Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-28
RAIN CONTINUES
OYER GRAIN BELT
Railroads Are Having Considerable
Difficulty Because Of Large
Number Of washouts.
IOwLANDs ARE OVERLOOKED

ltakOta. ann WlAuOuA Ahs inuiNotAoh
Of cessation. though there is rift in
the clouds in eastern Wyoming anu
colorado, where u is asserted the sun
was shining yesterday.
The continued and heavy rain 10
lightning to have an effect upon the
operation OF trains. on account OF
soft tracks and numerous small wash
outs. many trains are badly Oft
schedule while others are feeling
their way over miles Of bad roadbeds
and weakened bridges over streams
and low places.
Reports are coming in to railroad head
quarters that ali over this and adjoining
states that streams are out of their beds
nnd ravines filled with water. The
ground H. taoro1EhIy soaked and. farmers
are unable to got into the fields 20 take
care OF their corn.
Along the Burlington wednesday and
Wednesday night rain was continuous
tom tho Mississippi river. across lowe
ana Nebraska and well out info Colo
rado and up on the Billings line nearly
10 Sheridan. WYE The precipitation
ranged from cbe 10 three inches. on
the west end OF the McCook division
srains were, delayed by high water. and a
short distance east Of Benkiernan. in the
fsapublicnn valley, the track for dis
lance OF 900 feet was submerged under
one TO two feet OF water.
M Trsiu Service AnnuIIed.
On the Homestead branch OF the North
western t-ain service was annulled.
North OF Yerdlgre three miles Of track
rad been washed ont and nearly half Of
AZ carried off the dump. Tho main limo
II stiIl Inaaot. but the entire country Up
the Eikhorn valley is reported flooded
heaveen Fremont and Stanton. In aorne
places the water has spread out for milee
On either side Of the road. covering
FARMS and running the fields on the rich
bottom lands.
The Harrington. crofton and Plainview
branches OF tho Northwestern are still
nut OF commission. The storm damage
was partially repaired yesterday. bat the
rain OF last night washed out all the new
work. besides taking out several stretches
OF old Grade.
Hood ne ISartingtOn.
Especial Teiegran.) = This locality was
visited Tuesday night by rain
which was OF floodiike proper
lions and dld an immense amount OF
d6maee throughout the county. Base
nenss were flooded. houses swept away.
scores Of hogs and chickens drowned and
4 number Of pccpss barely escaped with
fheir lives.
II u estimated that many OF the best
bridges IN Cedar county have bean de-
<troyed. hpd miles Of railroad track both
3nerth and south OF town have been
Yeshed our, 50 that there win be no
train serTkoe Tor many hours. Three
and forsy.ono handredtha inches Of water
zen In the space Of two or thrce
ihours, and the rain was accom-
panied BY violent wind.
cIsuabusss 81 wausa.
I wAusA. Neb. May H.--(speclal. tho
worst storm Of recent years swept this
isectlon Tuesday night. A heavy rain
that amounted almost 10 cloudburst
felt. and was aocompanied by a great
iamounl Of electrical disturbance Inn
snnediately after the rain the wind. which
had been blowing gale. worked into q
hurricane. and small oufbulldinRa trees
z and fences we're blown down. II was
The heaviest storm for years ard the
damage to growing crops IL hard 10 os-
Innate. Many corn fields will have "a
be repianted. Quite lot Of stock was
killed by lightning. In town all base
ments were flooded and store fronts
filled With water. resulting In great dam
age 70 ule stocks.
Damage in sIissourf Extensive.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May af--Mapy Of
the flooded streams In this vicinity ar,
Seeding today. but reports from mum,
per Of points in Kansas ana Mixsour
oniinued'to ten Of high water and heav,
fains
Al Springfield. Mo. workmen wer,
bpsy today clearing the strests OF up
rooted trees and other debris which &C
eumulated last night when heavy storm
struck the city.
a 2-year-old child OF Charles Jones. ,
farmer living near Nixa. MO-. was gllie.
when the storm demolished his home
Much property dsmase was done In Nix
send Ozark. Mo,
Reports OF distress were received her
to-day from Muscotah. small town a
Atchison county. Kansas. which is sail
10 be entirely surrounded by flood water
pf the Delaware and Little 0rassLOppe
rivers.
CioadhuFsf An Gage Coanty.
BEATRICE. Neb,. Nay aT.-tspeoiai.)-
A clOudburst visited this sectiou-of In
Ftete Wednesday and AZ Rockford an,
wymore nearly five inches Of water fel
IN a few hours. The Rock Island an
Burlington tracks at Rockford were sub
merged and the roadbed damaged 70 sue
an extent that trains were unable TO &c
through for several hours after In
stern. a piece OF the Burlington trac
east Of Rockford was washed out. A
wynore considerable hail fell. breakin
out windows and destroying the electri
light globes on the stEgsts During IN
s'orm the steepie on the Methodist churc
at Blue springs was struck by lightnin
and damaged to the extent OF 400. cror
were damaaed considerably in the 10,
lends by the water.