River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-17

Gam III Is an lhOuOrOuS ana unSlgntly
site.
Chas. Eichmann lost his cow and
chickens and some other articles of
value. His dog survived and its bark
is as numerous as ever.
G. E. Pratt & Son had 10 hogs in the
yard at their slaughter house above
the mill pond. The yard was flooded
but the hogs survived.
1t is said pair of horses with har-
nesses, neckyeke and wagon tongue
we're seen floating down stream be-
tween and o'clock in the morning.
The plat of ground adjoining the
river east of the Omaha depot that a
few days ago was so level and green
and beautiful is now desecrated with
mud and shale.
w. E. Tubbs' new boat-house and
boat are somewhere among the other
floodwood Y the ; !thwest and it will
cost VIII .rd or any other man sixty
dollars to replace the outfit.
Sven Brolander lost one horse. one
COW, his wagons, buggies, sleds, har-
nesses, much of his household furni-
ture, hay and feed for his stock and
most of the family clothing.
Chas. Eichmann has moved into
Mr. Evans house on the hill where
he can look down upon the river and
feel safe from any possible encroach-
ments of its terrifying waters.
The grist mill in Clifton Hollow was
damaged by the high water to a con-
siderable extent. A part of Judson
Knights dwelling house was torn off
and carried away as was also his stable
and three horses.
The river encoached upon the r. r.
track at the Maple street crossing so
that it was necessary to move the
track further west. This was done
before Wednesday night SO that the
train came up to the depot.
The only wagon bridges remaining
across the Kinnicklnnic are the one
near Clint. Williams place on the
upper river and that near Geo.
Chinnock's. The latter is not pass
able from the washout of the eastern
approach.
Sven Brolander had black COW tied
to stake on the night of the flood.
The next day she was discovered
feeding quietly on the luxuriant
green grass below the falls in the
Foster boys pasture from which she
was easily rescued.
Lightning struck a chimney on the
south side Of the Gladstone hotel
Tuesday night, dislocated little
plastering and mildly surprised the
occupants. No other damage was
done by the bolt which seems to have
been paratively mild one.
The slaughter house of A. w. Kaler
near the lime kilns below the falls
was carried away with all its contents
consisting o. dressed beef, hides, tai
low, TOOLS and furniture. Fourteen
hogs were also swept away, four of
which have been recovered alive.
N. A. Thelander has long been a
breeder of fancy poultry and took
much pride in securing and propagat-
ing the latest strains. He had extern
sive yards, coops and houses on the
flat. His entire outfit is gone and
the loss to Mr.. Thelander is a heavy
one.
The iron bridge of Maple street lies
POO feet below the street in tangle.
The abutments and piers have disap-
peared. The iron that formed part of
the bridge ON Cedar street is twisted
out of shape and lies stranded across
the stream near where the old foot
bridge crossed.
Two young men attempted the
rescue of Bolander's family in stock
water tank, but as the thing was
constructed for the special purpose of
holding water instead of floating the
tendency was to sail wrong side up.
The boys abandoned the refractory
craft with thorough drenching.
VIM. Messenger from Osceola was
stopping in the city Tue sday night
and had put up team of horses in c..
Krauth's barn which was carried away
in the flood. 1t was supposed the hor-
ses were drowned, but yesterday it is
reported horse answering the descrip-
ton of one of these was found out on
the South Fork road all right.
The bran house adjoining the Prairie
Mills had narrow escape. The post
under the northwest corner was car
ried away with the flume on which it
rested. The flume broke apart be-
tween this corner post and bhe next
support which was partly dislocated.
1t seems the weight of the building
resting on this end of the fiume next
to the mill prevented the water from
carrying it away. So the flume saved
the bran house, the bran house saved
this part of the flume, and both to-
gether probably saved the complete
wreck of the mills.
Besides his ice house and ice, Coley
Krauth suffered the loss of fine colt
drowned in the pasture of G.. L. Pratt
& Son. He had span of horses
stabbed in the barn near the depot.
The barn was locked, the horses
tied to 2. two-inch plank; they went
over the dam with the wrecked barn
but came home uninjured in the
morning with halters and parts of
the plank. Carl Krauth lost two
valuable cows and most of his
poultry. There were also several
buggies, wagons and sleighs, and
much other property in and around
the barn all of which was lost.
SPRING LAKE.