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Big Storm Floods Elgin Area and Damages Turkey River Power Plant
A severe storm Sunday afternoon brought cloudbursts and a rapidly rising Turkey River that flooded the town’s north flats and centering around Elgin. The Turkey River Power Plant flooded its dynamo room, leaving Elgin and ten nearby towns without light while crews shift to a reserve steam engine. Homes, cellars, and gardens were ruined, with roads and rail track damaged and several bridges out. Drowning reported near Decorah. crop losses are extensive on the lowlands. Memorial Day programs and local social events are noted alongside notices about real estate advertising delays and a local wedding anniversary celebration.
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Turkey
Turkey _ River: Power Company
Elgin
Roland
Center Street
Pleasant Street
Weibel Bros
CG. L.’ Shafter
Toi Knundtson
Otter Creek Bridge
Bander
Finke
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Rudy Lehman
Bucher
H. T. Knudtson
Hans Keiser
Theo Schmid
Warren Harrington
Garber
Peter MacKellar
Frank Greenley
John Berndt
John DeSart
Dan Goetz
Mattoon
Chris Lehman Giem Schmid
John Sutter
Olson
John Gravel
R. P. Strauch
Turkey River
Clermont
Dry Run
Here
Decorah
John Falk
Otter Creek
Wile
German Baptist Theological Seminary
Rochester
New York
German Baptist Church
Ole Mark
Houg
Uar