The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19


That part of the North side which was In
undated is a low fat 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
y more careful survey only emphasizes the
seriousness of the disaster. The bank of the
river rises quite abruptly for a few few
feet to an elevation of about one hundred or
70 feet wide back to Forest street, on which
Is the track of the Milwaukee road, and
which lis depressed three or four feet below
the lots On either side. The strip between
this and the river was well filed with popu-
lous shAhties, and when the big rise occurred
Wednesday night the people at first refused
20 leave. When the logs came down. how
ever, and battered ct their doors. nothing was
left for them but to fee. They found
that Forest street, SShich they must cross.
was q 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 q life was lost, nor was any serious
injury incurred. The food made great havoc
with these little houses They were ioated
away Ia every imaginable shape. The topog-
raphy of the land is entirely changed The
drive along the river front is gone, and with
" is annihilated fifteen or twenty feet 81 tthir
rear or the lots. What were fertile gardens
are now beds OF qnicksand and sawdust, OF
ponds and creeks, the whole covered with
logs on which one may walk over the whole
district without touching the ground Forest
street and It's railway track Is piled with logs
Ahree feet aaea sss-S aRwyr could nc
doubt involve these poor people in some
interesting legal complications. For in.
stance, one mans wood pile floats of
TO tho premises Of his third or fourth neigh
Dor; whose will be the wood, and what out
sider can decide as to its IDENTIFY A mans
house floats q block on so and finds m
anchorage in some one else's back yard II
take IL away, can he be sued for ~trespass:
5uch are some OF the problems which viii
arise TO the legal mind
rHE L0ssfs.
The principal loser here is August Huyssen
who owns and rents eight OF these little
dwellings His tenants are all Door. and
mAny q them lose their little all Mr.. Huys
y loss, including his own premises. which
were quite ornamental, will amount *
$4,000 0ther losers In this vicinity on
pouBes and contents are: A. Anderson. 5000
Pierre Neinsger, 5000: CT Sclosser. $500
William Ulrioh, So. 500: Peter Warner
~ 900 On the east hide OF Forest stree,
p the railway track, aud ON cross streets
great Damage was found Tn houses there
were mostly two-story frames ccupied 5,
norwegians and Swedes The p1tncipa
Chris Sack, residence, 5000. William schrie.
ge<. fesinences *53o;J. Repricht, residence, $500
4enct: 500; kdQiph Sasska, residence, $500
yoe hfncnkpele, 500; +. White, residence
$500, q Falls, residence, &7QO< A. Huvssan
(. johneon, residence 500: r. Gordon, real
48ncs. 1900 q II. Rartle, residence, 8I0S: w
8iunaotfrs residence. 500; NJ. Johannes
ssxs oa6 ana foostosy. $4,000; Earsen
Nelson, residence. $500; "A. d. R~osfsick
<eessenct. $500: Mrs Garland. residenc,
fI0Q: Madison hotel $eoos r. Yum. Residence
sLNRa aUock.s SOC William Bachmann.s resi
ufose, %iVn, Anton Never. residence. 500. !,
Gun x~eeiQeurN. $500 r.. Ellison. r~esIienc,