Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-02-26

sustain. a. far a. could is learned, is
about q thousand feet of luInisr. used
~ "a platform for loading ic. ou the
river. and an anvil. He may. how
ever, sustain AN sdditionai los. a. the
water falls back.
The park on th. city. front il q
field of IT,. LET, there hy the falling
waters which will probably remain
f"r days Ia come as n monument ~ the
break u upof winter.
The Ch-y.nn. Indian. who had
cainpsd nn the west tank m TIA.
Tongue heard the rushing ,ater and
hied Themselves {" the high lands.
Mr. Mel anna. living ola NaiR street
west of the I.e.toffi-e. ard the resi-
dent. at the other houses ia lat block
moved "ui sunday night aud had
barely time {" II" - before the water
backed up toy the gorge cam. lurriedly
into their houses and covered the
lower ii""r I" the depth of y foot and
more
The residence. pii iii, -ulitll side of
tn, track were, with few exceptions,
pretty well surrounded and la many
instances the water gained entrance.
into th. huti-..
g.. Mclaughlin, Mr.. B'nihum aud
/ Mr.. Anairl were completely washed
ont and the water .t"od knr. d..I, in
F their HOUSES.
Pat Schsili, VIII" run. the section
House. lost over hundred chickens
and a fattened hog which we're carried
away by the water.
tn. store. along the north side II
Maine street were visited by tn. water
ut the last rise Of the river Yesterday
morning aud the scene along Main
street Was QUE ii conimotion and
hustle ~ the merchants, fearing .
greater rise workc,i Ia save their g,H,ds.
Many h,ai-.- ell the south side Vf the
street were likewise drrnched and
both the cellar, of the Fir>t National
bank were filled To- ovrrfiowing aud
remain -" nj the prrsest hour.
The street. we're crowdsvi all day
and night with ,ight-s-er., anxious to
ge. n view Of xll that was going ON.
The Sp-arti-h aud Miles city stage
started cut an it, trip but after going
several mil-s oli returned owing ia
the flooded bottoms
II was reported that the new Tongue
river dam had been carried away, hut
the report was not confirmed.
Leighton. Jordan Il Co.. suffer loss
Ell kloo Z" stock stored ia the rear ~
their building.
Brill 4 O-pUpd lost At their slaughter
house ON Tongue river. thirty-eight
head Of hogs and eighteen sheep.
=. u. Whitehead. Lying on the
south side of the track. had n narrow
escape and with his family sought tho
top of his house as the only place of
safety available. His house va. he
siegsd by the heaviest cakes of Ice aud
ut times he almost gave up. He los,
two pigs and all his poultry.
There were either minor incidents.
many Of which wets laughable and
amusing.
One VI the funny sights and that
|, .s,.l
laughter Was the scene at GtVrge
R.itz's saloon IN Park street, near the
! lut.r-o Ocean. The saloon had. y.
had all the other hou-e. In that row:
three feet 1T water an the foor. hut
D notwithstanding George WAS kept
Y busy all day waiting on customers IN
: their boats a. they came and veal
! aud the -al"on was pretty well
. thronged all day with wet footed
e gentlemen.
e In conclusion there cannot be to,
II much praise aud cre,ii, paid Ia tn,
i many humane and kind efforts Of ,
l. crew ofgentlsm-n who rendered sucl
valuable and timely assistance ~
- sunday night. They were ~ follows
Il 7. II. Irvine, II. Orschel. Mill Rus
Y sell, A. T.. Logan, &. =. Whitney
l. Hugh Early Charley Brown. ) .Silvei
~ man. ID. J. Mcmillan, A. y. Flanu
e gan. Major Borchsrd, &. y. NJ. Tis
ling. Fred SrhInalse There yer
e others. amongst them railroad men
l. whose labor were indispensable an
u whose names could not he learned
" Jailer Conley al-o had Ills efliclsu
/" force Of deputies on hand aud wh
!! watched over the city the entire nigh
&c The water vi the hour Of writing ha
~ fallen five feet and all 10 nov over.
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