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THE HORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 20,- 1903. PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENES TAKEN THE DAY FOLLOWING THE DISASTROUS HEPPNER FLOOD : : t - T A STRIP OF WRECKAGE AT THE EAST LIKE OF THE FLOOD'S COURSE NORTH OF THE TOWN'S CENTER. MEN ARE AT WORK WITH TEA31S CLEANING "UP THE DEBRIS. Photo by Sljsbec, Heppner. JSD Photo by Lute Pease, of Tho Oregonlan. CLUMP OF WILLOWS THAT DETAINED SEVERAL HOUSES BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE FLOOD. Photo by Lute Pease, of The Oregonlan. PREPARING BODIES FOR INTERMENT IN THE HEPPNER GRAVEYARD. f'; xi ' jp H " I WRECKS OF THE ADAMS LODGING-HOCSE, TELEPHONE STABLE, AND HEPPNER HOUSE (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT). METHODIST CHURCH IN THE DISTANCE. Photo by SIsfsbee, Heppner. T : ! ' ; ' : 1 10 AVERT A PLAQUE (Continued from First Pase.) placed. The distance between Iono -and Heppner Is 17 miles. ' Mr O'Brien estimates the loss to his company at $25,000. About 10.000 ties will be required to put the road In as good order as It was before the flood, and about 300 tons of rails. Regular train service to and from Heppner -will begin next Monday. T. W. Gouldlng. superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph, succeeded In restoring the second wire of his company to Heppner. Tolegraph and telephone communication v."lth this city Is now as good as ever it was. ADDED TO THE MISSING. Five More Persons Lost Resiling; Relief Supplies Forward. HEPPNER. June 19. (By Associated Press. Following Is a list of additional persons missing and believed to be lost: Otis Bullls. 2S years old. of Tower City. N. D.; J. Staler, ) years old: Ed H. Bell, John Connor, 40 years old, of Meach am. Or., or Hardman, Or.; Joe Potter. Five carloads of provisions have arrived at Lexington for the destitute. The work of the relief committee is becoming more arduous. Hungry and destitute families are being found and are being cared for as rapidly as 'possible. Superintendent O'Brien, of the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company, arrived this morning and hurried Ave wagons out to load pro visions. Trains may reach here by Sun day, when danger of want will be passed. Carloads of rations from Fairfield, Tekoa, and a second Installment from Portland, are at Lexington. cnt. The society had secured a home for her with Mrs. J. F. WHSIs at Heppner. The little body was interred today by direction of Harris Kawley, agent of the society. Mr. Hawley had been sent to Heppner to look after the four orphaned children or Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gunn. victims of the flood, the Mayor of Detroit having tele graphed to Mayor Williams, of Portland, to see that the orphans be sent to De troit, where relatives await them. They range from 5 to 10 years of age and the burial of their mother yesterday is said fo have presented one of the most pa thetic scenes of the great tragedy. ARLINGTON EARLY WITH AID. Men and Tennis Were on the Ground as Soon ns Possible. ARLINGTON, Or.. June 19. (Special.) Nearly all of the Arlington people who "were at Heppner have now returned, as there are plenty of men there to do the necessary work. The citizens of Arling ton were among the first to respond to the call for aid. Arlington has contributed liberally to the sufferers and furnished a large number of people to render assist ance, every team and moans of convey ance being pressed into the service and later large numbers went on the train to the scene of disaster. SIX MORE BODIES FOUND. Woman Worliinj? in Morsrue Finds One to Be Her Child. HEPPNER, Or., June 19. (Staff corre spondence.) Six more dead, -were, recov ered today; bringing the total number of bodies found to 1GL These were 'all dug out of drifts from three to lour miles below town, four being discovered by the railroad workmen engaged In clearing the O. R. & N. roadbed of debris. Mrs. Mary Paul was working with others in the morgue .when the mud covered fofm of a 'child was brought up the stairway and laid upon the cleansing table- She took up a ponge and wiped the features clear. Suddenly she screamed In hitter grief. The bruised features of her HtOo daughter Bessie were befpre her. Gertrude Ford was a child from the Boys & Girls Aid Society Home of Port land, where her three sisters are at pres- BURIALS AT ARLINGTON. Four Bodies of the Drowned Are Interred. ARLINGTON. Or.. June 19. (Special.) Today at this place occurred the funeral of George Klntzley and wife and Mrs. Emma Boyd, wife of Guy Boyd, and child. All were victims of the Heppner flood. The two Wles were sisters of Mrs. S. B. Carlisle, of this place, and daughters of John HV Phillips, a Mexican War Vet tran of Olex, in this county. Mrs. Boyd and child were burled in the same grave. There was a large attendance at the funeral. MONEY AND BLANKETS. to the Oregon City Contribution Flood Sufferers. OREGON CITY, Or., June. .-(Special.) Oregon City people subscribed 5222.50 in cash for the relief of the Hepp ner flood survivors, and the amount will be forwarded at once to the proper dis bursing committee. In addition to this cash subscription by tho residents of this city the management of the Oregon City Manufacturing Company subscribed $100 worth of blankets for the needy of Heppner. Furtlicr Fends From Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., June 19. (Special.) In addition to the $1212.70 sent from here yesterday to the Heppner relief fund. $225 was raised today and forwarded by wire. Of this amount $25 was contributed "by the I. O. O. F. lodge. 523 by the Knights of the Maccabees and $15 by the Finnish Temperance Society. Charity Lodge, Degree of Honor, will give a social tomorrow evening for the benefit of the fund, and several other fra ternal organizations have signified their Intention of making contributions at their next meetings. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR RELIEF. Total Received and Promised Ex ceeds 20,000, Excluding Portland. HEf.f NER. Juno 19. (Staff Correspond ence.) List of relief subscriptions to midnight: Moscow, Idaho $ HS.50 Albany 45S.00 Tacoma 500.00 Huntington 150.00 Astoria B. P. O. E 100.00 Walla Walla 200.00 Spokane 7S2.00 Antelope 363.00 Oregon City ... 222.50 Waverly, Wash. 61.00 Fairfield, Wash 67.W Ashland Masons 23.00 Bank of Ashland 25.00 Dayton. Wash 500.00 Elgin, Or. 200.00 Moro Foresters 50.00 Lewiston. Idaho 239.00 Colfax (Wash.) Woodmen 100.00 Colfax (Wash.) Eagles ICO.Oo Arlington r. S57.G7 Milton 3S5.00 Baker City 2.051.77 Baker City K. of P. 100.00 Baker City Eagles 200.00 Portland, Newton Clark. G. A. R. 200.00 Schilling & Co., San Francisco, v. 100.00 Wasco : 60.00 Freewater 4OS.00 Athena 425.03 aue Dalles - LO0O.0O The Dalles I. O. O. F. 60.00 Salem S79.23 Hood River 21S.O0 La Grande Elks 250.00 La Grande citizens 1,675.00 La Grande Eagles 100.00 Pendleton 2.170.00 Miscellaneous -. 2G5.45 Baker City 173.00 Huntlncton 2S9.75 Corvallts Masons 75.00 Hoffman. Rothschild & Co., San Francisco 50.03 Pomeroy. Wash. 73.00 Umatilla County EOO.ft) Butte, Mont. 500.00 Total .$21,555.89 Portland subscribed and promlsed.$15,000.00 Promised sums: Philadelphia $ 1.O00.00 Sumpter, labor and cash 1.000.00 Astoria 1.CS9.70 Ashland - 56.65 Waitsburg, Wash 100.00 Ontario ; j. 300.03 Eugene A 700.00 Union 2S1.00 Bridal Veil 100.00 Port Townsend 27S.00 Miscellaneous ; 30.00 Total .5 4.S16.33 MORE, IF IT IS NEEDED. Whitman. Coanty Ready to Doable Its Subscriptions. COLFAX. Wash., June 19. (Special.) Whitman County is responding to the ap peal for aid for the flood sufferers of Heppner, and fully $1000 will be sent from here, Pullman has raised $200 la cash, and Colfax has sent $200, with more to fol low. Every . town la raising money to help. The money sent from Colfax was telegraphed by Colfax Acrle of Eagles and Royal Camp, No. 116, Woodmen of the World, each of whom sent $100 by wire. No effort has been made to secure pro visions, only cash contributions being asked for. Every point contributing of fers to double its contribution If more is needed. MEDFORD'S MAYOR SENDS MONEY. Business Men and Citizens Liberal in Givlner. I MEDFORD. Or., June 19.-(Speclal.)-In ! reply to his telegram as to what was j most needed by tho sufferers of Heppner, i Acting Mayor J. R. Wilson, of Medford, I received a dispatch from Heppner, saying : that "no help is needed at present, but money, and that badly," from Frank GI1 j Ham, Mayor of the stricken city, i Mayor Wilson immediately circulated a ' subscription paper, which was liberally I signed by business men and citizens, and ; the sum of $153.25 was forwarded today to Mayor Gilliam. Contributions From Forest Grove, FOREST GROVE. Or.. June 19. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of Delphos Lodge, No. 39. Knights of Pythias, held here j last night, a- fund of $50 -was raised for ; the Heppner sufferers. The Epworth League of this place made : a thorough canvass of the town today, j and the citizens donated about 500 pounds ; of clothing for tho Heppner sufferers. the Heppner flood relief fund, -which sum was telegraphed this morning to the Hepp ner bank. Bnttc Council MnUes Appropriation. BUTTE, Mont, June 19. At tonight's special meeting of the City Council called by Mayor Mullins, in response to a mes sage from Frank Gilliam, chief executive of the stricken town of Heppner, $300 -was appropriated, and will be sent away at once. Taxpayers Would Give ?1000. MORO, Or.. Juno 19. (Special.) The taxpayers Sherman County have taken unanimous action and petitioned the County Court to send $1000 to the sufferers at Heppner. DIGGING UPTHE DEAD (Continued from First Page.) Milton Grieves Over Lost Ones. MILTON. Or., June 19.-(SpecIal.) Mil ton Is in great grief over the death at Heppner of Clay Banks and wife. Mr. Banks has spent his life in Milton and for a number of years has been clerk in j Mcsgrove's store. About two .weeks ago j he was married to Miss Taylor, daughter of the city electrician, and that day they t left for Heppner. Mrs. Taylor, who has J been ill, was at Portland when the news of the disaster reached here. Nevrbcrg Sends a. Hnndred Dollars. NEWBERG. Or., June 19. (Special.) A subscription amounting to $100 was raised here today for the relief of the stricken and destitute of Morrow County. Be lieving that the wants of Heppner have in a measure been met. Mayor N. C. Christenson will dispatch the fund to Lexington for relief there. . Relief for Distressed Brethren. LEBANON. Or., June 19. (SpeclaL) The A. O. U. W. of this city today sent $50 to the lodge at Heppner to assist in the relief of the brethren that are in need at' that place. It is understood that several other lodges of this city will donate help for the relief of Heppner. Corvallix Contribution Is Gro-rrlng. CORVALLIS. Or., June 19. (Speclal.) The Heppner relief fund started In a pub lic meeting here last night has reached an aggregate of $550, and contributions are stll' coming In. The members of the Ma sonic fraternity contributed $75, which is Included In the above amount. WoodbBrn Wires a Gaaranty WOODBURN. Or., June 19. (Special.) Woodburn's Heppner relief committee has raised the sum of $175 and wired tho guaranty to the Heppner committee- The fraternal orders of this city have been generous contributors to the fund. Gift From Ashland Elks. ASHLAND. Or., June 19. (Special.) At a stag social givjn by local Elks last night in honor of visiting 'brethren with the Southern Carnival Company, the hat was passed around and JK contributed for Everett Man 'Is Missing:. EVERETT, Wash., June 19. Victor Heath, a former real estate man of this city, is supposed to have been lost In the Heppner flood. He had his headquarters there and was a timber, cruiser. Examination of Laborers Finished. Alex Donaldson, superintendent of the street cleaning and sprinkling department, has finished examining the applicants for positions in his department. The Civil Service Commission did not desire to un dertake the task of examining the labor ers, and they turned the whole matter over to Superintendent Donaldson. He was instructed to pick out men that had a good practical knowledge of their du ties rather than students and scholars. He went through a. long list of appli cants, and yesterday notified tha Com mission that he had picked his men. HOT LAKE. Parties visiting Hot Lake should notify the management In advance to-be sure 6f securing rooms. The new $1S.C00 bath house Is completed. Rates from J1L50 to J15.E0 per week, including baths. The annual loss from the burniair of bulld lBS in the United States Is about $125,060,000. sot "BCladlnr cost of fasurasce and tke ap&U oscm for fire, protection. duce jus as much as before, but I want to go away. I do not want to live In a region where my mind will .always be un easy. Every time It rains in Willow Creek Valley I will worry for fear a tor rent of water should come" raging down the creek; Do you suppose I could ever feel easy at'night if it was stormy? Why, I couldn't sleep a wink." Hail Fills the Rains. Thousands of tons of large hall stones fell with the water when the cloud burst near Heppner. Bo numerous and heavy were these Icy globules that some of the wrecked -houses are half filled with them. Tho turntable at Heppner is still nearly filled to the top with ice, although five days of warm weather have passed, and in one place the rain of icy pellets killed a flock of blackbirds. To these hail stones also must be attributed much of the deso late appearance of the deluged land. Now that tho water has evaporated, the val ley appears as though It had been 'scoured with some gigantlc sheet of sandpaper. Along the'entlre length of the canyon the trees and grass have been bent downward by the passing flood, and a plaster of mud keeps the lighter vegetation permanently in this Inclined position. Every plank or timber which was- swept onward by the flood was stripped of paint and splintered by the grinding currents. For all this, tho enormous masses of hall stones are held partly responsible. The Icy hall was evi dently precipitated with, the cloudburst, and. in such volume that, propelled by tho water, -the frozen pellets tore through the valley like buckshot from a gun. ' MISS SWANSON ESCAPES. Caught by Torrent in llonctaln, She Is Partly Disrobed. M'MLNNVILLE, Or., June 19.-SpecIal.) Miss Esther Swanson. who was reported among the missing In the Heppner disas ter, returned to her home in Carlton Tuesday. Miss Swanson was a guest of Banker Rhea, whoso wife, child and home were lost. Mr, Rhea's married daugh ter and child were also lost. Miss Swanson had gone out with a par ty to spend the day In the hills, and they were in the cloudburst. She says they were waistdep In water, but by clinging to boulders and. shrubs and climbing high er on th&. mountain they saved them selves. Their wraps and hats'and some of their clothes were torn from them. That night the party stayed at a farmhouse and was reported among the missing. Monday they .came into Heppner. Monday evening there came up another thunder and rain. torm. and the terri fied people stampeded, to the Court House. There tey spent the night amid prayers, curses and weeping. Tuesday her broth- er-ln-law- and sister. Dr. and. Mrs. Cook, reached Heppner and were told that she was among the missing. While they were getting readjj to search for her she ap peared. Miss Swanson did not have clothes to come with, but was supplied by her sister. She says that there were many piti able and heartrending scenes parents separated from children and children from parents. Mothers weeping for their babes made the Court House Monday night a place of pathetic horror. Prizes Honorary Membership. Otto Kleeman, grand adjutant of the Indian- War Veterans, has in his offico ,tho first certificate of honorary member ship la Camp McMillen, issued to him for drawing a design of an Insignia. That was about ten years ago, and he has been elected grand adjutant ever since that time. He prizes the certificate and his membership- very highly, although they entail on him much work. He first straightened out the records and has kept them in first-class shape ever since. 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