Semi-weekly herald., 1911-10-09
BRANCH MUST BE RFD;'iT |lEDu'LT 7
Railroad Bridges on armgto Seon and Southern Roads Swept
Away-An Valley Under Water Great Damage to Roads,
Ranches and irrigation bitches --One Family Missing

on either side of Main avenue to the
ear barns and to the electric light
plant.
At the junction IL Fifteenth street
and Main the water unable to pass
under The stone bsidge, had carved
out a new channel, so much water
running through from the Coop. mill
across Fifteenth and Main by the
Biggs feed barn, that it appeared to
be the main current. The house by
the water trough is badly damaged
inside, and the furniture ruined.
Just by the Biges barn big hole
is torn in the road and another by the
watering trough. Sidewalks, tele-
phone poles and driftwood with pieces
OF furniture all piled up in heaps tell
the story of the force of the current.
As far as the old bath house, the side
walks still have green weeds to show
where the water Washed.
Animas City and Railroad
I Bridge over Ani ,if,s s3ur 80. - Z.
The Animas City bridge went out
last night absut 8 o'clock and came
swirling down stream amid the piles
of driftwood, the sheaves of grain,
with an occasional hog, or chicken.
The bridge lodged in the willows by
the railroad bridge near the fish
hatchery, and striking against the first
epan ef the railroad bridge the latter
gave way during the night. The Ami
mas bridge swept on down the river,
but the first span of the railroad
bridge lodged against tree in the
center of the broad sweep Of wa
ter that the river has become on this
side of the bridge. The coal cars that
were placed on the bridge to keep it
from washing away are oddly enough
still on the broken span, and also on
the part of the bridge that is still
standing.
Junction Creek Bridge
Goes Out Yesterday Afternoon
The Junction creek bridge went out
yesterday afternoon, after damming
the water, which was so high that it
overflowed in every direction, taking
out about one hundred feet Of Frank
Lakes lawn and washing the founda-
tions of the house badly. So far
we have been unable to get any word
from the families living along juno
ton creek, but from the debris that
floated down stream there is consid-
cradle loss. Yesterday afternoon mat
tresses and bedding, chickens, pigs and
broken pieces of furniture came down
past the bridge.
Trail to Mines
Entirely Obliterated
The trail to the mines just COM
pleted at considerable expense, which
followed Junction creek for some dis
tance, is now obliterated as il il had
never been.
Foot Bridge at the Elec-
trio Light Plant Swept Away
The foot bridge near the electric
light plant went out yesterday after
noon about o'clock, and the COM
pany's beautiful lawn was lake, the
water Overlooking around the plant,
and into the low floor of the build
ing, but doing no damage to the ma
chinery
Two Bridges to Smelter
Weather the Flood
The railroad bridge across the Ami
mas near the smelter is still stand
ing, although about one hundred feet
of the bank at the approach on this
side of the river has washed away
The bridge is weighted down with cars
of iron, which undoubtedly helped tc
save it. The wagon bridge is also still
standing, although the water WASHED
clear up over it.
Foot Bridge TO Smelter
Washed Out Yesterday
} The foot bridge to the smelter wash
, ed out yesterday, and big coal shoe
; was crushed as If it were an eggshell
t but protecting the office building
0 near. A big slice Of the Stag pill
was cut off as clean as if with a knife