Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-26

many lives have been lost. The mouth
| OF the canyon is fearful to behold.
| Furniture, buildings. in Fart and in
whole, wagon-beds. and drowned ami
mails, are all hcapcd i'll piles about the
| valley. \ number of bodies have
been obtained at this point. and it is
thought that to-day many more will be
discovered. Ii is thought that some of
those swept away have been buried in
the sand, and il will be several days
before the exact loss OF life will be
known.
Among the saddcSt of the sad occur
icncCs that took place was the drown
ing OF Mrs. Broy. With her husband.
they were in their house when the
seething torrent burst in its fury on
them. They endcavorcd To escape. but
i'll vain. The support 10 their house
soon gave away, and with the others il
iioated down the stream. Rushing
from the doomed house, they made
one frantic effort to reach Il place of
safety. but the rushing water met them
on every side. Locked i'll each others
arms. they We're carried Oh until the
relentless waters separated their. bear
ing her litelesS form down the CANYON.
Mr.. Broy WAS rescued by some China
men near the Eureka Consolidated
furnaces. But a few short weeks AGO
they were married: Il happier couple
did not. exist; to-day She i dead. and
he, craZcd With his loss and suffering
from severe injuries, is not expected
10 survive. Their welded bliss was
brief: their happiness short-lived be-
fore broken forever.
suci.iaIts.
Frank Cover, Il Canadian French
man, late of Bullion>ille. Lincoln
county. WAS caught in Il building above
Bateman stree, and tloatcd down be-
low the Mammoth Corral. where he
WAS rescued. badly bruised though not
permanently injured. He says that
for a great part of the distance NEARLY
Il half milej he sustained pretty much
the whole weight of the roof OF the
building on his back.
Mr.. Brooks. carpenter. attempted
to il1c frCn ,IeS>c Bi4ciow', carpcntcr
shop. but vas ovcrtakcn by the cur
rent and borne down to a poin; near
the residence Of Nac Diamond. where
he vas dragged ont in Il helpless con
dition. Proper rcstora'ives. however.
We're administered Ivy kind hands, and
i'll a short TINE he WAS around a>
usual.
Robert j. Reid. the we'll known
blacksmith, and Jimmy nriscoll of
the Virginia saloon. each made nlr-
row escapes. Both Wcr, attempting to
save properly i'll the Vicinity of MIR.
Browns Restaurant, Oh North Eupl
street when HEY suddenly found
them-clvcs surrounded 10y the torrent.
ihav clun@ 10 Il fence on whiti. was
erchCd two other mon. Soon Il house
came sweeping along knocking the
fence down. ncii and Hri>coil got
hold of portions of Buildings an W,rn
carried away on the bosom Of tire rYg
in- stream. Eoth were finally re-
cued near the Consolidated furnace.
neither being seriously injured. The
other men WHO We're on the fence with
theN are supposed 10 have made their
Nay To Il place of safety before being
caught by the strongest OF the current. /
Hr. Nc~hit ca1ue very near losing his /
life. He AMI \. &. l.1tSun Mere IN Il
building to-settor south OF Batcman
street. Both attempted to e. ape about
the same time. The Doctor made his
way To the corner Of In eniun and
Bucl streets, and hy the all of parties
n that point WAS safely land d. lie
lost everything in the Way OF wearing
apparel and furniture. The liIclc~S
body of Mr.. Ia.SCn was found over a
mile below town. Colonel Ray picked
up at the lower end of Main street a
case of surgical instruments. when j.
doubtless the properly OF Doctor Nc>-
bill.
odd man Duncan. the auctionccr,
WAS washed from the bridge ON Clark
street, between spring and Bucl, and
WAS rescued with great difficulty.
Dawn sew Work Canyon
The terrible avalanche of water rushed
on is course with Il velocity fearful to
behold. At the silver King mine.
uWnei by Wit,cnhcrg & MeuIe>. the
shaft. 10 fee. i'll depth, was lilled with
Watcr. the men ri work scarcely hay
iug time to reach the top before The /
Wa:er rushed in. All the ore ON
the dumps WAS washed down the can
yon.
Three miners at worl, in the Gonlcy
mine narrowly escaped with their /
lives.
The cabin occupied by the work
men engaged i'll laying wa'er-pi pipe !
WAS washed away. the men losing
everything save the clothes they had
ON.
The reservoir of lIarru}'s water
works fortunately escaped injury. rhe
pipe was torn away III several places,
hut can I've replaced in a day or two.
The wagon road in the canyon j. At
present i'll an impa~>thle condition.
Grra' howltler> washed from the
mountain To = are scattered over it,
and in places is so WAS, ed away that 4
new roa Will have 10 he contruc.cd.
Roger l,otinet;c, rcpre>ea 1 IKE Of
the press aai i man OF fine literary at
tainmcn!~, is AMONG those who I've
came Victims of the flood. He was
IAN iins in the rear oriiun of II build
in on Hliel >irec,. Wt,ch!nr HE water
when the building WIS suddenly T
swept away. lie made Il heroic elior; /
10 escape by the front, bat the mount
ain OF sur-ing wafer batl.oi all at
Temps. He WAS washed doWn The +
street, struggling i'll vain Until over I
como. he iloalel hc)plcN~ly on. Near |
the Cou,olidattd furnace party ot !
men secured his body before life had
become CNiiuc;, but lie l:cd i'll q few mo- !
mems after b2ing rescue |. He intend |
ed To leave last night to join his moth |
or in san Francisco. To-day the iele- !
graph Will carry 10 her the death of ,
her darling boy. whom she expected !
soon To see, and in her sad hercaNe-
!. cnt we oNt,nd our heartfelt sNma- |
thy in his her hour of a,llicliun.
JIme> Calvin lost his lie in attempt |
ing tu ,eScue i woman and child from /
the torrent. Calvin was pioneer of |
this section. OF late he had been pros |
lecting in Antelope district, Where it is /
presumed he had extensive interests. |
J. w. MtGearN, a carpenter, whose |
body has hot We, been recovered, w2s |
in the ac, of driving the last nail in |
new building for col. o'Reilley. a the !
laWcr enc of town. when lie MAS swept /
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