The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-12
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xhara 40 no train in from Great Falls yes
&.rday. nor will thsrs be any out to-day.
MIN wire was down AL day yesterday. &c
Ahat NJ definite information ~ 70 the
amount of damage done could be secured.
1890 Helena and Butte there were n
or 90 slides, near Bernico, delaying the
north- Bound train about ten hours.
Annarintendent johnson. OF the Montana
snsntraL. reports Prickly Pear creek 4 river
fronn the foot hills to the blum. AL the
varcn bridges have gone between oltvef
md Wolf Greek. the telegraph wlres are
Xnvn and the amount Of damage 10 impos-
sShIs q asceftain. The agent At Wolf
Gresk. s. ii o'clock yesterday morning, said
~ vatsr was two feet deep on thu floor
ma NJ expected every minute 70 see sne
dspot 10, A few minutes later Oil the
Vires broke and nothing more has been
heard from him.. II Mons.ns CensrAl
aither Wholly Or partially washed out. and
Il viii probably BE- three or four days be-
fora trains will BE- running through be-
tVeen Hslsna and Great Falls.
Another land slide occurred near Wickes
M night, but Z force Of men we're on hand
and thu track will b. clear tnis morning.
The Northern Pacific w~est-bound train was
about nine hours late, due to slow and care
MI runripp and not because of any mishap.
West VI here, however, there is . bad wash
IA III Elliston. 10 that no through train
csn ret through. All through business
from the east and also from Portland will
have y 60 BY way Of Logan. Butte and Car
xiEon.
The east track Of the Helena Electric
railway il in pretty bad shape on lower
Main street and Helena avenue, owing to
the rain causing the ground to sink. In
consequences from Placer street to the
Northern Pacific depot the west side track
il the only one used. The newly laid track
st the Helena Rapid Transit company on
Clark street and Harrison avenue held up
very we'll, butthe earth between the ties sunk
out of sight in many places. On all streets
where drainage pipes or sewers had been
but down the earth over them has caved in,
leaving gullies very dangerous for horses.
On HOWE street a gully several feet deep
sinking Of the earth, and q heavy express
wagon which struck the place about the
time OF the cave sunk in 80 far that it had
10 DO abandoned, These caves o place
III every locality and on all sides OF town.
md drivers should be very careful, as the
holes are 40 numerous that the street com
missioner has not had time to marx all the
dangerous places.
Passengers to and from the Broadwater
we're compelled to cover the distance be-
tween the hotel and the motor round house
On foot. Neither OF the car lines could get
beyond Ksssier's. The water from Ten Mile
began coming down in q roaring flood early
II the day. It formed three separate ponds
near the motor round house, one between
each line Of tracks. The n to the south
Of the Montana Central spur lay %stagnant,
gaining steadily. however. from tho falling
rain. This continued until the track OF the
Rapid Transit company, from kessler's sta
tion to within 100 yards Of the natatorium,
was from two to six feet under water. It
49,. Sn~a,a,hlo <n ran tho nAYa $hFnnph IL
and they had to stop and reverse At the
edge of the big pool. which covered several
acres. Passengers to and from BrOadwater
had to walk the intervening distance on the
Montana Central track, which il elevated
and ont of rssch of the food. President
Lawrence. Of the Rapid transit company,
does not think the track under water has
been damaged to any extent, as the water
was still. having no outlet.
Thu Helena Electric railway did not fare
10 we'll at this point. Their track il north
of that of the Montana Central. The water
between the Montana Central and the Hell
sna Electric tracks was constantly recsiv-
gulch howard Ten Mile. When the water
had gotten to a level with the tracks it
broke through the embankment under the
Helena Electric railway tracks, sweeping
away tons of earth. and leaving the rails
suspended in the air. Through this break
VIC Wat6I pOuT6u Out &ClODH SA0 IOW 4huuE
TO the south, cutting paths for itself until
1t reached Ten Mile creek. where it wal met
by a Hood of even greater proportions.
Later in the afternoon a dam was formed
Mt the break and the water again rose to
the level OF tbs tracks, the surplus being
carried off by natural channels.
Ten Mile creek from the electric car lines
looked like a river sufficient to float a steam.
boat. Al many places the stream was cleal
out of its banks, and had spread out into
numerous independent waterways. The
Eeymer raneh and the Chinese garden neal
Kessier's we're both flooded. The latter
suffered most, the garden truck being badly
washed ont by the overflow. Standing OF
any prominent point OF the north side O
Mount Helena the Priekly Pear valley look
like il was interested by streams enough
10 irrieate the whole state if properly dis
tributed. It 10 q sight worth seeing.
Outside of the damage to streets, tn
OF the Davis street flums. At Brecksnridg
street the waters got clear beyond the fium
and people living there managed to get on
of their houses Dsfora they had to call 70
boats.
Reports from Rinini at Six p. m. yester
day were to the effect that that section wa
covered with water. Clarence Aiken. VII
Rimini. arrived q four p. M, being 0
time, He left Rinini at one p. m. N
damage had been done at that hour. Whs
ne crossed the bridge at tbs mouth OF Me-
son 1t was covered with two feet of waite
He had to leave the road at n point O
account of n washout. He says there b,
been a heavy fall Of soft snow in the mour
tasns about Eimini. II sths snow had con
down in the shape Of rain the feod dow
the canyon would have been sometime
onormous.
Gen. W. A. Haven made = very neat ca
0ith Observer Qlass ths rain, and began [