The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Torrents Of Rain! Greatest Waslouts
Ever Known in this Section.

Torrents Of Rain! Greatest WaSllOuts
Ever Known in this Section.
The rain commenced about six
O'Clock Saturday night and was not
realized us being very serious at first
ut this place; but before morning re
ports came thicker and faster telling
Of the great damage done to the
roads-bridges and culverts, dumps,
etc, being entirely gone. Between
So. Heart and Beltield and again down
New Salem way there were cloud
bursts which inundated large tracts
OF land, carrying all movable objects
i'll it's course to the streams and
ravines. which were quickly filled to
overlooking. At Dickinson the rain
was nothing so heavy, though u great
quantity of moisture fell. The extent
of the storm east and was from the
Montana line to Jamestown-25Q
miles. 1t rained again Sunday night,
but not to add to the damage already
done, except to delay work and make
it most decidedly uncomfortable fol
the night crews trying to patch up
washouts and make it possible fol
trains to pass. Commencing with
the storm, trains were laid out for 4S
hours-longer on the east end than
the west. The first passengers came
from the west, three in number, Mon.
day evening; Tuesday morning four
of the west-bound passengers pulled
into Dickinson one after another,
bringing to Il citizens their mail of
two days accumulation.
Generally speaking crops were not
damaged by this deluge of water,
farmers and stockmen comparatively
loosing but little from it, but the
Northern Pacific got it heavy.
Between So. Heart and Beltield q
dumps, from 4 to 8 feet high, were
washed out OH an average of 600 to
800 feet in length. East of Sully
Springs a l0-foot dump, having Is.
inch tiling. was taken out Il half rail
i'll length. Near the west switch at
Sully Il 2O-foot culvert was washed
out, and ut Scoria IL l0-foot fill was
partly cut away. AT Medora the dirt
was washed away from the piling at
bridge No. 246. The water was up IL
feet and flats were built in order to
stay the bridge. a little west of Me.
dora IL culvert carrying 3O.inch tiling,
which was only completed on Satur.
day night, was completely taken out.
In the bluff at the Little Missouri
there was Il land slide of 500 feet,
carrying the track toward the river,
and just around the curve bridge No.
$50 was injured.
On the east end of the divis ion the
washouts commence ut New Salem.
taking Il l6-foot culvert. At Sedali;,
bridge No. 4l.-ll2 feet was carried
out, leaving as Il monument of the
place an SXS stone arch. Half IL mile
cast another bride was washed out
and four miles east still another.
The bulk head of bridge No. 80 was
taken out and is feet of dump. DE.
tailed particulars are not ut hand of
the damage done further down, but
it was heavy near Sweet Brier, and a
great deal of injury was done to the
grades from one end of the division
to the other.
j.. G. +. Parker had the Missouri
extra gang-35 men-on his division
81 hours and the same number of the
Yellowstone division mel for 8 hours,
and Is section men "a hours. Fred
Rau worked between South Heart and
Belfeld Sunday with 8 men from the
middle Of the afternoon till | O'Clock,
when j. j, Coughlan came in to assist
with is men. On Tuesday Parker
worked on the same washouts with sc
men and again Wednesday with 40
Five c%arloadsof ties were used fol
curbing between these two points
besides a great deal of other material
j. B. Kelly had Il Dakota division
crew on his end and 4 or S work
trains.
The expense of repairing will he
very large, and it will require two
months to put the roadhed and
bridges in as good shape as they
were formerly.