Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
JENK1Ns FAMILY.

Y. M. &, a. Building, COIn
JENK1Ns FAMILY.
CHARLES M'CLARYS CHILD OF PEN
DLEToN.
MRS. ESTES AND DAUGHTER.
EUNICE BRIGGS.
MRS. CLYDE WELLS.
ANDREW PETERSEN Of Hollsboro.
-. KELLEY.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY.
J. j. HARRIS.
MRS. WOODWARD.
MRS. n. DAVIS
MRS. ELIZABETH WILLS AND
DAUGHTER.
MRS, ADAMS.
FAMILY OF GEORGE swAGGERT.
d. JAMES. WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
J. L. MYERS.
T. w. AYRES.
MRS. BEACH HYND.
HAZEL HYND
MRS. GUY BOYD.
-. FISCHER OF Spray.
MRS. O. L. ANDREWS AND FOUR
CHILDREN.
DIR. X F. VAUGHAN AND WIFE.
MRS. C. A. RHEA.
MISS LLOYD ESTES
MRS WILLIAM MYERS. JR., AND
FOUR CHILDREN.
MRS ABRAMS AND DAUGHTER.
MRS. j. WOODWARD.
-. BANKS AND WIFE.
JOHN STEER Of Portland.
w. A. PETERSON. .....
J. NJ. COOLEY.
ASSESSOR W. L. DALING AND WIFE.
MRS. CHURCH.
B. GENTRY.
THREE JAPANESE.
SEVEN CHINESE.
MRS. GUERDANE.
GEORGE KENTZLEY AND WIFE.
MRS. o. c. BOYD AND THREE CHILL
DREN
A. g. WELD.
HARRY WELLS.
GEORGE WELLS
MRS. CLYDE WELLS.
MRS. CURTIS AND CHILD.
MRS. NORA ADKINS, -
BABY OF J. X. CARR.
MRS. DAVE HAMILTON AND TWO
DAUGHTERS.
MR.; AND MRS JAMES JONES AND
TWO DAUGHTERS
lHARRY HANDLEY. WIFE AND CHILD
BERTHA FRISLOw.
MRS. LUMSHEA.
JAMES WILLIS AND TWO CHILDREN.
WILLIAM DAWSON AND WIFE
In addition TO the foregoing are twenty
babies and strangers that were not iden-
tihed. XIX
buried in wooden Boxes.
Elias Conner. a stock raiser of lone, re-
turned from Heppner at 2 o'clock this
morning. He left the scene OF the disaster
at last night
1T is now known" said Mr.. Conner
'that at least 275 or 800 people were
drowned. il5 corpses having been hastily
buried in wooden boxes and some were
merely wrapped In blankets. There were
still several wagonloads of dead on their
way to the cemetery when left. Heppner
itself has now been pretty well searched
except in piles Of debris. where It is thought
great numbers of bodies will be found"
Between Ione and Heppner," said Mr.
Conner. there are great piles Of debris. but
the flood passed so quickly that the roads
have not been seriously damaged. The rail-
road track, however, from Lexington on
Is badly torn up. II looks strange to see
the heavy steel rails bent and twisted like
eorkscrews and the heavy timbors splin-
tered like matohwood. In Heppner itself
the flood swept q clean path a mile long
and two blocks wide through the town,
following generally the course of Willow
creek"
People WRteh. the storm,
PENDLEToN. Ore, June 1s.-Three men
who survived the flood at Heppner have
arrived in this city. They are r. D. Ball.
J. ]. Kelly and A. p. Bradbury. They left
the flooded city at noon yesterday after
having witnessed the destruction OF the
town and assisted in the rescue.
Mr. Kelly said: The storm was some
thing fearful. 1t could be easily seen from
the city. The people were gathered In their
yards and on their porches to witness the
display.
THE rain was not falling in Heppner,
but could be seen some distance away.
Sharp flashes of lightning were accompa-
MED by bowling thunder. Then suddenly
the thunderstorm died away and left an
ominous silence. Then a low, rumbling
noise was heard, very faint at FIRST, but
growing louder.
THE city is situated on Willow creek,
which makes a sharp turn above the city.
As the noise grew louder and louder, the
people became frantic. But in a moment
the van OF the flood burst into view around
the curve OF the creek, carrying in Its
crest the cabins and houses which stood
in its path. Then they made a rush TO the
hills. but were too late. The hoods were
upon them.
This little river. ordinarily ten feet wide
and six. inches deep. in fve minutes was
transformed into a roaring torrent, 400 feet
wide and twenty feet deep. Houses were
lifted from foundations and carried on the
swirling waters Resistance was impossi-
BILE. Everything was swept before the rush
OF the hood People were caught in their
homes and forced to crawl out on the roof.
Then as the houses moved down the stream
they caught onto trees and hung there until
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