Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-25
REPORT EXAGGERATED.
Tho Victirus of Cioudburst Ia West Vir
giuia Now Placed al leo.

giuia Now Placed At leo.
Roanoke. Va, June 2i.-On the pas
seugor train over the Norfolk and West.
orn railroad which reached Roanoke AZ
. o'clock this morning were sovera.
railroad men and women and two chill.
dren They came direct % Roanoke
from Vivian. aud were compelled q
walk a distance Of u miles from that
place 20 the small town OF Ennis, where
they got the train for this city These
passengers declare the number Of death, I
have been exaggerated and feel conf .
dent that not moro than 100 person. /
have .ost their lives, though they cannot /
say wash any certainty as to the uup |
ber
The mountain district lying back from
tine railroads probably have suffered
heavily. and tho exact loss Of life wlll
not to known Tor several days Pai.
road men who have becn working az
Vivian told the Associated Press CORE.
p0nden, che rain started last Saturday
night and continued for some timo BOO
moderation. but shortly after midnight
the heavens seemed 20 open and poured
forth great volumes OF water.
Whom tho ci0udburst over the town
of Vivian a passenger train was stand.
ing Boz the railroad yards About 90
. passengers. OF whom three were women.
were iu tho cars Tho waterr0-e rapid
ly aad soon was over the trucks of the
cars Houses and caro- were being
washed about before the eyes oi the
/ frightened passengers Ropes were
I thrown 90 the cars and male passengers
'alrht them and wadod through water
which was then waist deep 20 places Of
e.fety around Coke ovens on the adjoin-
.ng hill The lalios were too much
frightened O. geo into tho water aud
wo-o place 0n ghs tender 0f the engine
whore they were safe. Tho other por-
tion 10 tla railroad yards washed out
and 100 box cars wrecked The house
ia which the section master az Vivian
lived was washed away
a big furniture store and a large
clothing house was washed away al
Vivian. also about % dozen small dwell.
hngs which were situated in the lower
/ portion Of tho village.
Two dead bodies. both negroes. wer,
seen at Eckham and three negro and
ono white oorpse M Empire.
Two iron b-uigos woro washed away
at Vivian aud another at North Fork
junction aud thsee persons were re-.
| ported drowned ucar the latter place
an bridges aud irostle work has been
washed away on Simmons river, branch
OF the Norfolk and Western system. All
telegraph lines are down and tracks
badly washed out on this division.
People who came from Vivian did not
come through the town Of Keystone.
but around it. They state, however
she damage done not near as great as
at first reported They think not more
than a dozen houses were washed away
They cannot say how many, ifany, lives
were lost at Keystone
The damage over the coal fields is i'm.
monse. but every one believe it has
been too greatly excited and too anxious
to get away TO take time to inquire into
affairs OF their noighbors.
Many Of the wrecked cars along the
Elkhorn valley have been washed down
the river and probably will be total
loss
Two bridges were gone between Viy.
I ian aud Wolch.
A report from Keystone says the
number of dead there Is Il aud that OF
this number 10 have been buried. News
paper men have gone 20 the coal fields
TO get reliable information.