Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1913 — J. C. Frazee Writes of Peru Flood Conditions. [ARTICLE]

J. C. Frazee Writes of Peru Flood Conditions.

J. C. Frazee, formerly of Jasper county, now of Miami county, near Peru, wrote a letter March 24th to renew his subscription to The Republican. On that day he described a wind storm that done much damage there, tearing down fences, Windmills, small buildings and house and barn roofs. He closed the letter by saying: “It rained all day Sunday and part of last night and is pouring down right now.” That was the beginning of the big flood. He found when he tried to mail the letter that there were no trains running and on March 28t'i he appended another page to his letter and told of the floods. He says the Broadway bridge is gone, the interurban bridge is gone, the one spart of our wagon bridge is gone, the C. and C. bridge is gone, in fact, about all of Peru is under water. Stock and everything in the bottoms that was not moved to high land was drowned. Wallace’s circus is reported to have lost many of the animals. There are no trains out of Peru. Clyde S. Comer wrote from Winchester under date of March 25th, and the letter reached The Republican today, April Ist. He says: “We are having some big rains now and lots of high water with bridges and roads washed out so that school hacks can not get through and there is no school this week. The traction cars have not run since yesterday morning and mail cars had to return to Winchester and give up their trips this morning. Winchester cellars are full of water”