Show PORTION OF IOWA FLOODED A-FLOODED FLOODED BY HEAVY RAINS RAIN DAMAGE AT AI DECORAH ST. ST PAUL PAUL May 23 t the he e entire northeastern northeastern northeastern north north- eastern portion of lava Iowa is half halt su submerged sub sul- merged by the recent navy rains and immense financial loss lossi s have havo been sus- sus Jesse A. A Greg of St. St Paul has returned from the lr district and reports leports great grea t des destruction ruction of ot property prop prop- ert erty rf On fi i Wednesday i Jf n orning V U over V Ci prop I six Inches of rain fell in 0 hours The water formed in the lo until all barriers were overflowed ed and then it ru rushed hed down the creek beds ds and raVines ra I I pouring a great torrent into a stream called the Dry Rock flock running gunning running through Decorah and other towns tons In the vicin vicin- ity Streets Sheets became Impassable and and owing to the high wing wind the situation for three hours was one of or great peril to every everyone one As far as bit bit- Gregg could learn only two Jives were jere re lost A mother aroused b by the encroachment encroachment encroach encroach- ment of ot the water into the house leaped from her hr bed in the dark with her child In m her arms and apparently app went event out doors The child fell into inta the water and In the darkness ts the mother mether was unable to locate the little one one one- who was drowned A large Egg warehouse located lo located lo- lo I a half halt mile from the torrent was as swept s away and an old man enan drowned Between Conover and Decorah a a. distance distance dis dis- tance of nine miles seven sc seven miles of I track owned by the Chicago Milwaukee kee St. St Paul road were washed out Sixteen Iron bridges In and about Dec Decorah Decorah De- De c corah rah were destroyed The stream which overflowed Its banks runs through a portion of the railroad district dis dis- district of the town and great damage w was was done to private and railroad prop- prop er erf erty y There were six washouts between between between be be- tween Austin and Preston on the open prairie Ten miles of track was destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- de- de on on the Iowa and Minnesota division of the Chicago Milwaukee 1 St St. Paul railroad Mr 1 Gregg says the dama damage e at Det Decorah Deorah De- De t orah corah was estimated at |