The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08

Wa~ followed about four hours later by he first ice from the Panama. Before | o'clock the r'vor was as full of ice as during the first run. with ht level steadily raising and an hour later the gauge registered l2l2 fec By \ o'clock another four feet had bean added but from that time ir was impossible to record the depth T. is certain that this level was exceeded by at least two feet when The water had reached its crest
 Ry o'clock all the lower portion of Front street. as far up as State street. was covered, none of the houses being tenable, while the same conditions existed al the upper end of town on Wendell and Dunkle and upper Firsr avenue.
 Word came from Cinema al this tim" that the ice across from the town had moved for a short dis tance but had stopped and that the Tauana was still anchored fast
 In the meantime tl' run pat town from the Tanana had damned at the slaughter house and by 9:30 the river as far as could be seen was ~olidly packed with ice. The level of the river then commenced to fall.
 About 5 o'clock on Monday morn ing he river again commenced to rise and continued to do so al a pace which caused fears to be enter 'anod that much more damage was 'o be done Forty minutes later the jam broke and the immense field of ic" Wa- again on its way down river Al this time the level reach cd was the highest in the history of the city. and # is probable that if the gauge had been working it would hava shown a depth of nearly 19 feet Fifteen minutes after the run commenced, however. the fall in the waters commenced and the ice rhiuUed out.
 Fortunately 'hcre were no fatali- rics. everyone anticipating the dan. ger and preparing for ii. In at tempting To save furniture and house hold effects. however. many took long chances Jimmy Barrack came near ro drowning when he fell through his open cellar door and a number of other escapes were noted Two cabins ar the extreme end of First avenue were completely wrecked and many suffered through cakes of ice being projected through the win doWS
 Including the damage done to the railroad which cannot as vet be es- timatcd. the wrocbng of the docks and rhc individual losses sustained, it seems probable that the flood has cost the town ill the neighborhood of $l5o.0oo. l. may be that the ac- tual amount spent 10 replace the loss will not nearly reach this fig ure. but there can be little doubt that that amount of damage was ac- Jually done.
 The bridge over NOyes' slough was broken down to relieve the ice pres sure. and il was at once swept out by the ice. II may be possible to save the second bridge over the slough. but il is now out of commis sion except for foot passengers. Dur ing the first run of the ice the bridge over Greenhouse slough was taken out. A hole was smashed in the Anderson greenhouse by the ice. and the Brandt greenhouse suffered to an even greater extent. the water cOm- ing up so high as to drown out many of the plants The entire fence around the Brandt place was also carried out. as well as the fence around the old ball park.
 Following is the depth of water n .orc of the places in different parts of town. at the time when the water was highest: Smiths gun store inches; Brido's grocery store, near the Columbia hotel, 3 feet 6 inches; F. s. GOrdOn's residence, at the extreme end of Wendell avenue, ? feet 6 inches; half way up Wen dell avenue. feet; Barracks ma chine shop, feet ? inches; Third Avenue hotel. & inches; the old Mar shall residence. lower First avenue, 52 inches; Miners Home saloon, Car den Island. II inches; Times office. ? inches; Alaska Citizen, ? fee
 Across from the Barthel brewery Harry Bentley's chicken ranch was under water and the family he'd to tske to a boat Hinckley's COWS were driven off to the hills, and as many people as could followed their lead.
 The N. C. powder and oil ware hcuse. which stands on the river b3nk al the lower euu Ol NEecn- house slough, was wrecked, as also was the front end of the D. c. ware house. The ice also wrecked the old shack used by Mrs. Simpson as laundry. and it was carried across Turner street and wedged up against the Brumbaugh. Hamilton X Kellogg warehouse.
 In the Citizen office the water reached the level of the floor at about nine o'clock. and it rapidly forced it's way up until there was about two feet. At this point the motor on the press was under water and out of commission. so the hope of being able to publish the paper oil time was reluctantly abandoned The force took refuge in a boat moored alongside the Bevans house. having to wade waist deep to reach this vantage point. Later the comforta- ble quarters of the Bevans house were taken advantage of, and an