The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-03-19
News Snapshots
Of the Week

for some time. and the first rainy day
Offered splendid opportunity ! start
ed it on Jan. 10th and as it was still
raining the next dsy continued the
writing. From then on, things began
to move rather briskly about here and
conceived the idea of writing the
letter in diary form. and as sucn ii Is
true record Of the flood in this dis
triot, written in odd moments through
ont the week
The rain started on Monday TIE 10th
and for several days nothing of interest
occurred except that we were washed
out OF our tent and took shelter in
cottage at the station. On Tuesday
there were vague rumors OF food. bnt
no one took much notice OF them. The
river which had been very low rose
several feet.
Wednesday 18th.
Under this date | have written. 1T
Is still raining and the river is rising
steadily. The .men who know the
river say that the flood Is a certainty
and is liable to be a record breaker.
In order 10 get from the cottage across
TO the station-hous and shearing shed
we have to wade in water to our knees.
where the road used 10 be. and all the
low ground is several inches under
water. The rain stopped long enough
10 allow us TO go up and drive the
stock into the nigh paddocks where
they will be out of reach OF the water
when 1t does come. On -the way back
we were caught in terrific shower,
nearly two inches OF rain fell in an
hour Some OF the men employed at
the shed went in TO town today and the
rest are going tomorrow. We are GO
Ing 10 stick IL out and see the fun
some one has TO stay in any case.
Thursday 18th.
Raining steadily; at . n. IN. the
gauge showed s57 points of rain since
Monday. IL took only s35 to cause the
last flood. and we had word this-.mor
ing that it is raining just as hard up
the river at Tamworth. IL will take
several days for that water 90 reach
here, but we II know il when IL comes
The river is level with the other banks
now but it will have miles OF fiat and
low country to I'll before it can top
the banks here at the station. The
boys from the shed made a break for
town this morning our boss MacGregor
among them. and we went 60 the creek
10 see them across There was hardly
spoonful OF water in the creek
week ago but today IL was a full fed
ged river. carrying fearfully swift
current from bank to bank. Five men
got across. Mac and another ON horse
back and three.who swa nj one horse
and sulkey were washed away and lost
and the other men went away up
stream TO try another crossing.
have boen sitting mp quite late
waiting for boss MacO regof TO return
with the latest news, hut ! don't think
he will attempt II any mors tonight
he will be lucky II he gets here at all
now for the creek Is rising every MIN
ute and is already over the banks We
nave been all over the district today,
shifting cattle. sheep and horses from
the dangerous positions onto high
ground. It's case OF each one help
the other. and we were in many
tight pinch today
Saturday 10th.
Boss Mac. rolled in yesterday morn
ing looking like "A drowned rat he
nearly lost his life In the creek. Only
the merest chance saved him from
following his horse she was swept
from under him in the middle OF the
stream, good mare too. II would
take volumes 10 record the happenings
OF the past two days; hvw three OF us
were within nm inch OF losing our lives
IN the creek how we worked for hours
saving cattle, sheep and herses MP and
down the river. and now we brought