The Monticellonian., 1908-12-10
LOSSES MORE THAN S5yS,.I00
This Does Not Include the Oepreela- ton in Value Of Property Left in
 the Section Attacked by River.

Pine Bluff-The river at Pine Blur has succeeded in eating it's way across East Barraque street, near Tennessee street. and The river bank continues caving in the rear of the American Excelsior Laundry plant and Pruden's stable site. and is undermining ad- joining buildings.
 One warehouse and five cottages went into the stream before noon Monday and the government dyke at the foot Of Tennessee street. upon which the residents of the eastern DOT ton of this city depended for protee- tion, gave way late Monday, and Mon- day night the waters of the Arkan- sas river were fast eating their way toward the mouth of Harding's bayou, which crosses the city. When tho river eneroaches a short distance further 1t will strike with full force what is known as the east end that section destroyed by fire several years ago. and but recently rebuilt, and be- cause of the nature of the soil, which
 
 ance will be but slight
 Late Monday afternoon the big saw mill plant of H. G. Cady was under mined and collapsed and was swept down the river
 Two of the cottages belonged to Baxter Culpepper and three belonged to Agnes Bradley. negress. Tho warehouse was the property of the Ar kansas River Packet Company.
 For five blocks east of Georgia street the river has now washed away all of Barraque street and is running along the south curb of that thorough fare
 It is difficult matter to estimate the great amount of damage and loss from the recent caving Fully four blocks of valuable downtown proper " has been swept away by the treach- erous river in addition to many build lngs. II is impossible to even estimate the great deterioration in values of properties adjacent 10 the caving of the river bank.
 The actual losses sustained during the week up to midnight Monday, to- tals s39S,100. as follows:
 Jefferson county, destructon Of court house annex and loss of ground, s125,- poo.
 w N. Trulock. quarter block of ground in rear of Hotel Jefferson and storage buildings, $30.000.
 s. Bluthenthal X CO, brick ware house and quarter block of ground. s25,000
 R. M Knox Compny. three brick warehouses and strip of ground quar- ter block in length and 1855 feet in width. S35,0 ,000.
 Charles Well, 60 feet of ground at the foot of Chestnut street, $2000
 F. B. Bloom, cottage and lot on Pullen street, Sl,00o.
 Berlin Bros, two lots and two big brick stables, with fixtures. $l5.000.
 City of Pine Bluff, part of Pullen street, 5000.
 American Excelsior Laundry Com pany, part of building and loss of real estate, s20000
 Charles Pruden. stable, $3,000.
 ]. B. Avery & Son, stable, $3,000.
 A c. Freeman and Patillo, black smith shop, $l,000.
 c. c. Broadway, seven residences, two of them two stories, and barn. 5000.
 Pine Bluff Arkansas River Packet Company, damage to warehouse and real estate. sl 900.
 Pine Bluff North Land Company, on opposite side of river, 100 acres of land and tenant houses, $2,000.
 Government dykes and revetment. s50,000.
 Government river guage, S100.
 The chief damage Sunday occurred on East Barraque street, between Tex as and Louisiana streets. when some 200 feet of ground and buildings, al together valued at s25.000, toppled in to the river At this point was locat- ed the grocery store of Joe Krumpner. which on Saturday night was more than 50 feet from the rivers bank. At an early hour Sunday morning this store went into the river and moro than 100 feet the ground beyond the former location of the store has