The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-29
In a Water spout.
from the Denver News. ]

In Water spout.
from the Denver News.l
J Through the prompt assistance Of the
managers of the South Park road, the
damages done to the track in the Platte
Canyon and near Buffalo by the water
spout are speedily being repaired, and
the customary travel on the road will be
resumed very soon. The telegraph wires
are still down, but statement of the true
conditions of affairs have been obtained
| through the medium of the passengers
who We're delayed in consequences Of the
storm. In conversation with a gentleman
who was stopping for few dayssat the
Doardlng-house near the saw mill at
Thompson's, the informant said: "We
had terrible hail storm shortly after 3
o'clock, and stones as big as hens eggs
fell thick and fast. While we were stand
ing at a safe distance from the windows,
for nearly every pane of glass was broken,
We saw remarkable phenomenon, ac-
companied by dull, heavy roaring sound,
! like distant thunder. A large volume of
what we afterwards found to be water was
seen at the top of the mountain, coming
closer and closer, like an immense funnel.
/ As it approached the noise became al
most deafening, and one old gentleman
| who was standing in the door, for we hadV
| all assembled in and around the doorway I
exclaimed: It's water spout!' Out. OF
! the house and up the opposite hill we n
as fast as it was possible to almost Il
summit. One of the parties, who VIZ
farthest down, in terror turned aroul
and'beheld the water rushing and tear
down the opposite side, carrying wit
huge bonlders, uprooted trees and all Sd
OF debris. 1t struck the house and
sawmill simultaneously, and carried ths
| away like straws, not a vestige of eitha2
remaining. We stood there in terror1
long time, hardly daring to speak
word; but finally becoming more used
the scene, we began to look around us
and take in the situation. When the
heighth of the excitement had abated lit :
tie, an anxious mother missed her infant
child, and instant search was made for
the lost little one. After an hour spent in
the water and mud, one of the gentlemen
discovered the infant in a pool, and the Z
stream still coming down the mountain
side, lying close up by a rock which also
supported large bureau, under which
the little one sat in an apartment in
tended tor lower drawer The child
was not a bit frightened, but seemed to
be rather pleased with its situation, and,
strange enough, had hardly scratch
upon it. The joy of the distressed parent
youngster was placed safe and sound in
her arms. The water continued to rush
down the gulch for several hours, and we
had to prepare places to sleep on the
side of the mountain. Early the next
morning l joined a number of men who
desired to reach Denver as soon as possi-
BILE, and started to walk to the train,
about seven miles distant. When We
reached there we found it was wrecking
train with coach attached, and after be-
ing delayed several hours for the wreck
ers to prepare the track, we started on our
way home.
In the canyon the track was also gutted
out in spots, and good bit of it at other
places had the bedding washed out and
the rails twisted. Temporary bridges are
being constructed to facilitate the running
Of the trains. An engine was run into
ditch short distance this side of Thomp-
sons in consequence CT the weakened n
condition of the road-bed. Three fiat cars
were also carried away some 40 feet, with
three men on them, who, wonderful to
relate, were not at all injured; they only
received thorough drenching and big
scare.
arising from this unexpected accident is
the great delay of the mails. There has
not yet been a single mail sent out to
Leadville since the storm, and as conse-
luence there has been great accumula-
lion of matter which will doubtless besa
source of much trouble to the carbonate
camp, as well as to the many towns along
he line of the road. Such an accident is
likely to occur at most any time, and pro-
,ision should be made that in such an
went in future there need be no delay in
he mails.-Denuer Tribune.
REMARKABLE FREAK OF WHIRLwIND.
The Reno New Gazette says: During
he high wind that prevailed yesterday
morning, J. Moorman Cutter started out
With halfgallon of whisky for his sick
mother who lives on Virginia street. He
vas found some hours after, behind
ence on the hill, in an articulate con-
ition. Later in the day he recovered
efficiently to explain the catastrophe that
ad overtaken him. He stopped around -.
he corner to fix the cork in the Jug, and
,hile he was taking Iie measure Of the
rifce tremendous wind came down on
i'm. It sucked the liquor clean out of
be jug, blew it all down his throat, and
1rned the jug inside out. He could.re-
lember nothing more of the occurrence.
To LIVE IN WAsHINGToN.-It is rumored
here that the wife and daughter of ex-