The herald., 1897-05-21

FLOOD
Asotin, Wash, Suffers
Heavy Damage
IS STRUCK BY A cLouDBuRsT
kxD 1fxtHs OF ORCHARDS ARE
s'.s D1sTnoxED
is STRUCK BY A cLouDBuRsT
usw Mexico Partially Inundated.
1oboksn, N. j., Visited by Two
Disastrous Fires
associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SPOKANE, Wash, May 20.--A spokes-
(. inan-Review special from Asotin, Wash,
says: A cloudburst at some point as
yet unknown up the Little valley of
Asotlr creek eent wall of water down
tho valley late this evening which car
ried devastation in its train. Stock was
drowned, houses wrecked. bridges
washed out and orchards ruined. The
loss is roughly estimated at 100000.
The valley was continuous orchard
and garden for several miles above town.
As far as reported no lives were lost,
but considera BILE stock perished. The
houses of Robert Campbell and John
Dill were wrecked. John Miller's house
was carried 400 feet from its founda-
tions. Many other places We're more or
less damaged. Between Asotin and q
point four miles up the creek all the
bridges. five in number, were washed
out.
The chief loss was destruction of or
chards and gardens. The torrent tore
through these with great fury, carry
ing the debris with great force. In the
town Of Asotin comparatively little dam
,age was done. The park was ruined.
Nothing equal to the food has ever be-
fore been experiences since the settle
ment oil4he valley.
IN NEW MEXICO
DENVER, Col. May 20.-Dispatches
to the Republican from New Mexico are
to the effect that the heavy rains have
so swollen the Rio Grande and other
streams that considerable damage has
already been done and more Is threat
ened. The valley north and south of
Albuquerque is inundated. The villages
of Ranches de Attisco, Los Padillos.
Barelas and Atricoso, near this city. are
partly submerged, and a number Of
-~15U0S9 are surrounded by two feet of
water. II the rise continues and the
Rio Grande sweeps over its banks to a
greater extent than at present, num-
ber of adobe houses will be washed
down, valley farms will be obliterated.
and there will be great distress among
the small farmers. A number of men
are watching the dyke north of Albu-
querque. 1t is believed there is no i'm
mediate danger of its giving way.
LOSS BY FIRE
NEW YORK, May 20.-Twice tonight
fire has visited Hoboken, N. j., and the
loes was heavy. One whole block was
reduced to ashes, 140 families were rem
dered homeless and a big factory was
destroyed. The fire department was to-
tally unable to cope with the flames and
help was summoned.
The first fire broke out at $3.50 in the
big factory building on the block bound
ed by Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
and Washington and Hudson streets.
From the factory the flames leaped to
the apartment houses in the block and
they were swept away.
The factory was occupied by Strauss
& Co. (R. H. Macy & Coz cut glass and
similar lines; Gallagher & Palmer. toi-
let articles and mirrors, and Benton &
Heath. wall paper.
On either side Of the factory were
apartment houses. There were fourteen
Of the double flats, each one of the build
ings being valued at $4,000. The fac
tory building with its contents Is esti-
mated to have been worth over quarter
Of a million.
Despite the immense aggregation of
fire engines, the flames spread with ter
rife fury. The occupants of the apart
ment houses eaved but little of their
household effects.
About 1880 o'clock, while the fire was
at Its worst, fire broke out In the big dry
docks at the foot of Seventeenth street,
which were badly damaged. The prop
cry loss Is estimated on both fires by the
chief Of the fire department to be $780,
900.
AN OAKLAND BLAZE
OAKLAND, May 21.-Two planning
mills, lumber yard and salt factory
were leveled to the ground at an early
hour this morning by fire, which origi-
mated mysteriously near the corner of
Fourth and Washington streets. and
ragged for two hours sweeping away half
q block. The loss is estimated at over
$4,000. Ingler & Atklnson's mill at Fifth
and Washington streets, the Washington
Street Planning mill, owned and operated
by the firm of MINI & Mole, Herbert G.
Coward's salt works and small lumber
i, yard belonging to a man named Egan,
were totally destroyed. Owing to the
strong breeze blowing at the time the
flre department was unable to stay the
progress of the flames until the combus-
tible materials in the lumber yard were
consumed.