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April Shower Hits Rail Lines and Towns
A heavy April shower dropped 1.17 inches, with torrents flooding fields near Crawfordsville and a washout halting a Burlington line briefly. Temperatures cooled to 37 at noon and a potential late freeze threatens unprotected tomato plants. The Rock Island line near Crawfordsville and a washout near Ainsworth disrupted service for about an hour but no major damage reported.
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Burlington
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Fort Sherman
Weather Bureau
Mr. Sherman
Wronbie
Rock Island
Milwaukee