The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02
WATERY DEUCE | FLOODED MENA
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 ford the doctor no protection II this with almost no wind.
 Dr. Vandiver says he will never forget the terrible experience. That he fougttthe water from his face with his arms and hands and Struggled for his breath, think ing the end had come. He says the water filled the bed of the buggy and flowed out over the sides in a cascade. He could not see his horses at all.
 When the worst had passed and he had sufficiently recoxered he drove home, where he arrived al- most completely exhausted.
 The New Bridges Safe.
 Dr. Vandiver drove out across inc Ouachita and Irons Fork Yesterday. He says that the wa Her ran two feet over the floor of sSthe Ouachita bridge and that there is not less than wagon load of trash left on the structure. The abutments at either end were crowded about eight feet But of line, but he drove over them.
 The Irons Fork bridge is also Standing. but the long sand ap- proach on the east side is all gone.
 % The doctor reports that the people along the Ouachita river say the water was five feet higher than ever known, and that all liver farms were badly washed And fences gone. He says there Ire holes washed in the ground in Which a house could be buried. No livestock so far as known was lost.
 Some of the farmers suffering damage were: T. J. Key, Luke Harris Talkington, Warren Wat kins, Burt Weaver and M. D. Smallwood.
 Boulders on Track Stop Trains.
 Passenger train No. 3, due at 3:l0 Saturday, ran into the storm N then it was raging fiercest at Poteau. and before reaching Eagleton the track had become dangerous on account of huge boulders having rolled down the Eide of the mountain. The pas senger was compelled to come to q full stop quite frequently, while boulders that required the efforts of three or four men to handle Were removed. The trains, both north and south bound were de- Ia yed about five hours. All day Yesterday and part of today work ben were engaged in clearing the Hack of debris and at noon 1t IS re ported that all trains were run ning on time.
 # The telephone report that there Ras washout near Acorn was Do error,
 Owens Chapel Damages.
 The Rev. Peter Goddard was ID from Owens Chapel and said That everywhere where there was drain or gully, feHces were washed out and land badly dam Aged. Among those that sui Tered severe losses were: Squire Zones, Thad Reid, Bill Reed, T. M. White and Ben Owens. Prof. Wan Benthusel is said to have lost quarter of mile of newly built wire fence. Squire Jones lost a fine milk COW. \ Mir. Goddard says abont four acres of his land was washed Dver and several head of stock became begged in the mud, two of which had to be dug and prled put.
 On Irons Fork.
 K. s. Edwards, for eighteen years postmaster at Quito, was in town when the storm broke, but got home Sunday afternoon. He says that the water was two and one-half feet higher in Irons ork than ever known, and that fences were destroyed and fields badly washed all along the stream. He says that John Austin reports that his mules swan about in his horse lot until released. No loss &ot stock reported.
 Broke Records.
 Jack Counally was in town to- day for wire to use in rebuilding about half mile of fence on his farm. Mir. Connally lives on Mountain Fork northwest oi Rocky and reports that nearly all < the farmers along that stream \ suffered great loss. He feels thai s L. T. .f Al T