The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-17

outlet down Norfolk avenue where the
old floods were wont to go. But the
water this time went higher than even
in the old days.
In Norfolk avenue the water rushed
three feet deep. In places 1t was
higher than mans waist. Madison
avenue was another rushing stream.
In fact the water In both streets met
in one stream more than a block wide.
Ran Into Houses.
The flood swept across yards, push.
Ing into Easements and even into
houses not set sufficiently high from
the ground. All manner of lumber.
sidewalks and rubbish foated down
with the flood, swinging across peo-
pies yards and being dropped by the
receding waters in all manner OF
places.
Damage Into Thousands.
The damage from the high water
ran into thousands of dollars. Yards
were washed easements filled and
every board sidewalk and crossing
swept from of the west end. The
street damage which the city suffered
Is heavy.
Waterway Helped.
Without the new waterway west
Norfolk would have been the scene
of a flood of far more serious proper
lions. Houses would have been washed
away.
An immense volume of water ran
south down the gulch into the fiat
bottoms this side of the Ekhorn. 1t
swept over the floor of the Norfolk
avenue gulch bridge and was above
the railing of the lower bridge on
the gulch just south of Norfolk av.
enue.
Bovee Barn and Contents Lost.
Al the farm of Bovee Bros, mile
northwest of the city limits and To-
Gated on side hill sloping down to the
ditch which begins several miles back
and carries the water into town, Sc
rious damage was done. A large barn
about 20X40 feet, was picked off its
site and washed away. The building
was torn in two by the force of the
water, half of it landing short dis
lance down stream and the other half
being carried considerably further
In the barn were about six loads of
hay, 200 bushels of corn, $50 bushels
of oats, and all the farm harness and
saddles. All of these things, includ-
ing the farm grain and hay, were
washed away and lost. The water
was about ten feet deep in the ditch
at the Bovee farm. The corn was dis
tributed all along Norfolk avenue and
some of it was swept into the North
folk, several miles below the
starting point. Ears of yellow corn to
be seen strewn across Norfolk avenue
lawns all came from the Bovee farm
Damage at 5lser Home.
The home of f. G. Bilger, on Koe-
nigstein avenue between Thirteen
and Fourteenth streets, just where the
gulch swings into town, was a heavy
sufferer. His buggy shed was de-
stroyed and swept away, a buggy in
side being demolished. The water
went into his house more than a foot
deep, carpets being coated with thick,
black mud, chairs being tioated around
from room to room, and everything
within a foot of the floor being prac-
tically ruined. A little pig was swept
out of its pen at this place and carried
more than two blocks down stream in
ten feet Of water, finally being taken
out, still alive and squealing. 1t
proved a good swimmer. Chickens at
this place went into the top Of the
barn when it began raining, and thus
saved themselves. A grindstone was
picked up and carried some distance,
the frame being finally torn loose
from the wheel and carried away.
Mrs. VIM. Boche Rescued.
Mrs. VIM. Boche was carried out Of
her home on North Eighth street and
taken into neighbours house when
the water entered her house to a
depth of more than foot. She was
alone and, being advanced in years,
was carried out by men who were at
hand.
L. A. Rothe Lost Blooded Chickens.
l.. A. Rothe lost about 100 thorough
bred Black Langshan chickens. Out
OF 165, only about sixty were saved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rothe had been at
church. They stopped in At the home
OF friend enroute home, to seek ref.
uge from the heavy rain. When they
finally did reach home they found over
100 Of their choice fowls gone.
Eighty-tive Of the dead birds were
picked up in the garden.
Damage at 6Iakeman's New House.
There isn't as much lumber stacked
up around new residence tsing built
by F. A. Brakeman on Norfolk avenue,
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets as there was. There isn't as
much concrete block foundation under
the new house as there was. But