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Destruction By Flood And Fire Across Central Iowa
Across Iowa and neighboring states the great flood and fire devastate North Topeka and Des Moines area. Two hundred dead in Topeka. Des Moines reports hundreds ill with pneumonia. fourteen physicians offer aid. Water and wreckage force evacuations. bridges washed out. rail lines disrupted as Ottumwa and Eddyville suffer flooding. Community efforts by Sisters of Charity and volunteers aid victims amid widespread destruction and looming disaster.
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Des Moines
Sisters of Charity
Sixth Avenue
Highlands Park
Crocker Woods
Center Street
Highland Park
Flint
Union Park
Ottumwa
Union Depot
Eddyville
Oskaloosa
Rock Island Road
Gregory
Rock Island Depot
Rock Island
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
F.C. Delano
PS. Estis
Quincy
Kansas City
St. Louis
North Topeka
Kas
Topeka
Kansas
Sunflower State