The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-25
NEARLY A HUNDRED
LIVES VERB LOST
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knew that no further progress could be
made The train was placed at the high
est point in the yard. Rain was com
ing down in torrents and while in the
train Mr.. Stewart saw about thirty cars
washed from the yard and carried awav
by the rushing torrents, large trees up
rooted nearby, While houses bridges. fur
niture went whirling by in the water.
AS the flood increased the water cut q
channel on the other side of the train.
leaving it between two streams 1t was
decided to take out those passengers who
wished to leave the train and a rope
was attached to, the platform of one Of
the cars and to a tree on the bank
Among the passengers was a lady, VINO,
with the assistance of several men, was
gotten safely to the bank. A number
of men had narrow, escapes from drown
ing in making the trip.
There was a let up in the rain and the
flood subsidized about noon, and at l
o'clock Mr.. Stewart and another pas
senger left the train and started to the
next station, Keystone five miles dis
tant. Much of the track and several
bridges had been washed away and the
trip was made with great difficulty, a
portion of the way on the track and the
balance on the bluffs along the route
SAW MANY CORPSEs.
Mr., Stewart says he saw a number of
corpses along the route, but does not
think more than forty people were
drowned. When he reached keystone
about 8 O'Clock he found number of
buildings had been washed away, and it
was estimated that along the whole
route of the storm between 200 and 300
houses had been carried away, but the
occupants Of many of them had escaped
to the hills. He saw one very large
building go down with the flood. Most
Of the buildings, however, were small
affair. The coke companies lost heavily
on bridges and supplies.
At Ennis the depot was washed away,
and yesterday when Mr. Stewart left the
safe had not been found. He walked
from keystone to Ennis, was taken from
there to Bluefeld, arriving in Roanoke
today. Mr. Stewards statement can be
relied on as being truthful story Of
the flood and the most complete state
ment so far given out.
An official telegram from Ennis says
the water came in q wave and so sud-
den that people could not get out of the
way of it. The water rose to a height of
SIX feet in thirty minutes.
DAMAGE ALONG TUG RIVER.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, June 24.-The
tremendous high water in the Tug river
caused by a cloudburst along the head
waters of that stream on Saturday, is a
thing unprecedented in the history Of
that section, and the redistribution Of prop
erty along the Elkhorn and Dry Fork,
and down the Tug river to its mouth, is
something most appalling. Though 1t
comes far short of rivaling the famous
Johnstown flood, 1t serves as a vivid
reminder of that terrible deluge. Owing
to the fact that wires have been down,
and no other means of communication
available with the sections of country
where the greatest destruction was
wrought, much is left to be surmised, yet
lower down the river, where the river
bed was wider and the volume of water
had to be much greater In order to sub
merge the valley the wreckage which
has been carried by in the flood furnishes
ample evidence of what had taken place
higher up the stream.
The cloudburst occurred near the head
waters of the Elkhorn and Dry Fork
rivers, whose confluence near WEIGH
form the main Tug river. Though both
of these streams were swollen far beyond
any proportions which they were ever be-
fore known to assume, the former ore,
which is traversed by the Norfolk g.
Western railway for distance of about
twenty miles, was by far the highest,
and it is reported that for a distance
of about ten miles that road is practical
ly a wreck, and several days will be re-
quired to repair the great damage which
has been done. Along the coal regions
of the Elkhorn and the numerous big
lumber plants lower down box cars were
swept away in the rushing flood, and are
lodged along the streams against the
rugged mountain Sides and in a few In
stances were carried down the Tug river
fa ha1n no foil Of hs4.
fore being checked. Many of the cars
were loaded ready to be moved, and
with their cargo are practically a total
loss. All the lumber plants, and there
are many of them fare great losers, to
an extent. conseFvatively estimated at
81, 100000
RIVER RosE WITH A RUSH.
At Jaeger Station the river rose to the
immense height of thirty-one feet inside
of three hours, deldging every house in
the little town and 5Yashing away many
of the outbuildings.7 In some instances
dwellings were swept from their founda-
tions, but lodged against larger and more
substantial ones, and were thus saved
from destruction. e
Higher up the river the destruction is
said to be even greater. At Vivian many
houses were wakRed away and several
lives are reported lost. Here a pas
senger train was caught by the water
and the passengers had to be rescued
from the train By means of ropes which
were thrown to them Not over 100
yards of the railroad between there and
Ennis, distance Of ten miles, appears
to be left intact All towns above there
occupying low lands were submerged
and many houses were washed away.
Filters saw mills, at Panther, are re-
ported to have been destroyed and every
lumber plant in Mcdowell and Mercer
counties has suffered great damage.
1t is impossible to approximately esti-
mate the loss Of life. Early reports sent