Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-22
| |pEADwooD's DELUaE.
Hearty HaH u the cay Swept
Away by floode.
COMMUNICATION ENTIRELY CUT OFF.
sr. Pau, Nay "A DeadSood spceix

er. Pau, May IA DeAdSood spceid
to the Roncer.Pfess says;
The most disastroD food thst has ever
been krown in the history OF this section
has Just visited DeadWeod s1d surrounding
country. 1t seemed not enough that for
months past the county has bses dsluSed
with water, causing The greatest amount Of
suffering, and deprivins every city In the
hits OF even the necessities Of lifs on &C.
count OF the condition o. readsaud streams.
On Wednesday the barometer took o sud.
den fall, and continued going down till
evening when q steady rain sst In. Very
soon the snow which had been laying In
the mountains began to- melt, forming
rivulets which continued TO grow every
minute into torrents.
AtIr.H. a telephone message from the
Ten.Mile ranch spprlsed Deadwood that
the
Entire volune sCSasW
from the mountains was moving, and 70
prepare for the worst. About this time
White Wood Creek. which runs through
tine city, LEFT its banks and began its frst
work OF destruction. II increased every
minute in volume, sweeping houses down
the stream and cutting into the bank at
places to depth Of 100 yards Ina few
hours over seventy houres had been
washed awry. But Tor the timely rcws IL
is impossible to say what the number OF
deaths would have been.
Over one.ha,f OF Deadwood II swept
away, fortunately leaving the substantial
portion of the city, on Main street, ttsnd-
inr. The loss in this city IL estimated at
i6t0 oCQ; but even now ID Is Impossible TO
get a definite figure. Bssket comm unicn-
lion hiss been established between the sep.
arated portions OF the city.
The Only Deaths
now known are George Chandler ard wife,
and hired man, and another man un.
known.
All the towns up the gulch are more or
less damaged. All Of Pennington Is swept
away, aro the greater portions o. Crook
City and Spca-iish. The tDtal Losses from
all these cities will be immems. Brfncss
is paralyzcd throughout the gulch. The
Ho.nestske Mine has nire feet of water
over it, and Il is safe 10 say that weeks OF
work will not repair the damage done.
The NJ ines in the vicinity OF Dcadwood s-c
shut Gown. The Golden Gate and Du'h
BEND are washed All the bridge, thrJl.h-
out the country are washed away, and re-
7 Dr,s of disaster sre being received from all
ous-tcrs. Communication 10 almost I'M
DOE sib,e, a. all the Telegraph lines nfO
washed out, and II 10 imposs 'ble to ascsr-
tain the
Amount OF DAaaGes.
Only one telephone line remains and that
10 overcrowded with work. The eniir loss
from this flood cannot fall to reach into tho
millions.
MEAD, DAKo1A. May 2i.--It Is impossible
to describe the condition Of crops between
this place and Deadwood, or TO imagine tho
destitu,ion that has followed tl,s Hood.
The telegraph lines are down, and can't bs
repaired. Men ssnt out 10 day narrowly
escaped drowning, and returned without
success.
RATp CRY, d. T., May 2l.-The disa,'
trous flood OF ..Dcadwood is upon ne. This
city is entirely surrounded by watrr, aud
.u.n, BUILDINGS Will De s"urt swny. ihs
mn3Eid City Valley j. !, more ss bs;r already
been seeded, is entirely submerged. This
amount OF damage done In the valley alone
cannot be estimated. Many Of the houses
up the valley are being washed away. and
probably many lives will be Lost. An en-
tire destruction OF the coming crop may bo
expected.