The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-20
THE GREAT FLOOD IN MINNESOTA.

Immense Freshcts Along the River Courses
Destruction ~ Property and Serious Damage
20 CrOps-Many Lives Lost.
Lemon (snn.' August II correspondence Of chcass
We have had the heaviest rain that has ever bes9
known in this country. The rain commenced On teo
morning OF the 9th instant, and continued moderately
ell four O'Clock In the afternoon when the heavens
fairly opened and the water poured down spon The
and cmptied into the streams. Rivuiets and sprinQ
brooks became rivers Of rushing watcrs Fields .
Or torn GU. BY tho roots oas that wep cut and pui .
shock were noated against the fences, dsmming up -
water ~ force suouS Ss he, . ssssD
foundstonA Stables. with horses farming tools shrss
ing machines and reapcrs-mIlls and dams were z.
down the streem With whole families, most Of whs4
wore drowned. There have been seven bodies fouD4
anl buried Thsy ali lived within six miles Of this p,ass.
There are still I'VE six persons missing
There were several very narrow escapes. One lndy-
Mrs David We,sel-.whosc husband was dyowsed, -
gcher with three other persons that n the hoosD
at the time. chung 10 the bedstcad and after acetine
vo miles through the woods and through acres o. ncse
shore BY the current without scratch, got out end,
aftcr walking all night and part q next day throusa
S Mood, "nS sa 60. shs started n. .
ten o'clock.
hesh, ten O'Clock in the evening and commences
rccesung b,forc twelve O'Clock. Nearly all the people
sbed and asleep although there was consInusl
stream Of lightning and peas OF thunder that shook u
very Garth II is singular how any person could ssstt
but snch is the
One woman, by the name OF Wellington, was found d
the dr wood fer the fallen roof Of her house. in bs
bed, with her little grandchlId IA her arms sleeping t9
'fS sSss Ss sssi; Ssdss trump 'A'A
Collins Hall made narrow escape. He was the own
Of srist mill some three miles from here Hc is nearly
sixty years OF are. He generally slept IN the MILL -
when who ~. syo won't IN Hc WA. Sleeping on tho maid
floor OF the mill and did not awake I'LL The wafer Icaoe
him On the east side 81 the mill there Is high blua
hat IN Will fuAssa u
water then being three feet des.r. and for
Ing perfect cataract Here he kekca 70
passage TO escape this time. bu. the W.
was now eight feet secp forming boiling cauldron ~
would have been perfect madness 70 Try escape hrou0
this gan On the west there was one boiling sheet e
water for twenty rods There was no escape Hc ~
treated TO the upper part OF the mill Al this time the
tanning the speed OF horse The old chung 70 Ne
bolt chest when about eighty rods below whore y
started The min sIsSs large elm cch nr' rs g
the mill He, sim ciingng TO ~ was carried down ne
stream through the top Of thorn trce He now let %
With he escaped to the land where no stayed ui d.
light, when he made his way back 70 view The cola
TT has . raineS every DAY Of las, week, ara
. - q, s, S.sss u ma, s:,y's The
snkls .nsh long The standing whoa, beaios n
moro there VIII be more than ro i.,eo or rous
irop harvested, and that In da,psrcs o,s o. No
rom voc Cnatheid MINI Democrat, Ausu-, 10,
hcs.v rain commenced fsiaR al tl,Is ,a,n, ~ ~
@y sssht lar I'D continued throughout vonday 80
,6uday night lbou. s r.uc c.acs on qas aae
morning Root risr pomis6ced % Gser and IL on. hour
Tits height i presentcds Wild and rnaensr ~ Scns
c water rushing tearing and roaring over ,he cn1
o o rom m,ons min to the highland IN Wet Chss
nca csrryne down N its hav cocks fences cora
nj drft wood TO much OF which was seen clnsIny r.h
blu ra,s, woodchucks &C. all changing tkeJr ise,icI
st ee o Sr ~" u ls' water commenced failing
s a,In ss. THURSDAY evening pretty much within 10
lTe damage 10 the overlooked corn. yolaioes. s,S
,te CROPS, canno, now be es,imsled ,panv ssss,ins
hat 'Q corn WI sralehtcn mp and suffer no ms tsveI
lamyc While others say ~iltbc ruined in copscaucncS
orptou Of wNer n this betrc The oss OF corn IN TIE
allie, will be srmense The damage 10 potn,ors ovsv
ihic The current did NOT directly pass viii probably 10
ghi Grass not yet cnt has been seriously damaged bv
dcnsit NJ sand aud mud among ~ Tnklng II all To-
cthe Oh flood has teev mort DESTRUCTIVE one moro
'hm any thai has ever swept Root river valley be-
To ave some iaes OF The sniienness ar the r,c =
cntlnan who lives above town Informs that Tho rse
liirnaion be bad of tho food was, he heard rosrlps
~ % stepping to the door he discovered rolling
nwn 'srr the bottom ~ least two feet high. The road
ctNc, Tits place and We, Chatfeid vas rendered. I'M
'sssls within tsentyhvc minutes after tho rise had
'mmtced The water one inch and half higher
thii point Than y was during the great freshet "
Trro-n ,he same raper
We stop the press 10 announce that well authcntt
ted report has lust reached that sixteen pers1ns
ere dr,wned IN Monday night last in wesel crrek, n
nsequnce OF the rapid rise 10 that stream. Tie creck
~ through rrcble and Ncvberg townships, 10 the
NV, lfcuding that OF Mr. we-ci by which Nr wclssi
u IN ~ lady and gentleman from lows, who
al TIRE isirest u M inmates q me dwellings, swsps
way vasrut on before the inmates 81 hess
ns cree, y. e !. srt q y ,ss vs -.