Iditarod pioneer., 1913-11-08
SOLOMON WIPED OUT
Acts of Heroism Recorded by Corresponden

Acts of heroiSm ReCorde7 by CoffeSpondenI
 on the Scene
 Writing from Solomon, James M. Reilley has the following interesting account of the disaster at that place:
 Every building in Solomon City is wiped opt and 20 feet of water IS rolling in tenn pestuous breakers over what was once Solo, mon City. Down at Bonanza every build ing is gone. All that remains there IS the mammoth oil tank, that seems to defy the elements and stand alone, AJaXlike, defy ing all things pertaining to the clements The people of Orohno, mainly MT. and Mrs Phillips, are succ0rng all the ladies, Whl.e nearly all of the men are cared for by Nel- son and Olson of Shovel creek. Mir Steigel meyer is also entertaining group of ma rooned miners, and with his employees IS acting the part of metropolitan bonlface in catering to their wants.
 River People Equal to Occasion
 It seems as if al. the solomon river peo ple cannot do enough for the sufferers; It seems good to see such a grand display cf sympathy, and makes one thoughtful The milk of human kindness is not all dried up. The natives here are in pltltul state. The blow came so suddenly that the poor souls could not save morsel. All their winters supplies are gone and they seem to be de mora.ized l tried to get some information from them. but from their dlSJolnted and inccherent statements 1 could not learn of any casualties among them. Shlverng and shaking, l met about twenty of them mak- ing their way up the railroad and 1t put me in mind of an Cli country funeral
 Natives Mourn Loss of Everything
 Their nlournings are loud and their woe is heartrcndng Surely something ought to be done for them Cannot the government help them and must the citizens again ex tend them personal assistance Food Is scarce, and what there is now in stock is watersoaked, but it Is kismet.
 Ross, Miller. Gardcrcau and Church have hown up all right They managed to reach their launch, but the wheel foulad in tela phone wires ard she went out of commis- .icn The F.yer vas also hcl less and coul. render no aid the Seanon plant is gone but fer that matter, so is everything but the brave human souls who lived there.
 Today the water is mile higher than any GriftwGod has ever be1n.
 A Modern Grace Darling
 There was Cne woman who rose to the ~ccasicn as well as any man It was Mrs. Miller, the native wife Of Harvey Miller, an amrloye of the oil company here. Water was her clement When the waves over whelmed the town party consisting of Mr and Mrs. Renney end baby, Mrs. May nard. Mrs $hauehEessy Mrs Ross, Mss Le Boulanger and Mrs. Miller and baby took refuge in dory and pat cut to sea one man with heayy ioal fl hel. less females Giving her beloved baby to another Ia .y, and grasping an extra pair of oaT5, she fell into the short, choppy stroke of the native Alaskan rower The great white, abaA- ,lcned r llarS, crowned Ike infur!atod Bac- charaI5 with q wreath of snowy flowers, hurled thcmse yes cn the shall2wer bars and burst into a million clouds of foamy smray Over these the dory with it's pre- cicus burden was driven, to be tossed about without ruth and without pity time and a~ain, SO that it looked as if destruction surely awaited the little craft
 It was hard and cruel work Hands and feet were blue and trembling with ccld and almost covered with ice and sl2et, they at last landed two and half niles on the tundra It was a terrible experience, and too much cannot be said for the indefatig eble manner in which MT. Renney and Mrs. Renney strove to save the dory and it's hu man freight. Surely something of Grace Darling must of necessity be in the makeup of Mrs Miller, or has history repeated itself? She received her opportunity, any way, and grandly she responded to the Oc- casion