Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
EIGHT LIVES \
IN STATE FL
Raging Streams pe,
consin Towns; Do.
Reaches Million

wi "uhee' Aug. 6-SweeIss.s
nomes' dams and bridges
southern and eastern Wisoo,
have been on a rampage sin
were driven to new record
by another deluge yestara.
menaced entire towns i,a
lages, and summer colonies
perlled scores Of motorists
highways by the swiftly risir
Five additional deaths and S.
row escape of three otha,
were reported during the dav
the states flood death toll
three other fatalities haying &S..,
corded on Monday. YesterdaS .s
also added several hundred NO.;
dollars to the farm damage .z
ready had been estimated s
several millions.
The storm and drownin {. $50.
are:
Lorraine West, 6, drown M
crushed against the rocks a sa Az
mill dam at Ripon after falIssS IS,
flooded pond near her homo
Oscar Lundgreen, 20, Kebsss.
killed by lightning while stanSIs@ (,
the entrance of a barn, on a "a .sa ~
Kenosha.
Arthur Sorrenson, 10, Kenos h 2la,s
by bolt that killed Lundgreen.
Harold Frank, IA, carried 81 II.
death by the swift current Nil IA
ing in a creek on his fathers i4ra,
at Chiffon.
Ruth Mccain, 2, living near AM6l6
Chippewa county, drowned W hHn S6a
fell into the Fisher river a es4 6.,
home.
John Smith, North Fond du / So. Shl
his daughter, Fern, 8, escaped s|nsI.
lar fate when undermined card eIohI..
bled under their feet and d56bn6d
them into a swollen stream nea1 I,.1|p
home. They We're rescued 6y n
passerby.
Dam Perils CampbeIlspoI
The entire populace of the tII|sea
OF Campbellsport, sixteen mile south
east of Fond du Lac, stood Horror
stricken on the banks of the MII#aa.
kee river, momentarily eXpectins ih2
dam to give way and sweep their
homes to destruction.
A somewhat similar conditio6 Dfa
vailed at Thiensville, fourteen miles
southwest Of Port Washington, where
a dam was reported to have hfokQn
Up to late hour, however, the fappFi
had not been verified The Ni|lag8
was said to be almost entirely nun.
dated, with five feet Of water egseI
ing the principal street
Fifty men worked at CampbslfAIe.t
to save the dam with sand plafea at
the sides, while logs anchored b l2oi
rods were placed on top to chez lhe|
flow of water.
A road five miles south of Long
Lake was dynamited to relieve aIa1sa
accumulation of water and AAIQS
waited tonight for a signal
charge mines planted under LIZ aaNaY|
IS to save a new bridge a mile AlQ v
half from Campbelsport,
Lose Runs Into Millions
The flood damage to buildings |oer
camille stocks, bridges and raf'I2aQ
property probably will total seKe&
million dollars throughout the Fase'
it was estimated yesterday, viii tPe
loss on farms. where hundree - pl
acres of growing grain were inun NH'eQ
will total several times that fgq{e Z
is feared.
Between Deiavan and JangFIie'
huge fields of barley and oats, aiRoss
ready for market, were ruined RAe
splendid fields of corn stood 9t'ss
under three NJ four feet OF Waas''
The loss in Rock and WalWorth 3ae'
ties alone was roughly estima9 q
$1,000,000.
Around Eau Claire and MaINsea'
oat crops suffered greatly, d pros Ps4
tive yield considerably larger ~ n. Y Y
the past having been transformed 'n''
a. return estimated at less than Pe'
cent of normal.
The total damage in the VlclHl e
Prairie du Chen will exceed gg&
600 it is believed. More thaIS As'
large fields of tobacco were - 'RFs.
Buildings were damaged by the ..g
through a strip six miles VIDE w
county. The Kickapoo river va z
badly swollen that water poured 'e'
feet deep over railroad tracks.
West Bend in Darkness
West Bend was without elea
power and residents prepared x
lamps and candles for service M
power plant was put out OF con
sion when the engine room
flooded and the power Wheei ~
Milwaukee river was carried avn
Water in the engine room Oh
West Bend plant stood three
deep. Part of the building 1
washed away also, it was TepV
here.