The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-10

GLACIER STREAM ON RAMPAGE AND is SWEEPING EVERYTHING ITS WAKE
CYS LIGHT TELEPHONE and WATER SERVICE ALL PUT OUT OF COMMISSION


over all property between First Avenue and Third Avenue
and flooding many homes The city authorities during the
morning confined their efforts to telling trees and dyna-
Uniting i'm the canyon back of BrOWneS place IN an effort
10 hold the stream in its channel and at 10 A NJ par
TALLY successful in checking the stream from going down
First Avenue
The two trains, reguarNand a special, which left
Seward at 730 Sunday morning, for points out the ne
are reported to be stalled at Mile IT, owing to WaShoutS
Round-nip passengers on the special f. o. Sawyer
Jr and wife T. M. Ward and wife R. j. Weir and wife
and j Il RYAN The SAWYER children are in Seward in
care of Benjamin Highs family.
In the Van Glider building in which The Gateway is
located tenants were flooded out and IN the basement
where is located all heavy machinery, IntertypeS and
pSseS of The Gateway three inches OF water is the
floor and the paper today comes out under trying dcu
ties the machine working with water all around hm
ON badly sted machine and the makeup ana preSSman
wadng it when you get The Gateway today remem-
be we are trying to give you complete and accurate
account of the disaster possible and much cable
news as we can handle The force getting out The Gate
way are Mr. Branerd in the editorial capacity, l.. A
Bridges ON the machine, and Mrs Branerd on general
makeup Mr. Branerd and Mr.. Bridges up all night
fighting the water which poured into the WOrrOOm, So
kindly pass over all shortcomings, as well as all errors
as very little pains be taken under such circumstances
At this writing, D. m, go to press the rain has
entirely ceased and all available men at work cutting
and hauling timber and making a temporary cmbIng
along the banks of the stream and taking every precau
ton to hold it from tearing loose and doing further dam
age
Regarding the damage done thus far it is estimated
that will reach upwards of 100000 and this is putting
at very low estimate impossible to reach some OF
the most badly damaged places and yet estimate
be placed the damage done to residences IN the lower
section of the city, by water mud and wind
While it is too early to predict that the danger Is
past as go to press it looks though the brave and
fearless who have risked their lives IN the stream to
dynamite and dangerous obstacles lodged IN dbl
ferent places have their battle IN the face Of temen
dous odds and to them alone is due all the credit and to
those who stand guard through the night let not forget
that cup of coffee sandwich will be greatly appre-
ciated.
So far as any report has reached this office but one
accident occurred which late this afternoon when
Mrs Paris struck on the arm and head by pieces OFT
stump which was blasted from the middle of the ga-
cer stream DR. Sloan attended Mrs Paris and states no.
bones were broken but that she badly bruised the
arm and the blow the head rendered her unconscious
for some time.
One of the freaks of the flood was the carrying down
for distance of several rods the Community Christian
Church. and it stands upon solid foundation Of huge
rock high and dry there being signs OF water close BY
Tonight hundreds Of citizens will stay close at hand
in order to lend aid to those who will be the job that
no possible break may occur in the already established
channel in which the water rushing onward to the
bay The large shops and railway station will be patrOed
faithfully throughout the night and every precauOn tax
the city in absolute darkness and should fresh
outbreak during the night will be almost mpos-
Sibe to fight it.
Water is being secured for the present from nearby
mountain streams which by chance plentiful and cas-
lily accessible and at present there is little danger from
that source.
The Van Glider building presents different appear
ance this afternoon than it did last night and this morn
ing when the tenants were again installed in their apart
ments after having spent seepess night watching their
personal effects. The Gateway again nearly in normal
condition but still working under difficulties Other build
ngs in the main section of the city suffered but little out
side of eaky roofs and water which had been driven in
by the terrific winds of the previous night.
In the north side of the city in the residential section
very little damage done other than those who were