Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-17
HEAVY RAINS OF WEDNESDAY
EVENING PUTS CREEK OUT
OF BANKS SECOND TIME.
LoWLANDs OF SOUTH SIDE
OVERLOOKED FOR BLOCKS.
Scenes Of Monday Evening Re-enaeted
on South Side. and East End Of Fair
Grounds Are Again Under Water
Washou. en- Story City Branch Train
Back Rere-Many People Maroened.

Three and three quarters inches OF
rain that fell late Wednesday after
noon. and which was accompanied by
severe electrical storm. filed Linn
creek until ii overflowed did damage
in the city by filing cellars and sewers,
ard caused losses in the county Most
Of the rain fell within aooug one and
one-half hours.
Many country people who were in
the city attending the far could not
get home. a washout on the Story
City branch forced q train loaded with
fair visitors 10 return 10 this city.
Linn Creek Spreads Over Valley.
Linn creek rose rapidly during the
night and was still rising early this
forenoon but before noon il became
stationary and VIII probably recede as
fast as il rose. The hood water spread
over the low ground bordering the
creek bed all along it thru the city
The water rose over the South Cen
ter street road 10 the depth q TWO
or more feet from the NJ & St l.
shops south 20 the bridge Just north
OF May street. MAY street was iioodv,i
and inlpassa Ole cas- 81 the Linn creek
on Center street, and doorvards OF the
neigh borhood were under from TWO 10
four feet Of water The water was al
most up 10 the floor OF the house a.
7oS South Center street.
Shop Yards Under Water.
The Blacksmith shop of ne NJ. & ST
L. car shops had a foot Of water in il
but the food Gid rot quite get Up into
the car shops proper.
East Ct Third avenue the food con-
dition was as bad as i, was west. The
water rose 10 he switch tracks on the
bridge leading to the Western Grocer
Mills. The water did not reach high
enough TO DO damage a, the mills.
sewers having been plugged 20 prevent
damage from water backing thru them.
Passengers WADE to Trains.
The rain was falling hardest just
al the time when the evening passen-
ger trains were arriving. This spot
which IS always flooded ny heavy
rains. was under water six inches 10 2
/ foot deep None Of the trains could
I he reached without wading water al
/ least shoe top deep Saitcases and
grips placed on the platforms foated
| away Win the strong current.
/ Some passengers. including two or
1 three women. took of their shoes and
| stockings and waded TO the trains. Two
! attempted 20 cross the Northwestern
| tracks without keeping 70 the planked
1 crossing. Both fell down. One was a
woman. She got soaked The other.
q travelling man. slipped and fell and
J the water covered him to his neck
! Passengers who reached the station
/ in street cars were forced 10 disembars
on the pavement in water six inches
deep.
/ Automobiles Stalled in Water.
The usual food conditions existed at
| the intersections OF several streets
| where sewers were entirely inadequate
to carry off the water In these flooded
| intersections no less than q dozen
automobiles became stalled when the
nagnetos Of the engines got flooded.
4 Half dozen cars were thus stalled in
the intersection Of Third and Park
/ streets.
Four other cars got stalled in the
water at the intersection of State and
Fourth streets. One girl was forced to
keep her seat in the car she was driv-
ing for almost an hour, before the