The Dickinson press., 1884-09-20
Losses at Eau Claire.

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undated is a low fiat along the river, occu-
pied principally by one-story frame dwellings
of poor people. The scene has already been
described In general i'll these dispatches, and
q more careful survey only emphasizes the
seriousness of the disaster. The bank of the
river rises quite abruptly for q few few
feet to IN 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
this and the river was we'll filled with popu-
Wednesday night the people at first refused
to leave. When the logs came down, how
ever, and battered at their doors. nothing was
left for them but to flee. They found
That Forest street, which they must cross.
was a 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 a life was lost, nor was any serious
injury incurred. The flood made great havoc
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 annihilated fifteen or twenty feet of the
rear OF the lots. What were fertile gardens
are now beds of %quicksand and sawdust, or
ponds and creeks. the whole covered with
logs on which one ma walk over the Whole
district without touching the ground Forest
streeta and it's railway track is piled with logs
three feet deep. A smart lawyer could no
doubt involve these poor people in some
interesting legal complications. For in
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
slider can decide as to it's identity? A mans
house floats a block or 80 and finds an
rnchorage'in some one else's back yard. If
The building is worthless and its owner don't
take it away, can he be sued for trespass?
Such are some OF the problems which will
arise to the legal mind.
THE LOSSES.
The principal loserhere is August Huyssen,
who owns and rents eight of these little
dwellings. His tenants are all poor. and
many of them lose their little all. Mr.. Huys-
SENS loss, including his own premises, which
were quite ornamental, will amount to
$4,000. Other losers in this vicinity on
houses and contents are: a. Anderson, 5000;
Pierre Neinsger, 5000; G. Sclosser, $500;
William Ulrich, $4,000; Peter Warner,
$1,000. On the east side of Forest street
and the railway track, and on cross streets.
great damage was found. The houses there
Norwegians and Swedes. The principal
losers are
Chris Sack, residence, 5000, William schrie-
be1, re psts e $ ss5i1sIa Repgz zeht fada mcss $500;
5oe se9enk ms 800; F. White, rssidenes''
fssidence $500: Lars Nelson, residence, $I75;;
9. Johnson, residence, 5000; P. Gordon, resi-
:, dencs. 5000: G; H: Bartl s.d residence, sos: ".
$500 co. J. G. Olson, store, $500 d,:iSe G.
Nelson, residence, $500; A. S. Bostwiok,
800: Madison hotel, 5000: R. Yum, residence,
500; Luner d Bransteads' store, So, 900; Run
stead block. $500; William Bachmann, resi-
II. Gull, residence, 5000; &. Ellison, residence,
$500; John Olson, residence, $500. E. Solberg,
residence. $3.50; O.. Hanson, residence, 5000;
near Phoenix mills, owned by Ole Mortimer,
Jacob Lorbe and others damaged over 81 1000.
These are only the principal losers. there
being a great number of little houses demol-
ished, the foreign names of whose owners it
is impossible to obtain correctly, much less
to send by telegraph.
ON BARsTow STREET.
On Barstow street, going north from the
bridge md on the East side, losses are:
Ullfich & Nygardis, store, 5000; S; Arnold,
$500; Mr.: Holmes, saloon, ST. 600: FAR Bros,
store store, $500: simpson & Co.: store, $500; Ide &
Co., store, $500; Nelson q Palmer. store, 5000;
Q. La I Londe' barber; $780, SIcoS J. I Rasenb L Rsn tin.
ssG[e' Bum BGnn' Saloons. each s $500; George aps
1 HiSk. as seEsEs; 5000 $780,: paa a & Bioms He'd,
furniture a1ni $500: Holm : Thompson, dry goods,
$500: Mcintire. groceries. 81, 200; H. Schwan,
butcher. 5000; S. G. Posick, gents furnishing,
$500; Larson & Johnston, grocery. $500: ten
saloons, 500. each. Other losses on the North
side were: J. C. Olson, cigars and tobacco, $500;
b. Peterson, saloon and dwelling, $500; G. T.
sen. hotel, $500; John F.. Wilson, dwell
ing 5000; John Higgins, dwelling, $500;
Mangus Olson, dwelling, 5000 Hugh Carey,
$500; john Gfrnard, dwelling. 800: CASTOR
brothers, boiler shop, 5000; Frank Nc
Donoueh, four dwellings, $1,000: John Britton
hotel, 5000; D. B. Campbell, dwelling. $780,; w,