The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-12-10
LOSSES MORE Than S39S,IO0|
This Does Not Include the Deprecia-
ton in Value of Property Left in
the Section Attacked by River.

Pine Bluff.-The river at Pine Bluff
has succeeded in eating its 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 adj
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 por-
ton of this city depended for protec-
ton, 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 the
river encroaches a short distance
further it 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
is soft and sandy, the natural resist
ance will be but slight.
Late Monday afternoon the big saw
mill plant of II. 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. The
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 a difficult matter to estimate
the great amount Of damage and loss
from the recent caving. Fully four
blocks of valuable downtown proper
ty has been swept away by the treach-
erous river in addition to many build
ings. 1t is impossible to even estimate
the great deterioration in values OF
properties adjacent TO the caving OF
the river bank
The actual losses sustained during
tails $39810 as follows:
Jefferson county, destruction of court
house annex and loss of ground, $685.
900.
w. n Trulock, quarter block OF
ground in rear of Hotel Jefferson and
storage buildings, 100000.
S. Bluthenthal & Co, brick ware
house and quarter block of ground,
$4,000
r. NJ Knox Comply, three brick
warehouses and strip of ground quar-
ter block in length and 1875 feet in
width, $4,000.
Charles We'll, 60 feet of ground at
the foot of Chestnut street, $4,000.
E. B. Bloom, cottage and lot on
Pullen street, $1,000.
Berlin Bros, two lots and two big
brick stables, with fixtures, $4,000.
City of Pine Bluff, part of Pullen
street, $4,000.
American Excelsior Laundry Com
pany, part of building and loss OF
real estate. $4,000.
Charles Pruden, stable, $4,000.
J. B. Avery & Son, stable, $4,000.
A. C. Freeman and Patillo, black
smith shop, $1,000.
c. G. Brockway, seven residences,
two of them two stories, and barn,
$4,000.
Pine Bluff Arkansas River Packet
Company, damage to warehouse and
real estate, $1,000
Pine Bluff North Land Company. on
opposite side of river. 100 acres of
land and tenant houses, $4,000
Government dykes and revetment,
$4,000.
Government river guage, 800
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 $4,000, toppled in
to the river At this point was locat-
ed the grocery store of Joe Krumpner.
which on Saturday night was more
than so feet from the rivers bank.
AT an early hour Sunday morning
this store went into the river and
more than 100 feet the ground beyond
the former location of the store has
cayed