Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-26

nel0g 9.2f lncleS. ibis ecHpSb all
former records in this vicinity. From
8 O'Clock Thursday evening until 6
O'Clock Friday morning the rainfall
totaled six inches. In consequence
great damage resulted. The creeks
and branches we're higher than ever
known before. Fields were inundated,
fences and buildings washed away,
growing crops ruined, the roads made
utterly impossible in many places and
much of the smaller stock swept down
by the rushing waters. The storm
seems to have been general through
out the country. Fortunately, in this
immediate vicinity no loss Of life is
reported, but during the terrific down
pour of Friday morning some had to
flee from their homes to higher
ground for safety.
NOTES.
Some folk began to talk of Noah's
ark.
1t is said that Hicks predicted it all.
Great man DR.. Hicks.
J. M. Hawkins lost fifteen goats in
the flood that filled Knob creek.
Hardly a roof but what developed
some sort of a leak Friday morning.
The waters spread all over the lower
part of DR.. Summa's place in Russell
vile.
From every direction comes the
lament that the roads have been
ruined.
The st. Louis papers received Tues
day indicate that the entire state has
suffered greatly.
There was no lightning during the
heavy rain Thursday night. Rather
unusual for the time of year.
The foot bridge across the branch
just beyond Stout's creek on the way
to Russellville was washed away.
Killarney Lake in the Shut-In wash
ed a little on one side but the structure
in the main stood the test bravely.
The excessive rain has been trying
on the unthreshed wheat and it is
feared that the potatoes will soon be
rotting.
People who journeyed to Farming
ton Sunday say that the road just this
side of the st. Francois river has been
obliterated.
The baker gets his yeast twice q
week from st. Louis. The yeast play
ed out and a bread famine was
threatened.
Ironton was isolated from the world
for five days. No telegraph, no tele-
phone, no mail, no trains. Something
like primeval times.
Roadoverseer Sutherland went to
work Monday to repair the damage
to the road between the two bridges
across Stout's creek.
Some man from the Silver Mines
country was in town Monday anC
said that the damage wrought to the
farms along st. Francois river was in
c%aleulable.
1t is announced that it will be g
week before trains are running be-
tween Leeper and Poplar Bluff, Ii
the meantime our train service will
be meager.
Mr.. Nichols of Belleview was il
town Saturday with a wagon load o
peaches. He said the storm had plac
ed $50 bushels of peaches on tn
ground in his orchard.
Manfully Main street stood the ties
] of the unusual volume of water ant
came out of the deIuge in first-clas
condition. The oil, no doubt, playe,
! an important part, in preserving tn
throughfare.
\ Our first mail train since ,Frida
! morning arrived from st. Louis abou
3 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Seventy
two sacks of mail were unloaded here
1t brought the first St. Louis paper
! we had in more than four days.
The water on Main street backe'
up from the creek as far as DR.. Mar
shall's and he had some fencing wash
ed away. In his thirty years. resi-
dence the DR.. says he has never see
the creek as high as it was Frida,
morning.
During the rain Friday night a larg
tree in the read of the |. O. O. F. Ha.
] fell to the ground and broke a humble
of telephone wires. In consequence
: local service to some extent was GU
of commission next morning, but tn
! damage was quickly repaired.
1t was reported here Friday tina
Iron Mountain dam had washed away
But inquiry later revealed that thi
9 was not true. The head of the dar
began to wash Friday morning, bu
the crevices were quickly filed wit
sacks of sand and little damage re
\ suited.
The mighty rush of waters ruined tn
! ford leading from the railroad bridg
across Stout's creek between here an
t Russellville. Geo. M. Johnson, tn
ice man, came near losing one of hi
: horses while trying to cross ther
: Saturday morning. An UNUSUAL
large hole has been washed out an
crossing is still dangerous.
r w. D. Fletcher, who was water
bound at Lesterville in Reynold
county, returned home Tuesday. Ell
3 tells US the flood there was the wors
ever known. The damage wrougf
: by Black river can hardly be estimat
& ed. Stock, crops and fences wer
swept away. The Moss Tie Compan
, had a drive of 1865 900 ties in the rive
e -all of which it is feared are lost.
A gap probably 80 feet long and 81
feet deep, was washed outof the roao
o way connecting the bridges that spa
Stout's Creek between Ironton an
Arcadia and traffic between the tw
: towns was practically suspended FIR
day. A similar wash-out to this oc
Cured about fifteen years ago. I'll
channel under the bridge is not sui
ficient to carry off the water.
Il The water became 30 high, with n
cessation Of the rain, that Count
Treasurer Jones, who lives just tn
: side of the bridge, began to fear th
water was going to get in his houf
and shortly before day moved b
family up town. 1t was not very lon
b however, before the waters began
subside and the house wasn't damage,
Some lumber and a pig pen in tt
n yard were swept down stream.
Il The Iron Mountain railroad was pt
J. out OF commission by the rains. Thei
were landslides along the Mississipl
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