Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-29
STEADY D0WNPOUR
WORKS DESTRUCTION
MRS, ANNA .LENpRUM HAS MAR
ROW ESCAPE, WHEN WATER
RushEs THROUGH HOME.
Many BRIDGES ARE DESTROYED
Hioh Water Mark 10 Established ny
Maquoketa River at This
W
Point.

Delaware County, in common with
a large area Of the state, and ad-
Joining states, suffered severely be
cause of the floods on Sunday morn
ing, A steady rain commenced 10
fall on Saturday at noon, and 1or'
eighteen hours a steady downpour
continued. At an early hour SUNDAY
morning citizens OF Manchester
we're awakened by the roaring OF
the raging streams In different sec
tions Of the city. Thes Dry Run 'north-
east OF the High school had over
flowed its banks and had spread
over a large are. Men waded into
the water waste deep to rescue nor
ses and poultry from barns and coops
and fences were carried down stream
Aged Lady Has Narrow Escape
Mrs. Anna Lendrum, who re-
sides just east Of the Dry Run on
East Union street, had narrow es-
cape from a watery grave Not near
ing tho roaring of the rapidly rising
stream, she was aroused by neigh,
bors, after the water had flooded the
first floor. and when Mrs. Lendrum
awoke she found several feet OF Wa
ter in her home. and the rugs anu
furniture floating about the mousse
In her efforts to locate light. she
stepped into the cellar hatchway'but
managed to keep herself from falllng
into the cellar by taking hold OF a
table leg. Had she missed her no'o'
the flood undoubtedly would have
claimed her as it's victim. She man
aged to. get to the second story oi
her home, and remained there uht"
the water had receded, when ne'sn-
bors offered assistance.
The water came with such rush
that the large aqueducts on East oh-
ion, Howard, and Fayette streets
were unable to carry it off, and con-
seouently backed up and flooded
large area. Gus BaTnd and his 1orce
Of men hed just completed the erec'
ton OF the cement bridge II on on q E'ast a. !.
Prospect street and had left sevefaaal1 =
loads OF lumber lying about the struc,
ture. A good share Of this ma'erlai ia
was carried down stream. }. w.
Wright, who had just completed
the layiro of tho wall for his new
residence on East Butler street. also
lost material and sustained some
damage to his property. Pou!us
fanciers all along the Dry Run neigh
borhood came in for their share OF
losses. in some instances many
chickens being drowned. &%,..,.,
Maquoketa on Rampage.
It has been many years since
the Maouoketa river reached as
high a stage as it did shortly before
noon Sunday. The entire ball park
lower Main street, the lots about the
Novelty and the Goodhile barns
formed a. veritable lake. Mr.. Good
hile and his force Of men were 1orc-
ed to remove the horsse from Tue
barns and take them to a@place ol
sfaety.. For a time it was " reared
that scmo of the boat houses along
the banks would be torn from tie'r
foundations and carried down the
stream. A number of the older resi-
dents were heard to remark that the
river had never reached such a h1gh
mark. 49,, r
Bridges Are Wrecked.
The complete destruction of sew
eral good sized wooden bridges, and
the washing out of approaches OF
many others throughout the county
entails a heavy loss to Delaware
county. The bridges across CONN
Creek near the John Hahmeyer ana
A.. J. Hersey farms In Coffin Grove
township were badly damaged. Br1d-
ges in other sections of the county
met a similar fate to those In COL
fins Grove. During the past rev
months much work had been done
on the roads of the county ana
where new culverts and bridges hao
been erected the fills had also been
made. Much of this work has been
reduced to a deplorable state, and
will require weeks of work and a
heavy out lay of money to repa1r.>f
Train Schedules Demolished.
Train service on all roads into Man
chester was suspended for hours on
account of washouts. At Rockdale
and Center Grove hundreds Of feet
of the Illinois Central's tracks were
washed out, and east OF Dubuque,
especially near Galena. great guam
titles of earth and rock found their
way on the company's tracks. stop
ping traffic for hours. The Chicago
Great Western experienced much on-
ficulty with the land slides near Dur
range, and train service was 1nter1er-
ed with all day Sunday.
SHRINERS At WATERLOO.
Manchester sent delegation OF
or thirty Shriners to Wa