Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-06-25
ABOUT 60 OR rs DEAD,
Estimate of Floods Death
Record In Pocahon-
tas Region.
THE PROPERTY LOSS $500, 900.
This Also a Rough Estimate-A Well
Known Furniture Dealer Of Roam
oke Walked Through Much Of Dis
trict-TcIIs of Devastation.


lowing short statement last night by
one of the general officers OF the Nor
folk and Western railroad. summarize
ing the flood situation in the light OF
dispatches was given to the Associat-
ed Press:
aRestoration of telegraph line de-
velops that damage by flood through
coal fields was exaggerated. Loss OF
life will not exceed 90 or rs, and dam
age to property, including repairs to
railroad and coal operations, will not
exceed $4,000. 1t is expected the
railway will get line opened tomorrow
or next day."
The Western Union Telegraph off
Gals in this city said last night TINT
the situation. so far as getting news
from the territory west of Blueheld
was concerned, was unchanged, and
they had rothing new to give ont
Man Who Walked Through District.
Mr.. E. Ii. Stewart, well-known
furniture dealer in this city, was in
the midst OF all the storm, and tray
eled on foot nearly the whole of the
route devastated MIR. Stewart had
been to Jamestown, N. Y, on bust
bus. When his train reached Vivian,
w. Va. about 8 O'Clock Saturday
morning water already covered
large portion OF the yard, and the
tralnmen knew that no further prog
ress could be made. The train was
placed at the highest point on the
yard. Rain was coming down in tor
rents, and while in the train Mr..
Stewart saw about 80 cars washed
from the yard and carried away by
the rushing torrents; large trees up
rooted nearby, while houses, bridges
and furniture went Whirling by in the
water. As the food increased the wa
ter cut channel on the other side Of
the train, leaving 1t between two
streams. Then it was decided to take
out those passengers who wished to
leave the train and rope was at
taehed To the platform of one of the
cars and to a tree on the bank.
Among the passengers was a lady,
who, with the assistance of several
men, was gotten safely to the bank.
A number of men had narrow escapes
from drowning in making the trip.
There was a let-up in the rain and
the flood subsidized about noon and at
l o'clock Mr.. Stewart and another
passenger left the train and started
to the next station, Keystone about
five miles distant. Much of the track
and several bridges had been washed
away and the trip was made with
great difficulty, a portion of the way
on the track and the balance on the
bluffs along the route. Mr.. Stewart
says he saw a number of corpses
along the route, but does not think
more than 10 people were drowned.
When he reached Keystone, about
o'clock, he found that a number of
buildings had been washed away, and
it was estimated that along the whole
route of the storm between 200 and
800 houses had been carried away,
but the occupants of many OF them
had escaped to the hills. He saw one
very large building go down with the
flood. Most of the buildings, however,
were small affairs. The coal com
panies lost heavily on bridges
At Ennis the depot was washed
away and Sunday, when Mr.. Stewart
left, the safe had not been found He
walked from Keystone to Ennis Sun
day and was taken from there to
Bluefield, arriving in Roanoke Mon
day.
Mr.. Stewards statement can be re-
lied on as being truthful story Of
the flood and the most complete state
ment SO far given out
Water Came Up In Wave.