Show FLOOD NEARLY GETS TRAIN IN GRASP CHICAGO May 23 The T The e Chicago St. Louis Loui passenger train on op th the Chic Chi Chicago go Alton AIton railroad which w left Chic Chicago o at 9 o'clock had a narrow escape from being wr wrecked at Lemo Lemont t Ill w where er a rainstorm last night overflowed the sewer sewer tunnel I and loosened the rails on on the r railroad bridge ridge A few minutes before ehe train reached the bridge E. E S. S Weimer the ticket agent who had been awakened by the telephone manager Joseph ran down the tracks with a flag and nd halted the train More Jore than a a. foot of water stood for an hour in n t the e town J Ji A A. Stein owner of a bank at Lemont Le Le- mont aided by a dozen other men and fearing the water would wash away two storage buildings carried out a ac c carload d of flour before it could be d de by the water They had just lust completed d their task when the walls walts of both structures fell feU Half Hal a dozen shanties along the railroad railroad rail rail- r road ad tracks were washed way away a and d many of th the buildings in in the town were were shifted from their fou foundations Thousands Thousands' of dollars' dollars worth of damage was caused by the flood |