Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-01
The Hugh Waters.

surprised 70 notice that the STRAIN vas
s rapidly rising Tne waters cane down
with d rush. the waves rolling ard
/ tumbzng over each other and wi6er-
+ ing and Increasing In velocity a every
jump True there lad some rain fzl-
+ len n tie VALLEY during the afternoon
+ bit nothing ike enough 10 cause tie
mad torrent Of seetling AID rushing
gasers thai Tow came down the creek
F II little over half al hour the stream
vas = mighty rushing river Al the
+ bottom fields we're submerged Il the
{ wagon bridge The waters reached 10
{ the top Of the piers and backed Up the
Rad a. far a. Baldwins hu0 factory
E The wares almost reached The fo0tparh
F o. the railroad bridge. and Lhe back
I gSate- extended up the road half way u
the -four mill NeEer but once before
during the high waters Of 1S92-aa6
( The stream been known % be 30 high
and never had the waters risen 20 rap
& idly a. On this occasion Drzt. z70C,5
came down the stream n RATS and logs
and trees thirty and forty feet L Ieagth
8 soated o. the waters b. haIE-paSt
eight O'Clock the waters were a their
height and shortly after began u fall
j The damage revealed next morning
xas considerable Fences we're washed
away: feds badly damaged and the
corr and oaes bowed 70 TIE ground w5-ll
the mud and wafer while large trees
and piles Of drzftE<osod we're visible
O every hand telling Of the disaster
= wrought further up the stream Mr.
& I ~ -
weSz Of town OF the hsa5wz9ers o. the
creek. vas 4 t0wa Tuesday AID in
parted the Information thai q very
heavy rain storm visited his vicinity
about SIX O'Clock SUNDAY evening L
/ didn't last over = half hour bct the
60wu-DoEzr was terrific ss- indeed Il
must hare been 70 food the creek - I
did Il about al hour the creek here
I il he VALLEY first gave evidence Of the
unprecedented rainfall that had &C.
CURED up the stream
NOTES
/ Ezra Elga1- who lives q couple miles
/ vest o. toEn- vas probably the hear
+ lest individual loser bE the food Ev-
/ cry bit Of the fence around MS bottom
fields was completely washed away
All TIE rails were taken down the
stream. leaving his growing crops
wholly unprotected from the roaming
stock Through the efforts Of his friends
however Mr. Z has been enabled 10
rebuild his fences He asks the TO-
/ lowing publication:
.-Vr- Aks-I hope YOU vii allow
ne 10 tender NJ sincere thanks,
/ through the REGISTER 10 ny many
+ friends Who hare % cheerfuI.y COZ
tri5uted with money and labor . help
ne enclose ny crops again. that were
exposed By the waters Of TIE evening
o. the 9Th Respectfully
EZRA ELGAS-=
John Nayes. Who lives up the creez-
/ los. three head OF sheep II the waters
! Il i fortunate that more stack Eas not
! drowned. for the waters came up 80
rapidly thai they we're taken wholly
unaxareS. and had 10 leave the bottom
II great haste.
4 bic bank Of driftwOod formed
along the railroad bridge partially OBJ
strucling the waters there The
bridge vas moved several inches ont
! of line The section gang was called
out and watched the structure al
night No trains we're allowed 70 pass
over the bridge until the next norn-
/ ing. Al the soEch-bOu1d passenger
trains we're held al the IrOat0a station
Until 6zylIzat- when an examination
revealed that the bridge was u COZ
5f.Ion 10 admit their passing cTer-
] The bridge men were here and made
some repairs Quite . fierce o. nen
] we're kept al work al morning nov
Ing the drift~Ood-
People iron Ironton who attended
/ church services al Fort Hi were
greatly surprised On their return 70
( find the waters washing over the south
approach % the wagon bridge render
{ ing i impossible 70 cross the stream
there. They reached home b. way Of
the railroad bridge
+ The force Of the back current a. the
wagon bridge vas considerable i
T heavy bridge crossing the ditch from
( the main road 10 Fletcher-s fed was
{ washed I'd the road a. far a. Emer-
SINS PARK. The water in the mad al
that point vas over tao feet deep
! 4 force Of men and teams we're put
20 work Tuesday 70 repair the ap-
+ breaches p the wagon bridge
! The steps on the north side Of the
( railroad bridge leading 70 the foot
xav. we're foated down with the foam
ing tide.
some say The creek II the Valley
/ vas never 50 high before. Ehile Others
insist i was not quite - high On this
occasion a. IN the freshet o. 1892
{ This l. probably true but the differ
ance IN the stages u water OF The tvs
occasions Eas nOt great
W 4 Fge-chers field suffered con-
Side-abIv from the washing waters
VIZ Edgar lost several stacks q
hay and considerable fencing II his
{ field east o. town
! lot Of growing corn n the lover END
{ OF Se<mzn-s garden presented most
disastrous appearance The stalks
wara bent 10 the ground and the leaves
Weighted 6o<n with the elingiHg soil
: good rain Monday AFTERNOON howey-
p. Washed o. the mud and the damage
viii lot be 80 very great
/ 4. Bezlev says that a field o. oats On
bfs farm vas csnPletely inundated o.
-, hs..E waters The stalks we're
z,xs-a5 Nth mud but we're not washed
"a tia ground : rain Monday after
Boon elsaasd OF he mud from tks CATE
srs HtsEt or 10 loss resulted
+ While StouE's Greek vas booming
z,es rz,sbIng out o. lis banks Knob
-, ain zHorsv - hanks