The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-08
DROWNED IN FLOOD
TWENTY VICTIMS AT LEAST
LOST THEIR LIVES.

New Mexico Cannot
Now Be Estimated
= Other News.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. Re !
ports received here at different
points in the flooded territory show
that the loss Of life occurred in the :
past week is greater than heretofore |,
believed. At least 90 persons per.
ished,- and all sections have not
bsen definitely heard from.
Ten Santa Fe passenger trains
are tied up at Santa Fe tonight, !,
but passengers are being sent East
and West over the Rock Island aud
Southern Pacific roads connection
being effected through the Santa
Fe Central which resumed opera
tions today
Oklahoma City, O. T., Oct. 4.-l
One man has been heard from, sew.
en- are still missing and the names
of six are known of the party of
eight men who went down with the !
wagon bridge between Lexington
and Purcell last night at 9 o'clock
after battling with the swift rush
Of waters for many hours in their
vain attempt to prevent the bridge
from going, the only connection be-
tween the two towns. Judge Hoc6-
er, who lives at Byers, near Lex
ington, is the man heard from, but
ne can tell nothing of the other
men.
AS all telegraph and telephone
wires in the south and southwest
portions of Oklahoma and the south
eastern part of the Indian territory
in the flooded districts are down,
information Is hard to get, but that
obtainable Is to the effect that the
waters are recedfng. Another ftse
was reported tonight from Taloga,
but it is thought if the water goes
down at the present rate not much
damage could be caused by Sec
ond rise.
The Santa Fe depot at Purcell
had four feet of water in 1t this
morning and tonight it Is said it is
clear. Since last night the End and
Anadarko bridge2in Caddo;| the Sa-
| pulpa- Dennisons division bridge of
the Frisco at Francis, L. T., the
Choctow bridge at Calvin. I. f.,
have gone down. Santa Fe trains
coming into this city from the north
go as far as Noble and come back.
Trains east on the Choctow cannot
90 farther than Holdenville. West
on the same road they turn back
from Geary. No mails have been
had from the South and Southwest
for many hours, and it is not known
| when any can be had from these
sections. '5
The Rock Island today sent out
a large number Of men west to re-
pair Its track and clearing away for
the building Of bridges.
i Las Vegas, N. M, Oct. 4.-''In
the history of the Santa Fe no such
damage has been sustained before
as in that stretch" declared Gener.
al Manager Nudge, who arrived
here today after walking nine miles
Through Shoemaker Canyon. Full.
fly five miles of track have beer
washed away and two great iron
bridges are gone. In places the
washout is complete, the entire
roadbed having been destroyed be.
yond hope ofrepair. It will be ne.
cessary to blast long distance in
the solid bluff in order 10 build a
new roadbed. Mr.. Nudge said Sun.
day is the earliest possible date al
which even a 10-mile transfer can
be made, and by no possibility car
a train be brought through before
October IA. A train from Trinidad
Colo, reached Springer tonight
trains will move south from here
Tomorrow.
A Las Vegas merchant made ar
effort to drive to Mora today, bu
was unable to get within five milel
of the town. He passed Iona Par
da and saw only one house stand
--1ing.
;, Roswell, N. NJ, Oot. 4.-Roswel
is scene of 7desolation. The hoot
that started Thursday night has re
ceded. The damage will be owe
500, goo. For days it was impos
: sible to get in telegraphic commun
: ication with outside points. Tn
It electric plant was flooded and th
e lefty was In darkness. Water wa
three feet deep in the main part {