The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-17

II HE DALLES, Ore, June ia
telephone message from lone
states that the latest find in the
ruins I'm HepPner indicates that the
loss Of life VIII be much greater than
al first supposed The. casualty list
VIII foot up 500 lives and many of the
bodies may never be recovered The
property loss and destruction of build
sdrgS alone viii aggregate probably
Isl. 100000. This is regarded as a con-
servative estimate. One hundred and
fifty of the best residences were swept
from the face OF the earth. Trees and
every standing thing were RACED AMI
uprO0ted, and the debris is piled along
the railroad track to the height If
freight cars. The relief work is pro
crossing at a satisfactory pace. Among
other incidents of the terrible catas-
tropne was the saving Of three lives by
Julius keithly, 90 years old. who rode
one mile and a half on the roofs Of
houses and pulled in three people from
the flood
Looking For Loved Ones.
One hundred and ten dead have been
found in the frightful mass of rIius
Hnd dc bris which marks the spot of the
once pretty town of Heppner. and 80
more are missing. A paIl of devasta-
ton and death hangs over the RACED
|acmes- Frantic. half cTazed people are
lowering about the remains looking
for loved ones. Dozens of families have
been wiped out. Authorities of the
town state this morning as the result Of
a careful estimate that at least $50
residents are unacCOunted for and
many of the bodies viii never b.
found. In the fifty-foOt wall of water
Which swept through the town from
the water spOut on sunday evening
dozens Of bodies were carried down
che Willows canyon for miles
I'm the rush of .subsidinR waters sun
day J, ght cries of distress were heard
in monumental piles OF debris, ana the
first volunteers of aid worked like de
mons to hunt out and ind peTishins
wounded, bu- in many cases it was
too late by TIE time the sufferers were
located.
Died at Post of Duty.
Jim Kern, the Oregon Railway &
Navigation agent met his death at the
telegraph key while trying 10 raise
Portland to inform the outside world
OF the impending calamity. His little
daughter KATY. who was saved By re-
manning III the station house saw her
father and mother lost in the Whirl of
mad waters Katy stood by while her
father was calling for the Portland
Office. The flood swept i'm the lower
floor and curled around him. Mrs
Kern rushed out of the house and
started for a high point of ground
Kern Dravely sought so save his wife
and both of them were lost,
one Of the most thrilling adventures
was that of Tom Shutter. who. with his
family. was carried down stream in
his house for a mile and a half. His
wife and two children stayed In the
upper rooms. Below town the house
was shot across the current to the
west side. where il lodged i'm debris
$50 yards from the canyon bank Shut
er then took his two little ones on his
shoulder. and swan 20e yards ia the
boiling torrent Contending with OBJ
strU -tions. He landed the children and
then struck out for the house for his
wife and rescued her safely.
Could Not Be Saved.
The Mcbride family. which was lost
went down in their house. The daugh-
tiers screamed and beckoned from the
windows TO Louis Kinney who with
his family ram out in the nick of time
from their house &c escape the death
-6ealiug tide. Kinney watched the
FhOle family perish
zelda Mcdowell years old. ran 10
tell her mother to save herself when
she herself was drifted 20 her death.
A force of seventy-nve men is dig
ginE graves on me hillside Prompt
measures are being taken to prevent
plague. The weather promises To be-
come hot and relief corps TO clean
up the town is badly needed.
H r Baird of Portland lost his wife
and three children They were here
visiting her father. Mrs. Clarence An
drews and three children of Seattle are
among the lost. Her husband Is in
Sitlla. Alaska. She is q sister of Mrs
Baird
A. Abramsiczs is the only one Sc
vereIv wounded who has died SO far
Not many wounded are alive.