Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-28
The Loss to Railroads and other Prop
erty Will Approximate $500
OOO-Reports from the
Stricken Towns.

tive estimate, $500, 900, not taking into
consideration the delay to traffic, etc
Their double track Ia practically
washed away for distance Of siz
miles and at least $500 men are al
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. It will be four days before
any traffic can be resumed. The loss
TO the coal operators will reach about
100000, 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 1t will reach the 81 ,ooo, 900
mark. Gen. Boggs and Col. Hudson, of
Gov. Whites stat, arrived Tuesday to
bold conference with the general su-
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 communica,
lions opened 1t will be impossible to
estimate with any degree of certainty
slther the loss OF life or to property.
In the Stricken District.
Roanoke, Va, June 2e.-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
rs washed out in some places and COW
cred over in others, and those left of
the long row of company houses have
an unslghtly 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 seen the remains of q
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 colliery's loss is $4,000. The
fipple is slightly damaged and the
coke tracks gone.
The great fills which the railroad
company have been making and rip
rapping ever since the high waters of
1897, have been leveied, All opera
tions have had heavy loss aud weeks
wHl have passed before they can
work again to advantage. Heavy
damage was done at the Lynchburg
operation, mostly to the tracks. Up
North Fork branch ruined houses can
be seen, besides lot of building ma
terial which was lodged against
North Fork bridge. The water has
changed fts course at this bridge by
removing the embankment at the
east approach. The North Fork OPP
erations all sustained considerable
damage.
situation at Other Points.
Aigenla lost houses and tracks. and
no reasonable estimate can vet be
made. Elk Ridge lost number of
houses, coke ovens and trestles. The
power house and thsip tracks were
washed out. The tippls Is also dam.
aged. Loss, $4,000. Greenbries lost
number of houses and the tracks
were damaged. At Rolfe the tippIe
and tfestles were damaged. At Roam.
oke operations the damage to houses
trestles and tracks will amount to
$1,000. AT Arlington bridges are goae
above and below the tipple and the
Joss is estimated at $4,000
At Mcdowell the tracks are washed
out and houses destroyed. Gilliam's
loss is heavy in small houses. Indian
Ridge lost number of houses and
their storehouse was damaged. Dr.
Workman's house and Office were
washed away. Loss, $4,000. Ash
lands loss is between $1,000 and $40,
o0o Bottom Creek loss is $4,000
Tidewater lost heavily.
At Keystone.
At Keystone the streets are washed
irregularly and debris is everywhere
floors of buildings standing are GOV
cred with mud, and water has been al
over the town to considerable depth
Had 1t not been for the jamming o.
three or four buildings at the upper
end. near this suspension bridge, nc
doubt the entire property of the towI
would be total loss. Just opposite
Calhoun's buildings. on the other side
of the creek, all houses were entirely
swept away, including the most o,
Belchertown. Property ia undermined
and badly damaged at Burke. The
whole fill, on which the two tracks
pass through Keystone, is entirely
gone. The wagon bridge and the
tracks on the company side are gone
and Banks building. known as thi
aFirst Chance saloon" is demolished
ag persons had narrow sscxoe,