The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-06-25
WATER ROSE 81 FEET
in THREE HOURS
Much Loss Of Life and
Damage to Property
is Reported

Roanoke. Va, June PA tele-
gram this afternoon dated Ennis. w.
Va, from General Manager Johns OF
the Norfolk and Western railway. says.
"1he best information Is that about
60 people were drowned IN the north
fork Of The Elkhorn Property loss -
about 100000. The Norfolk and West
ern railroad suffered severe damages
to its t-,.cks and trestles Expect TO
De open for traffic some time Wednes.
day II we have no more storms"
ROANOKE, VA. JUNE 2L-Very little
news has been received today here. from
the flood one train came in this hoOn
nut not much news could hC gathered
from the passengers. The trains are run
ning from Blucteld and Ennis which
places are just outside the territory viz
tied by the cloudhurst lass saturday
morning.
How many are dead is rot definitely
known, and il necessarily win be several
days before the exact nuriJer can be
given out as onncia., but the various
reports in circulation here are that all
that all tho way from 3D. to 200 persons
have been drowned. It is probably safc
20 assume that the former figure is more
nearly correct than the latter The
damages GO property viii amount 60 hun-
dreds 81 thousands OF dollars Mites
Of railroad track are Wtsher out. and
many Rulches have been created.
The devastated section covers au area
OF about twenty miles west of Bluchcld,
lt rs q narrow valley, not mucn wider
than broad street in some places
Coal mines are scattered AN along the
road. Keystone. the town reported TO
nave been no grNitly damaged. and which
was at first believed 20 be wiped out
Of existence, is "a village Of between 2,tVU
ana $500 people, and Is nuiit Hlons the
narrow valley and on the sides OF Tie
hluns a creek runs taronEh the town,
and over Il houses are bulk on piles and
rocks. This creek runs In a ziR1ag way
through the narrow village and mas "a
gradual fall. The mOunCuins on either
side loom up for hundreds Of feet ana the
town s 80 narrow m PLACES that on is
Obliged 20 20 iuto the middle Of 81 Co
soc the sky. Persons faniilior with the
situation of the town say it would De
a death trap ~ the Hood was as heavy
as reported Yet they reason that as the
Hood occurred in the day time there was
no reason why many people SHOULD have
been caught In the Onrush Oi the waters,
All reports agree that between 2O and
Horn valley, put OF Course not oll of the
occupants were droWaed
The ruilroad people arg rushing ma
terIal and supplies iO tne Elknprn. One
hundred and nfty nhOrsrs cIrc IN over
the Roanoke and Southern today on "a
extra train and went West, oud nearly
all the work trains on he road have
been sent to the Elkhorn vicinity.
j. ~. trotty "a fireman ON the Nor-
7-Qlk and Western road, Nho rcs.dee n
this city. received M ssasc yestcr-
day from Rlueheld. that mis- father moth
er one sister two brothers aud sister
IN inv, ana her two lhlldrcu were lost
IN the Good Saturday 40 Keystone Mr.
Crotty people lived ln the Centcr of
the town. Another brother of Crutty IS
Who escaped. Informed Mr Crotty a.
Bluehold saturday that ne SAW the
Crottv house move OF iu the waters
u. III. Stewart, "a furniture dealer in