Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-09

burned OH the fuse to about half the
residence lights in the city. Quite
number of ares were burned out and
also many transformers. 1t was an ex-
pensive storm for the company
NOTES.
The water in the Wisconsin river
raised about thirteen feet
Men worked all of Wednesday night
to keep the flood trash out of the Third
street and Sixth street culverts.
The Chippewa river like the Wiscon-
sin river is on a great rampage, and
the Mississippi river is overlooking its
banks.
A large crowd of our citizens went
over and viewed the falls by moonlight
on Friday evening and they do say that
the sight was simply grand
Notwithstanding we have had all the
rain we want, and Wausau people know
when they have had enough water, the
elements continue to shower us.
ABBOTT of lightning Clipped off piece
of the Wausau high school building on
Wednesday and another bolt paid its
Compliments to the new German M. Z.
church, corner Sixth and Jefferson
streets
Sunday was a bright day and thous-
ands viewed the falls from the bridges
and east and west banks. The water
by Sunday evening had fallen only
about one foot showing that the rain
had been widespread.
Mayor Anderson was much in evidence
all the time, and the harder it rained,
the harder he worked to see that every
thing was done that could be, to relieve
the overlooked districts, and his lieuten-
ants ably managed this so that the
damages were not nearly so great as
they otherwise would have been.
Notwithstanding the floods that have
affected railroad traffic in the neighbor-
hood of Wausau, the Dairy Farm COM
pany will arrive in Milwaukee to open
tomorrow night at the Davidson theatre.
The baggage and scenery was ferried
across the river, where the bridge is
washed away, and the company will ar
rive in Milwaukee this evening. Mil.
Journal
Dr. Sauerhering was reported on Sat
urday as having met his death in an
attempt to cross Big Rib river, also that
his horses were both lost. 1t was
agreed that the Dr. was just the man
who would not stop for any stream or
river in the county and hence there was
possibly some truth in the rumor, but
it turned that it was false report,
much to the relief of everybody.
On Thursday morning, the same
clouds that carried the electrical bat
terry that shot out bolts on Sixth street,
when out three miles east of the city,
shot out several balls of fire at Gotlieb
Zemke's barns, one was a log barn and
the other large frame one, both cost
ing about 81 900. They were burned to
the ground, together with grain, hay,
farm machinery, etc. The loss was
about ST., SOC, with an insurance of 500.
Ex-mayor H. E. McEachron had a
very narrow escape from going over
the falls. On Thursday morning, he
was standing on the east end of the
bridge which leads to his cooper shop,
when, without moments warning the
structure collapsed and was swept into
the raging waters. Mr., McEachron
managed to reach place of safety, but
he had to do some very quick work and
then part of the way had to be made
on his hands and knees.
Fred Burt's mother, of Grand Rapids,
started for Wausau on Thursday but
could only get as far as Ceder creek
about six or seven miles below Wausau.
From there she had to return home and
the train just got over the bridge at
Knowlton when one of the approaches
went out. AT Cedar creek, those on the
train saw team of horses drown; a
farmer tried to drive across; while he
was saved his team went down the
stream.
Chas. Hanke's large barn, in the
town of Rib Falls, was struck by light
ming on Thursday morning, and burned
to the ground 1t was filed with hay
and farm machinery. The loss will
figure up to $4,000 Mr.. Hanke he's lad
great deal to try his soul daring the
past few years. Two years ago last
spring when the terrible cyclone passed
through the county Mr.. Hanke's father
and mother and two brothers were
killed, and now this calamity has come
upon him.
Will Andrews, who has just returned
from the Klondyke, as he stood on the
main bridge watching the rushing foam
This is White Horse Rapids right over
again, with the exception of that fall
and those large waves under the N. w.
BY bridge. The water runs about the
same as under this bridge the whole
length and at the end is just about like
the tail of Big Bull" Mr. Andrews
took II filled boats through the White
Horse Rapids, without wetting a hair
nor spilling any of the contents of the
boats
On Thursday afternoon the six year
old son of John G. Young, who resides
on Grand avenue was struck by light
ming. The little fellow was standing in
front of Boehm' store on Grand avenue
with several others, little after four
osclock, when heavy storm came up.
Fret Marquardt, the mail carrier, had
went into Boehm's until the storm
passed OYER, and while looking out of
the window there was a binding flash
of lightning and it ran down a tele-
phone pole near which the little boy
was standing The boy dropped to the
sidewalk as if he had been shot, and was