Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-25
MANY LIVES ARB LOST
Water Spout Sweeps the Coal Fields
Of West Virginia.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
Until the Waters Becede the Nai' N
Of Victims win BE Unknown,
Loss 10 Property Exceeds
Two Million Dollars.

Bluedeld. W Va. June 2t--Tha en-.
tire section ha. been visited by .ood I
tho extent OF which iu all probal 10y T.
will equal or exceed that Of johns wn .
IN 1850
Shortly after midnight Saturday uifht I
heavy downpour 1f rain began ac.
companicd by severe electric srrm
which violently increased in volume
and continued throughout tho entire
night Many miles oi the Norfolk and
Western tracks. bridges and telegraph
lines arc entirely destroyed and con.
muuication b. eutr.ly cut or wei u
Elkhorn. -o thatit isl impossible to De- N
tto extent % tho Dos VI life and proper
ty. bat officials 0f the c0rp1rati1ns b.
Gated in the stricken district have 40
out messengers 90 Eikh0rn, tbs ter..
nus of both toieguphic ami ml.r.i
communicated aud have received o.
port that "a conservative estimate as d
the lo,s " life viii easily reach a
Some % tre drowned are among ne
most prominent citizens Of the col
fields
Tho Pgahontas field ia located in a
BASIN vits high mountain ranges ol
either eide. E.aa1n creek Cow
ing through tla csnter oi tho lasin
range. from one.i1lrft 90 one mile in
width rrm Ennis. vs. Nh,to N.vian
w. Va. % distance Of % miles. miners
cabins .ll company clmmi.Ar.,s and
coke plants limo this basin. Elkh1ru
creek being fed by numerous small
siroau coming from them1untain s1e.
rise. ry rapidly ara this watersplut
carlo al suddenly that the entire basin
between tho two mountain ranges was
/ flooded. and before che terror stricken
| pa0p realized what was upon them
thcy were carried down hy the Good
wh.cl swept everything in its path.
tn little town Cf Keystone with a
estimated population OF about 2J0C
seeus the greatest sufferer pruc.
rsn,y tho entire town being washed
nwuy This town b. the principal one
ir r0cah1utas c4ll fields and h. located
nol- be-. center lt was % a lToat ey-
tU' headquarters rom which the miu-
iug population Purchased supplies and
wa. also the oulJ place iu tho hcl
wh re whisky could Doe purchased At
th.s place thoro w'rc some l2 OF 90 81.
loDls. al NJ whisn were washed away.
q great number yi tle c1, and COLO
[ plu1ts through the pocahontls coal ra.
/ gior are reported practically destroyed
Aud are in s1ne instances entirely
/ washed away Owing 90 the high
I water which has Hooded the rogiou and
/ Urc,ented communication anything
/ hkc a corrcct estimate Of the loss Of
! property Is impossible but from the
best information cbtainablc s5 far the
loss 20 property ~ill easily reach g..
/ 100000
a rough ostiuiE.o places the number
Of hndgos washed away betwean Blue.
fields and Vivian. q distancoof . miles.
AZ irom % 90 90. aud from present iudi.
oatioas il viii b. impossible b get
trains through D. Vivian and pants
west u there und, week or 10 days
This will render 1t impossible % get 70.
lief in.o the sirickan district and with
those who escapol with their lives.
homeless aud withalt food, indescriba.
bio suffering is ineyitable
On tbs Clinch Valley branch Of tts
Ne,rfolt and Western railway oommuu.
istion is entirely ssered west of Taze
well, Va Reports clme from thai
punt Of gieat loss of life aud property
throughout that entro section.
At Keystone II IL known that o resi-.
dcnts Of tho north SIDE of the stream
lost their lives aud nt least 80 Of those
living on .se south " lower side were
| drowned
AZ Burke suburb of Keystone. q
number arr missing ami eight are 70
ported dead
II Is certain that the total list Of the
dead from upo of the EIkhorn to the
other will reeeh 200
On the NoTfork branch Of the Nor
fmk aud Western road hurdreds wert
rendered homeless, aud nrs camping in
the mountains Only ono of the lC
collisries located % this brnarh escap
ed. thu Ashland, it ieing located a. th,
head Of the stream The Mcdowell
Coal company. lost ls residences. Tn,
Rosnoks company lost their boilos hous,
and one large boiler was swept fou
miles down the stream. The Loui.yillt
company's storehouse Is wreck and
the stock Of goods total loss.
At Rolfe, large number Of mjnesi