The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-08
Torrential Downpour
Visits BOSSier Parish

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Visits BOssier Parish
There was an excessively heavy rain
in this place aud all Of North Bossier
Monday night. According to the Ban
ner's pitcher gauge (being OF the same
size at both bottom and top) the rain
fall here was Al inches. At HaughtOn
1t is said to have been much less but
ut Plain Dealing. Hughes Spur. Ark
ana. Bellevue. Minden, Cotton Valley
and all other points heard from 1t Is
reported to have been much heavier
from six to eight inches. or more. fall
ing ut some Of these places. so said
a visitor this forenoon was Mr.. l. G.
Biggs, of Bellevue. who said that the
rainfall at that place was at least ten
inches, kettless tubs, etc. sitting around /
being Hooded over. Bodcau rose three |
feet that night. ten feet within twenty
four hours. and was up to within one
foot of the Bellevue bridge at its low
est poislt when lie left home yesterday /
at ten o'clock. About 5000 cypress logs
cribEed in the lake at the bridge, be-
longing to the saw mill firm operating
there. were fi0ated into the woods and
elsewhere and it will take much labor
to recover them. Also the water was
said to be creeping tp under the big
| mill. and another shutdown must fol.
low.
| Fragments of news as a result OF
the Zig rain continue to come IN. Mr..
c. f. Byrd. farming east Of Benton.
his fields running down into Cypress
lotion. lost something like a mile of
4 rail fencing and much hay from his
! hay shed.
j Mr.. Leon Wilmington. OF this com-
munity. accompanied by others. started
! for Bodcau to fish Tuesday morning.
After reaching Cypress bottom he got
out Of his car to investigate the con-
dition OF the road ahead. He had evil
IDENTIFY run too far into the bottom. OR
1.-The force of the rising water washed
his car off the roadbed and one OF
the smaller bridges on the big dump
washed awayiwhile his son was stand
ing on it.
Mr.. f. 4. Connell. farming near
Dixie (CaddO Parish) is said to have
had about 100 acres Of cotton literally
drowned many others in Caddo,
: Bossier. Webster and perhaps other
parishes no Doubt suffered great dam
! age to growing crops.
E At least one caddo farmer. Mr.. J. w
!. Dixon. whose plantation Is near Belch
!. er. had to make use of boats IN rescu
r ing colored tenants from their cabins
Y Others here and there, on lOw-lyin;
lotion land, no doubt did the same.
!. Train service on the ShreveIor
| branch Of the Cotton Belt and th'
L. and A. north of Minden was inter
. rupted. All day Tuesday and up t.
4 last night no trains were operated on
J of Lewisville. Ark, further south thai
! plain Dealing and the motor car wa
4 operated north only rs far as Aldel
l. Bridge. In the neighlOrhood OF Aldel
4 Bridge and Hughes SPUR the cotto
9 Belts track was said to be coverc
I. with back water from Cypress Bayo
a for a distance of about two miles. Tw
It trestles were much damaged ana
!. places the truck sided to one side D
= cause Of the roadbed becoming 70 sol
!, On tile +. and A. there was shol
~ washout at Lorex, five miles north {
- Minden. and another just south
Hortman. into which two or three Cal
~ Of wheat and car of oil are said
,r have run wild from siding. Whes
8. and oil are said to have flooded
et the country.
~ The lower bridge on Cypress Bayo
- the bridge across that bayou at Hugile
40 Spur. the Gilmer bridge west of Fla
~ Dealing and perhaps many Others
- the parish were washed away.