Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-13
A Destructive Storm.
From Saturdays Daily.

The flood of yesterday was a great sur
prise to everyone. The ram in the city
while severe did not raise the stream and
one looked for the flood of water that
came down Cold brook an hour after the
storm was over. The heavy hail was con-
fined to narrow limits. but extended up
nearly to Custer. From persons who
have come in from up that way we learn
that crops are a total loss. Emory Clark
lost a big gray stallion. which fioated off in
the flood. W. U. Germond's lumber was
all floated off and he says his loss will not
be less than $3.50. Mrs. Phinney's stable
was washed way. with horse. buggy and
harness. which were recovered. The base
ment of the Brennan house. occupied by
the family of David Bailey was filled with
water and hail stones and much of the
furniture ruined. The wagon bridges and
those on the sidewalk in Cold Brook were
washed out and both city bridges at the
junction of Hot and Cold brooks were
badly damaged. The B. & M. bridges are
all intact. except the one at the cold spring.
which is somewhat demoralized. The
sidetrack at the stucco mill was washed out
and the pit at the turn-table is filled with
hail stones. while along the banks of
the creek there are great drifts of it. The
flood washed a great deal of mud and
debris through the plunge, but it is being
cleaned out and will soon be in shape for
bathers. The dam that turns the water
into the fiume was washed out, but it is
being repaired and the pump for the
water works and power for the arc
lights will soon be running all right.
The bridges on Battle Mountain avenue
and the one at the Buffalo Gap lumber
yard were both completely wrecked. Mr..
Silkenson says that between $4,000 and
90. 900 feet of lumber were washed away
for them but as it and the bridges from
above are all lodged against the bridge and
fiume near the court house it will nearly
all be recovered. The house used by the
Hot Springs B%ottling works was tipped
over. but the machinery. bottles and fix
lures were all gotten out. The props that
supported the flume gave way and it sunk
down some five or six feet but men are at
work jacking it up and it will be ready for
use as soon as the dam is in. The greatest
loss was the big stone bridge. The gorge
of drift just above. turned the current of
the stream and washed around the north
end of the bridge and it soon commenced
to crumble away and was soon all gone.
1t was put in last year by the city at a cost
of about $1,000. One of the foot bridges at
the Union depot and the one at the power
house went down on the black current. AT
the Catholicon the sidewalks and bridges
were all washed away. A number of the
bridges on the Elkhorn between here and
the falls were somewhat out of line, but
were soon repaired. The n just this
side of Evans quarry had the underpinine
washed out, but Supt. Harris and Bridge
Foreman Mari were on hand this morning
! and will have it repaired so that trains car
go out on time this evening. A transfer o
mail and passengers was made there thi.
morning. The damage at the fiume ane
power plant was very slight and can be re
paired in a short time. One of the county
bridges across Fall river. put in by job,
Boyer was washed away. A number o
the ranchers down the river report calves
pigs and chickens taken down the stream
On just such occasions as these the en-
ergy and push of our citizens manifests it
self. Mayor Evans, who has had much Il
contend with lately in the management o
the electric light plants and other enter
prises. declares that in a few days all dam
ages will be fully repaired. The Buffal
Gap Lumber Co.. the Bottling Co.. Stree
Commissioner Curtis. the railroads. tn
C~hautauqua managers and in fact every
body who has sustained any loss will 500
have things in running order again. ]
was a { disastrous flood. but in ten days n
one would know we ever had it. 1t wi
at least give employment to many working
men for a few days.