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The fill on each end was washed away
for 200 feet. The III foot bridge 10
miles west of Arminto was in the
same condition.
Perched IN tho branches of a tree.
standing in 25 feet of winter. the sec
his wife and two children. aged five
and eve years. were rescued after
SO hours at 5 p. m. Tuesday. They
had climbed to safety Just in time to
ave their lives and were exhausted
from no food. lack OF sleep and expos
ure when they were taken down by
an inspection party of tho c. b. 4 q.
All the telegraph lines for seven
miles west OF Lysite are down and
railroad communications TO Thermop'
oils and the north Is routed around
through Omaha and Billings. The
track has been washed out every few
miles along the 20 miles between Ar.
mimic and Thermopolis and no esti-
mate of the damage has yet been
compiled by the railroad officials. Up
to noon today no reports had been re-
ceived on the condition OF the line for
10 miles east of Bonneville.
Stub service for passengers to
points west was begun on the C. B. a
Q. this morning. A passenger train
win leave every morning at approx
mately $50 for Arminto and the
train will return in the evening in
time to make connection with No. 80.
passenger train for Cheyenne and
Denver.
Tho Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road is stiil unable to run trains west
of Casper. The first train is schedul-
ed to leave at 7 a. m. tomorrow for
Moneta and will return in the after.
noon The officials expect to be able
to run as far as shoshoni by Friday
and on Il Lander by the first OF the
week.
The damage to tho Chicago a
Northwestern was not as widespread
or as costly as to the C. B. & Q. Us
the formers property and main line
a in only tho tail end OF the storm.
Last nights local storm did no
damage to either railroad, according
TO reports from division headquarters
here this morning.
Strenuous efforts on the part OF
the state highway department. which
included building five bridges in one
day, opened the road between sho.
shoni and Lander at 1910 this morn
ing. Tourists from Casper for these
points and Yellowstone park were
able TO take the road this morning
assured that they would be able 10
make Lander at least. No communi-
cations were available between Lam
der and Dubois and points farther
on. so all tourists for the park were
being advised today by the local high
way department and the chamber OF
commerce to go by way Of Salt Creek
and Buffalo and then over the Big
Horn mountains by way OF Tensleep
to worland. This road is reported
to be in fair condition despite the
storm.
II is stiil impossible TO get to Their
mopolis by way OF Birdseye Pass.
Birdseye creek. ordinarily a dry
stream. was running 1000 feet wide
Tuesday evening and impossible to
cross.
bonneville and shoshoni. three
miles apart. established communica.
ton this morning by tying notes to
stones and hurlinE then across the
boiling waters Of Blrdseys creek.
II Is known that tourists have been
mhrooned on Birdseye Pass for the
last two days but how many of them
or in what condition they arc could
not be ascertRined. TITS hoped that
aid can be rushed TO these people to-
day from Bonneville.
Wind river was at the highest
point in It's history yesterday morn
ing. The water was up.to the floor.
Ing OF tho big bridge Just west OF
shoshoni and all along It's route from
Dubois on in to Thermopolls 1t had
overlooked It's banks.
Years ago the Indians named the
creek hat has its headwaters east OF
Lost Cabin md flows into the Big
Horn near Bonneville. the bad.
water. For tho last 40 years set.
tiers and visitors OF that part OF tho
state have been attempting 20 figure
out the origin OF the name. The re.
cent lood- tage Of BadwateE settled