Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-20

only stand and see them 60 to their
death. The rescuing work was still go
ing on when I came away. When 1 was
leaving so bodies had been placed in
Heppner bank, which was used as q
mOrgue.
Heavy Damage to Property.
1T is estimated that the damage to
property alone was 100000. Some of
the brick and stone buildings were not
torn away, but there were some of
them moved from their foundations.
1.-THE goods in several buildings were
saved. When these merchants opened
for business they sent word to the re-
lief committee to come and take what
goods were wanted. People were COM
ing in from all directions to the assist
ance of the suffering and dead. They
could not come by rail for nine miles
OF the track below town was washed
away. All wire communicate ton was
Frustrated.
"Lesie Matlock, a young man, was
the hero of the day. When the food
first came he mounted a horse and
rode at breakneck speed down the can
yon in front of the rushing water to
notify the people of Lexington, a
small town nine miles below. He had
to go over rough and stony road, and
the night was dark and stormy. He
arrived at Lexington just few min
utes ahead of the food. The people
were warned and Immediately left for
the hillside. When the food has
passed only two houses were stand
ing"
Partial List OF Dead.
lone Ore, June IA list of the
dead or missing, as near as could be as
certained Monday night, is as, follows:
James Mattlock, Mrs. Tom Mattlock, ].
S. Hocket and two children son of William
Ayres, w. w. Allen, wife and daughter;
Mandy Jones, Mrs. James Jones, A. C.
Crelger, Percy Dawson. baby and two
boys; Mrs. Nora Florein, Mrs Ada Curtis
and baby, Mrs. c. D. Redfield, Blanche
Redheld - Herman, Vashti Andrews,
Pearl Jones and family James Willis, Fred
krug and four children Mr.. and Mrs. Daw-
son and four children, Stolter family, Tom
Howard, wife and three children; Mcbride,
family of six; Hermann wife and father;
Liptz and child, Abe Wells and wife, Mrs
Ashbaugh and six children, DR.. McSward,
-Chrisman. George Thornton, wife and
child; Mrs. Keithley and grandson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gum, Mrs. Padberg, Maud Lelefer
and mother, Grover Wright, Mr. and MIS-
Long and five children, Ora Roberts, Maude
keithley, Mrs. Robert Hynde and two chill
dren, Fred Oxley, Alice Bolus, WILDER
Beard and family, Florence French, Zelda
Mcdonald, Nellie Howard, Fred Willis. Ed
Reef, wife and baby; Pres Looney, Mrs.
Henby, r. O. Hart and wife, Jenkins fam
lily, Charles McLarey's child, of Pendleton
Mrs. Estes and daughter, Eunice Briggs,
Mrs. Clyde Wells, Andrew Peterson, Of
Harris, Mrs. Woodward Mrs. N. Davis,
Mrs. Elizabeth Wills and daughter, Mrs
Adams family of George Swiggert, D.
James, wife and daughter; J. L. Meyers, T.
w. Ayres, Mrs. Beach Hynd, Hazel Hynd,
Mrs. Guy Boyd, -Fischer. of Spray; Mrs.
c. L. Andrews and four children, DR.. K. F.
Vaughn and wife, Mrs. c. A. Rhea, Mrs.
four children; Mrs. Abrams and daughter,
Mrs. j. Woodward, - Banks and wife,
John Steer, of Portland; w. A. Peterson,
J. M. Cooley, Assessor w. l. Daling and
wife, Mrs. Church, B. Gentry, three Japan
ese, seven Chinese, Mrs. Guerdane, George
kentzley and wife, Mrs o. c. Boyd and
and George Wells. Mrs. Clyde Wells, Mrs.
Curtis and child, Mrs. Nora Adkins, baby
of J. K. Carr, Mrs. Dave Hamilton and two
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones and
two daughters, Harry Handley, wife and
child; Bertha Frisiow, Mrs. Lumshea.
James Willis and two children, William
Dawson and wife
In addition to the foregoing are 20
ba bies and strangers that were not
identified.