Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-10
Caused by the Overflow of the
Yellowstone.
DROWNED
A Whole Family Wiped Out--Eail-
road Bridge Washed Out
at GlendiVe

The annual spring overflow OF 1.-THE yell
lowstone caused the death OF twelve per-
sons last Friday night. The victims are
Mrs. r. w. Snyder, her brother Eugene
,O'Connor, her niece, Nellie Reagan and a
visitor at the Snyder home, Miss Rose
Wybrecht, James Sullivan, wife and six
children. They all resided near Glendive.
The ice began moving out of the yell
lowstone at $50 O'Clock Friday evening
and continued flowing until $3.50, when 1T
jammed. During this time the ice demol-
ished two of the ice breaks, one and three
in front of the piers of theetsteel wagon
bridge over the river at Glendive. When
the gorge broke it took a combination
span over the slough on the west side of
the bridge, breaking it into k.nd.irS
wood. 1t was dur!ng this gorge that the
four first named were drowned. a fifth
member of the party, Joseph Myers, was
rescued from a tree Saturday morning at
5 O'Clock by several daring men who risk
ed their wv lives to save him.
Yesterday developed the fact that Jas.
| Sullivan. his wife and six children were
also victims. The Sullivan residence is
about 2GO yards from the Yellowstone.
! Vixen Sheriff Aiken and Charles Parker
crossed the river amidst floating ice they
found the Sullivan residence with doors
| anu lluONS open anu Vie eHllIe ltlllly
dead in the room. The wife and children
We're urdressed and the father. who was
fully dressed with his o~vershoes on, were
lying On their beds, except the oldest
! daughter and one of the younger sons,
who were lying ON the floor From APP
pearances, the overflow caught them
while they were asleep. cut the position
of the father. who was sitting upright on
the one bed. indicates that he must have
been awakened by the rush of water, for
he did not drown, as his face and hair
show no sign of water, Tor cOuld the wat
er reached the height of his position. The
thought of seeing his entire family
drowned undoubtedly was the cause of
his death. @.
Seven horses in Sullivan's stable with
in 100 feet of the house We're also drown
ed. Sullivan's LAND around the house is
at least 30 feet above low water mark
and no one, Sullivan more than any one
believed his family in danger. Two mer
who worked for Sullivan left the ranch
for town the afternoon before the ice
broke, and had to wade through waite
two feet deep on the low land.
The bodies of Eugene 'O'Connor an(
Miss Nellie Regain were recovered yes
terday. The bodies of Mrs. r. w. Sny
der and Miss Rose Wybrecht have not We
been recovered. but friends. are a%nXiousl.
searching for them mean the place wher'
they were torn away from the tree il
which all took refuge.
The citizens of Glendive met Saturda,
evening i'm the Glendive club rooms an,
appointed several committees to begi1
Investigating the ACCESSIBILITY of rebuild
ing the bridge, two main spans and tn
combination span of which We're wash
ed out, leaving the draw span, 1926 fee
long, by itself in the river, and one spar
No. 4, 306 feet long, standing on the shore
Butte to Omaha without change of car
via the Burlington Route.