, 1869-09-30
GREAT FLOOD 1N.sHEBRAsKA,
Ammepae Destruction OF Property
Four EloufiuK mills swept Away
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The L,hIe B.us pnhatahed 3. Jenkins aiilla, Jet-
fersGn County, has 3uat been recesyed, coneaEnlox
MnA I1Ss1 County three xetks ago, Mefe ruuess
~ tlsa.isF iha zi Ssss aeeoaas entire R 10 s; oar
aP7adaJ e7eninz. September 3, this vicinity was
visited b the heaytett ra!o Of the season. Tbs
a down Il sassa assbs as ess @
wAfer. We had nnt1e .Asran9omthts to STR, for
Lavrnee. Kaasa1, 70 at'eLh he sssse Fair: eus,
on getting up. AZ 3 n, found Il Impossible to
u, raiued more Of lees III day ia s4susaas, Sas tho
xiIer I'D not rasse out little 9ome entertained
neces 1nat + had not tains! much @ above. mud that
tnla belief, and, IN taa evening, went to D. e.
Jepkibs anu wanted lantern. thst ws might
watch the progress Of the E1se. We told him that
1t would not fntpftsc us to zee The ERtef coTtr
E1unt street, We Htse lauRhel II, aud hsd nlnost
come to thlnk our lean geuuadlest.
EotnS sf II hsses tss Mss5 ta,s
water would Rot get above the high waser m.rk Of
two weeta ago. We With ottler1 tarnw on our
coat and vent to work On tic lesec. IN or1er to
tsns esue aa.a tha livtv sa.l resoTsed tae eot-
down IL roi:s. Wc lad 10 walt but = tew moments
70 zee 1t eomiuR doEn IN . hodr about foux feci
high. and twetptnF yses1'h:ng betoEs II. EverJ
tho ianber aad logs aoout tue mtil but Il was Of
no 'AyaI-aln.0st cvcr5 thug was carried away,
nn6 the water a'ood n'ieet feet higher taau It wai
"Sheat ttacs4 wefa swept past like lightning.
Hay stacks were turn And Scatter,sl orer the va
~ were eoVste n sasef rsrs eaa
carried ava! With their contenta; ueo, woman
aLd Children ,rarrly made tneir escape. Cattle,
essis tSns9 VA eitscs rosned Or essod aasy: ~:
crops Of ntarlt MI tho Elb1kaFtca uf kha Bl1a
.sTe = Gss'ro,cn T.. nn,e M Creek M xa1 sssPt clean ot
wss tart,<d oo,, anu i ,ots, 1os.. va hava aot
1tslled ia csllauatti va.ue, bot It's foas 70 that
'esspo Ts q fT saan,fE q :. ssss
!he rtset f.au. shts r!see. "a. covered xth w1.es
10 The urPsh Of eight aad ten frrl. The wagons,
nSnEsses ls.Se:t hey s'asss M ta ssss stss,:
81 Iaas +. ART III, Jsmrs Fsszes'. is.s % csasas
" KS. ttau at.rN'. .hilc m.n, ollrr r!!'xtns
were heaFI lottsA We have nat tx. n Hsas 10
We caunut s,1su tho :o4s of MI, ar - 'nposst.
bss for e* 70 &c. s.,ea. 10 ses. VI ii: ~ u,rs
at Al least s!.m*. LIS 'oes ii .hr Mill u
aaPszs Saesssr, a0ps T. H. H. sas IT, sS:s sss.ss ss
covtrtd frnGt street from enh 10 end. hus lii uot
!. a4heA The stree, ont about eighteen frrI deep
iasse Cd lie south .lde q tae f,vcs u ssae. aaa
MIL rutt lsro or 3IWu 10 repair II
The school house on the bottom above tae
,soEn, s siac4c9 y ~ s;qpte,xa n.s !rst alose
"Tha Lattae G1h< once was can,psetelJ 4ur-
rounded bJ waller, and 10 camu to the conc}uiiou
10 dispense With this utllnt,ef uf ouf paper p, 10
damage Was dotc to the once.
I'VE hare net up to the present t.Gc heard ot
cation ei,het up OF doru The sisez- We lear that
where the hond caught people IL the night We
viii hear Of song beng dsoWnsd.
this place Is estimated At ssn ooo md the los, te
thls vicinity l. light compared xtth nome others
great inmsSc. Plenty Of ererythios has neea
| raised, more ahau would have been consumed,
but Il u s*ept aEay. and the fafusr to.day looks
LAWYER ana pstnss. looking ~ thct do to tue lnr-
ners lot srp1o!t hire now to turn their attention
hops s5 81 II he able 10 rse
more accurate account Q! tne 1ossca In or s!cfu-
~: Ke feel satisfied that We do not oser.es,I-
mate ne ioss on tas Ltls Due aud ia ubatar'ca
| Eo learn that the wst.rs have been equally
hteh 10 the streams south Of q. IN kanstA Re.
| a.d the sEwmnl ef J. K Hoiio1eii, on M,t CreeK,
Karsaz, haze so.n been carried %. We do nos
Know hb* true this report r. tut nc do not doubt
us 1ruthfuire*s Il The waters were as nigh thcrc
| as here. As Near as .e can a5ceItaiu iron our
vep
! ing Friday night 1t seemed to Us that the hear-
/ ems creued and poured one ceaseess strean Of
[ Streams TINT were never known 10 hare more
/ thAn a foot OF watcr In them, had ten to Eileen
iett, and wafer could almost be seen standing On
.s:1es tne asoys vas pnt in type ve ar Il.
| tbs county, are both gone. We havrro {ei
trota Wster1lle tells u that tho sailroat bsidse
| across the Blue. At irwin, was reported washed
| away: The ortise is eain 10 be sixty fee. aeore
There ,s no property left. We arc informed. on
Rose Ctcrk. This creek was shlcSlY sett.el, and
had the Gess grain on 1t Of any atsea1 iu Sauthcru
| NelrakEa IT Northern hau34.
| "NooS-So ucxs from above yet No tsarel
! up OF down the r1tet. We learn today IRON far.
| ncfs who hare been a. x0fk among the s:acks OF
wheat not washed away, that 1t Is ail spoiled +.
ibf TO the water WORKING upksrd talolxn them.
! . The ieSec on the south side Of the river It
| th!. place has been cstrrici away aud channel
Wider ihnu that Of tho river washed. 1t Wilt cost
! st least E, 2,G0 to nra;r this bseaE
we lesrn from PARTIES 1ass IN from the BIZ
Hlae that there vas no 1tse IN that streAm- Tn1
llle Hiytr, Mn md took Crteks, not extending
| Lor'h OF thc Little l;lue-
Ny. John Muceeua, lrst 10 tsoca a,aare, re,
| f6rts M1tka Touring mill, on Rose EEteE, gone
This takes the last rauz,nx E1tI out Of tAs g. IN
trE, mating fors mills gone.
."EFer5 minute brings us freas, tnte!l!-c7ce o
ae e1s ~esi e :ns Ut ~ ss sna s9s ssise eo
| rect account. ta0ugh ne expect that II will be al
most impnssioEe for us to do so.
nunbes Of tpsns Of horzes ~err drowned %atarda!
nleht aDd that tae R&tet stood b. actpal measure
u.ert fhfstJ. Elk feet deep. Rose Creek Is II su,A
stream. AID Was Ecret before, slnce til selten1eu
hsrt r,-en more than eight or ten leeL
"Jott A. We 10 70 presa We learn Of QUO jAasl
areEsns ssar. .sar e sna OF " snas so9u
nu nGst OF teat1t lFo EnlnH.