Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-05-26

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ther spread Of the flames Severa
times the court house was ablaze, and i
was only 10y almost supernuman efforts
Of a few citizens that Lawrence count,
has court house to-day.
SAD DEATH.
Mr.. Chandler, the owner Of the tol
road on Whitewood. who with his wife
lived Just at the mouth Of Gold Rui,
alarmed at the rise Of water were tryin,
to remove some articles Of funiture
being assisted by hired man named
Gustof IIalhuton. and all three were in
the house when the food struck it, over
turning it and consigning all three to 4
watery grave.
The body of Mrs Chandler was found
Friday morning below Elizabethtown
frightfully bruised, her head being ter
ribly lacerated. having two gashes that
seemed to have penetrated the brain
and the body and limbs were badly
bruised and the clothing all torn off
A body, supposed to be that of Mr..
Chandler, was found Saturday morning
short distance above the falls on
Whitewo ood, six miles below town, in a
pile Of driftwood. Nothing has heard of
Hulhuton.
The loss in Deadwood is said To be in
the neighbornood OF half a million, but
as yet the exact amount cannot be ar
rived at.
CENTRAL CITY
suffered quite severely, the damages ex
tending all through the town on the fiat
from the upper part Of Anchor down to
and through Gayville. Nothing but a
dreary waste being left in the track of
the water where once were business
houses and residences, quartz mills and
other costly improvements. The rain
commenced Thursday night about mid
night and fell in torrents for about thir-
ty-six hours, falling on four or five feet
Of snow OH Bald and Green mountains,
and it did not take long to send the
the fiat extending through town. Be-
fore daylight Friday morning great
crowd OF people were out trying to bulk
head along the north bank to prevent
its being washed away, but were not sue
cessiul, and about three hours later the
disastrous work began. The main street
Of Golden Gate was qui ,kly transformed
into the main channel Of the creek, and
two hours sufiiced to carry away nearly
all Of Golden Gate south OF Main street.
1t is a mile and a half from Anchor to
Gapville and all along the south bank of
the stream is swept away, many families
being left homeless and without the ac-
tual necessares Of life. The few homes
left were made shelter for ali they
would contain and for those who could
moi be thus acconinl oda:cd ether ar
rangcments were made.
The Times says that not less than
seventy-fve f,milies are left homeless
in the town Golden Gate alone, while
many more may be counted in Central
and South Bend, which is almost entire
ly washed into oblivion.
The mills are all shut down on ac-
count Of the destruction Of water bitches
and some of them will never be started
again. Some time will be required be-
fore the machinery in any of them can
be set in motion. The loss at the De-
Smet is large, bitches being washed
away and shafts filled and covered, cut
ting off bedrock water, mining and mill
timbers. The Great Eastern also loses
largely by the filling of fshafts, etc. Geo.
Cassell's mill and water ditch are de-
stroyed, as also the A. p. Moore and
Anchor mills.
Almost every building in South Bend
was washed away including the Occi-
dental hotel and Phillips grocery store
LEAD CITY
escaped without food, as it is built
above the streams, but the rain came
down in quantities heretofore unheard
Of The Homestake mines were liter
ally drowned out, the pumps not being
able to carry one-fourth Of the water
Saturday the pumps were taken out and
nothing but good weather can start them
again.
sTURGIs AND sPEARFIsH
had about foot Of water on the main
streets but no buildings were washed
away at the former place, at the latter
several residences, barns and ware
houses were carried down the creek and
considerable live stock was lost.
AT RAPID
several houses situated on the fat close
to the creek were surrounded and par
tally filled with water, among them
being the residence Of Messrs. Rosen-
kranz and BloLsoe on lower Sixth street
They were abandoned, however, in time
to prevent any great damage to furni-
ture.
RoCKERvILLE.
| All the dam and seven hundred feet
Of the ffume Of the Black Hills Placer