Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-06-25
The Water-spout on Cedar Creek.
KAoLrN. Mo-, June 22d, 1896.

| KAoLIN. Mo-, June 22d, 1896.
Ed. Register-On Monday night.
10Th. this section of the county was
visited by the worst rain storm within
the recollection of the oldest inhabi-
tant. For destruction and damage to
property it surpasses all previous ones
put together. The rain cloud came
up about ten P. NJ. and continued until
about twelve. For two hours the
deluge descended and was accompa-
MED by terrific lightning and thunder
| which shook the houses as though ii
| would tear them to pieces. Very for
tunately no human lives were lost.
| But that was about all the people had
| left, outside their buildings. It is
very hard to even attempt to enums,-
ate the individual losses. The cloud
burst proper did not extend over an
area of five miles, but the destruction
goes far beyond ten miles, as we are
informed that D. Imboden's farm, eight
miles north of here, was almost ami
hilated. From Cedar Creek the Dam
man boys, at the head of Cedar Creek,
lost five or six loads of wheat in shock,
probably one thousand rails, six good
water gates, about seven acres of corn
and lots of grass. with probably five
hundred dollars damage to land.
James Campbell came next. with
something near the same loss. with
some live stock. McCann's loss was
something about two hundred dollars.
In enumerating loss, / will say nothing
more of the land which is the greatest
of all.
Felix Mills and family had a narrow
escape from drowning, having to take
refuge upstairs. His loss will reach
one hundred dollars.
Judge Dutton probably lost more in
rails. Thos. Stewart about the same
in rails. and some wheat and corn.
l.. Sinclair about three hundred.
Barlow five hundred, two fences and
growing crops.
VIM. Shelton FIVE hundred.
Jno. Stephens. Jno. Logan and
Rutlege about the snme.
On the other fork of the creek, Chas.
Mcintyre, Jas. Thompson. Geo. Camp
bell, Geo. Black, VIM. Terrell. VIM.
Townsend, W. H. Webb, Ed Dahlke,
were hurt in the aggregate not less
than five thousand dollars. Terrell's
granary was moved about hundred
feet. He lost part of his barn with
about hundred bushels of corn.
There is nothing that can be re-
covered except some rails in drifts,
which will be about as hard as making
new ones.
All kinds of schemes were resorted
to to save crops and restore fences.
Lanes were fenced up, poles were
thrown across creeks. and all farms
for three miles were thrown into one.
If horse were let loose in one farm
it could roam through all.
All our people are hit hard by this
calamity, but l believe the worst is
the condition our roads are left in.
We cannot travel them-they are
washed out of existence. If all our
people were to turn out and work ten
days we could not replace them. What
we are to do I do not know. The area
destroyed compared to the whole
country is Insignificant, but if we were
to get all the road tax in the county it
would not make the roads in the af-
fected part as good as the rest of the
county. Mr.. Editor, we appeal to
you to urge our County Court to do
something for US in repairing our
roads. We will do all zoe can.
In the greatest calamity there are
always some amusing things that hap
pen; this was no exception. While
most of our people were trying to de-
wise some means to get rails to fence
across lanes to save their crops, who
had before splendid ten rails high fence,
we hear that there were some others
who were rebuilding old dilapidated
fences that stood about four rails high,
up to good ten-rail fences-the rails
being taken out of drifts; but the fun
ny part was their rails went up stream!
Respectfully, w. H. WEBB.
Mr.. James Perdue. an old soldier
residing at Monroe, Mich, was severe