Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-28
TALES OF THEFLOOD
veryFew New Developments Hava
Been Made.
FIFTY ABOUT The LIMIT OF DEATHS.

IL 4 = 4 AAAo va A0 AANo
The less to Railroads and Other Prop
cray Will Approximate 5000
OoO-Reports from the
Stricken Towns.
Bluefeld, w. Va, June 26.-The West
Virginia flood situation has not many
new developments, but it is anthem
tically stated that the loss of life has
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, although
the loss of property can hardly be
obtainable places the loss, of life st
about. so, q greater part Of whom are
colored miners and their families. A
great many more are missing and are
supposed to have been swept away.
There are great piles Of debris, and it
will take many days to find all the
bodies. The Norfolk & Western Rail-
way company will lose, at q conserva-
tive estimate, $500, 900, not taking into
consideration the delay to traffic, etc.
Their double track is practically
washed away for a distance of six
miles and at least $3.50 men are at
work day and night repairing roadbed
and removing drift. The Cumberland
Valley electric light car has arrived
and will be used to prosecute the work
at night. 1t will be four days before
any traffic can be resumed. The loss
to the coal operators will reach about
$500 ,000, outside of the delay at the
mines in loading, etc. The property.
lost by private parties is very heavy
and cannot be estimated at this time.
1t is thought it will reach the 81, 900 900
mark. Gen. Boggs and Col. Hudson, of
Gov. Whites staff, arrived Tuesday to
hold a conference with the general SUI
perintendent of the Norfolk & Western
railroad to ascertain what assistance
is needed by the state authorities. The
wires are deluged with press work and
hundreds of messages are received
hourly from anxious friends in all
parts of the United States inquiring
about relatives and friends. Until
traffic is resumed and all communion
lions opened it will be impossible to
estimate with any degree of certainty
either the loss of life or to property.
In the Stricken District.
Roanoke, Va, June 26.-The dam
age in the coal fields begins at Coal
dale, which is Is miles west of Blue
field. At that place great embank-
ments supporting the railroad tracks
have been washed out. At Mayberry,
from the train can be seen five houses
upset and partially demolished. The
branch road leading from this point
to. the Norfolk and Delta colleries has
suffered heavy damage. The track
is washed out in some places and COW
cred over in others, and those left of
the long row OF company houses have
an unsightly appearance on account
of material washed in their yards.
At Lick the water was very high and
at this point damage to the main line
of railroad begins and destruction of
coal company property increases. At
Ennis can be see the remains of a
valuable house, and on down below
lumber from many buildings is col
lected high against bridge abutments
and other structures.
Road Bed Washed Out,
At this point the eastbound track
begins to entirely disappear and at
some distance further the road bed
is entirely gone from both tracks.
The iron bridge structures remain,
but the approaches in most all cases
have been entirely washed out, by
reason Of lumber from demolished
houses and other material being
wedged against the abutments caus-
ing the water to flow around. All
wooden bridges are gone. The Tur.
key Gap c%olliery's loss is $4,000. The
tipple is slightly damaged and the
coke tracks gone.
The great fills which the railroad
company have been making and rip
rapping eve since the high waters OF
1897, have been leveled. All opera
tions have had heavy loss and weeks
will have passed before they can
work again to advantage. Heavy
damage was done at the Lynchbure
operation, mostly to the tracks. UP
North Fork branch ruined houses can
be seen, besides a lot of building ma
terial which was lodged against
North Fork bridge. The water has
changed it's course at this bridge by
removing the embankment at the
east approach. The North Fork op'
erations all sustained considerable
damage.
situation at Other Points
Algoma lost houses and tracks, ant
no reasonable, estimate IAN vet b.
made. Elk Ridge lost a number o.
houses, coke ovens and trestles. Til,
power house and their tracks wer,
washed out. The tipple is also dam
aged. Loss, $4,000. Greenbrier los
q. number of houses and the track
were damaged. At Rolfe the tippl
and trestles were damaged. At Roam
oke operations the damage to houses
trestles and tracks will amount t,
$500. At Arlington bridges are gon
above and below the tipple and tn
loss is estimated at $4,000.
At Mcdowell the tracks are washe,
out and houses destroyed. Gillian