Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-09
EIGHT LIVES LOST
IN STATE FLOODS
Raging Streams Peril Wis
cOnSin ToJOnS; Damage
Reaches Millions.

southern and eastern Wisconsin which
have been on rampage since Sunday
were driven TO new record high levels
by another deluge yesterday that
menaced entire towns. isolated vii
lagos and summer colonies and i'm
periled scores Of motorists trapped on
highways by the swiftly rising waters.
Five additional deaths and the mar
row escape of three other persons
were reported during the day, bringing
the states flood death toll to eight,
three other fatalities having been re-
corded on Monday Yesterdays storm
also added several hundred thousand
dollars TO the farm damage which al
ready had been estimated to reach
/ several millions.
The storm and drowning victims
are:
Lorraine West. 6, drowned and
crushed against the rocks of an old
mill dam at htpon after falling into
a flooded pond near her home.
Oscar Lundgreen. 20, Kenosha
killed by lightning while standing at
the entrance OF barn, on a farm near
Kenosha.
Arthur Sorrenson, TO- Kenosha, slain
by bolt that killed Lundgreen.
Harold Frank. II, carried to his
death by the swift current while wad-
ing in creek on his fathers farm
at Chiffon.
Ruth Mccain, 2, living near Arnold,
Chippewa county. drowned when she
fell into the Fisher river near her
home.
John Smith, North Fond du Lac, and
his daughter. Fern, 8. escaped a SINH
lar fate when undermined earth crum.
bled under their feet and dropped
them into swollen stream near their
home. They We're rescued by a
passerby
Dam PeriIs Campbelsport
The entire populace OF the village
Of Campbellsport, sixteen miles south
east Of Fond du Lac, stood horror
stricken on the banks OF the Mlwau.
kee river. momentarily expecting the
dam to give way and sweep their
homes to destruction.
A somewhat similar condition pre-.
vailed at Thiensville, fourteen miles
southwest Of Port Washington, where
dam was reported to have broken.
Up to a late hour, however, the report
had not been verified The village
was said TO be almost entirely mum
dated, with five feet OF water cover.
ing the principal street
Fifty men worked at Campbellsport
to save the dam with sand placed at
the sides, while logs anchored by iron
rods were placed on top to check the
flow of water.
A road five miles south of Long
Lake was dynamited to relieve a large
accumulation Of water and guards
waited tonight for signal to dis.
charge mines planted under Highway
IS to save a new bridge a mile and a
half from Campbellsport.
Lose Runs Into Millions
The flood damage to buildings. mer-
camille stocks, bridges and railroad
property probably will total several
million dollars throughout the state,
it was estimated yesterday, while the
loss on farms. where hundreds Of
acres Of growing grain were inundated
will total several times that figure, it
is feared
Between Deiayan and GAINESVILLE,
huge fields of barley and oats, almost
ready for marhst were ruined, while
splendid fields Of corn stood buried
under three m four feet OF water.
The loss in Rock and Walworth eoun-
ties alone was roughly estimated at
100000
Around Eau Claire and Madison,
oat crops suffered greatly, prospec-
tive yield considerably larger than in
the past having been Transformed into
a return estimated at less than 80 per
cent Of normal
The total damage IN the vicinity Of
Prairie du Chen viii exceed $1,000
GOO. it is believed. More than $50
large fields of tobacco were ruined,
Buildings We're damaged by the wind
through a strip six miles wide in the
county. The Kickapoo river was so
badly swollen that water poured four
/ feet deep over railroad tracks.
West Bend in Darkness
West Bend was without electric
power and residents prepared oil
lamps anc candies for service. The
power plant was put out OF commits.
sion when the engine room was
flooded and the power wheel in the
Milwaukee river was carried away
Water in the engine room Of the
West Bend plant stood three fee.
deep. Part of the building was
washed away also. it was reported
here.
Veteran Warden Resigns