River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-02


drowned. In Correctionville the water
rose % feet above its normal stage.
From Kingsley it was learned that not
building in Neville escaped damage
from the flood in West Fork, a tribu-
tary of the Little Sioux. All were
moved from their foundation and are
now standing in the streets or carried
far away. Not a word can be learned
from Otto, Smithland and points down
the Little Sioux river
A special from Neville, on West
Fork. which was completely inundated,
says that there are only $50 pounds of
flour in the town. The town is almost
completely cut off from succor Hun
dreds of horses and other live stock
out in the fields in the valley were
fearfully lacerated by the barbed wires
carried down by the swollen torrent in
which the beasts became entangled.
A. w. Thesher, the mail clerk who
went east from this city Thursday
night with the Chicago. Milwaukee 81
ST. Paul passenger, which is now
water bound at Hornick. reached here
Friday and thus relates his experience:
Sioux valley along in the morning There we
were told that we could go no further on &c
count of washouts on Maple river and started
back to Sioux City. When We reached a
point a mile or so this side OF HCrnick
a fash of lightning revealed sea OF water
over the tracks and further progress was i'm
possible so we ran back TO Hornick The train
is still there with the crew and twenty -three
passengers and no prospects OF getting out for
"a couple of days.
How did you get back hereF'
"Wel, got hungry, as did all the passen-
gers. Our rations were rather slim, and so /
made up my mind to come TO Sioux City. l
put my letter mail in pouch together with my
clothing and started to wade. ! waded through
| fully mile and a half OF water between Hor-
/ nick and Hedges and in many places il was
up TO my neck. At Hedges l caught a con-
structon train and rode into Sioux City.
THE low lands are covered with water as
! far as you can see. Field after field is sub
merged and all over the flats the water is
from TO feet deep Ia the first floors OF houses.
| The farmers have moved out 10 the high ground
/ in nearly all instances
Il farmers wading in the water up TO
/ their waists pushing RATS, on which were load
| ed their families and household goods, ahead
/ OF them to the high land. One farmer at Hor
nick whose house was flooded pushed big
hog trough ahead of him In which his wife
holding her baby was seated. He was making
for the high ground near our tain"
SIX MEN KILLED.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. June 27.-The
Patterson Coal Company's breaker To-
Gated at Natalie, a village miles
north of this city. was destroyed by a
/ cyclone Friday afternoon and the fol-
! lowing persons were killed: j. n. Bios
som, Hawley, Pa; j. Bcntly Dodson,
Shickshinny, Pa; Richard Roberts,
Luzerneborough, Pa; William Lodge,
Luzerneborough, Pa; two unknown
! strangers.
Lodge, Roberts and the two unknown
men were skaters and were engaged in
roofing the breaker at the time of the
accident. The other two killed were
carpenters and met their death while
at work on the interior of the
breaker. Shortly after noon the
sky in the north became black
and the darkness grew in intensity.
The men perched on their high tower
gazed on the advancing storm, expect
ing to descend in time to avoid the
rain. Suddenly terrible wind-gust
gathered up the mighty structure as
/ though it were a feather, and, whirling
it around, dashed it to ruin. The men
were mangled almost beyond recogni-
ton.
CLOUDBURsTs IN EUROPE.
BERLIN, June 27.-Great destruction
of life and property by cloudbursts and
thunderstorms is reported from all
quarters. At Coblentz on the Upper
Rhine whole districts are fearfully de
vastated At Ehren the lower parts
of the town and of the fortress
were flooded Thursday night. The
people were driven to the house
tops for safety and the garrison was
called out and dispatched to the assist.
anee of the inhabitants of Pfaffendori
and Horchein. who were in great peri
and distress. All along the Rhine and
Moselle the vineyards have suffered Sc
verely, and great fears are enter
tanned for, the future vintage
Near Wincheringen, on the Moselle,
some peasants, going along the road in
cart, were overwhelmed by cloud
burst and swept down the embankmeni
into the river One of them was
drowned but the others saved
themselves. All the railways be
tween Treves and Metz are inn
passable owing to the floods
Many local lines are similarly OBJ
structed. Early Friday morning 9
cloudburst did great damage to the
Soden medicinal springs, and the vii
lagos of Holzendorff, WernsdOrff and
Murk are reported to have been de
stroyed. Houses, roads, bridges walls
cattle and crops have been swept away
and the inhabitants of those districts
are terror-stricl1en and in despair.
LONDON, June 27.-Ileavy thunder
storms are reported throughout Eng
land and Ireland. Much damage was
caused by floods, and several houses
were burned or shattered by lightning