Evening star., 1926-09-19
FOUR KNOWN DEAD
IN IOWA FLOODS
80 eco Acres of Crons Inun-
dated. Business Build
ings Collapse.
By the Associate p"e-s

By the Associate p"s-s
CHICAGO. Septnmber 1S.-Storm
clouds which have ridden September s
skies. pelting the Central West with
flood and disa aSier from Ohio 10 Ne.
bra ska. left eaping wound today in
northwestern Iowa. A torrential
storm Of rain. hail. wind and light
ming ravished wide area last night
and today. irundstinG 10000 acres of
ctop-laden farm lands. uprooting Lines
of traffic and communication and Wis
Ting its havoc on four counties. north
" Sioux City near the Iowa -Nebra ska
line.
Although nine persons were re-
ported to have. been drowned In the
flooded areas north of Sioux City the
names cf only four had heen learned
late tonight. They are: Nina Bruins
ing. sCnonl gri. Hull. Iowa; -
Fertstich. and 4-vear-oId son, Hospers.
Iowa. Dirk Devries farm hand, Ire.
ton. Iowa.
In, many rural communities water
was reported flowing through the
upper stories Of farm homes.
The Sioux River ri Akron rose Is
feet In IL hours. 1t rose SO rapidly
that families and workmen had little
chance tn flee to safety. Trainmen
at Sheldon last night worked
half an hour in a terrific rainstorm
TO save Engineer Ole Tieeum from
drowning after he was thrown into
a pool of water when freight train
40 II IN the Illinois Central
was derailed on tracks undermined by
the torrent. Tieeum. who lives at St
James. Mimi. was caught by his foot
under the engine and was barely able
to keep his head above water.
Property damage was estimated
above two million dollars. with
Hawarden, Lemars. Hull. Sheldon and
Cherokee counting the loss. Rain Of
almost unprecedented severity sent
the Sioux River up Is feet in II
hours and flooded. the valley Of the
Floyd River.
The dead are G. NJ. F'leschmann. re-
tired business man who was drowned
In front OF the Hawarden city hall
when he fell into gutter as the
food swept into the business section.
and Nina Rrussing
Railroads suffered heavily. A
freight train on the ST. Paul, Mime
apoiis and Omaha line was wrecked
when 1t ran into A washout near
/ Hospers. Iowa.
The severest amage to city property
: was in Ha warden. where water was
receding today from depth Of two
feet in the business district. Two
homes were carried away and many
more in the town Of $500 were sur.
rounded by water. The river runs
along the edge Of the town. Every
basement held several feet of water,
with consequent heavy damage to mer.
'hants stocks. Several business build.
ings cola apsed.
The floods also threatened Ora nah /,
Wis. in the northern section of the
State.
a train load of Odanah residents
fled to Ashland only to find that city
menaced. and several houses washed
away near the Bay City Creek.
1r southeastern Iowa. where more
than six thousa nd acres of bottom
land along the Mississippi River he.
tween Fort Madison and Burlington
are submerged by the bursting of the
Skunk Creek levee. waters receded
slightly today. but the standing pools
continued to do extensive crop dam
age.
Pea rdstown. H.. saw it's flood reach
its crest on the Illinois River and
hreathed more easily with prospect Of
fair and wlndless weather tonight.