White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
SERIES or RAINFALL CAUSES
HEAVY DAMAGE N Ely
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the parents OF the baby were thank
full II was 10 wore.
Miss Morris. daughter o. Charles
Morris. also had a narrow escape.
Mr.. Morris and daughter we're oeeu-
pying the Fritz HoIler residence.
when the flood came along. The oc-
cupants thought il best 70 look for
another place Of refuge. and started
out. b. the time they reached the
Sidewalk. the water on Aurry street
resembled the Amazon, and in a no.
ment the sidewalk vas lifted ~ the
force Of the stream and swept from
under them. In the attempt TO get
across to another street Hiss Morris
stepped into a ditch and vas almost
completely submerged. Her father
managed to get hold of . fence and
thus prevented himself and daughter
being carried down stream. They
elung to this until two men came
to the rescue and pulled them ID a
place OF safety. II vas a very MAJ
row eseept and Miss Morris Is indeed
fortunate that she escaped with her
life.
F. {. Rowan. whose place CT resi-
dence is on hurry street. had an es-
cape that he viii remember az Ions
as he lives. Mr.. Rowan at once
realized the danger, and seizing his
little girl, undertook 70 make a quick
escape TO the other side Of the street.
The rushing water boWied aim over
in short order and ne ard the little
girl we're relied along like hoops n
the street. As they swept past the
Dorothy rooming house. Mr.. Rowan
succeeded in getting hold OF a teie-
phone pole and hung on until res
cued.
The houses on the west side OF
Murry street received the full effects
Of the food. as the buildings on the
opposite side OF he thoroughfare
standing on a terrace, escaped the
high water. With two exceptions all
the houses on the esst side OF Murry
street escaped damage.
The house occupied b. Mr. and
Mrs. Bray was nearly swept from its
foundations. and a number OF ladies
who were visiting there at the time
just managed 10 escape By mounting
tie front fence.
Fritz Moller's premises were food
I'd and about one hundred fancy
chickens drowned. Fritz refused 20
worry, and says If the accident hap
lened a month later his chicken loss
would have been greater.
The University Club on the ives,
side of hurry street received the full
effect of the flood, the handsome
rooms being flooded with water an,
.hitkly coated with mud. a lot -
cigars in the basement were ruined
making the total loss approximately
$1,000.
The citizens Affected hy Tuesday :
storm lad no sooner got straighte1-
ed out from the unprecedented oc-
cuTrence. than there WIS a repetition
of the trouble when another heavy
torn developed over the hurry and
Robinson canyons yesterday.
The week has been one long TO be
rendered b. everyone In Ely and
East Ely. and the oldest inhaDitant
does not remember any such disturb
ance of the elements that has here
tofore caused a daily program o.
thunder storms and trouble from high
water. Yeste Tday morning dawne1
pleasant, but before noon q hea,y
shower developed over Ward moua
tain, and by one o'clock the water
was again coming down hurry and
Robinson canyons in a manner so
threatening that ii caused peo-
pour was further to the west. many
places that escaped Tueday's inunda-
lion received a wetting, while those
who suffered from Tuesdays over
Tow came in FOR another experience
Yesterdays storm came at almost
the same time as the other storms OF
the week. and was accompanied by "A
terrifying electrical display. For
several hours the storm clouds hung
over the peaks to the west OF Ely,
and despite the efforts of the men
IN guard the main ditch was again
washed out cutting of the supply for
the lighting plant so that the lights
were turned off again soon after six
o'clock last evening. and from that
time until early this morning Ely
and East Ely were without light or
water. The wafer vas turned into
he main ditch about 4. As this morn