Show SITUATION Th IN IOWA rOWA Danger Over at Des Moines Ottumwa wa Half BaIt Under Water Des Moines Ia IL June I IThe The flood sit situation i nation is 16 improving and the Des Moines river hItS has been rapidly eight teet feet I being reported at Boone Boane in twelve hours In Des Ds are homeless and are being cared ed eda for by th the local committees t Provisions sf and a clothing have e ben con contributed contributed I tribute In large quantities qua and It is be believed bev believed v here that t the e worst oret is 15 passed and no nfl further trouble 1 be experienced From F m ten miles up th the river the bottoms I are covered and frequently fr homes bomes are I under water No lives have been lost I and no fires reported Ottumwa w la 1 June Jube 1 With nearly one half of or South Ottumwa Olt under nader water which threatens to take ke out houses and 1 business blocks a large e part of West and East Ottumwa flooded fad and nd railroad com corn I cut off except t on the main Irie lId of oC the Burlington Ottumwa is ex cx experiencing the worst flood in the history I of th j my city dt |