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THE ANACONDA STANDARD, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1892.
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WORKOF JHE WATER
TMlUn*Sights Witnessed bj a Re^^porter for the ^Sttndari
BIGMUDDY ON THE RAMPAGE
DamageCaund by the'Waters of^the Mlseourl-Washout of the^Montana Central
Traok.
SpecialCorrespondence or tbe Standard.
GreatFalls, June 19.^Water plays a^vital part in the general economy of crea^^tion, and may truthfully be ealil to have^been the ono potent agency in the great^chemistry of nature, which has wrought^out of the long night of barbarism, tha^noontide splendor of modern civilisation.^Slow to build, it is quick to destroy, and^unleashed from the puny bonds within^w hich man has sought to confine it. it be^^comes a mighty and mereiloH. disinte^^grating force, le velling and dissolving in^a few brief hours, tho results of years of^patient toil.
tinThursday the Oth Inst., a heavy^downpour of rain set in upon tho area of^the northwest covering tho main sources^of the Missouri and the Columbia, and^continued uninterruptedly for forty-eight^hours. During thut tirno four and u quar^^ter inches of rain fell, and this, together^with tho flow from tho melting snow, pre^^cipitated upon tho ex|^wed lauds border^^ing lhc.Mrean^:4. n w idespread and disas^^trous flood. The Missouri rapidly rose^ulxne its bank*, until a point four and^one half inches higher than that of any^previous year was passed, anil dykes,^bridges and railroad grades were swept^u\\ay like fabrics of straw.
TheMontana Central railroad track^through l'riekly Pear canyon was utterly^annihilated for miles, and more than ltd^bridges destroyed. Not until Monday^night did the river reach a standstill, and^Tuesday tho first repair material was sent^from Great Falls to the front. No bridge^titnlK-rs or ties were nearer than Havre^and other points on tho extension, but^train loads of these were despatched ns^rapidly as needed, to Hardy, at which^place tho passable line of track termina^^ted.
Thefirst disastrous incident of the flood^was the breaking of tho booms in the^Missouri, by means of which thousands of^logs escaped over the dam at Hlaek Knglc^Falls and were swept down the rapids and^falls below and lost.
Theupper wagon bridge at (ire at FnlU^was for a long time seriously threatened^by reason ot the dangerous accumulation^of logs ngoinnt its approaches, hut the^damage thus sustained was slight. At^Hlaek Knglo falls the s|x-ctaclo was^sublime. Tho vast flood of tho river crept^silently to the crest of the dam, where it^curled smoothly down like a vast torrent^of oil, but upon tho rocks below it was^lashed into thundering breakers capped^with acres of yellow foam, across which^drifted obscuring clouds of prismatic^mists. Mountains of water, seamed with^great ravines, towered abovo boiling whirl^^pools in which the floating logs spun like^corks, while beneath the suspension bridge^geyser like columns and pillars east, for^hundreds of feet, groat showers of drops^which struck like bullets. Strange^wraiths and shapes grew out of^the frothing abyss. anil above tho^breakers, the waters seeming to the eye^to stand still, and honey-coinl^cd like giant^sponges, weirdly reminded the l^cho!dcr^of the terraced formation slopes of the^Yellowstone park. Along the river banks^the clustering huts of squatteia 011 tho^rental lauds were far out In tho yellow^flood, ami iierehed upon the bluffs were^their late occupants, shelterless among^their drenched household goods.
Hereand there with a swish some iien-^insula or overhanging bank of clay fell^upon the surface of the current, anil great^trees with trailing iofty tops and niast-^likc limbs and roots ploughed madly^along tho shores arc were tossed alxiiu^like twigs in mid-stream. Lakes MM I^the landscape in every direction, and^every little ravine carried a torrent.^Nothing to compare with the storm and^its effects has ever been known in the his^^tory of the white settlement of tho coun^^try.
OnWednesday the 15th passengers^from the east holding limited tickets to^Helena and points west were returned to^Grand Forks and thence sent by tho^Northern Pacific to their destinations.^Many are still waiting hero with tho for^^lorn hope of soon being ablo to pursue^their journey over the line of the Mon^^tana Central, but the lnteit reports indi^^cate that the road can not bo opened for^at least two weeks. It is hoped that by^to-morrow a transfer may bo made from^Wolf creek to Mitchell's by wagon. Mail^and express communication will be^opened at the earliest possiblo moment.
Severalpassengers are at Cascade hop^^ing to push on from that point by wagon^to Helena, but the condition of the county^roads and bridges seems to preclude tho^possibility of carry ing out their purpose.^Wrecking crews have readied a point^four miles of Craig and report the track^still in part submerged and some of tho^tunnels caved.
P.B. Gallagher, J. W. Stanton. R. W.^Cooley and Frank Atkinson reached here^last night from Helena, having accom^^plished the journey by riding over such of^the railroad as remains intact by the^Hoods, about 70 miles, and walking, or^rather climbing, over rough mountain^trails, through dangerous defiles and along^rocky elilTs. for a distance of n^ miles.
Thetrnvolers rode on a work train from^Helena to Billy John's place, where their^tedious foot journey began, and only by^creeping along the steep and slippery^slopes of the canyon wero they able to^reach Wolf creek. Here they found a^hand car and were thus carried five miles.^The remainder of the way toCraig ^ as ac^^complished by alternately walking and^riding on two water-bound railway trains,^which carried them short distances. At^Craig they were conveyed to Great Falls^by a work train.
Mr.Gallagher stoles that tho trark of^the Montana Central railroad Is as com^pletrl.v absent as though it never had nn^existence. Through the Prickly Pear^canyon the grade is entirely swept on ay^the bridges gone, and not only the ties^have disappeared, but the iron as well.
Twoor three crews are at work at dif^^ferent points, numbering altogether 300^even, but there Is work for a force of 5.000^men to get the road opened for through^trallic Several section houses anil furn^buildings hate been destroyed, and in one^instance a Swede, who occupied a small^house in tho Prickly Pear canyon, was^cotui clled to retreat to the roof of his
dwelling.For a day or two food was^toased to him from tbe rooks above, but^^t length the building began to rook an^its foundation and was slowly swept out^by tbe current Into mid-stream. Fortun^^ately the spreading branches of a large^tree came within reach, to which bo es^^caped, and from which ho was afterwards^rescued by means of a raft. The streams^were stiU badly swollen and many of^them were crossed by the party on string^^ers or upon the track which sometimes re^^mained suspended across from bank to^bank.
ThereIs an enormous amount of snow^still in the mountains, three feet having^fallen at the head of the Dearborn during^the storm.
Aline of saddlo horses will be put on^between Wolf creek and John's place as^soon as tho road can be somewhat im^^proved. Passengers will then bo trans^^ferred 12 miles.
Thoriver is falling here at the rate of^one inch per hour anil will probably recodo^more rapidly during the next day or two,^until it reaches the usual high water level^for this season. Old timers predict a loug^|xTtod of flood water.
Thewestern mails are being sent from^hero by way of Fargo.
CHEAPADVERTISEMENTS
AvtrtutmmH vnder thlt hca-l tme etnt per^tenrd each irwrtinn; ap, mil rate* on evnli art*^/or ie/hiite ptifdi. Au uuui tt.ci.it nt accepted^/or Urn 0ia^ a. ^*^:(*
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AitAit E (Ham k Partial wtsMai to go^into limine*. ian buy out iny ito-k at^^iranlte on very rsatoaaMs terms. Addreas mo^at riiili|isinirg /nr partlculara Win. Wolnatoln.
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IJ'oltSALE Swi.nd-hnnd refrigerator. A|^-^ply to II. .1. ( hiincs. smitli r.utte.
Itu: SALE- Ijirge hotcL furnished, at Ituiii-^F soy, Mont.; terms.spot cash. Mike Itnlger.
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IoltSAI.E Tho furniture of a it tomi lion a^Millease for sal^. Apply over l^. 1. ic tan-^raat, i trst street.
I'M Hi SALE I he hinilliiie of a 14-reeM Indii-^I Inr house, also lo.ise for snnie. tor si.o.^Aptil) ove. i . T. r '.ta lraut. V r t -tieot.
1JHJRSALE l imit urc a id e i ^^^ of te-ro ^,n^hotel, in good i tea ity. with iiioierti sea a*^iti^nts. Lev p ice aaa ni-v tonus lo rural^pint., liood reason for sel l!ig. Ho\ MB, I u to.
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J,^^ it! pFlTT n^ aulto finely fiiitilshi'd rojiua.
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JAJU1K.bmTi ^e I fnruU ieil re Ml, KM pe.-^^ n otl'li. a'tlio silver Id w llou-e,'Jl suutll^Main st.ool. l!U'.;e
*|VIIjH'- 3 room furnished home, f r li-jlit^J houtekespln.' l u pure at st.i south Watli-^lngtou street, Mb
IOIt i:i:.M A iien-.'Muhli I rlc'i house.either^.'. or In rooms hind liieshe l. I o ituro lb s.^ref: hi. No. :l .1.ad.son stre -l.
IJWJRREM^ I'nrnlsliet roomv ^^itli board,^I at: le- Allucti lloime. corner Alaska and \Vo^c^UlaaHi streets. Missei itallerty.
I.Mil! KE\T Itaseirtent en Main street, ex-^v cellent loentleii for IiitIht shop or restau^^rant. Apply at i^i North Main snoot. Unite.
Isul' l'l \ l A liiiu .^ room hrlrk cottage:^mo lei n nipri v-ln^lits. i lo-e In: lad ntfs^nlluro tor s.i e. linpil.o No. 4. l ast BfeMwajr.
1TH; ItENT.-A hnr rismi wltli tlrst elasn^r billiard laMe, other llvtiires uei ussarv for^i-ondiieting a ilrst clans i:th on budnesft on or^before 1st of .lulv. Appiy to \V. I. Swart/, at^Star ofllee, liranite.
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JosTOne dars grey horse, branded snrbcr^j on left hip. i.lso elisstinit sorrel h'Tse.^brands I ^A^ on shoul !er. Itetutu to Hum.^Jehnson, We.t Walaarrias, and ice ive repaid.
Inst Li m uuiidwlilto English setter dog j^. j ami hitcii. Miioihle levvar i w III be paid for^their return or information leading to tiieir re-^eorery. ^'^ IL Martin, care C uiitenay, t u^e ti I
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