Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
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enough water escaped to hold the lake
from rising further. Through this
also millions of feet of lumber. logs
and debris, from the Wausau food,
was carried down stream further. In
this mass of wreckage were portions
OF bridges, small buildings, box cars,
logs, and driftwood.
The old saloon building on the west
side of the river, and which had such
a narrow escape from destruction last
fall, was picked up and carried down
stream couple of miles, as was also
the laboratory OF the paper mills,
which was taken from the east side.
Fortunately the stone piers in the
pond above the mill and to which
were moored the booms for retaining
the logs and pulpwood of the paper
mills, held fast, although completely
submerged, and there was no loss of
logs from the booms.
The amount of loss to the Mar
athon Paper Mills company cannot at
this time be conjectured, but it will
fall far short of that sustained last
fall. The principal damage is to stock,
to the power plant and motors and
to the work on the dam, including
the repair work under progress at the
time and that made necessary by the
washing away of more of the river
bank. The wagon bridge across the
river was also carried away, as was
also the sandsucker fioated on two
sc jws and used for deepening the river
below the dam. A large amount of
steel piling used in the work of the
dam building and which was piled
on the west bank of the river was
also lost.
AT GALLON AND KELLY.
The old dam at Gallon, on the Eau
Claire river, above Kelly, was swept
out at an early hour Wednesday NOR
ming, taking with it the wagon bridge
and this undoubtedly precipitated the
trouble at Kelly, where Manser's dam,
The wagon bridge and million and
half feet of logs were taken out and
carried down into the Schofieli pond.
The river bank at Kelly YVES washed
to such an extent that about sixty
feet of it was washed away, taking
with it the bridge and for time en-
dangering the creamery.
FLOOD REACHES sCHoFIELD.
A torrent rushing down from the
Kelly dam is reported to have been at
places in the center of the river, one
mass of logs and water at places much
higher than the banks of the river.
This flood, released about $50 Wednes-
day morning, spread out pretty well
over the low lying territory between
that point and Schofeld, and had lost
much of It's force when 10 reached the
latter place. However all of the sur
plus water could not pass over the
dam and spread out covering the fields
and roadway from the foot of the
Schofield hill to the Eau Claire villa,
the depth of water in the road at
places being as great as six feet.
Closer to the village another riyulet
was formed and swept across the land
and road doing considerable damage
to property. The heaviest loser here
was John L. Ross, whose front yard
was nearly all washed away, his~base-
ment filled with water and the garage
in the rear almost tipped over. Mr..
Ross was away from home at the
time and one of the company team
sters, in attempting to rescue Mrs. \
Ross, daughter, maid and chauffuer
from the building, losta team of horses
and came very nearly being drowned
himself, the team going down into
deep cut in the road made by the
water and upsetting the wagon to
which they were attached. The team
ster was carried by the current into
wire fence, to which he chung until
rescued. The occupants of the build
ing were released little later.
LOG JAM TAKES OUT BRIDGE.
About 10 o'clock the increasing wa
tiers and the many additional logs
from the Kelly flood, proved too much
for the booms in the Schotield pond
and they broke, letting loose all the
logs they had been holding back.
These were hurled over the dam and
many of them lodged against the
wagon bridge, forming jam that
reached up against the bridge above
the floor for three or four feet push
ing out the center pier and casting
loose the north end of the bridge,
which was swung down stream against
the Wendorf machine shop, where 1t
still remains, held there by one or two
girders that failed to snap. For a
time, before the bridge gave way, it
appeared as though the whole mass of |
logs and water would go across the
road at the south end, and had they |
done so would undoubtedly have |
wrecked number of homes in that |
section.
All those buildings in the hollow
south of the bridge at Schofield, dam
aged by the food of last year, were
again flooded, the water this time even
coming higher than before and doing |
more damage.
REsCUlNG HORSES. Il
Late during the night Mrs. Louis |
Kurth, whose home is on First street, |