The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-18
F|[GTS OF THE STORM
o,r Rand of Sheep Drowned i'm
,ho south Fork of the Dear.
born Yesterday.
Drowned-BOOm Broken and
,.u Lpst-RailrOad Tracks
still Under Water.

While a very large amount of surface
for has been drained off since the rain
II csas,d. many cellars still remain
D,dod in all sections of the city and un-
some steps are 500 taken to drain
noter serious effects to the health of
= residents of this city are feared. In
rbauty Town" fully thirty houses are
'a~ctically under water and in other sec
oos the situation is nearly as bad.
rho frog concerts which were at
., rather an interesting novelty have
=, become a nuisance and those who
!, compelled to listen to these nightly
,,uades are praying for the disappear
rs Of both frogs and water.
The latest reports state that nearly all
l. culyerts and bridges on the Neihart
|,,nch are washed away and trains can
nj he run through to this city for sew
Sral days.
Tbere will be no trains to or from
Helena for several days yet owing to the
(~y,ansiye damage to the Montana Cen
r.l track and bridges. For the forty
l,gbt hours ending Saturday night the
otal rainfall amounted to 4.29 inches
Ind reports are being received con
%inually of damage to railroad property,
bridges and other property. The wires
kre down in nearly every direction and
"details are hard to get.
County Commissioner Wegner received
telegram yesterday morning stating
Mat the stone on one of the piers of the
Cascade bridge had gone out and fears
rere entertained for the safety Of that
ktructure. Another dispatch received
later in the day statsa.that the river was
FALLING rapidly and'] bridge was al
ripbt but the crib shohld be filled.
The river at this point was very high
Yesterday being 49, feet above the
HILL water mark of the spring of 1887
iOut the water is now falling. The first
Eran Of the old county bridge was forced
but Of line yesterday by the pressure o.
HE accumulated logs and a gang of mer
worked hard all day in an almost vair
effort to relieve the pressure but the logs
fkep piling up faster than they could be
burned aside. The west end OF the biz
III. N. boom below the city brokt
Sunday and a great many logs went owe
| the dam and were lost. The loss to tn,
company is. thus far, estimated at SO,
200 aud should the pressure against thu
boom increase it will break and the los
will be enormous.
The river in front of this city wa
decked with the bodies of dead horse
Yesterday and it is reported that full.
hNOf them we're swept over the dam
though where they came from no ont
seems to know.
The bodies Of Pierce and McCabe VIII
we're drowned at Cascade Sunday hav
not yet been recovered. They were on
boat capslZcd.
Word was received last evening from
Cascade that a band of sheep valued a
$1,000 belonging to a man named Film
were drowned yesterday. The band Wa,
pastured between the north and soutI
forks Of the Dearborn when the tioo'
backed up the waters of the south Dear
born, ~oyeriowing the land and drowning
lAe sheep.
&c Chittenden. the milkman. los
Two horses by drowning yesterday morn
ing and came near being drowned him
sell IN attempting to get to town wit
hts milk. He drove his team into
Slough and they got into a deep hole
ana IN trying to e~xtricate them he 60
tangled up with the horses, and cam
near being drowned himself. Bot
horses were drowned and the wagon an
Three cans of milk are still in the slough
lhe team was valued at $3.50.