The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-03-20
The BIG FLOOD CAME
ssriou. Dsmsse in More Ways Than One to
All Points In This Section
KENDRICK NOT HURT, BUT
UNEASY
for Two Nights the PEOPLE OF the Tow
watched the Rise Of the Mater Very
Closely. But the Dyke held end the
water Rushed ey.

Since last Friday the people not
only OF Kendrick but also OF the entire
Potla,ch country have had something
to occupy their mud aud attention.
for the ram came, the snow melted
and the creeks rose, the Hood came
dawn like an avalanche aud tie ter.
rife onslaught of waters put bridges
out of commission, carried others
down the stream win them, helped
themselves to saw logs, swept the
bottom lands. threatened the town
ann IN some cases submerged the
floors Of houses, swept out raiiroao
tracks and tore away embankments'
mi raised the mischief generally with
the county roads.
For a week PRIOR to the heavy rain
the weather had be.n MI aud a
CHINOOK wind prevailed, WHICH ioosen'
ed the snow III the hiiis back vi the
town and on FrlAay steady down
pour put the hnlshlng touches to what
the elements had been preparing lot
Saturday the ram conunned aud all
that night, the sound OF the ram then
being accompanied by the swollen
roar OF the ever rising Potlatch winch
at three O'clock Sunday morning was
running bauk tut, larplng the MAN
track of the railroad at the top Of lhe
dyke which protects the town at the
bend OF the stream,-ha1 surrounoso
the Vollmer Clearwater Cos ware
house at the tramway and tore out a
chunk or two of railroad track be-
tween Troy aud Kendrlck IN the can
Won and also several more sections
between tails place and the Clearwater
while the load from CEDAR creek, from
P,ne creek and from Little Bear were
declared impossible. AT hive O'CLOCK
the big boon of logs in the Pine Greek
Lumber Cos dam broke loose and
some 20o, 900 feet of hne saw logs
swept down the creek into the torrent
pouring down the Potiatoh channel
The business men and the residents
of the flat were early Notified OF the
condition of the stream and many, ID
tact most all, of the residents OF the
lower town moved on the hill as
matter of precautioD. remembering
the scenes which occurred here III
1899, and deemiag an ounce OF pre-
caution was worth pound Ut unnec'
essary danger.
At SIX the water began to fall, con
tinuing 10 do so until p. m. ant
during that period a drop OF over J
inches was noticed. but at tour tn
stream was noticed again rising ant
this time Il went higher than before
gently flowing over the dyke and II
some places sweeping through In
late rise was more destructive tnal
the previous one, seep ng out mol
track and bank, aud was the cause .
the Sperry grade bridge at the en-
trance OF town which leads 10 LEAN
and Fairview and tie P tiatch ridge
Washing away, the bridge Just oeio'
the mouth OF Cedar creek when
the way to the Cedar and bouide
creek country embracing the towns
Crescent, Park, GAINESVILLE, lrumou
and the tributary country,-destroyin
the Pine creek bridge on the sam
road but tapping the Pine creek san
Little Bear ridges,-giving our Peopl
another scare, SO that guard Wa
placed at the dyke with sandbags K
the turn,ng of the water. the most
the residents of the fiat secured place
for the night ON the hill, that the
might be above all possible DANCE
should the dyke give way or the strea
break over it. At eleven p. M. II
creek again began to fall and slut
that time it has been steadily dropPi'
until as we go to press all dams
from fiood for this year is over al
an attempt is now being made to +
pair the damage.
Considerable damage was occs
;oned bv the loss OF cordwood rick
along the bank of the stream both
the Potlatch and Bear. which empti
in the later, land below town c;
Brown almost had his house swe
away by a portion of the stre'