Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1908-06-05
Again the food gates have been;
'pened snd Fall River went upon u.

opened and Fall River went upon u /
For about a8week the rains;l
had fallen SO inoessantiy that the !
earth was thoroughly saturated, 90 thatI
when the downpour started Sundsy|
evening about six o'clock none Of the
moisture could be absorbed into the
ground. It rained steadily and satsl
times almost in torrents for seyeral1
hours in fact nearly all night, al.
though the heaviest rain fell between
eight and eleven O'Clock The whole
territory to the north and west, which,
drains into Cold and Hot brooks had
the same drenching SO that BY nined
o'clock Fall River began to rise and it
rapidly raised until about one when
the highest mark was reached, coming
to within about three feet of the. bridge
between the Evans and Gillespie
hotels which is about high water
mark since the establishment Of the
town-the floods of August, 1897, and
June, 1905, reaching that mark.
But Sunday nights storm did not,
end the deluge. Again Tuesday night
about eleven o'clock another torrentiall
rain fell for few hours and Sunday
nights freshet was repeated. The first
flood had so saturated the embank-..
ments of the stream that it erumbleds
and melted like sugar wherever 1T
was s'made" embankment.. The street
from short distance below the Evans
to the second steel bridge near the
Christian church was made in 1892 by,
filling in, but this is the first time that
much serious damage has been done
to it. q NJ ilS5 NJ s$s 81
j Near the Christian church Sunday
nights high water carried away the
embankment to within thirty feet of
the church, but Tuesday nights storm
took still more, leaving only q few. feet
: of the street in front of the church.
The last flood also tore away the en-
bankment just below the postoff1ce.
extending tosthe first steel bridge by
the Northwestern depot, taking all but
about twenty feet of roadway carry.
ing off all the shade trees along the
west side of thu street be;
, tween the postofice and bridge,
The street kept crumbling away until
"wednesday noon when the water went
ID down, but narrow street with perpeni
! idicular enbankment made it %
J dangerous that the street had to be
} abandoned, and traffic opened NJ
through the rear yard Of HenrickI;, !;
sons livery stable.
The storm Sunday night did ex'
tensive damage to the railroad tracks
: between here and the Falls on the
s Northwestern and to Erskine on the
Burlington, catching both trains or
! the line on their return trip for that
q evening. The Northwestern had reach
I ed the Falls when they found a bridge
0 impossible, but before they decided
s to run back to the Gap q bridge tn,
b other side had been weakened SO tina
the train with thirty passengers ABOARD
J had to remain there the passenger
being brought to town BY teams mex
morning. ,s ,,5 Y;
y Although the bridges Of the North
J. western were considerably damages
l. good headway had been made in II
IS pairing them and they expected to hav
70 trains running to the old Catholicol
K depot Wednesday, but Tuesday night
r, food spoiled the prospect and beside
g undoing the repairs made, tore awe
hl much more and greatly weakene
many bridges. Forces of men hay
If laagaio gone TO work repairing and wi
a crowd the work rapidly. hoping 70 g
Y, trains TO the city limits the latter pa
as Icf, tho week.
~ One of the greatest single less "a
e eausadsby the food Sunday night "
re The breaking Of the big new conete
dam Of the Water, Light q ( Power G