Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-23
WHOLE NORTH APUDDLE
DULUTHS STORM DAMAGE ALONE
IS 81, 100000.
Steel Bridges Washed Away, Houses
Float Off and Traffic De-
moralized.

DULUTH, Mimi, July 22.-Follow-
ing the terrific rains of Tuesday, last
nights cloudburst caused a scene of
| devastation in Duluth today. The loss
| as now computed will reach S1,50O,0OO.
Three lives We're lost during the storm.
Two children were swept from their
mothers sides on Ninth avenue east,
one body being lost in a sewer at the
bottom of the hill Another child was
lost III keene's creek at West Duluth.
! The entire hillside became practically
! one great waterfall. The sewers, al
ready overlooking, were totally made
quate to carry off the rushing water,
and the streets and avenues quickly
turned into torrents with the water run
nIng three feet deep. Street cars were
compelled to suspend. Citizens stripped
OFF their clothing and shoes and waded
home. Theater crowds came out to find
the streets a miniature lake each, and
the men, picking up their female COM
panons, carrying them to higher ground.
Automobiles and hacks were impossible,
OWING TO the accumulation of mud in
| the streets. The hotels were crowded
! with those unwilling to venture forth in
the elements. Twenty or more houses
were washed away along small creeks in
the city suburbs
E-any Narrow Escapes.
Several narrow escapes are reported
from drowning cn Superior street. the
main thoroughfare of Duluth. One
woman was rolled over and over until
rescued unconscious, by man who
doundered after her. Blocks of asphalt
! pavement were carried away and mud
| from the hill piled high on the lower
levels.
Fifty society people were marooned at
the Duluth Boat club. The women be-
took themselves to the cushioned seats
OF the clubhouse, using ''slickers'' for
bedding.
| The rain continued undated all night
VIVID lightning accompanying the storm
Inc reverberations of mammoth thunder
Chaps adding to the snrieking of the
warning lake lighthouse sirens, the pelt-
ing rain and the torrent rushing down
the 7,, hlllslde caused pandemonium.
1he weather at noon had cleared
Half Million Loss.
-, ASHLAND, Wis, July 22.-[spe-
vii reach half q million dollars, and
| SZU0,OO0 loss has been sustained in Ash
land and Bayfield, counties alone. The loss
to the White River power plant which
| supplied Ashland with power and light
| amounts to about 100000. and the
loss to the state fish hatchery at Bay
field will be about $4,000, although all
but few thousand fish were saved.
Village Submerged.
! The village of Heiberg. Mimi, is re-
ported entirely. submerged. The flood
continued to rise at Odanah until well
! INTO the night 1t has been reported
that Cedar Island. the country estate of
Henry Clay Pierce of Missouri, has been
washed out and the improvements de-
strOyed.
The street car service in Ashland
| was crippled for lack of power. and res
! idents Of the east end were obliged TO
move to save their lives. 1t is utterly
impossible to travel country roads, and
the bridges are out through the whole
countryside. Many residents of Odanah
| sought refuge in Ashland.
The situation in the flooded districts
is worse today. The railroad bridge and
all other bridges are believed to have
| been swept out at Odanah. Nothing has
been heard from there since a. m. A
! special train has left for Odanah carry
| ing boats and men. Boats also left for
| the mouth of Bad river to pick of ref
/ ugees, six bridges are torn out on Ma
!
! Rain continued all night Nearly a
| hundred Indians came in last night, and
none have been able to get out since
| Reporters have left for the scene of the
| flood, trying to reach there by boat Four
million feet of logs swept into the lake
! at Montreal river. Presumably the same
! situation holds south of Bad river Train
/ service on all roads is abandoned
Washburn Cut Off.
| WASHBURN. Wis, July 22-TSpe-
! cial. I-Washburn is today cut off from
the outside world completely, except by
! boat service. The storm of the past two
days is still continuing heavy and dur
! ing the night the bridges on the country
roads were washed away and the rail
| road bridges were rendered useless The
| damage already done is enormous Mails
! have not arrived since Tuesday night
| A flood was caused during the night
! when deep ravine blocked up with logs
! and rubbish and water raised to q depth
! Of II feet. 1t is by far the worst rain
! storm that every struck here. All mills
| are closed down and business is at
| standstill.
Damage at Mellen
! MELLEN, Wis, July PA severe
electrical storm raging for twelve hours
! did great damage to crops here. There
! is no train service from Ashland Hur-
| ley and Bessemer owing to washOuts
| The storm is the worst ever known here
| Sawmills are flooded, houses on river
! bottoms abandoned, and all work and
! traffic tied up.