The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-04

LID A"oiuCo. lie Setlu ehuS tAO AiesAS
Coon was on a terrible rampage, and
that it was doing considerable damage
UP there. The rise in this river has
not struck the lower river yet, he
said, but would within n short time.
when some additional damage might
be looked for.
Situation at Quincy.
The Quincy and the Wabash situa.
ton is told by the Herald as follows:
The Mississippi. which registered
1872 feet yesterday morning and then
settled back to fifteen feet by the
middle of the afternoon, rose after
the rain to 1853 feet, the highest
mark of the year The government
gauge at the city water works pump
house showed no further advance
/ this morning, but higher water Is eE
pected.
The rainfall here yesterday was
1.6G inches. If the rain extended
| very far north or over the Dies
Moines basin. with The fall as heavy
| the Mississippi is bound to go up
perhaps to the 1G-foot mark. 1t all de-
Ponds on the rainfall up north. The
bottom lands are covered and even
the few fields on the higher ground
may be done for by tomorrow. The
flood stage here is "A feet. and when
Ont high water is the worst of the
spreads over large area. The pres
ent high water is the worst of the
year.
Washout on Railroad.
Another washout is reported by
the Burlington railroad officials here
This time it Is on the. Carthage
/ branch. The Louisiana branch has
had two bad wt-shouts in the vicin
ity OF New Canton. 1t was during
the heavy downpour yesterday after
| noon that Rock creek. swollen by the
| rain to a river, carried out bridge
and undermined the track for dis
lance of 1000 feet. The south-bound
Carthage branch train from Burling
ton, due here at 7:1O O'clock, was
held at Ursa and some time later
was ordered back to Burlington. This
| morning E. F. Bradford, the loca
general agent. said there would be
no trains over the Carthage branch
until some time this afternoon anG
| perhaps not until tomorrow. TracE
workers and bridge builders were
sent out to make repairs as Soon as
possible, but progress was slow.
As Ottumwa Sees 1t.
The Ottumwa Courier of last nigh
contained the following concernin.
conditions at Ottumwa, Eldon, Keo
sauqua and other places near there:
| The waters of the Des Moines rive
show a rapid fall today and since Sun
day night when the highest stage wa.
recorded, a drop Of more than tire,
fleet is shown on the gauge at thu
Market street bridge. Reports up tn.
river are favorable Although De:
Moines had a rise of nine inches dur
ing the night. reporting 500 today a:
against 7.05 Monday. Eddyville ant
Chillicothe show a fall in the stage O
the river, the former rerorting fo'u
| feet Of drop.
The business houses along Marke
street where varying depths of wate
was in the cellars since Saturday, ar;
practically free from the water toda!
although a coat of slime covers theil
basement floors. The waterworks re
ports fall of two and half feet since
| Monday morning and rainfall of nine
! tenths of an inch.
Big Drop at EddyviIIe.
! A four foot drop in the river has
tLeen recorded at Eddyville since Mon
day morning. Some anxiety was fe
/ Monday about the condition of the M
! & ST. l.. railroad bridge but tes
was made and it was found to be j,
condition that would warrant trave
over it. The Wapello county board o.
supervisors has been at the wag or
bridge inspecting the damage that has
! been done there. A portion Of the
piling beneath enc Of the supports has
given away and this caused the SUP
port to sag about two feet and CLOSED
the bridge for traffic. Lowlands are
still all under water in the vicinity Of
iF5dyville and several of the stores
still have water in the Easements.
Creek Floods EIdon Street.
After the rain of Monday evening
IChippewa creek at Eldon, which was
ALREADY out of it's banks. overflowet
into Main street and water ran seVera
inches deep there for time The
river, however, is now beginning te
!recede, a dron of four inches being
recorded this morning. The waters
have left the lower floors and base
ments of the several stores that wer%
attacked Sunday. Lowlands to ths
south and west are still covered. The
railroads are not meeting with an!
particular trouble now. although the
-, ~ both tho Rock Island anr