Adel, Iowa Storm
May
27, 1903
Cloudburst at Adel
Adel, May 27 - There was virtually a cloud
burst here last evening when five inches of rain
fell within one and one-half hours. The streets
were streams of water and people were drive from
them because of the deep water. Cellars of
business houses and residences are filled with
water, seven or eight lengths of rail have been
washed from the railroad tracks and crops for a
territory within a five mile radius have been
washed from the ground. It was impossible for
people to cross the streets as the water was
four and five feet deep. Sidewalks were covered
and much damage was done by the water flowing
into the cellars. Because of the track being
washed away it is estimated that it will be
nearly two days before a train can run through
the city. In some of the lower parts of the city
people are being forced to leave their homes
because of the water. Telephone messages from
all over the country within a radius of five
miles are to the effect that crops are ruined by
being completely washed from the ground by the
heavy down pour of rain which swept across the
country.
Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, IA 27 May
1903
Transcribed by
Ray
Nilsson. Thanks Ray!
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