Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1905-06-23
THE FLOOD WATERS STILL COME.
Hot Springs is Given Another Immense
D"wnpour. Doing Much Damage.

Hot Springs is Given Another Immense
Dnwnpour, Doing Much Damage.
Last Saturday the damage done by
the storm of the week previous had
scarcely been repaired when another
and more severe rain and hail storm
visited this locality. 1t came down in
torrents for over an hour during the
afternoon, extending over several miles
west and north of town, practically the
same region of the storm of the pre-
vious week. Before the rain had
ceased Minnekahta Avenue had be.
come raging river, extending over
the full width of the street and from
one to three feet deep. The street has
considerable of an incline so that with
so much water it made IL savage look
ing torrent 1t was not long until the
ly, and with the floods from Mime
kahta avenue and an immense volume
from College hill that came down over
the Northwestern track all along
from the Buffalo Gap Lumber Co.
wards to the round house, covering
the whole fat with over Z loot of water
within "a few minutes, swelled Fall
River over It's banks in many places
and made it frightfal, dangerous
stream. It is difficult to certain the
full extent of The damage done or TO
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The greatest damage wa to the Bur
lington tracks, practically the whole
road bed, bridges and rack being
wiped away from the plunge bath to
the Chautauqua grounds, besides much
dainage still farther up The track.
The train that runs between here and
Min4ek;.hta was at the latter place
when the storm occurred, and is still
at that end of the line 1t is difficult
TO tell when the damage to the Burling
ton track viii be fully repaired SO that
brains may make their regular runs,
although they have it sufficiently re-
paired to attend to business from just
above town.
The railroad grade going out turned
the whole channel of the stream into
the reservoir of the Water, Light and
Power Co, filling it with mud and
debris of all kinds. AS the company
had wisely covered the real supply
point, however, the flow of the spring
into the main water pipes is not affect
ed The company also suffered dam
age i'll other parts of town, although
the new dam remained intact.
The Minnekahta bath house was
flooded with ABOUT three feet of water
and mud, giving Prof. Berry and as
sistants big, nasty and expensive jot
of house cleaning.
The raging stream from Minnekaht;
avenue started 10 wash away the abut
ment of the steel bridge at the creel
crossing. but did not seriourly iniur
the approach, although the embank
ment was washed away along wher
the sidewalk extended and many load
of earth end rocks will be required t
make the fill and protect the bridge
Thclong Northwestern railway bridg
between upper and lower town wa
twisted and warped out of shape an
several bents loosened The cit
bridge near the Northwestern depc
was loosened at one end ana made iii
passable. But as this was about to |
replaced by steel bridge the loss
nothing. The Northwastern railroa
had "a few bridges below town weaker
;, ed and wrecked to such au extent tn
they wore not servicable until Monde
!, T. afternoon, when the bridge repairil
10 10 crew got them fixed up.
The streets about town were ma.