Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-25
DAMAGE BY FLOODS
Minnesota and Wisconsin DEL
uged by a CIOudburSt
DAMS And BRIDGES GO.
AtLeast Million Dollars Oan'"Se
Zone + long the St.Croix, Eug alie'
and Chippewa Rivers, ana
Several Lives Known 10
Have Been Lost.

Have Been LOST
Half a million dollars will scarcely cover
the damage done by the great storm 10 Min
nesota and Western Wisconsin. The down.
pour Of rain was the greatest ever known IN
this section Of the Northwest, and in many
places was as destructive as waierspout.
The damage is greatest along the st. CrolX,
EugalIc. and Chippewa Rivers, where the
rise in the waters wLs 50 rapid that bridges
could not resist it. and dozens OF them were
washed away In several places also dams
were washed ont and tho swi t flowing flood
did large damage to business property.
The death list so for Includes five. one be-
ing killed by lightning near Anoka, Mimi,
and another near New Richmond, Wis.
woman and two children were drowned IN
the Eugalle River. near Spring Valley, Wis.
Railway traffic was in a state of paralysis
all day because OF the bridges and washouts
III the tracks. Reports from the farming dis
tricts indicate that the loss to farmers VIII DC
very large. On rolling land the rainfall was
SO heavy as to wash out the tender young
wheat Hundreds of acres OF grain are re-
ported ruined in Goodhue, Washington, Pine,
and Benton counties The potato planters OF
Chicago county also report serious loss. At
saltwater rain fell in solid sheets from IL
o'clock until 3 o'clock in the morning and the
damage done will amount to at least 100000.
AtSt Cloud one Of the results of the deluge
was the drowning of two men. John Mooney
and Andrew Swanbery. in attempting to cross
a rivulet on horseback in the town OF Mindon,
Benton county, lost their lives. The water was
twelve feet deep, and their horses became
mired in the muddy bottom, throwing of
their riders.
At Anoka, DIinn. the Rum River rose twelve
inches There are washouts in all directions
AT Sauk Rapids, Mimi, the heaviest rain OF
the season. accompanied by hail, centered
over the place. The Northern Pacific track
suffering badly, all bridges between Rices
and Clear Lake being washed out. at
Boomer, dam, saw mill. planning mill,
BRIDGES. houses. anl six million feat OF logs
were carried away. No lives arc eported
lost. In that city great damage was done to
streets. bridges, and the railroad companies.
The Wisconsin Contra. tracks from Stanley,
Wis. to Chippewa Falls distance of thirty
five miles. have been washed out. Not u
! piece of track half a mile in length is LETT.
Chippewa Falls suffers the loss OF five
bridges. cutting off traffic with the Omaha
road and the loss Of the gas works. Chippewa
CITY. six miles north Of Chippewa Falls, loses
a sawmill dam, barns, and lumber yards, and
the city is completely wiped out, together
with six million feet Of logs. The Chippewa
River is ten feet above low-water mark
At River Falls Wis. the heaviest storm ever
known in that vicinity struck the place. The
river rose fully twenty feet and four bridges
were crushed and carrsed away in a 'ew min
utes. The residence of Swan Brolander was
carried away. but he with his wife AMI several
small children were rescued through the
bravery of citizens The dams Of the Prairie
and Greenwood mills were carried out, the
large starch factory, owned by S. j. Mealey,
of Monticello, Mimi, entirely swept away,
also Foster Brothers sawmill. Thirty thous-
and dollars will not cover the loss to the city.
At Downing Wis, rain flooded the town. No
lives were lost. but the damage to property
will reach into the thousands.
Lebanon, Ind.-The entire country in the
vicinity of Dover, six miles from here, is
flooded to a depth of two to ten feet rs the
result Of cloudburst. Wolfand Sugar creeks
are raging torrents from one to three miles in
width. The new iron bridge which spanned
the Wolf Creek ten miles from here. collapsed,
the crash of the falling structure being heard
a mile away. Many wooden bridges and
cuvcrts were destroyed and dozens OF small
buildings carried away. The damage to
crops will be large when the waters rec9de.