The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-18

W1baux, just across the line from
Beach, N. D., was the center Of q
cloudburst which broke at 2: Is o'clock
yesterday afternoon, according to dis.
patches. Part Of the city ID under two
feet of water, the dispatch Of last
night said, and Il was added that tho
waters Of Beaver Creek were convert
ed into q maelstrom In 45 minutes. The
water rose flush with the railroad
track. All telephone communication
with Wibaux from Miles City was cut
of. EastbOund N. P. trains were held
at Glendive.
Tan Miles Washsd Out
Ten miles of track was washed out
between Wfbaux and Beach. II was
said in q Miles City dispatch from
Wibaux.
Advices to Bismarck said that N.
P. train No. / was caught between
two washouts at Wibaux and train
No. was marooned between Sen.
tinel Butte and Medora In the Little
Missouri valley.
Half a dozen houses are said to
have been swept away by the waters
: of Beaver Creek at and near Wibaux.
1t was reported one railroad engine
plunged into q hole of the grade east
OF the Wibaux railroad yards. In tho
half dozen houses were some 10 occu-
pants and 1t Ii thought there may
have been loss OF life. 4$r
The damage to the railroad track
at Sentinel Butte and Medora was
said to be even greater. Grades were
washed out and stretches OF track
torn out by the flooded streams.
A repair train was to leave Man.
dan at o'clock this afternoon and
Dickinson also was sending track re-
pairmen.
Neither Medora nor Beach could be
reached from Bismarck BY telephone.
Wrecks Train Schedule.
The washout In the western part OF
the state demoraltzed the train sched-
ule today. There was No. l reaching
Bismarck from the west this morning
and No. 3. which left Bismarck at mid
night for the west, did not get through.
It was turned around and left Bis
marck this morning at 9:45 A. M. as
No. 2 for jamestown. detouring at
jamestown over the Great Northern.
because Of washout between James,
town and Valley City, according to re-
ports here.
The train schedule probably will not
be normal again before tomorrow. It
was said. A special train loaded with
materials was made up at Jamestown
and was to go through Bismarck this
afternoon for the west. to repair tho
track. 1
Weather Bureau Reports.
The reports OF the weather bureau
indicate that the heavy rain In the
west was confined to comparatively
small area. The weather bureau re-
ported only 81 hundredths at Dickin-
son id the "a hours ending at 8 A. N.
today and but 56 hundredths at Miles
City, Montana.
The rainfall reported from the var!-
Gus weather stations in the state In
the 24-hour period follows: Armenia.
none; Bismarck. trace: Bottineau, .64;
Bowbells. 1.21: Devils Lake. none:
Dickinson, 81; Dunn Center. 100: e.
lendale. none; Grand Forks. James,
town, Langdon, Larimore, Lisbon, Ma
poleon, Pembina. Wahpeton and Moor
head, all no rain; and Minot rs and
Williston. ITO.
An unauthorized dispatch to the
weather bureau from Parshall claime,l
there was 273 inches of rain there.
There were heavy rains north of
here, according to information to the
500 lines, but no damage was reported.
Visitors from Haxelton, Emmona
county, reported today that there was
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