Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-06-29 | Page 6 | Cloudburst in Illinois

CLOUDBURST IN ILLINOIS Madison County Visited by an Awful Aw-ful Rainstorm Causing Great Damage to Crops Rdwardsvillc III June 28A terrific ter-rific cloudburst swept the greater portion por-tion of tiIl lion county I today doing Incalculable danuiRC to crops and wish leg away bridges anti railroad tracks The Illinois Ccntnil I castbound paasen get train fiom Alton I to Kdwardsvillc I had just passed POUR when struck I by the storm and wii compelled t stop the track bolnfr washed 011 In the bottoms whole field o wheat stacks were swept away Farmers from Wun da and POIK drove through the flood to Kdwardsvllle and are offerIng high prices to tea Imtlll who will assist them In carrying the I grain to high grounds The heavy rain on the t other hand was of great value to corn