Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-19

estimates it's damage at $4,000. The
bridges across the Eau Claire in the city
are damned into ali possible shapes
Of of ,. house having fioaSed into the beis
pond with five dead persons in it have just
come in Summarizing all the damage
resulting to this town up to date,
from Chippewa Falls to Eau Claire the main
damage is to the mill and numbering inter
ests, though private property. In that section
has suffered considerably At Eau Claire the
city and railroads suffer; the mills are less
damaged It III stated that over 5000 PEG.
pie have been directly injured by this flood,
OvertWenty-five corporate firms damaged, enc
of the principal divisions Of great railroad
almost entirely swept away, one-hfth
Of t. large city submerged dozen and over
smaller places more or less damaged and a
great agricultural region turned into a sea
The food is directly traceable to the cyclone
that swept St. CrOix and Polk counties The
great bulk Of rain did not fall though till
after the blow Of last Tuesday night when
all the small streams in Chippewa and Bar
ron counties north OF here were turned into
rivers and lakes that discharged themselves
into the Chippewa and came down It's course.
No such rainfall has ever occurred in Wis.
consn before since early pioneer days, and
the destruction from wind and rain is unpar-
alleled Nearly four millions damage from
wind and over three millions from water is
terrible record
THE LUMBER INTERESTS
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Special Telegram,
Sept l3.--Fred Weyerhauser, president OF
the Mississippi Lumber and Logging corn-
pany, was here again to-day looking after
the interests Of the company. He states that
there was in the Chippewa 525 900, 600 feet
of logs belonging to bis company, and above
IS 600, 900 Belonging to other parties. Ad.
vices received from Mr.. Irvine, at Beet
Slough, are to the effect that all the logs run
in there thus far are safely cared for. Mr.,
Weyerhauser thinks there is more than 100
0OO, 600 there, an equal number at the Dells
reservoir, and 100000 600 in the Paint
creek dam, and, as far as is known, even
more above Little Falls, filling the mouth OF
Ju1nI, creek and the main river for sorne
distance up tc the stream. No advices have
been received from Little Falls, but MIR.
Weyerhanser believes that everything liz safe
there. The ends Of the Paint Creek dam are
washed out, as is the east end OF that on the
falls here. Mr.. Wey erhauser says that his
company ownedlmproyements worth p4OO,~
900 on the river and lie estimates thai 1t
will cost 1T least 100000 TO make the re-
pairs From - 3 ,OOO to $40, coo will be
smaller dams above he thinks arr pretty
generally gone, out has no positive iufCrnla-
NATION. The storm be believes to have been
MOST sEyEEE ON THE F'AsTEES TRIBuTAITEs
Of the river He has heard from the West
fork and the Court d'Durelle, and everything
is ali right in that direction, bllJ the storm
secms to have been along The East fork and
, the Ilaml eau, where tiiH WateE must have
fallen in torrents ~ Telegram from Hay
ward itates chat no darCage is done there
l. large proportion OF the logs now i'll the
four great reservoirs will be high and dry
when the water falls OF tie 10000, OOC
On the river Nj. Weyerhauser estimates Shat
| fully 3N, 900 900 are SO high up on the
banks that they will have to be
hauled into the river again. Little, 1t any,
this year and there arc enough logs from
| Little Falls down TO start the mills waiting
! their supply from the Chippewa next year
, He lelieVcf' that the winter will have to nc
| occupied i'll hauling the stranded logs into
! the river again and that the lumbermen
| will probably have to do their logging before
! securing the stock for next year. He urges
that this work should be done before going
into tie woods to get another start for next
! winter. With the water fallen no more than
! at tn" present time,
, LOGS ARE SCATTERED ON THE BANEs
! Two ard three hundred feet out OF the water.
/ and high and dry lie does not estimate
, the damage to the Chippewa LAUNDERING
! cornpanv's mill and buildings here at more
! than $4,000, although the yard and sur.
roundings present the solrlest sort OF sight.
| The work of repair Of boiler and OF yard has
| been commenced, but will occupy several
weeks The partially demolished buildings
! will be repaired Some OF the improve nlenta
swept away Were made on the basis of the
! Hood of 1850. and above the high
water mark then Mr.: Weyerh;user slye
that the most serious part Of the whole
affair is that it is almost impossible to pre-
pare against the recurrence Of similar elisas-
ters The food will limit the lumber pro
duction Of the Chippewa TO about 125 600
900 feer on this years stock, and accomplish
what it was no ped to do by the combination
to shut down. The mills axe all more OF less
| injured. but the most serious loss will be tt
the logging company in the damage to it:
| improvements alcng the river A row t1al
recently built av Pike lake, ii Is believed, is AZ
! right The estimate Of {. damage Of f1U0,~
900 is only approximate, and the actual loss
it is not at all unlikely, viii far exceed that
! amount An enumeration Of the losses il
| Chippewa Falls gives aggregate OF about
| 100000 A large number Of stores and res
| licences were either swept away OF damaged
The county board are receiving bids for the
reconstruction Of the river bridges, " hicf
| will be completed IN g. sholt time. The bod
les of an old couple named Rogers who LIVED
about three miles below the city, We're fount
inside their house, which was washed away