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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



was that in the more hilly sections floods of an exceptionally destructive 

 character occurred. A great volume of water rushed down the steep 

 hillsides into creeks or small rivers, sweeping away bridges, buildings, 

 live stock, etc. 



The greatest losses were at Decorah, Fort Atchison, and McGregor, 

 but there was hardly a railroad line in northeastern Iowa that did not 

 experience damage of some sort. More than 25 large railroad bridges 

 and a large number of county bridges and culvertsi were damaged 

 or destroyed. The water rushed through the principal street of McGregor, 

 flooding stores, and doing great damage. 



At Packard a passenger train ran into a washout, and 16 persons 

 were killed and many injured. 



Damage was so- severe to railroad property that normal traffic on 

 some of the branch lines of northeastern Iowa was not resumed for 

 six weeks or more. It will, in fact, require many months to complete 

 permanent repairs. Losses are estimated to be at least $500,000, divided 

 as follows: $250,000 to railroads, roadbed and track, rolling stock and 

 contents, etc.; $150,000 to the various counties visited by the etorm, 

 bridges and culverts, chiefly; $100,000 to private individuals — stocks of 

 merchandise, live stock, suspension of business, wages of employes, etc. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOB THE! STATE— JULY. 



