Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-07-11
STORM LOSS HEAVY
IN n. D. BAD LANDS
CLOUD BURST sWAMPED COUN.
TRY DAMAGE CONFINED
TO LOW LANDS.

AN0W Cu6lduu, ~. H., July O.-1u-
dividual farmers able to drive thru
the flooded low lands and through
the water into town are bringing in
the first definite reports of the dam
age done in the Bad Lands section
by the cloudburst Wednesday night
and early Thursday morning. Many
narrowing tales of suffering and pri-
walton during the night of the storm
are narrated.
Telephone Lines Down.
Arrivals into the city, however,
are able to tell only their own ex-
perience and no more. All telephone
lines are down in this section, and it
is impossible to cover the territory
thoroughly to learn the results of
the storm.
Spend Night in Water.
The men who have been able to
drive into town state that for six
hours Wednesday night the rain fell
in torrents. The Cannon Ball river
rose suddenly between twelve and
fifteen feet, inundating all of the
low lands. Families awoke to find
themselves in desperate plight,
their homes flooded and no means of
escape. The darkness of the night
added to the horror of their predic-
ament. Some families spent the
night in the, water until they were
rescued by neighbors when dawn
broke. ,.... .-.
c. H. Rumble, near Midway, re-
ported to have lost 1000 sheep.
LOSS $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred White, living
eight miles west of New England,
had to wade through miles of water
to reach hills. Small buildings
washed away. Loss 800.
Michael Myers, two women and
four children, living IL miles west of
New England, remained . in water
above waists all night until rescued
by neighbors in the morning.
A. q. Nasset, wife and children,
west of New England, walked over
quarter of a mile through water to
reach high ground. .
Tom johnson and wife, living near
New England. rescued from top of
claim shack. ...
Property Loss Heavy.
Telephone lines are down into
Hettinger, Scranton, Bowman, and
Marmarth, and it is difficult to Sc
cure any definite idea of the amount
of damage done by the cloudburst
which visited the Bad Lands We'd
nesday night and Thursday morning.
From present indications, when the
total loss is known it will run close
to one-half million dollars.
Many buildings were washed away,
considerable stock was drowned,
and in some sections the crops were
completely hailed out.
Heavy Hail Storm.
It has been authenticallys learned
that the region between Midway and
Schollsmade was hailed out during
the cloudburst Wednesday night and
heavy loss was incurred.
Flood Reaches Mott.
Mott, N. D., July 6.-The flood
waters of the Cannon Ball river
coming from New England reached
this city about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The river rose rapidly
until it was six feet above its normal
stage. About midnight the water
was running over the top of the
high wagon bridge in the town. The
bridge west of town was washed
away. About 1880 a. m. high food
stage was reached and the water is
beginning to recede. The river fell
three feet this morning. No tele-
phone wires are working into Het-
finger, Scranton, Bowman or Mar
marth. &&H
N. p. Dam Threatened.
The big Northern Pacific dam,
completed last year at an enormous
expense, is said to have been weak
ened by the strain and there was
fear expressed that it might go out.
In case 1t does, the total damage Will
be greatly augmented.
ss Streets Are Flooded.
The western portion OF the city
was flooded and in Main street the
water came up within block Of the
First National Bank. The heavy
rains n greatly benehtted the crops;