The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25


cadence the waves swept m on the
BY Mr.. Harry 4. Tranck n "Zohe ro<
liceman 49, when he and three com
.! Esdss went s sas day fG :. swim in the
ssWs .&sd is,x eepind ian eye out for
the ttharls, Although ! Re knew they
,.nSvsf caina,,soSfarriM,a and probably \
would not bite If they did The SUM-
blazed down white hot from cloud
t 5sea Ssa SseB ns's p9 Gae put
lNsG arnpged uhe Uacee, mud Cjaups inl
the sand, fer all that, and after our
SWIM Went into chem With a wihIand-
hANraindrop fell, then a few more,
then many more. Before we had fin
.1ahed the hundred yard dash it wasj
undeniably raining. Half a minute
later ''hgcketfuls' would heve 1been al
weak smHe. The blanket-oss water
blSttedf dit Panama and Anc9n hill
across the bay, blotted out the Distant
bathers, then even those close at hand.
n iWereniafhedd Under water for time
to keep dry. But the rain whipped ouri
tfM(s as. with thousands of stingin9
lashes. We crawled out and dashed
lbrddlgI dp the rhiE n6Mard tthA saw
mill, the rain beating OH our all bud
bare skins. 1t felt as it might feel td
stand in Mirahores locks and let the
sand pour4 down. uQQu, ~us from. sixty
Loot above, .X1ans At last -Wep stumbled
under cover and up the stairs. to where
our Clothing Hing It Way assif d Weight
q many tons bag geeh !: 1'f 9tsedd5 from 2 o8aH
SHOULDERS. owl ri 1u9 ,4rsf bedgey7
TO The sawmlll was swit houtg side walls
and consisted oldy Of q sheet ironrreof
and floors The storm lpundedson the
roof with roar that an1ade7 the nsig,t
language neeessargn 1T swaS ASST I'VE
We're stirf6,indsd On aaNo SIDES w solff
walls fof2 water ana; f6feyer shut of
fgsR ya 54tal 9ssfaaE 'tftaast
:sheets Tstss5 s slsihsa fpirt5 lIs: IA
farther ACROSS the floor, sTAys teok uts
hdddlingsbelfiadx beams andsnhde seW
behchesletheT militant istUrnn hunted als
out and 2wetted aas 1bitdbt rbttss: :ePhe
admiral and climbed tYfpe and tucked
6ufselyes away on the fort tHvG degree
T bsaiDs up unde the rodfing 'fooft The
angry water gathered together sfhf icoE
tqlinns ana SWEEP ~ ana u t. ,sS9ak, VS., |
RI At, the END OF; an hour the dowppQur
had increased ,seme hundred: per gent,
That, was the day when, little, harmless
strealns ttDre,1 themselves apart into
greatigorges andsleftrtheir pathetic lit.
tie bridges alone and deserted o6uto in
the middle Of the gulf. That was the
famous May II, s1gl2.. Wien Aneon re- re-
corded the greatest. rainfall In 4her, his
tory tory. q INCHES, virtually all within
three hQursau s1snsJ 9vs9i u Eli
ri Three, Of nso were ready to- surrender
undo swim home through, it.B But there
was +thes admiral .t0a consider He
s:was dressed clear to Els oscarfpiifi,: and
lPdhdfna' ta1lors ttear: horrible holes ii
q RolfcelhaI1l{'s ,saiarya S..so We Waited
and dQdgedl and sqnifmed Info, smaller
tho1es Tor a9l another hour y; and; greYEsteadi,
~ 5Eetef,s yIlsUtriv jGdw 70 e9-cdo 8
iLiAt length dusk 3Jegan to- fall, cbatdn
.stead1ofo dyingt wttlr til&atasdttfe ieusy
Of the storm increused--ft- was then
thrih the anEfninhs yta ll4ui&4M, -steiltg
,rata p4aintga insieagase ep4tn1 H1s edlor.
W4syaSs}pgsbM dsasfoN to be LED
}RaSHs| ai sa a'S .aliHa8
& WeH sMe4htaad inQb "a ffps tfleb sth}igd
step before swed ~ eye ttsstrefaplng w1'e
dge slaoseGs T9leRei wah eat}yUa1befauE
h6vit. 'sp1ashins1 rkneefn deear5 thnough