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

many years and as it went out it struck
the trestle work on which cars were
run to unload grain and to take away
the products of the mill, and took that
out also, it was about fifty feet long.
A large number of men and women
were on the main bridge when the
| foundations gave way, which was about
naidnighs, and down it went into the
raging food with a crash. A moment
later it struck the tresle work and then
she whole mass came down towards the
bridge, the building still intact and in
an upright position. Those on the
bridge made a run for terra firma and
reached there just as the building struck
the bridge, and with such force that it
shook from end to end, but no damage
was done. The building went entirely
to pieces when it struck the large
breakers under the Northwestern
railway bridge. The long pier,
which runs from the southwest
corner of the mill down some twenty
five or thirty feet to protect the mill
race, was also washed out, and consid-
cradle of the embarlSnent washed out
between the mill and main bridge. The
cooperyge was the last relic left to con-
meet the present modern mill to the
time Of the little old wooden frame con-
cern which was built on the site in the
latter part of the sos. The mill and
property was owned by DR.. l. E. Thayer
in 1860; the rock on which the coop
erage stood was entirely covered with
earth and there were trees growing on
same; it was little island by itself and
was connected to the main shore east
by a bridge also to the west bank of the
river, which in the early days was the
main bridge. DR.. Thayer built dwell
ing house on this island, which was
occupied by the family of N. B. Thayer
for many years. The high water of 80
washed off every vestige of earth on
this island and left nothing but the
naked rock. The house was partly
ruined and later was made into coop
er shop, raised up and placed on piles,
and it was thought it could withstand
any treshet that could come to this sec
ton, but Notwithstanding it stood the
ordeal Thursday and Friday. 1t was
noticed that one of the piles was get
ting weak and this finally gave way
and let the building down. Mr..
McEachron'S loss will amount to five
or six thousand dollars.
The embankment just north of the
N. w. R'y Cos iron bridge, which
forms part of the depot grounds was
again washed out, and the loss is
considerable The company will have
to put in a retaining wall there if it
ever expects to have nice grounds.
All of the mills, operated by water,
had to close down the latter half of the
week, the Alexander Stewart Lumber
CO., Barker Il Stewart and McEachron
Roller Mills and the paper mills at Bro
kaw.
All of the islands below the city were
entirely under water.
A washout occurred on the west end
of the guardlock. Before it was dis
covered and, damned up, quite hole
was washed out and the Northwestern
track undermined for quite distance,
AT Brokaw the damage to the Paper
Mills Company has been large. The
mill has had to be closed down and
there have been four or five feet of water
in the basement all the time and there
are yet several feet of dampness in
there. The dam has withstood the
pressure, though the preliminary work
for strengthening the dam which had
been commenced will have to be done
over again. On account of overfowed
tracks it has been hard to get to the mill
or away from it since the flood, The
st. Paul Co. runs trains to the mill
morning and evening to accommodate
those who go up from Wausau to work
there.
AtStevens Point and Grand Rapids
the rain and high water played havoc.
In the former city the Jonn Week Lum.
ber Company's boom went out and
quite q number of logs escaped. There
were l ZOO, 900 feet in the boom at the
time but a jam was formed and only a
few got away. A great deal of damage
was done to the streets and private
property. Considerable part of Grand
Rapids was under water but no great
amount of damage was done, only to
streets and resident owners,
At Merrill the Wright, Gllke Il An
son Lumber companies had good deal
of lumber washed out, also much wood.
The West Shore Co lost great amount
of slabs which were piled on the banks
of the river,
At Mosinee the damage was not great
to property but Joseph Monicho of that
town lost his life, He was at work fas-
tening the booms and, with five other
men, was in boat when it capsized,
and ont of the six he was the only one
drowned. The West Shore Wood Com
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