Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-01-19
worst FLOOD II Years.
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Ksndrsck, Idaho. Jan i5.-~Sedds6 s1s
tssstb;s fiseas IN the HAieTs u all fot
kieA streams have cAussd enormous dam
eye Ia The yail-ys u the PotlAteh AND
Clearwater MYERS. Three children az
known 70 have been dIowncd. and Their,
are iears foo the lives u othess Who ar
living on bottom Iauds-
Bssdsss and railroad tracks have heel
Otsitssssed, scuse VI housss 81 ke0dr,cb
hsve bcsn swept away; The streets vi hrn
drick and tho Highways near the nver Al
ali points a. Tar south - Pullman are
fioussi sss.: , ~ss.e u waters nos iormA
the Landscape where two days ago ws'
tsssasnx acreage and busy marta IL will
bs weeks before the full extent VI daInsas
u known, fog the rivers are stsil bank
iuii and oysrflo~ ihg and rain threatens
tonight
AZ q O'Clock In the evening tbs PotiAtch
river, swollen into raging ,osssa, swept
Through the ssnbankmeat formed by the
railroad grade above town aud poured
with sudden violence into the narrow
street which runs along shs river bank,
hssoss the peopis cca!d collect their ss'a.ss
this dood was waist deep and rising. had
swept away . sooTs u dwelling aease-.
while tho frightened citizens. carrying and
dragging their wives AMI children, were
bseAsiing the torrent and making Ior
higher ground.
% Tar ~ IL nov known, all but three
sscapsd safely. The uniortaaatsa were
the sAiiaTea u ChAries HAmiin. street
csmulAAionsr VI kendrick. They we,r
swsps away and drowned. while the father.
mother and driver e-rapsd aitss = night
VI terrible peril.
Mr. and Mx. HAInlin and their children
aud . driver were IN = buggy drawn by
Two horses. In one of the main streets
VI the little town. When they saw taa:
tbs waters were rising about them efforts
were made to got to higher ground. and
this would have been accomplished In
safety bad II mot been that i0O cotds Vi
WOOD above, carried Oh the s,;s.aee .! the
nocd. swept around the frightened animal.
and In an instant the veiiinle ~aa over
turnsd. II was Impossible for the par
sats ~ render assistance 10 their chiidi ca,
OF In fact ~ do anything TOT Themselves,
ior SWIMMING among the thousands Vi
slirks VI cofdwood Wa. a feat the strong
est man would not have e.saycd Mr..
Hamlin WAS brought out on the hank
aise dsTing rsscuc by John Long. Mrs
itAmiia WAS found this morning In the
top u = dwelling. where she elung all
night. half dead irssn exposure ana sui
ierine from the terrible mental strain u
grief over the loas u her loved oao. The
driver Mas also Tc.cued In the morning
isoss the top VI building. where Ae also
had chung all night Although the house
v A~gv hs was located wAa In the middle
u the torrsat. rops~ we're thrown him
and As ~ss dragged through tho water.
" dry land.
There were other daring rrssirs during
the height 81 the Hood. which occurred
just ~ darkness. Mas Descending over tho
lo~a.
John Morgan Ia another who had a mar.
roe ssc~ps lilo MAS swept out by tho
Hood. bait caught the rooi VI = dwelling.
whore b. chung until morning and Was
'sscued.
A. ysliasssa.
Julis~tta. Idaho. Jan. l5.--JuliasttA has
had Hood experience the effects VI which |
vii - felt until MAr,h. for until that |
lisns transportation over railroads will be |
'as ~ the question. II the opinion u rail |
'csd men suss fos anything. All bridges
,hoss and below are gone with tho water.
md there has bs~n considerable damage |
lone grain warehouses on the river banks.
Pears aIs felt tos the safety ot people H..
Nc On the bottom iands below where there
ire number Of farms and families 1,
= believed. however. that the waters will
Aes b. - high or the current ~ s,roax
hat u VIII psvssat cisnens In the mum.
lated dlssrsss getting 10 .aies plAevs.
Ne rsssss tate lewiston.
l<wis,oo. Idaho. jan i6.--rhs rainfall
y aAs time " unprecedented In tho hi.
@y oi The valley. The Clearwater ., ,h.s
rsns ss.s feet In ~ Aonrs
several narrow escapsa are yv,sostcL
wsa rotisieA. A eAstlensa fsom Asosin
- ~sWuk ~ tos uSs1 AnA tlae AfhDut
NJ hesd VI cattle. his saddle hor.s, and
'assay s~~psd With his hsr The aooi
sss ~assd BY The rs>~a, warm rain. and
he aasitinx VI about four ie~l u sno~
% the l1,lsssh
rssssee ntvess asssss.
oolf4x. WAAA.. Jan. l5,--TAs south Ia
e<sss usss Ass rsAeh~d the hixhcs, point
. ssssssl ysAsA
.Asa knoeksd choynski out.
4 dtspatrh from Parts Gays tina, Paul
'astoa. the famous Fr~uch brewer and
pAllantroeast. vss shot and killed In 4
railway carriage yesterday by . young
Ansrscan namsd william Martina Tn.
tragedy caused an intense spel,us>
'ArsssAoss France. ~ Jsaioa was A
psoainsat Asss - Rockefeller In Amer.
|cA
A. sschaass Of mails between poss.
esrG WaaA,. and Grand Forks snd Ca.
reA~ y. G.. and also bstvssa Nosshport
ma spokAns railway possomcs And /
osAn6 foekA D. e. has b<sa discout,u. |
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