Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-08-10


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The rainfall Of last week was o very
tame affair compared with the storm Of
Wednesday night. The black clouds gath.
cred in the northwest about dusk and soon
after nightfall livid lightning kept the
surrounding country bright as day for some
moments at a time and the crashing thun-
der fairly shook the earth; about half
past seven o'clock q heavy downpour Of
rain commenced and continued for about a
half hour. II was but a little while when
the stream running down Ruby Hill av-
enue was so large that il was difficult to
cross from the Fletcher barn TO the Court
House, and this stream soon filled the
street at that point running a mill race
nearly two feet deep down Bateman street,
across Main and Buel streets to the big
ditch, which was soon running a perfect
torrent, causing nervousness and some con.
sternation among the residents living
along the ditch on Spring and
Buel streets, who feared a possible repeti-
tion Of the big food Of 1874, when several
lives were lost and many families were
made homeless by the tide Of rushing
waters. The ditch was running nearly |
bank full in some places south of Gold
street, where it is somewhat shallower than
below that point. Four of the bridges
across the ditch were damaged and are
now being repaired. A number of resi-
dents on Spring street found difficulty in
keeping the water and mud running down
from the hill out of their kitchens.
HIGH WATER NOTES.
On Friday of last week a food tore down
the canyon in which the Bruffy ranch is To-
Gated, about four miles northeast from
Mineral Hill, and caused considerable
damage. The floors of the house were GOV.
cred with mud and debris to a depth of
several inches, and boulders weighing 300
pounds were washed into the orchard.
About three and one-half miles north
east of Mineral Hill the Plummer ranch
was also visited by a small food on the
same day, the floor of the cellar and milk.
house being reported to have been covered
with water and mud to a depth Of about
three feet.
John Edero, who occupies the old John
Lynd ranch in Monitor Valley, lost his
entire hay crop, consisting of about thirty
tons, in a food last Tuesday.
Z. Hammond had a number of tons Of
hay washed away from his ranch during
one of the recent floods.
Frank Romano reports more water in
Diamond Valley this week than has been
known there for many years.
The road to the Diamond mine was
badly washed out in places Wednesday
night, and Frank Kopp has quit hauling
and gone to work with a force of men re-
the damage. They expect to have
the road in good condition again within a
of days. |,
The Z. & p. train was delayed forty
minutes Thursday near Mineral Station
while a bridge could be repaired which
had been damaged during the night by
heavy flow of water. The work had been
progressing since daylight, a whole section
crew being engaged.
Conductor Riddle says there are nine
lightning-shivered telegraph poles in
grim row just this side of Mineral Sta
tion.
So far as the SENTINEL has been able
to learn the recent floods were much more
severve in the vicinity of Spring Valley
than in any other section of this neighbor-
hood. Great holes have been washed in
the roads, which will be impossible for
some time to come. Wood wagons haul.
ing from there have had to come back
empty. The repair of these roads win
take considerable time and money.