Julian and turned over. The
engineer and fireman jumped and saved
their lives. High water carried away 1000
feet Of track between Talmage and Norton,
and 1000 feet near Auburn. The water is
two feet higher at Talmage than ever be-
fore known. and all crops are gone.
This morning the body of John Doyle,
who was following his house containing his
wife and three children. which floated
away in the flood. was found within
twenty feet of where he stepped off the
railroad track in his pursuit to save his
loved ones. The body of his wife was
found last night near the wreck of the
house and this morning his two children
were Found below the house. The body OF
the infant is still missing.
The husband left the house yesterday
morning for help, and shortly after he
left, the house started to float away and
he followed 1t down the railroad track
and stepped off into deep water at a cul-
vert and was rowned.
The house caught in debris in the river
and was wrecked. and the wife and three
children drowned
Al SYRACUSE "A DOdl was uSeu 10 rescue
the people in their homes which were sur
rounded by water.
The water is still over the railroad tracks
at Unadilla and no trains are running.
All along the Little Nemaha river from
above Unadilla to below Talmage havoc
was wrought by the large volume of water
that resulted from the water spout. 1t
Unadila four houses were CARRIED away
and a number moved from their foundations
and injured and fields badly washed, while
few. II any, bridges remain standing
across the stream.
At Syracuse people and stock had to be
rescued with boats and many families had
TO move to high land. The two Bray boys
who took their families out to places of
safety and returned to try and save their
stock were caught by the flood and only
saved Their lives by climbing trees and re-
maiping there until they were rescued
Monday afternoon.
In the southern part OF Syracuse many
houses were injured by water. At Cook
the water was six feet higher than ever
before known and people on the low lands
were taken from their homes and their
houses were flooded. At Talmage the water
did considerable damage, as II also did at
Brock. The storm is the worst ever known
In that part OF the country. The Burling-
ton track between Syracuse and Palmyra
was under water and badly damaged. There
have been no trains on that line for the
last two days. Here the rainfall was three
inches and did considerable damage 20
roads and bridges.
FREMONT, Neb., July Especial .)-I4ate
last night tho Chicago & Northwestern sent
out a wrecking and repair train for Arbor,
the first station this side OF Lincoln. They
were equipped with boats to be used in
r~escuing a marooned freight crew whose
train was reported surrounded with water.
The last train from Lincoln came in here
yesterday morning. and when the next
one will be in is uncertain. Reports from
all points in the county are that the loss
to crops on account of the wet weather
viii be heavy. Corn is growing fast, but
is very weedy, and II is impossible in some
localities to pillow it. Small grain is being
damaged by rust. The situation on the
bluff lands lie far better than on the bot
toms.
McCOOK, Neb., July Especially
McCook md vicinity were visited by q
small deluge Sunday night. about three
inches OF rain falling in a short time. A
severe wind and some hail accompanied tn,
rain. The brick residence OF Eliza Ward
in South McCook, occupied by Charles
Boyle and family. was unroofed. the mem.
bers of the family escaping with minor
injuries, however. Several barns wer,
blown over, portions OF the roof Of the
Burlington roundhouse were blown off
trees were blown down and gardeni
destroyed. Crops In this vicinity were bu.
slightly damaged. the heavy rain doing
much more good than the hail damage.
Neb.. July 7.-(Special.) -Th,
rain fell here all Sunday night, nearly tire,
inches being measured as the fall. Wine
damaged trees, telephone wires and small
buildings and lightndng struck the hous,
OF John Pollard and the Bell telephon,
exchange.
SEWARD. Neb., July L-(Specisl Tele
gram.)-The storm Of Sunday night raiset
the Blue river at this point higher than /
has been since 1881. The water ran throuSl