The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-07
SITUATION
IN MONTANA
DESPERATE
Many Lives Lost and Great
Amount of Property
Damage.
ALL THE RAILROADS
BL0CKADED BY FLOODS
SUN SHINING AND FURTHER
TORRENTS EXPECTED FROM
MELTING SNOW.

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y Butte. June 6.-The Butte reduction 4
: works and the Clark mines resumed \
y work today. Electric cars have re- y
= sumed and the city is again being =
y lighted. Wire service out OF the city \
y is gradually being restored, though y
= II IS sun IN sorry plight
y Railway people now fear the rush y
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= the mountains as the result of the =
= warm spell that set in today.
= Three lives are reported lost in the =
y valley below Helena, but Definite IN
\ formation on the subject is hard TO =
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Butte, Mont. June 6.-With crop
losses estimated at two-thirds of the
whole in several OF the rich valleys of
the state. with damage TO railway lines
estimated at more than $1,000, 600. while
the systems scarcely can be put upon
a normal basis under two weeks; with
from 5000 10 10000 passengers stalled
in this state with little hope of imme-
diate rescue. Montana is today expe-
riencing the worst flood in the his
tory Of the northwest.
Storm Bound in Butte.
Shortly after midnight the Northern
Pacific novel here from Logan many
OF the westbound passengers stalled at
that point. but it is now impossible TO
get a train in or out of Butte over any
railroad.
The Great Northern trains TO and
from Helena are tied UP near Basin.
The Northern Pacific officials frank
ly confess that they do not know where
their expresses are, nor can the where
abouts of the Short Line trains be
learned at this hour.
The Short Line trouble is said to be
between Divide and Dillon. On the
other roads the trouble is everywhere.
The new road bed Of the St. Paul west
OF here is badly washed out in many
places.
Wild Ride Of Reporter.
The Butte. Anaconda & Pacific has
lost four bridges between here and Ana
conda. In this connection the dra-
!. matte incident Of the flood is the ride
of Frank Conway, a reporter on the
Anaconda Standard and an old cow
boy. who rode the range in Montana
and North Dakota for years, must be
recorded.
Conway started for Anaconda. TWEEN
ty-six miles away, at o'clock last
night Three horses fell under him.
He swan Silver Bow creek twice. los
ing his horse each time and borrowing
fresh mounts from the ranchers. He
arrived at Anaconda at midnight, with
the first news OF conditions in Butte
Because OF WashOuts on the Great
Northern, the Boston & Montana prop
critics in Butte probably will close to-
night, throwing thousands of men out
OF work here and forcing the smelter
at Great Falls. which employs thou
sands more to shut down.
Worst Yet to Come.
No further deaths are reported. but
the worst viii come when the biz
Yard OF yesterday. which is finally melt
ing under a drizzling rain today. |
reaches the lower valleys. Reports, |
however, TO the effect that the Moul- !
ton dam had gone out are untrue.
Butte IS still without street cars. !
lights and electrical power of any sort. I
The damage in this city has been slight, !
but Of conditions in the outlying |
ranches, situated in valleys which IN /
der such conditions become the beds /
OF torrents without a moments warn /
ing. il is impossible 10 give the facts /
1t is feared the loss of life and prop /
erty has been heavy on the Iowlands |
west and south Of here. Railway off, /
Gals here refuse to give any state |
ment out as 10 the resumption OF /
trains. II is said many miles Of the /
Northern Pacific west of here have
been washed out. The damage TO the |
new road bed of the ST. Paul alone will /
reach $500 600.
Car Service Resumed.
The wires of telephone. telegraph and /
power services having been disentan-
gled. street car service was resumed |
shortly after noon and the city will
have lights tonight.
The storm has broken here and the /
sun Is shining. The worst of the storm /
is believed To be passed.
Owing TO the washOuts between here
and Anaconda, where the next Wash
oe smelters are situated. all the prop
critics of the Amalgamated company
except few small mines with big stor- |
ing capacity are now closed. Between
5000 and 5000 men are thus thrown /
out of employment
The North Butte and the Red Metal.
which also smeit at Anaconda, are
closed. The Clark mines are down be-
cause Of flood waters in the local Clark 4
smelter. The Boston & Montana prop
critics are down because of DESTROYED /
communication between this point and |
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