Show CENTRAL IOWA HAS A SEVERE STORM streets of several cities flooded and crops washed out steeple ot church split by lightning acs monies la june C central iowa suffered last night from one of the be verest brainstorms rainstorms rain storms experienced in acara damage was done to highways railroad tracks and buildings as veil as to the growing crops corn in many places was washed out webster city reports a high wind following the rain the church there was struck by lightning and the steeple split from top to bottom reports that the corn planted on the slopes was washed away and mill require replant ing the track between slater and ames on the northwestern settled considerably sider ably owing to the fall of balei and trains are ordered to reduce speed at clarinda 24 inches fell inside of three hours while in des monica inclines were recorded by the weather bureau in this city alio paved streets looked like rivers and it was with eoina difficulty that the sewers were enabled to dispose of the surplus water |