The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-07
HIGH WATER DOWN THE RIVER.
Fortunate Escape of a Private Party
on the Great Northern
Road.
Narrative Given by One of the Com
pany on Arrival at
Helena.

a party of gentlemen arrived in Hell
ena Sunday night over the Montana
Central who had an experience the night
previous they never will forget, says the
Independent. The party was composed
of III. G. Davis, assistant to President
Cakes of the Northern Pacific railroad:
O. II. Ingram of Eau Claire, Wis, presi-
dent of the Empire Lumber company
and of the Eau Claire National bank;
VIM. Carson of Eau Claire, president of
the Valley Lumber company OF that
city; II. IL. Long of Eau Claire: \. w.
Pettibone of Lacrosse, Wis: Major w.
II. Day of Dubuque, Iowa; Messrs. Geo.
and Jas. Dulaney Of Hannibal, Mo-, and
Mr.. |. Oorshel of Livingston. All the
gentlemen save Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Ger
shel are heavy capitalists and lumber
men. and the party are on their way to
the sound to investigate the feasibility
of starting large industrial enterprises
there. They left St. Paul via the North
ern Pacific, travelling in the special car
MInnehaha, which was attached to the
regular train. Arriving at Fargo, they
found they could not get through in
their car, owing to a washout, so On ar
irving at jamestown the car was trans
ferred to a branch line and u up to
the Great Northern, tho intention being
to continue west on that road.
During the past week high water has
been prevalent along the lines OF both
roads, but no great difficulty was export
enced ON the Great Northern In eastern
Montana until Saturday. 1t was Just 10
minutes after midnight Saturday when
Mr.. Davis and his party were awakened
by a jar, and the next moment the car
turned over. Those on the upper side
we're thrown out of their berths into a
flood of ice cold water, and those on the
lower side were submerged. The first
man to get his head was Mr. Davis, who
was thrown into a corner. He got upon
his feet as soon as possible and began to
move toward the rear door. The water
was rushing in through Il broken window.
as well as through the ventllaturs Slow
ly and carefully picking his way alona,
sometimes with the water up TO his hips
tinr he fcet NJ airps+ cverv etan with
hrnknn gI,es ho M last r,.arI,d thn door
EortnpntoIy thn cyr 80 u..lI brilt bn.
IND onn If tho heaviest and hrst in the
,nnrtry In turniry n,nr ,hn hinre
siJn Of door was I'm a,I Mr. Davis
after several nttnmrts .,irnnrInd in rni'
ting bolJ IF tho kr,h and ]uneninT II
pInc;nn a ch.ir nader # en- = ~ kann II
OMEN Ln oct ont and wnnt tn fine [sleeper
diet.nt .hout a Lundred wards III. had
on nnIv n,rbt rnhn and r,s fear wern
o,lt anI tintJ;nr frnm tho;r nortoct w;th
the class and 9th the n%oatin% nart;rlcs
of ;co Some IF tha traInme6 Tool, of
tho garment bn had an and wr.pnad him
in /. Iiankct un Vac 60 cb;llnd hn could
b,rdIv etand and he fant u,oro cnt ca
hadiv ba nouId NOT vii haciy 70 Tho
|, orar;uruo5 min vb;cb bic fr;onds vera
;mnrisoned Inf be Stood m The rear.
niatform Of tbe steamer until thev were
iii rasc,od Thero wora aIaran ~noonla
nitocatber in the nrivate car Mr. Dav,s'
marty and a colorad cool, and norter
! The fist nerson out after Mr. Davis was
thn cook Hn came nm throngh q win
dow with the water dr;nnino from him
Askad wherc tha others we're he renlied.
Lee do only ono dat's saved" Had il
not heen for the self. possession of two
N;ssnnIa rontiam.n md tha hard work
of the fra The rnlored mans state.
ment wnmII bava nrovan trna Amnno
tha rossnngors On thn train wos DanutT
SboriT Wrnds AMI WnI Wurrhy If W;s
so,I. Nr VT 49, snnn .a bn could
aot tbrnugb - window drnnnad dnyn
- 40 in3 cnLd wator in ittn c.r ,nJ
r,an iinr ~ tnn W. ~ w.,;st Lo toil tba
I~nfnrtmTate mnn. Who had then been in
thn watrr nyer bali an hnnr to rI;rh m
~, lie sLouiInra anI in ,hat way thnv