The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-17
Lives OF SEVERAL
PERSONS MPER|LED;
HIGHWAYS DAMAGED
Property Loss Heavy Through.
out District; Bridges
Washed Out
MISSING BOY IS FOUND
Many Stretches Of Railroad
Track Washed Away;
Crew Saves Span

Winona, Mimi, Aug. 17.-(ReLives
of several persons were imperiled.
highways and railroads were blocked,
livestock drowned, crops destroyed
and widespread general property dam
age caused by Tuesdays cloudburst In
this vicinity.
Nine-year-old Matthew Kouba for
whom police searched all night after
he was reported missing from his
partly submerged home in a local sub
urb, reached his home at noon today.
Trapped by the flood that followed
fall of almost two inches Of rain with
in forty-five minutes. the lad escap-
ed toward the city and spent the
night there with relatives. Two un-
identified st. Paul women, marooned
in the same suburb, were rescued by
firemen.
Damage to county roads was esti-
mated at $4,000 and the district
state highway superintendent at
Rochester said the state trunk high
ways were damaged at least $l00, 900
In Winona county alone Is bridges
were washed out and widespread de-
struction was believed to have result
ed to Houston county roads and
bridges.
Report Rail Washouts
Washouts occurred on the North
western and Great Western railways
near here. The Great Western was
particularly hard hit, tracks being
washed out over long stretches and
between here and Minnesota City.
seven miles away, it was estimated
the track had been undermined or
washed away in at least a dozen
places.
Across the river from Winona
large crew of men saved Milwaukee
railroad bridge. threatened by the
roaring torrents.
Heavy damage was caused to trunk
highway No. z on the Stockton Hill
stretch which had just been accept
ed as finished by the state. Deep
bitches were cut into the soft fills
and about $4,000 cubic yards Of earth
were washed away.
Tales of narrow escapes came from
the lowlands where farmers and trav-
elers were caught by literal walls Of
water pouring down ravines and
creeks.
Several farmers were reported to
have risked their lives to help live
stock to higher ground and safety.
Despite their heroic efforts, some
livestock persisted and their bodies
were washed down the smaller
streams into the Mississippi river.
Trees Are Uprooted
Whole trees, uprooted in the small
ravines, were swept down into the
river.
Long stretches Of the lowland still
were under water Wednesday and
travel by car was virtually impos-
sible in places because OF the wrecked
bridges and flooded roads.
The Winona airport was covered
with six feet Of water.
Several hundred men comprising
highway. railway, telephone and pow
er company crews, were out rushing
repair work. The official measure
ment of the rainfall was 1888 inches
which fell in about IS minutes.
In Winona, Easements of stores and
private homes were flooded when
sewers proved inadequate to handle
the torrents.
Lightning accompanied the down.
pour and bolt struck John j. Ma
lotke, mechanic, while he was work
ing over truck.
The fire department rescued three
women when water surrounded a
Sugar Loaf home. A dance pavilion
in a nearby valley was carried more
than a mile and several automobiles
we're washed into bitches.
One of the largest fills on highway
No. near here, finished August 1 at
a cost of 1925 900, was washed away
and deep cuts were washed In other
parts of the road.
Several farmers put pigs on the
roofs Of farm buildings to save them
from drowning. Rain here totaled
l.83 inches in As minutes, with more
west Of here.