The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
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Further Particulars of the Freshet
in Dakota.
High Wind and Heavy Gales on the
Lakes.
Several Vessels Founder and Crews
Drowned.
Further Details OF the Whirlwind In
Illinois.

BISMARCK Oak, May 2l.--A Tribune spe-
cial gives additional facts as TO the iiood at
Deadwood. The heavy snow and floods that
were reported some days ago IN a dispatch
from Stevenson, were at Deadwood. Addi-
tional rain has fallen almost every day for the
past month, making the roads impossible and
saturating the ground thoroughly with water.
This was followed BY heavy fall of snow,
which disappeared rapidly under the heavy
warm rain of Friday night and Saturday. The
gulehes or valleys in the hills are from few
hundred feet to probably quarter OF a mile
wide generally Deadwood is az the junction
OF Whitewood and Deadwood gnlohes. Nu-
merous gulches, in this case, emptied their ae-
cnmnations of water from the mountains into
these two main gulches, and gave volume OF
water that rushed down Whitewood in resist
less force. Central City, Anchor City, and
Golden Gate are on the Deadwood road above
Deadwood City. The greater portion OF Cen-
tral City would be above the flood but for An
ohor City and Golden Gate. There was no es-
cape here. however, as the guleh is not over
six hundred feet wide. The main residential
portion of Deadwood is from one to three hum
dred feet above the guloh, and the main bust
ness portion is above the danger line. The por-
tion destroyed was occupied by cheap tenement
houses, second-class hotels, laundries, small
traders, sporting houses, livery stables etc.
Some buildings we're built over the stream
which, at its ordinary stage, is but a few feet
wide. Its locality was avoided. however, by
Abc nuAuNuti lutpIcHtt iDf ttto udukcI WAS rec
ognized. In this case timely warning was giv-
en- by tho telephone system existing in the
hills, and the most valuable articles were re-
moved. SO far. but three bodies have been re-
covered, but 1t is now believed the loss OF life
has been great. The widest excitement was
only equalied at the time Of the fire. Horse
men We're rushing in every direction, and has
tiy loaded vehicles jostled each other. When
the Hood came 1t carried everything excepting
the most substantial buildings before 1t. The
loss in lockwood will reach S700,CJ0. Golden
Gate, Anchor City, Central City, South Bend
and Crook City are heavy losers. Several
mills in peadwood Gnlch were destroyed, and
the damage 70 the mines by the floods cannot
DO replaced for several weeks. All roads are
impossible, and trains are obliged to suspend
on the railroad because IL is impossible to get
wood 10 the stations. The Methodist church
and the public school building were destroyed
at Deadwood, also Miller's fire-proof warehouse
and Ismans brewery. One hundred houses
are known to have been washed away. Five
lives were lost and three bodies have been re-
Chandler and wife. and man named Brind-
ley. Peafship and Rapid are in broader val
leys, the former from TO IL miles wide. The
flood was not SO destructive there, but the
damage was serious, nevertheless.
ST. LouE, May 2l.-Two more deaths occur
red at Staunton,. H., resulting from Friday
nights storm. Additional reports from places
not heretofore heard from show that the storm
in Illinois was widespread and very destruc,-
i've. Houses and other farm property were de-
stroyed in all directions. within an area OF
dozen counties, and many persons either killed
or seriously wounded. Thirteen houses on the
Greeley prairie, a few miles south OF Murray
vile, were blown down, aud A. w. Williams
and TWO children were killed. Julia Story was
fatally injured, and two or three others badly
hurt. At Pesotum, on the Illinois Central
railroad, several bnsiness houses and residences
were destroyed or badly, wrecked, but no
deaths are reported.
CLEVELAND, May 81. = High winds and
heavy rains visited this section late last night,
and to-day several vee-sls sought shelter be-
hind the ancompleted breakwater at the port,
but no serious marine disasters are reported.
The velocity OF the wind on Lake Erie was %
miles an hour
MILWAUKEE,, May 2i.-Off this port last
night SIX OF the crew OF schc oner Peter II de-
serted the captain, and taking The yawl at
temptsd to reach the shore, thinking the
schooner would founder, but she did not.
They had gone but short distance, when the
yawl capsized, and three Of the crew were
drowned.
The vessel ashore at Bay View proves to be
tho 'sSailor Boy" Her crew was saved.
CHICAGO, May 2l.-The storm ON Lake Mich
igan last night was very heavy. In addition
to the lors Of schooner Jennie Kind, by which
Capt. John Anderson, L. Peterson, A. Hcdg-
son, and j. Christianson, sailors, were drowned,
schooner Ellen Cook was driven over the
breakwater and wrecked. All the crew were
saved except bey
JACKSONVILLE ILL.,, May 21-The death OF
Mrs. DIR. Griffin of Liter, ILL.,, ives reported
this morning, making the tenth victim Of the
recent cyclone DIR. Griffin cannot recover
Two other victims will probably die during
the next twenty-four hours.