Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

Fall River for about two hours.
The Trimmer flume, near the dam,
suffered quite wash-out.
Great rocks were washed down stream
for mile.
Two B. s. NJ. rails washed from the
railroad bridge near the court house
down to Kidney spring-a distance of
about 60 rods-and one of them was
driven through the stone wall of the
spring house.
The irrigating flume on the Marty
ranch was torn down across the creek.
The saddest thing of all the catas-
trophies of the flood was the drowning
of Bernard l.. Williams, who was camp
ing with his father on Cold Brook.
The party had arrived but a few days
before and picked out nice shady
place by the stream, not knowing of
the terrible floods that almost annually
sweep down the valley. Arrangements
had been made to send the boy to the
college here this coming year, and they
expected to camp here most of this
month and Bernard would be here to
begin college in early September. The
body of the boy was found Saturday
afternoon about four miles below the
city near the old Drain mill. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the College chapel, Rev.
Seabrook preaching the sermon, fol-
lowed by few appropriate remarks
by President Lymer. A goodly num-
Der were present, thus expressing their
sympathy and coincidence to the
strangers in the city who had so sud-
denly been bereft of their boy. The
remains we're inferred in the Evergreen
cemetery.
The families living along Minnekah-
ia row and in the various hotels along
the stream were up and ready to flee
to higher ground. In fact few fami-
lies did seek higher alti tude.
Some amusing incidents are related
at some of the hotels. The electric
lights were out and the darkness
seemed impenetrable to strangers in
strange hotels, so that when the guests
were warned to be up and ready should
the water rise any higher, the fright
of some of ladies is said to have known
no bounds. They didn't know which
way to run and hesitated as to whether
it would be immodest for them to run
at all i'll their unpresentable condition.
And the men had none the advantage
of the women either, and are said to
have been far more frightened-sol
much so that some of them tried to
get into their coat sleeves instead of
their pants.
Prof. Mackey of the Pine Ridge
camping party, lost 800 in cash in the
flood, it being carried down stream
with their clothing that was in camp.
He also lost horse while en- route to
the Springs and then had two drowned
here.
Mrs. Williams. mother of the boy
who was drowned, lost 800 in cash, be-
sides some valuable jewelry.
-Four gold watches were lost by the
campers.
Miss Mary Marston of Minneapolis,
who was enjoying the outing with
her friends, the teachers, lost quite
a sum of money and all her clothing.
MIR. Silkensen had teams and men
gathering lumber all along the stream
between the city and the Falls and
they thus saved number of thousand
feet.
If there was any question as to what
time the flood was at it's height Bob
Milligan's clock that was in the house
at the time it toppled over into the
current would settle it. The time
piece stopped at just ten minutes past
eleven that was the high-tide of
the flood.
The iron bridge OH Minnekahta
avenue is all right. 1t was expensive
when put in, but has proven to have
been money we'll invested.
A heavy rain in Martins Valley sent
u little more high water down Monday
afternoon, but not enough to do any
damage.
The city council met Monday night
to consider the question of rebuilding
the bridges and decided to ask the Elk
horn company to construct the
Court street bridge and the one above
the plunge, both of them being on the
Elkhorn right-of-way. 1t was further
decided not to rebuild, at present, the
Seventh street bridge, but the street
commissioner was ordered to raise the
Eighth street bridge in place.