Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-28

three or four buildings at the upper
end, near the suspension bridge, no
doubt the entire property of the town
would be a total loss. just opposite
Calhoun's buildings, on the other side
of the creek, all houses were entirely
swept away, including the most Of
Belchertown. Property is 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 arg gone
and Banks building, known az the
-First Chance saloon," is demolished.
Many persons had narrow escapes
With their lives and men, women and
children succeeded in escaping
through water waist deep, while 9th
ers were carried away. A Mr.. Abbott
!uccseded in rescuing a man named
Lockwood on Main MISUNDERSTANDING
himself TO . post by means Ioff a rope
and making q dive in the swift water
just rs Lockwood was sinking from
view. Many [a9y similar ressxc,urlseas were
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n Tazewell, Va, also. suffered from
thu cloqdburst. The house Of Paris
Vandyke, 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 a 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 leaping
40 feet high and travelling with fright
full speed. Vandyke 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,
were 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.. Vandyke' 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, a small town seven
miles west, was almost completely
destroyed. Ravens, two miles west,
was badly damaged, and many bust
ness houses were destroyed. The
damage to country roads will be not
less than $4,000.
Z" -. 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 ma got on a 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 $50, 900 and at
Shawnee at $50, 900. The loss of life, it
is now. conservatively 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 a 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
flood came:the graves gave up their
dead and added greatly to the number
of bodies seen.
Lumbermen Lose,
Columbus, O., June 26.-PresidentW w,
M. 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
$40, 900. Two and a half million feet
of lumber was washed away, but it is
expected that a third or more of this
will be recovered. The company mills
were not injured and will be running
in a week.
Postal Advices of the Flood.
Washington, June 26.-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, wer,
swept away by the flood. Cedar Bluff
is on the Clinch Valley division of tn,
Norfolk & Western railroad in Taze
well county. The postmaster at Ennis
w. Va, also reports hiss office sweep
away. The first action of the pos
office department in furnishing emer
gency mail service into the flooded dis
trict vas taken Tuesday afternoo,
when Assistant Postmaster Genera
Shallenberger authorized the estab
lishment of a special service to Duh
ring via Bramwell and Freeman. Thi.
is along a spur of the railroad which
was practically washed away, and tn,
mails probably will be transported o,
horseback.
Is Not q Candidate.
Buffalo, N. Y, June 26.-The follow
ing, over the signature of William Jen
nings Bryan, appears in the Times
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