The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-25
WRECKED BY THE FLOODS;
The caab.. and Eject! 81 the :fpn;nad.tioon; ii
Eau Claire EatFly Con-
siderod.
No Business Firms Arc Seriously Affected by
the Disaster Additional List
Of Losses.
Keller work at Home and Abroad Drowning
OF Mr.. David Cover Of saltwater
Minor Mishaps.

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Relief'Work at Home and Abroad-Drovnine
OF Mr.. David Cover Of saltwater
Minor Mishaps.
Causes and Effects If tho Flood.
From tho St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sept IS.
Eau Clair is recovering from the dismay
which overwhelmed her last week; and her
people on looking over the situation, find
That their loss, great as 1t is is not irretriev-
able, and are taking heart of grace to repair
the damage done by the flood It taught
them some lessons-dea1ly, it is true; but the
cost OF which will be we'll covered if they are
needed. Mr. E. P. Putnam, cashier of the
Chippewa Valley bank, interested in many
. large commercial establishments in the CITY.
says to-day, the reason of the great damage
is that the people made the mistake of build
ing on low ground next to the river They
might have gone to the bluff 10 build lust as
:yzll~ AID esfsped, the dIsastss5. IT, the city
nag spent ONE tenth Of tho money in making
streets on the bluff that 1t has in fixing roads
near the river. the population would have
stretched, farther back -.
What will be the permanent effect of the
"A good one We have learned lessons al TO
where and how to build bridges and how to
make foundations. Private citizens have not
PAID 20 much attention they ought to the
city's public affairs and as a result these numer
GUS 10" and fiimsy bridges have been built and
swept away: They will probably now take hold
and advise the council to seq to it that BRIDGES
snail be fewer, higher, and Of better construc-
ZION, and the people encouraged to build farther
away from the river One good result of the
1reshet is that it has demonstrated the strength
OF the dam and reservoir of Dclls Improvement
company. of which we feel very proud. 1t has
been shown that they can hold all the logs that
come down, the only place on the river where
thay can he held, in fact, since the Chippewa
Falls dam fell out. This will give lumbermen
and manufacturers confidence in the eligibility
Of hau claire rs a location for their business"
, ), t.ossES TO trMBERMEN;
while they are heavy arc pretty evenly distr,b-
uted and none Of them crippled as l am in
2 position to know, for our bank carries a num-
Der of them. 1t is the same way with the gem
eral business of the city. While there is no in
surance on damages, the loss in almost every case
is not total and the stability of the houses will
not be affected"
DO you expect much suffering among the
poor this winter account of the calamity?"
NO. The present necessities of those made
houseles; arc being provided for. The repairs
which the food makes necessary will furnish
work for everybody. The mills, too, will start
up in couple of weeks
THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
Speaking of the cause of the disaster, Mr..
Putnam said:
dams up the river were not at their posts when
the flood came, and neglected to oDen the rates,
80 inc water, instead Of being let out easily and
gently, was pcnned up until it burst the bounds
ana came down as destructive flood. II this
charge Is true, 1t shows very serious derclction
on their part.
Losses ut Eau Claire
That part of the North side which was in
undated is low fiat along the river, occu-
pied principally by one story frame dwellings
of poor people. The scene has already been
described in general in these dispatches and
a more careful survey only emphasizes the
river rises quite abruptly for few few
seet to an elevation of about one hundred or
so feet wide back to Forest street. on which
is the track of the Milwaukee road, and
which is depressed three or four feet below
the lots on either side. The strip between
lous shantics, and when the big rise occurred
"Wednesday night the people at first refused
TO leave. When the logs came down how
ever, and battered ut their DOORS nothing was
LETT for thcn, but to flee They found
that Forest street, which they must cross
was rushing river, whose depth was more
than the stature of a man, and full Of crash
ing logs. The crossing was made SUCCESS
fully, however, and as far as can be learned
not life was lost, nor was any serious
injury incurred. The flood made great havoc
with these little houses They were tloatcd
away in every imaginable shape The topog-
raphy OF the land is entirely changed The
drive along the river front is gone, and with
it is annlhiated fifteen or twenty feet of the
rear of the lots. What We're fertile gardens
arc now beds of quicksand and sawdust, or
Ponds ana creeks. the whole covered with
logs on which one may walk over the whole
district without touching the ground Forest
street and its railway track Is piled with logs
three feet deep smart lawyer could no
COUNT involve these poor people in some
stance one mans wood pile floats off
to the premises of his third or fourth neigh,
Dor; whose will be the wood, and what out
slder can decide as to it's IDENTIFY mans
mouse noats book or so and finds an
anchorage in some one cse's back ward. If
the building is worthless and it's owner don't
take 1t away, can lie be sued for trespass?
such are some OF the problems which will
arise to the legal mind.
THE LOSSES.
The principal loser here is August Huyssen.
who owns and rents eight of these little
dwellings, His tenants are all poor and
sens loss, including his own premises, which
were quite ornamental, will amount to
$4,OOO Other losers in this vicinity on
houses and contents are: A. Anderson. 5000:
Plerre Neinsger, 5000; C. Sclosser, $500:
WI William Ulrich, $1,000; Peter Warner,
~, 600 On the east side OF Forest street
and the railway track, and on cross streets,
great damage was found. The houses there
were mostly two Story frames occupied nv
NorweSans and Swedes The principal
losers are
6et. residence $500. Reprictlt, residence, $500:
Pete Peterson, residence, 800; lena Hole, resi-
Geecs; Sl Aao'Gh sasTka $500;
S30o; e. Falls, residence, 800: A. Huyssen.
residence, $500: Lars Nelson, residence, $l IS:
G. Joh.nson, residence 5000; P Gordon, resi-,
klnmctcr, residence, 5000: NJ. Johannes m,
$50: J. g. oIsSn s s"ooc *5o S:'Fe G.
sssids1ce $s% Ms ~ 'sr'snd, n resiSsnas,
SiOO: Madison hotel, 5000: Il. Yum, residence,
800: iuner & Branstcads' store, Ssh 600; Run.
dence. 800; Anton Meyer. residence, Xl(jO: Il
n: Gull, residence, 5000: @. Ellison, residence,
3esisn 19hg Olson n residence $780, f. sobere
MISS bsrE, laundry, 5000; five six residences
near Phoenix mills, owned by Ole Mortimer.
'"f9 hesc o1S re and nn1 others her damaged oys
being great number of little houses demol
ished, the foreign names Of whose owners il
is impossible to obtain correctly much less
to send by telegraph.
on BARSTOw STREET
On BarstOw street. going north from the
bridge and on the East side, losses are:
Ulirich 4 Nygartlis, store, 5000; S. Arnold.
saloon, $500: Nelson Bros general store
$1,000; M. Holmes, saloon, 81 900: Farr Bros
store, $3.50; A. ftalverson, store, $500; S. Strum
SCOTC,, S;DtJO: SINl)SOn IL Co. %@nn. G.
Co.: store, $500: Nelson 4 Palmer. store, 5000:
o. La londe, barber, 800: J. Rosenbloom. tin.
ware, MOO; Frawley's block $500: F. Kemps,
store, $3.50; McMahon & NIcEiroy and
yal; Blum, saloons. each $500: George
Link. b:kerv, $1,000; A. ii, Hoi-
land, dwelling, $500: Paul Bromsted,
furniture, $500: Holm & Thompson. dry goods.
$5OO: Mclntire. groceries, 81 200; H. Schwan,
butcher. 5000; s. G. Posick, gents furnishing,
1890; Larson & Johnston, grocery, $500; ten
saloons. 800 each. Other losses on the North
side were: J. c. Olson, cigars and tobacco $500;
r. Peterson saio9n and .wsing $500
sen. hotel. $500: John + Wilson d,roU