Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-28

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wrtn their lives and men. women and
children succeeded in escaping
through water waist deep, while 9th.
ers were carried away. A Mr.. Abbott
| succeeded in rescuing man named
Lockwood on Main street by fastening
himself to post by means of rope
and making dive in the swift water
just as Lockwood was sinking from
view. Many similar reeues were
made.
Fate Of "a Farmers Family.
| Tazewell Va, also suffered from
| the cloudburst. The house of Paris
Nandyke, four miles west of Taze-
well, In gorge of the mountains,
was washed away. Vandyke heard
the roar of water and started home
from the field. When short dis
tance from the house he saw the wa
ter rushing down the mountain sides,
tearing up and twisting off giant
| trees as if shrubs, the water lcaping
40 feet high and travelling with fright
| full speed. Nandyke rushed for the
house to warn his family, but the
water overlook him and swept the
house and all it's inmates away Two
children, four and seven years old,
We're instantly killed, their brains be-
ing dashed out against the rocks and
timbers: The bodies were washed to
Lowlands. A little girl holding a
young sister in her arms was carried
200 yards. Another member of the
family died Tuesday afternoon, and
Mr.. Nandyke is still unconscious and
cannot live.
At Cedar Bluff, 16 miles west of
Tazewell, II dwellings were swept
away, but no lives were lost.
At Pounding Mill four lives were
lost. Knobe, small town seven
miles west. was almost completely
destroyed. Ravens, two miles west,
was badly damaged, and many busi-
ness houses were destroyed. The
damage to country roads will be not
less than $4,000.
Bodies Found.
Eight bodies have been found be-
tween Burke and Eckman. There is no
doubt that many persons lost their
lives from being intoxicated. One
white man got on section of the side
walk and left town with his arms fold
ed, remarking that he was going down
below to find out how everything was.
His body was recovered. The loss at
Peerless is estimated at $4,000 and at
Shawnee at $4,000. The loss of life, it
is now conseryatively estimated, will
not exceed so.
A gentleman arriving in this city
from the stricken section gives as an
explanation of the report first circu-
lated that great masses of human
bodies were to be seen floating around
in the water that there is graveyard
between North Fork Junction and Key
stone, which towns are about a mile
apart, and at which point the storm
was very severe. This graveyard is
near the bank of the river. When the
food came the graves gave up their
dead and added greatly to the number
of bodies seen.
Lumbermen Lose.
Columbus, o., June 26.-President w.
NJ. Ritter, of the Ritter Lumber com
pany, says that from reports from his
agents in the flood districts of West
Virginia his company will lose about
100000. Two and half million feet
of lumber was washed away, but it is
expected that third OF more of this
will be recovered. The company mills
were not injured and will be running
in week.
Postal Advices Of the Flood.
Washington, June 2G.-The postmas-
ter at Cedar Bluff, Va, wired Tuesday
that the money order funds, forms,
blanks and stamps, together with
transit mail from Paintlick, Va, were
swept away by the flood. Cedar Bluff
IS on the Clinch Valley division of the
Norfolk G. Western railroad in Taze-
well county. The postmaster at Ennis,
w. Va. also reports his, office swept
away. The first action of the post
office department in furnishing emer-
gency mail service into the flooded dis
trict was taken Tuesday afternoon
when Assistant Postmaster General
Shallenberger authorized the estab-
lishment of special service to Duh
ring via Bramwell and Freeman. This
is along spur of the railroad which
was practically washed away, and the
mails probably viii be transported on
horseback.