The Jasper news., 1905-07-27
ECHOES FROM The FLOOD
PASSENGER TRAIN WATER
BOUND N JASPER.
Other items OF interest In The
Wake Of The High
Waters.


9:2j last Thursday wls held here for
several hours uu account .of the wash
out at Curytuun. There were fifty or
more passengers on the train aud they
spent their time stroiing around the
city
The Ao,. .is aHl eating houses enjoyed
a lively trade nt supper. time as the
water bound travellers seemed to be
hungry
At seecu O'Clock there being no pros
poets Tor getting through to Joplin for
many hours the train bad orders to back
up TO Lamar and proceed to Pltisburg
a11 from there 70 Joplin over the Frisco
tracks Between pittsburg aud Joplin
tho train came to another washout and
was compelled to return to Lamar.
Thus the iss .users after an all night
rio fouad ID mselves Friday morning
buck 10 the place whore they had been
at three O'Clock ON the afternoon be,
fore.
Old Possum Creek which has a re
putation forI going out on tear often
without any prUvocatiou lived up to its
reputation ami spread out over surround.
ing territory. Prof Perry who with his
family had spent Thursday 10 the
country got as far as Possum on their
way back uu could not cross the ford.
lie left his family at the ONi1gs home
and came 90 town 10y way OF the railroad
bridge. lie returned in tho afternoon
and was able to ford the stream late in
the evening. 4 number Of farmers who
were on their way in with hogs were
brought to a standstill at tho banks Of
this stream and after waiting for some
time in the hopes that it would go down
were compelled to take their hogs back
Ralph Goldstein and Chas Gardner of
Carthage while making an overland trip
for the a. IL Goldstein wholesale clcth
ing store, got into trouble Thursday in
trying. to cross a small creek few
miles north u Jasper. The water was
deeper than supposed and the wagon
toated. swung around aud was landed
with difficulty, Ralph fell out and had
TO swim to shore. The rig could not be
gotten into Jasper until the next day on
account Of the high water. Goldstein
then walked the railroad tres.le to Jas.
Ior aud Gardner camped with the team
all night and brought it back to Jasper
the next day. Taking the train at Jas
Goldstein tried TO reach Carthage but
was taken to Lamar, Nevada, FIT. Scott,
Pittsburg and finally back to Jasper be-
fcre he could get through TO this city
Re vas 90 the train from O'Clock IN
Thursday until 10 O'Clock p IN Friday
J II Styles, who is now making his
home with Thos. Manning says thi
damage 10 crops along the Big Muddy
out east Of town will aggregate fifteen
or twenty thousand dollars. The Gre
go-y Bridge, he says, was pushed from
its piers by a floating hay stack. He
thinks tho channel of the creek ought
to be cleaned out from Orendorf's ford
down to the dam at the water plant --
Lamar Democrat.
The rainfall Thursday after & o'cloCh !
in the morning was shown by the rain
gauge at Carthage in the evening TO bt
exactly ono inch. This, added to tn,
rainfall VI the preceding night, amount
cd to total OF 4:2l inches which is ar
unusual fall of water for any season o.
tine year.
A Jersey COW and a Hereford heifel
supposed to belong al or near Carthag,
were taken out Of the Spring river fiooC
last Thursday night at the GslesburI
mill, which by the riverroute is l0 mile
away, 1t is considered remarkable tha
the COWS had the strength and eu
durauce TO battle with the raging flooC
ali the way from Carthage to the poin
l6 miles away where they we're found.
The high waters iuteriered with tn,
rural mail carriers somewhat, Thursda
all started out bnt were compelled I
return after encOuntering floode
streams. The carries on all the Route
were able to make their trips again Fri
day but the carries on routes 2, aud
were ioiled by the second rise in Nortt
Fork and Coon Greek Saturday,
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