Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-10

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state. A newspaper report says that
but nine city blocks are left standing,
ffty-one being swept away, and hun
dreds of families are left homeless.
The property loss is upwards of a
million dollars, and to add to the
misery of the homeless, vandals set to
work stealing what salvage they
could get their hands on. The gov
ernor ordered two companies of mill
tia to the scene to protect property
rights.
Some of the rural mail carriers had
to suspend work for several days on
account of culverts being carried
away, and it being impossible to cross
streams along their routes.
1t is reported that Miss Rose
Egdahl of Schofeld, who teaches in
Joint district No. of the towns of
Wausau and Weston, had very mar
row escape from being drowned Fri
day evening, while returning home
from her school. She encountered
high water at a point on the roadway
leading to her boarding place.
The water did more damage in the
Stewart lumber Co.'S yards than was
at first supposed. 1t washed out
hole under the shed north of the
planning mill to depth Of six to eight
feet and then cut two raVines down
through the yard, topping over lum-
Der piles and undermining railroad
tracks and carrying away lumber.
Five box cars standing on a track
and loaded with dry lumber cannot
be moved until the track is balanced
up. One Car is nearly tipped over.
A crew is at work filling in the wash
outs, and it will be several days be-
fore the mill can be operated
y
That WauSau's street car service
was not put out of commission, or
that the city was not in darkness for
a week or ten days, was due to the
foresightedness and quick action Of
M. G. Ewing. AS soon as he heard of
the break in the guard lock he rushed
for the power house, knowing that
every minutes delay meant danger.
And he was none too soon in giving
the orders which resulted in giving
the city uninterrupted service. Water
began to work through the upper
windows and walls and it was plainly
evident to Mr.. Ewing that unless
there was rapid work to prevent it, it
would soon get into the generators
and that would mean no lights and
no power for cars. A dam was built
at the northeast corner, and the
windows were boarded up. The pull
legs running beneath the floors sur
face were supplied with temporary
protection on account of the glued
belts running on them, and pump
was put to work in drawing up the
water which found it's way into the
building. Soon all danger was past.
Few people in the city realize the
situation even today. Wausau came
mighty near being a dark, carless
city, and patrons of the car line and
users of electric lighting can thank
Mr.. Ewing for saving the city the
service.
Mrs John Abe's farm in Roths-
child was flooded the past week. The
family was compelled to move out OF
the house, and seek higher quarters.
A great deal of damage was done in
Guiding the loss of about ninety tons
of hay, and four hundred bushels OF
potatoes.
1t was very familiar sight to see
the crews of men working at the
guard lock on Friday. Yet, in the
early days our citizens used to WELD
the pick and the ak.
Wouldn't it be we'll for our city to
have its engineer look over the situa-
tjOD carefully an5 COO yUbo+Ior -
would be possible for Wausau to be
injured, provided any of the dams
gave way north of us2 Now is the
time to do things to protect property
and not wait.
Many were here from surrounding
cities to see the high water on Sun
day. While the river had gone down
about three feet, yet it was plenty
high to show what it could do when