Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09
he frst to succumb to the flood.

good deal Of grain is down owing to
the rain. otherwise no special dam
age resulted. high water not affecting |
the mesa
Only meager Information from the
Pine river section as the phone line
is still out OF commission II is known
that Pine river was higher than In
the history of the oldest inhabitant
and much damage resulted to crops.
While several bridges are reported
damaged none have been taken out so
far as can be learned. 1t was said
last evening that the brideg at Column
bus was in bad shape.
The roads have suffered almost in
credible damage Along the Florida,
between the Thornton and Place
ranches. seventy-flve feet of the road
has been wiped out of existence. On
account OF the grade It will be
heavy expense to put the road in
shape again.
On Lishtner creek, about 100 feet
OF the road on this side OF Tom Ma
sons has disappeared The road ran
around the bend of the hill near w.
OBriens place. but at present the
bank of the creek and all but fringe
of six inches' of the road has been
washed away. There Is not even room
| for a person 10 cross on horseback
In repairing II new road will have to
be cut around the hill, and a retaining
wall built along the creek AS mem
toned yesterday the railroad bridge
is also out
Hay gulch is entirely impossible
until the road is dug out, the roads
being washed out and blocked with
rubbish.
i The Junction creek road is wiped
out of existence, blocked with logs
and uprooted trees. and driftwood.
In places the creek was damned up
with floating logs and then overflow
ed The Sites ranch was unframed,
but with few exceptions every one
! along the creek suffered loss, Mr.. Bur
win, perhaps, being the heaviest loser.
The Junction creek ranch OF T. r.
Peterson was damaged considerably
bitches being washed out and gardens
destroyed. Mr.. Peterson's ranches on
the Florida mesa were damaged most,
a bridge belonging to him being car
ried out, and crops spoiled
While the Animas is falling today,
being two feet lower at the electric
) light plant at noon the fertile Aninas
valley is sad sight. All along the
line from Hermosa the grain and hay
ing in water. At the Thompson place
stacks of grain are standing in six
feet of water. Mr.. Firebaugh lost his
entire crop of oats. They We're stack
ed and swept out by the water. leav-
ing the field bare. Mr.. Thompson es
p Inmates his loss on his grain at $i00
He also lost great many chickens.
d Mr. Baker. who retently bought 9
| unmber of cows and calves from Mr.
t Thompson, for the dairy business
= which Mr.. Thompson has recently de
" cided to go out of, left all of the calves
in Mr.. Thompson's barn with some
: belonging to the latter, removing the
+ cows on Sunday TO his own place VI
/ the valley, intending to move the
Q calves the next day. Sunday night the
i flood came. In the morning wher
e Mr.. Thompson went to the barn there
S was four feet of water in 1t, and al
l the calves were drowned.
A great many inquiries have beer
} made at this office whether any of th'
persons whose homes were flooded
y near the North Durango bridge Sun
: day night are in need of assistance
e Captain Arbuckle of the Salvation
army, who was summoned when Tho
flood came and assisted the sufferer.
that night, says that Mt present the!
l. cannot determine just what the need:
j. are. BY tomorrow the situation will
Q Je fully canvassed, and II there l!
a need it will be supplied. The city
council agreed to furnish aid to those
l. TO Captain Arbuckle for that purpose
Captain Arbuckle was called Sunda,
night about 2:3O and removed Mrs
Stock, who was i'll In one of the
J. houses. and opened ,he hall. where 0
l. number of people remained all night
e Mrs. Stock is now with her daughter
p on Second avenue. There were posi-
bly, some two dozen families compelled
b 10 move that night. Monday morning
5 about six people were furnished with
breakfast.
George f. Brown and family occu
pied one of the houses fronting on
Main street, renting it furnished. Mr.
Brown is son of A. f. Brown of this
city and recently came here from Ida
ho. Getting out their trunks Mr.
Brown moved his family to his fathers
residence on West Third avenue,
whore they are still living.
In the home of r. w. Chafee also
fronting on Main street, the water has
done considerable damage. Mrs. Chat.
fee and her daughters and son-in-law,
F. w. Cooper were in the house Mr.