The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-16

recently arrived from the Eastern mar
kets. He estimated his loss at more
than $4,000. OF course he expects to
put much of the damaged goods on
sale but his loss will be close to $4,000,
The next largest loser is the Sands
Dorsey Drug Co. Mr.. Sands estimates
their loss at $4,000. Then comes the
Vorenberg Bar with loss of So. 800;
the Elk Drug Store with loss of
$1,000, and many other more than $500.
w. l.. kirkpatrick was the man of
the hour. He manufactured pumps by
the dozen ana they worked, too. +.
M. Clough of the railroad company
was appealed to for assistance and he
installed two large pumps, one at the
Vorenberg Bar and one at the Israel
store. w. +. Mundell installed some
OF his power pumps at the postoflce
and the Sands-Dorsey store. Men who
would work were in demand every
where and it was Tuesday afternoon
before any of the Easements were
cleared of water, and many were not
pumped out until Wednesday. Then
the real dirty work of irving to save
goods was in progress and it will be
many day before this work is com
peted.
One incident which will give some
idea of the immense amount of water
passing through the streets was the
large culvert near the Glenrock be-
ing washed out and lifted bodily from
its rock foundation and turned cross
wise of the ditch, lodging against the
telephone and electric light poles This
large culvert was made Of extra heavy
timbers and was twelve by fifty feet
in size.
Contractor Rodgers who is building
the Masonic Temple and the Golden
berg building was heavy loser. The
Easements at these places were filled
with water and lumber was washed
away. Teams were kept busy Monday
hauling lumber all along the course
from Tucumcar to the lake east of
town, some Of it being in the lake.
About n mile of track was washed
out on the 7. & NJ. east of town and
the roadbed was not considered safe
for many miles. On the Dawson the
track was washed out in places and
about six miles of track was unsafe.
Several cars were dcrailed ten miles
north of town and Brakeman Neid-
meyer had foot pinched so badly il
was necessary to amputate same.
Train service was at standstill
on the Dawson and Amarillo branches
but the Rock Island to Kansas City
was not damaged to any great extent.
Those who will lose by the flood and
the amount estimated lost are partial
ly as follows:
CARROTS store, $50.
Elk Drug Store $1,000.
Edwards grocery $3.50.
Williams grocery 500.
Whitmore grocery, 500.
Record Bar loss was 500.
israels store $4,000 or more.
Norenberg Bars loss was S2500.
Sands-Dorsey Drug Store $4,000.
Vorenberg Bar and Pool Hall, $2500
The Necessity Store had $50 loss.
j. F. Jackson, flour, sugar, rice and
other groceries, 5000.
S. A. Edwards Co. lost 200 chickens
valued at 500 or more.
Postofiice building basement badly
damaged, amount not known.
First National Bank building dam
age to building not yet known.
The Opera house had loss Of about
$500 damage to building and piano.
Goodman Grocery, goods damaged |
by water and damage to building $3.50 |
Mercer Lawing, in charge of the
work for Contractor Rodgers, estimat
ed their loss at 500.
Lorke & Truhn, milliners, suffered |
a $500 loss, as nearly every hat in the |