The Monett times., 1919-11-07
NOTES OF THE FLOOD

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flood on Friday morning He was un
able to reach his store in time to
protect any of his goods. His under
taking goods are badly damaged. The
furniture in his warehouse is in bad
condition. His loss in the main room
OF the store would have been much
worse had not R. M. Galloway sent
four of his men to Mr.. Kings assis-
trance. They were able 9o save much
Of the furniture from serious damage
and Mr.. King wishes us to publicly
| thank them for their work. Others
went to his assistance also and their
efforts are much appreciated. Mr..
Kings loss will be several thousand
dollars.
Durnils Dry Goods Company can
not estimate the loss to the goods
IN the basement, which was flooded.
The counters rose with the water and
some of the goods was no: seriously
damaged. The loss will be several
hundred dollars. They put pumps in
the basement and got the water out as
quickly as possible.
Mrs. Sloan's cafe was wreck.
The water poured through her place
four feet deep, carrying away cloth
ing, table linen, coal wood, bags Of
potatoes, apples, turnips and other
provisions which she had bought in
wholesale lots. This is a great hard
ship for Mrs. Sloan as she had Just
lost considerable of her property in a
fire.
~Wright's shoe shop suffered little
loss although the building is right on
the edge of the creek Mr.. Wright
was able to get everything except his
machinery high and dry before the
flood broke.
FL. B. Gleaves, of the Frisco Hotel
lost considerable in table linens, pro-
visions and fuel. The force OF the
water through his place was SO strong
that it twisted the linoleum on the
| floor so badly that it is unfit for fur
ther use. He lost large red gasoline
tank containing twenty gallons Of
coal oil and Is offering reward for
its return. 'as-w,
There was two feet of water IN the
first floor of the Martin Hotel. They
lost heavily, but are unable to give
an estimate Of the loss at this time.
C. E. Vaughan's tin shop suffered
some damage as to black iron in the
room. Mr.. Vaughan believes that the
damage to his furnaces and galvan-
lied iron is small.
The water escaped through the
sewer into Davis-Chapell Hardware
Company's basement. Their damage
to goods was close to 500.
At Wagne1's Garage the water got
into the electrical parts of cars stored
there and all will have to be over
hauled before they can be used. Other
damage was slight.
The water rose to within a few feet
of the round house and mill shops but
did not get into the buildings. Work
men had to wait until the water sub
sided to go to work.
Water stood seventeen inches deep
in the baggage room and nearly as
high in the telegraph Office. The office
of the claims department reported ex-
tensive damage to records and files
which were water soaked. Some
handbags belonging to emp:oyes were
ruined.
The water came up to within four
inches o. the floor of the freight
ware room and no freight was damag-
&C. Eleven Ions of coal were washed
away from the freight office.
The section house where Pete
Stolle's family live, was surrounded
with water and the family was taken
out of the house. Mr.. Stole had
several fine hogs and they were saved
by putting them on top of the chicken
house.
The trackage in the railroad yards
is in bad condition. Much of the bal
last is washed out. The main lines
have been repaired so trains can pass
but the side tracks are not in con-
lition to be used.