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Three Looters Were Unceremoniously Shot.
Five Milo* of Railroad and Track Were Completely Washed Away— Relief
a
year.
EAST
Jost
think, $1.50 gives yon all the news
tor a year
l>orts from Heppner regarding the
number and names of dead that a
great deal of unnecessary worry has
been caused. The Portland papers
still publish the name of T W. Ayres.
Sr., among the dead, which is Incor
rect. T W. Ayres. Sr., father of T.
W. Ayres, of this city, is alive and
well, but J. L. Ayres, a cousin of T
W. Ayres of this city, was lost. The
East Oregonian will publish another
list of dead tomorrow, if possible,
taken front th«» records at Heppner
Air is Heavy With Sickening Odors—A Special States That
for
SITUATION DESPERATE
YET AND MONEY NEEDED.
Kansas City and Two Suburbs Are in
Bad Shapi I—Water Supply of Lat
ter Cut Off and Relief Fund Ex
hausted.
Two Hundred and Fourteen Bodies Recovered—Many Are
Missing and Dehris Yet Covers Many Dead.
mate clay, they are placed on the
slats across the tubs With sheep
shears the women cut away all cloth
ing. When they have been washed
they are put in the boxes and a sheet
laid over them to await Identification
Some of the sights I saw with tbe
dead are indescribable. Some of the
meetings of sons or other relatives
who had traveled as fast as horse
flesh can go to come to the comtoil
of those who have been spared are
too pitiful to tell ton sacred to de
scribe.
Here is a woman bowed with years
and grief Her husbaud and children
have sunk beneath the rushing seeth
ing tide of destruction A son or a
daughter has hastened from some
■ elghlxiring city to comlort her How
can she be comforted? At such a
ilm<- there is no human aid One
elands I’untli before such heartbreak
mg grief
When th«- friends are let fn to ¡den
tify the deed one sounds the depths
of lium.in sorrow One father who
had seen hi* wife and two of his
<-nildren lying cold and inanimate,
was hoping against hope that hi* only
tt maining little one might have been
spared A tnessag«- «ante for him to
go up to the hall When he looked
on the anguished face of his little
1 aby. kind natuie mercifully veiled
his sight He tainted and wa» taker!
Itom the hall.
1 caught a few hour* sleep at the
home of Will Irwin Next morning at
4 o’clock I »a* astii
I spent the
text tew hour* in helping the search
ers lor the dead. Here a baby's
Land < an be seen in the flotsam and
j< t»am >11 by tbe receding waters.
Carefully the little form Is removed
and taken to the receiving hall. I
stood talking with one of the marshals
who was describing the appearance of
the advancing wall of waters with
timbers and cattle being now sub
merged and now thrown to the sur
face, when one of the searchers mo
tioned to him. We went over to the
silent group, They Lad torn away
the wr« kage and exposed the form
of an elderly man His face wa*
crusted From h.s vest pocket bung
a gold watch. His hand* were ex
leaded, grasping fur the help that did
not tome
Articles of value are scattered
everywhere On Chase street l ta»
a line of silverware extending to the
edge of the stream, probably the
wreck of some sideboard.
FLYER WRECKED
Open Switch Causes Serious Mishap
in Pocatello Yards.
Butte, Mont., June 16.—A »p«w-»ai to
tne miner from Pocatello, Idaho, says
that the most disastrous passenger
wreck in tbe history of the Oregou
Short Lin«- in recent years orcurrtnl
within the city limit» of Pocatello at
11:3«» o'clock Monday, »ben No. 2.
the i-a»tbounil last mail, struck a mi»
placed switch at the went end of tht
yards just x» she »as pulling into
town, and went Into the ditch
A» a result Fireman Henry Bowers
is iie»«i and Engineer Evan Williams,
aud Mail Clerk Ben A. Campbell are
seriously iujured. but there were no
casualitl«-» of any kitol among the
¡»saeuger*
Tl«« a> < idem oc> urre<1 at the second
»«¡ixh a« toe west end. coming into
prx-atelto the engine No HO7, Imme
diately left the rail, but continued on
the general course of main Itae, while
the derailing ot the engine further
thre»- the »witch so that the train
took tbe siding
After running a train l«-ngth from
the point of the switch the engine
turned over on her side, the mail car
and baggage car shot off in opposite
directions aud the composite car went
off at another tangent, the sleeper,
diner and chair cars remained on the
grade of the siding.
From a private meaage it is learn
ed that both maii clerks »ere injured
Ben A. Campbell has a severe scalp
wound anti is badly shaken up. Ar
thur J. Stimpson Is incapacitated
from duty Both are i es dents of tbl*
city
Try It
CLDUOBURST
nun VINSON
Birch Creek Was Flooded for
Its Entire Length Monday
Evening.
PENDLETON PEOPLE TURNED
Kansas Lily. Mo.. June 17.—Four , Topography of the Country Hat
BACK FROM HEPPNER ROAD.
thousand families, aggregating not
Trees Uprooted or Twisted Off. Huge Boulders Carried Long D>*tan-
Many Destitute Women and Children Left Utterly Alone in the World.
fewer than 20 000 persona, are home
less in this city and subsisting on
ces—Relief From Different Points in Umatilla County.
charity. There is left $611000 of the
Tremendow* Fall of Water and of
relief fund, which Mayor Gilbert de
Huge Hailstones—Bridge at Lee’a
♦ clares is one-fourth enough to allevi
Heppner, June 18.—A thousand volunteers are working in the town * ate present miseries and the distress
9
Crossing
is Gone and Thousands of
and in the drifts along Willow creek, seeking for dead Many bodies » that is in sight.
9
OVER
200
BODIES
FOUND
Acre* of Alfalfa Destroyed.
♦
♦
♦ are still unburied: others are being discovered constantly. Scores of **
in Two Kansas Suburbs.
♦ women and orphans are destitute The roll of dead will be incom
Heppner.
June
17.
—
Two
hundred
and
fourteen
bodies
have
been
*
9
In Armourdale, a city of S.0<»0 peo- *
Mr. and Mrs. L. E Tberkeisen of
recovered. For 12 miles down W illow creek are pile* of debris, all
♦ plete for several days, and perhaps will never be fully known. There ♦
only four streets arc passable
the piano house, who started for
♦ is an urgent appeal for funds. The flood left farming implements an i ♦ pie.
on
supposed
to
contain
bodies.
The
principal
efforts
are
centered
♦ household furniture hanging in tops of trees 15 to 20 feet high. Drifts ♦ hundreds of inhabitable houses still
Heppner yt»sterday. were forced to
clearing the town, but small parties are working along the creek and
♦ and debris extend over a stretch.of 20 miles. Bodies are found in ♦ blocking some of tbe main thorough
« fares. The strength, time and Anan
discovering bodies every little while
return
last night by a heavy thunder
♦ various portions, but there is no systematic work yet outside the »
4
da! resources of most of the volun
storm that caught them in the vicin
* town. Two bodies were found 15 miles below Heppner.
♦ teer laborers an- exhausted and the
♦
ity of Viusou about 6 o'clock in the
»
Heppner. June 17—I Lave wired re led. Whether bis people were among
♦
extremity that invests the entire com
«
afternoon. The storm which broke
port
ot
Heppner
disaster
from
lune,
the
number
1
did
not
learn.
munity is very great.
Mayor Thomas G. Hailey left this the repair of the track. Four miles
over Pendleton last evening eras the
First Sight of Desolation.
In Argentine, on the opposite of th«« however a tew personal observations
morning for Heppner, having in his were sent from this city and one mile Kaw. there Is no water supply, th«» and impressions may be ot interest.
one that «aught the travelers and
Driving to the edge of Willow creek
care $1.57« for the relief of the storm from Umatilla.
wells being foul«»d and the water Our special left the P«-nu<eton depot »e caught our first glimpse of tbe
for< ed them to return
H. Connell, division roadmaster at works entirely out of commission at 11:30 a. m Monday, At 12:3« we desolation
sufferers at that city.
WOMAN DIED AT 104 YEARS.
that had been wrought by
He had besides the $500 voted by Umatilla, was in the city today and They were damaged almost beyond arrived at Echo The teams tele- the devouring waters
Severe Hail Storm.
the council at the special m etinz yes says the track »'ashed out was the repair. Argentine has 5.00» inhabi graphed for in advance were ready
Negress at Charity Home Toid of Old
WLet. they had reached Lee s cross
Where
on
my
previous
visit
to
terday. $400 sent by the Od 1 Fellow«- best piece of track on the Heppner tants. The relief fund especially in and an immediate start »a, made
ing on Birch creek, they were over
Timet on Long Island.
Those in tbe party were William heppner I had noticed block after
lodge. $100 sent by the Redmen. $2«' branch as it was laid with steel rails tended for this city Is exhausted
Taken by the storm aud forced to
block
of
beautiful
and
substantial
res
Matlock. H L. Swaggart. John Endi
sent by the Painters' Union and ?25o last year and had been thoroughly
Walla Walla. June 17.—The oldest stop. The thunder and lightning was
by well-kept
cott. Dr W G. Cole. E. S Podgett. idence* surrounded
subscribed by the German Vercin repaire«! and overhauled this season.
nmate of the Colored Home and Hos severe and a hail storm swept over
lawns,
and
shade
trees,
there
was
J A. Marston. Fred t. rawford. Dan
Eintracht Society. The Masons have
pital. at One Hundred and Forty-first the country such as has never been
A Scene of Desolation.
Bo» man. John Stevenson, .M A. Ra now to be seeu a bare expanse swept
street and Southern boulevard, died seen here before Tbe hail stone»
also authorized him to draw upon the
Charles A. Carter has returned i
der. E P. Dodd. Mr Long, the writer, clean of every semblance of a house
last Friday at the age of 104 years were at least an inch in diameter and
lodge here for $300 if it is needed at
Here and there a twisted tree trunk
aud several others
Her name was Eliza Bates, but all came with such force that great welts
the place, or to contract for the equiv from Heppner, for »-hich place he left |
or a line of broken tree* showed
who knew her called her "Mammy were raised wherever they struck the
alent of that sum in any manner that on .Monday last. He was caught in I
Across the Desert.
where
tbe
street
had
been
the
storm
on
Birch
creek
and
forc«»d
may be necessary.
Bates " Until the end she had per body. The horse* driven by the par
The
heat
shimmering
on
the
drift
Houses
on
their
sides
uptum«-d
to
return
to
this
city
that
night,
bu«
Mr. Hailey will turn the amount
fect health and her faculties were ties refused to face the storm and
ing
sands,
the
sparse
sagebrush,
the
made
another
start
in
the
early
morn
house*,
houses
with
their
backs
over to the relief committee on the
unimpaired. Only an hour before her turned their backs to the wind while
jack rabbit* and horned toad* dart ; broken, lodged again st a tree, houses
death she threaded a cambric needie the driver* took refuge under the rigs
spot and will tender any help that the ing on tbe next day. He describes I
ing to shelter behind clumps of sage in all sorts of grotesque positions,
She *a* a maker of patch work, and After the worst of the rain and hall
city of Pendleton may be able to ren the conditions there as appalling and
brush, the monotonous sameue«» of were to be seen singly and tn group*
says that no words can convey the
tr.any of the quilts her industrious had passed Mr. aud Mrs Therkeisen
der
the hills describes the country be
MUCH SPACE SWEPT BARE
We drove to where the bridge had
He will act in coni’i’iction will« a»fulness of the scene.
finger* put together took prizes at started back to the city and were
An hour been and a man pointed to where we
"The earth has all been washed
different embroidery
shows and forced to swim their horses in sev
Judge G. A. Hartman and W. F. Mat
CLEAR TO THE BEDROCK. tween Echo and Heppner,
the
out
I
rum
Echo
we
encountered
away
from
the
streets
of
the
town
could
ford
the
creek.
We
drove
up
to
Will Burn Up Wreckage.
church fairs
lock who are there engaged in the
eral place* to get home.
the
clear
to
tbe
bedrock
in
some
place*,
first
evidence
of
the
severity
of
where
the
roof
of
th«'
Telephone
sta
Workers are hurry mg in from near
work of relieving the suffering and
Dry gullie* and runways that had
storm
«>t
the
preceding
night.
ble
lay
The
proprietor
welcomed
u*.
and
the
large
trees
grown
along
the
by point» Teams and men are tear
will do all that he can both as a pri
FELL OFF FOOT LOG.
Railroad Iron Twisted Like Wire and
held no water for years, were raging
"Feed them all the loose hay you Ing the wreckage apart and piling it.
vate individual and as the mayor of streets tor shade have been washed
First
Evidence
of
Storm.
Carried Long Distances — Judge
torrents and the country all around
want to boys. It wont coot you a
the city of Pendleton to help relieve out by the roots and torn and twist
The land had been cut and gullied cent. *0 help yourselv»; We are not tor burning. Unless one ha* seen it. Little Boy Lest Hi* Footing and Was was flooded.
Hartman Believes the Number of
ed into all kinds of shapes.
little
idea
can
be
formed
of
the
con
tbe awful conditions there
Droened in Rock Creek.
by the water, sagebrush being up selling things In Heppner now
"One would have no idea of the
Flood From Pilot R ock to Echo.
Dead Will Reach Three Hundred.
gestion of travel and of communies
rooted and winrow* of sand formed.
Freewater Votes $300.
force of the storm unless they had
"Last night I waded out from that tlon.
Baker City. June 16—Joe. the 4*
The storm seemed to extend from
Shallow
pools
stood
in
the
depres
stable in water higher than my waist
Freewater. June 18.—The city coun been there and had a chance to see
Judge G. A Hartman returned from ■
1 filed an order ter the use of the year-old sun of Joseph Southwick, ar Pilot Rock to Echo and to hare its
cil met in special session last night for themselves the ruin that has been Heppner at noon today, and was se»-u sions. and the road was hub deep with carrying my little grandson on my long distance 'phone at Ione at 9 employe of the Chase Mills, was cross center tn the vicinity of V arson.
water in places. W. 11 lam Matlock, back. You see how it is boy*. If it
and voted $30« from tne general fund wrought.
o’clock a. m. and at 3 o'clock I gave ing tbe creek on afoot log. when the What it must have been ia the cen
“The house of G. W. Phelps was down town this afternoon and asxed who has traveled the Heppner-Echo hadn't been tor that pile of drift that up the attempt. During that time the bark loosened by the reins, slipped ter ot the disturbance can be judged
for the relief of Heppner
The subscription started by the moved about 25 feet back from the to tell of the scenes at the seat of ■ road times innumerable since tbe turned the current and broke its force phone had been continuously busy. under his feet and be was précipitât by the fact that Mr. Therkelsen had
Freewater Times yesterday amounts foundations and the porch was swept the storm. The judge said that be i early six ties, said that never before 1 never would have gotten out. That When I came out by team I brought ed into the stream The child was on gone but a little »-ay when the roads
his way to see his father.
to $108. making a total of 1408 and away and not a single splinter of it was unable to tell any connected ac- ! had he seeu the water standing tn tig roof there is George Conser's several score telegram*
were as dry as could be and ail tbe
such quantities on the flat.
Louse George and his wife ha<l s
The accident occurred in the even t rave hrs coming from the direction
a party of 10 laborers, sent to the has tx»en found.
Heppner has had an overwhelming
count
of
tbe
disaster
from
the
fact
:
Usually
the
thirsty
alkali
toil
eagei-
"The family was in the house at the
barrow escape
Doc' McSword and disaster. It will take years for her to ing and the body was found today of Pendleton had s«-n no ram to
flood sufferers. There are only about
400 residents in Freewater, and the time of tbe flood and were saved, un that he had attempted to work while ! ly drink* up the water So heavy had Johnny Ayer* were with them, but recover from such a staggering blow. cluse by the spot where the lad fell ijesi of.
subscription paper is only fairly the other hand, the house, of the Red he was there and bad only picked up | | been the waterfall that the hillside* they were both drowned "
Unless one has witnessed something into the creek.
Mr Therkelsen will leave agam
field family was swept away and not a the few things as they had come to | ' were cut with ravine* where the
started yet.
similar,
it is difficult to form any
this morning for Heppner, where he
Mam
Street
a
Chao*.
vestige of the structure was ever him as he was not busy at his work. i water had eaten its way to tbe low
For
the
Murder
of
Marcum.
ha* a large number of pianos in the
Not the First Washout.
Skirting piles ot drift and making conception of the devastation that has
lands. Two or three hours out from
found. The body of Mrs. Redfield was
Jackson. June 16—Jett, on the district destroyed by tbe flood
The town had lost 110 of its dwel Echo our five rig* pulled out of tbe ¿••tours through tbe mud to avoid the been wrought to life and property
"This was not the first washout iound but the daughter is still miss
FRED I j OCKIJEY. JR
stand this morning in his own d*
The storm washed away the bridge
that Heppner has experienced." said ing and no trace of her can be dis- ling houses out of the center of the road to make way for a single buggy- wreckage we made our way to the
fen»e. put on a bold front, h* said at Lee's cro«sing and flooded the en
town, and the ground was swept as drawn by a splendid span of blacks main street Here we found confusion
Mr. Morrow to the Oregon Daily Jour covered.
Sumpter Rehef Fund.
he never entered the door of the tire district lying down the canyon
bare as Main street, and clear down
nal. "The city was built at a poidt
"The only thing belonging to the to the bedrock. One had no idea of coming on tbe dead run Their glis worse confounded
court
house until after the »hooting There are two gulch«-* leading from
citi
Sumpter.
Or
.
Jun*
IT.
—
The
Wooden buildings that had floated
where several canyons come together family that has been found is a little the force ot tbe flood, tor there was tening. sweat stained flanks were
took place and went there from curi the starting place of the storm, and
flecked with foam. A* long as they down the street had lodged and been
and empty into the narrow Willow child's book of fairy tales given to
«Concluded on eax- thru >
osity only
down these the water rushed On«
creek valley. A cloudburst on any ot the daughter when she was a little debris of all kinds scattered all over I were in sight they kept up their left in tbe middle ot tbe street or
of the runwsys is a deep gulch lead
the surrounding hills could not help girl. In it is the inscription written the face of the land. Trees and rail killing pace. We wondered what leaning against the buildings which
ing straight along, and the other is a
road iron and every imaginable thing message of life or death wa* urging nn account ot being built of brick or
seriously affecting the town.
by the one who made the gift, but it
twisted and twined into a mass •>n the stern-faced driver
longer route »hich the creek follow»
stone, had been able to withstand
"Twenty years ago a cloudburst is so worn by the water that It is al were
Tbe water struck on the divide, part
Tbe flood came from
the
flood
occurred at the head of Hinton creek most illegible. The book was found indescribable.
Monday’s Storm.
going do«u one way and the rest fol
Mud and rlime was over everything
and a portion of the town of Heppner tar down the creek in a pile of debris high in the mountains and swept all
lowing the longer route
loose
things
in
its
path
into
the
town
A
tew
milex
from
Heppner
tbe
An
all
pervasive
odor
ot
tbe
charnel
was washed away. But at that time and is the only thing that remains of
Bodies
bad
been
identified
from
eight
ski«»*
incimi
dark
and
threatening.
Destruction to Crop*.
house
pervaded
the
air
The
smell
the town had not built down stream the once happy home.
miles up Willow creek, and the flood The lightening flashed fitfully across
The
water
came about half an hour
and most of the houses were above
"What is needed now is labor and came from farther than that. The the darkened sky and the low rumble of carbolic arid and other preserva SALES POSTPONED UNTIL
M. P. CARGILL IS DROWNED
tiv«»s gave sickening evidence of the
apart to the <-onvergen«-e of the ways,
tne point where Hinton cree» empties money. The people have all the sym
town
had
been
pretty
well
cleared
of
thunder
was
heard.
IN COOMBS CANYON. and was from two to four and five feet
»holewale destruction of life that had
MIDDLE OF JULY.
into the main canyon. This condition pathy that they need, for all the
The electrical display increased till come like a bolt from the blue upon
¿«•«•p in some places It swept ov«»r
has greatly changed since that time. country is in mourning with them, out. and the workers were at work on
the
drifts
out
of
the
city
and
in
the
the lightening flashed blindingly from the once happy and prosperous little
the low lands akwg the creek and in
Heppner extended down the banks of but their immediate need Is to take
Highest
B'd
Made
Was
12
1
»
Cents
—
direction
ot
Lexington,
when
he
left
three or four different points at the city of Heppner
Left Pendleton Monday Evening on some place* the alfalfa and other
the main creek and a considerable care of the dead and to provide for
the city
Emergency Does Not Justify a Sac-
same time. Then rattle the deluge.
portion of the city was below the those left destitute by the storm
Horseback—Torrent of Water Car- crops were ruined. A large amount
Families Torn Asunder
The houses that were left were In The rain seemed to come in sheets
Wool Now Stored Was Sneer
ritic
mouth of Hinton canyon.
“The orphans and the broken fam a sad plight, for they were tiwsted and by bucketsful
ne*
Body Eight Miles—Resident of of the alfalfa had been cut and this
Men. who 24 hour* ago had had a
In five minutes
“On every hand hills from 800 to ilies are the ones that need the first
floated off on the water and w-as scat-
ed From Yearlings—This Sale No
and
wrecked
and
piled
high
with
the
Umatilla
County for 20 Year».
|
»if«-
and
family
and
a
beautiful
home.
th«-
hillside
ravines
were
bank
full
1.000 feet in height surround the spot attention and after they have been
tered along tbe bottom for a long
Criterion to Eastern Oregon Mar-
drift.
In
some
places
tbe
wreckage
I
may
be
seen
standing
among
the
of
muddy
water
where Heppner nestled.
Nowhere made comfortable as they have been
«ay» That which was still standing
would
not
be
higher
than
four
feet,
The
body
of
M
P
Cargill
was
found
ket.
mins
dry-eyed
from
grief
Here
and
Our
progress
was
somewhat
slow
could human beings nave been gath tne first thing to do is to help
was in as bad a fix. tor the rushing
and
in
others
it
would
lie
plied
up
!
there
a
man
winks
back
the
tears
i
er
than
it
would
ordinarily
be
as
oc
by George Fourth, a 10-year-old boy. water beat it into the ground and
ered in a spot where they were more straighten out the awful tangle in the
Baker City. June 17.—The wool at th«- mouth of Coombs canyon, at 9 plastered it with mud so that it can
open to danger from floods. Their business of the town and clear away from lu to 15 feet, and in this drift casional detours had to be mail«* to 1 Here a trembling lip tells the story ot
safety lay alone in the facts that no the wreck. This will take money and would lie found all conceivable things get around washouts ami places | a grief too deep for words. Before sales here yesterday were a total fiz o'clock this morning.
not be harvested Tbe entire extent
floods came. When the waters were labor and it is this that the people Dogs, horses, pianos, organs cup where the road had tw-en destroy«! I such an overwhelming visitation on«» zle.
of
damage is not known for all of
Mr. Cargill left Pet«di»tcn cn torse- the the
boards and human beings welded to by the storm.
' sees little grief of th«- noisy or dem
As a result of tbe deadlock the
resl«ie*ts are busy repairing as
turned loose their destruction could »'ant at the present time."
gether
in
a
mats
that
could
hardly
onstrative
kind
sales
were
postponed
until
July
15-16.
back
Monday
ev-aing
ar.d
in
attempt
A
few
miles
from
Heppner
th«»
road
much as may be possible the damage
not help but be fearful
When Mr. Carter left the city at
One woman, with grief too deep for
Buyers ami sellers were both inde ing to cross Coombs < anyon. was to their farms
lost all semblant e of a road We were
“I believe the city will be rebuilt. 5 o'clock yesterday evening, there be wrenched apart.
The
judge
told
the
story
of
the
es
“
Can
you
tell
me
pendent
to
a
remarkable
degree
tears,
said
to
me
in
th«-
wake
of
the
cloudburst
of
the
There is a demand for a town in just had been 218 bodies taken out and
At one place about six miles out of
whether they have found my hus-
Th«- wool market situation was dis caught and drowned by the cloud the city the water washed a table
that section of the country, and it is dentifled. He does not think that t’| cape ot Tom Matlock. After being preceding evening
burst
which
occurred
in
the
bills
west
.Matlock
separated
from
his
wife,
Most
of
my
relatives
cussed
from
every
standpoint
and
the
band's body?
not likely there will ever be a repe list will mount much above that fig
out of the back porch of a fanner s
Path of the Waterspout.
knew that she was killed and at
were drowned, It seems hard that 1 emergency was not considered by the of this city Monday night.
tition of the terrible flood
bouse and swept it a mile down the
ure.
Here
the
road
followed
Hinton
He
was
tempted to save himself,
His body was washed eight miles creek. The table was standing on
should have to live If 1 could only wool growers to be acute euough to
"Heppner was one of the richest
creek.
Hinton
creek
and
every
trib
caught in tbe waters and swept down
have gone with him.
justify a sacrifice.
down the canyon and lodged in a ground at least 10 feet above the or
Country Is Changed.
towns of its population in America,
The waves were like utary. swale and gulch had been rag
They will hold tor higher prices heap of drift at tbe mouth.
City in Darkness.
and the property loss must have been
dinary ¡eve! of the creek. By this
Dan Richmond and John Schmidt with the flood, the
ocean, and were ing torrents. Where the road had
News of the accident was brought can be judged the size of the storm.
enormous. It cannot be estimated for have returned from a trip to the scene the waves of
The city is in darkness—a dark until the next sale, and it things are
been, huge piles of boulders and rocks
all
kinds
and
condi-
not
satisfactory
at
that
time
they
crowded
with
to
this
city
by
Charles
White
ana
months. I certainly lost many thous of the Heppner horror and the report
Struck 0. R. A N. at Nolin.
had been deposited. Rocks weighing ness too deep to be dissipated by the
John Forth, who live on Birch creek
ands of dollars worth of property, they bring back is one of terror. The tions of drift, Floatlng with him a thousand pounds had been carried feeble gleams of the lamps and tal will still bold.
Part
of the waterspout which came
cattle,
»bole
houses
Secretary
J.
H.
Gwinn,
of
the
state
were
dogs
and
Coroner
W.
G.
Cole
was
immediately
but at a time like ihis one never houses are torn and thrown about
from the hillsides above and left low candles that are being used In Woolgrowers" Association, was pres notified and an investigation is being down on the Lee's crossing country
thinks of the dollars—it is the lives and the whole face of the land is aud parts of bouses wrenched asun down
of
electric
lights.
A
misstep
at
in tbe roadway or the alfalfa fields lieu
hit the O. R. A N. at Nolin and cov
at the sales here yesterday, Two made this evening.
which money cannot buy that receive changed. The rails of the O R. A N. der, and here and there a human be below.
the street crossing results in going ent
ered the track for some distance with
ing
struggling
in
the
flood.
He
was
or
three
Boston
buyers,
four
from
San
The
body
was
badly
bruised
and
attention.”
are scattered about and twisted into
Some of the alfalfa fields will be into the soft and slimy mud to one’s Francisco, and three from Western bore evidences of the awful velocity a mass of rocks and debris. The wa
in
all kinds of shapes and left lying in swept down and at last was caught
more valuable as rock quarries than ankles. The Palace hotel la crowded points were also on the ground.
Orphans Cared For.
managed
the
drift
and
under
it.
but
>t the torrent that swept the nntertu ter from the flexvded creek* and
my way
places where no one would have
with the homeless. Picking
|
Others in attendance were:
cate man down the entire length of gulckes emptied into the Umatilla at
Portland. June 18.—Mayor Williams thought that they could be driven to crawl under the water and the as alfalfa fields now. In places the along as best I could, . 1 made my way
Robert Wilson, of the Burlington the canyon. His horse has not yet the mouth of Birch creek, raising the
received a telegram from Detroit. Unless one has seen the thing no idea mass of the float and at last reach the fences were entirely washed away, to the morgue. On the street corners
.Mich.,
yesterday evening, asking could be formed of the force of the surface. He was bruised from the while in other places the barbed wire and stack«l along the sidewalk are road; B. T. Sweney, ot the Erie Des hen found and it is not known water of the river several feet. The
sudden sweep of tbe water on its way
top ot his bead to the soles of his fences had withstood the flood and hastily constructed oblong boxes. A patch; F. H. Stocker, of the Traders w bether it was drowned or not
about the two children of A. M. Gunn water and the horror of the scene.
feet, and black and blue from the ef mud and silt had been deposited grim reminder of the chief occupa ’ Despatch; William Ellery, represent
He was identified by a check book rushed over the low track at Nolin
and wife, of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs.
Reports Not Exaggerated.
and completely covered it with rocks,
fect of the buffeting that he had re to the top strand of tbe wire.
Gunn were drowned and the grand
tion at present—the burial of the ing Hallowell aud Donald, Boston; F. found on him
mud and driftwood. A force of men
A. F. Rugg has returned from ceived.
Mark
P.
Cargill
was
a
nephew
of
Green,
of
Carson
&
Company.
Boston;
parents of the orphans desire the
dead
Freaks of the Flood.
At noon yesterday about 140 bodies
E J. Burke, of H. C. Judd & Root. D. E. Cargill ot this city, and a »as sent to the scene from here, and
children sent to Detroit 1c be cared Heppner and tells of the gruesome
One curious thing to be seen was
At the Morgue.
sight to be seen there. He says that had been recovered and more were
Hartford. Conn., and Hom Cotter, of brother of Mrs. Alex Hudson, of Me tbe work was pushed with all possible
for.
Inequality of tbe damage of the
In the hail of Robert's stone block Livingston.
Kay creek, and of Elmer. Dalbert and speed, but the trains were delayed for
The 11-year-old daughter of W. the matter can not be painted in any coming in as the party left the town, tbe
flood.
Here
a
man's
splendid
alfalfa
The highest bld made was 12%c W. H. Cargill, of this city, and has •ome time by the accident.
Ayres, of Heppner, is a pupil in the blacker colors than it deserves. The .Most of the drift in the town had field was cut in ravines or covered Is the morgue. When I went up I
found Mrs. N A. Kelly and Mrs. M. for the clips of Sam Kidder, 50.614 resided in Umatilla county for 20
Portland Academy. Her parents and conditions there are simply indescrib been cleared, and the men ha<F tackl
Relief Wagon Turned Back.
a deposit of rocks and gravel, M Cresswell busy with the dead pounds, and Lee Bros.. 89.876 jiounds years,
eight years of which he spent
near relatives have all been taken able and no one can begin to tell tbe ed the miles of unexplored debris with
One
of the wagons loaded with pro
down in the direction of Lexington. while possibly the next field, not Jy- They and the other brave and cour- The figure was not accepted.
at Weston.
from her by the great torrent of Wil horrors of the scene.
visions and supplies for the people
a
bill
down
which
ing
at
the
foot
of
ageous
women
of
Heppner
have
made
There are nine miles of drift that has
He was 31 years of age and a native at Heppner, which was sent out yes
low creek, and now tbe child is abso
A sale will be held at Elgin July
Shot for Looting.
the waters would madly tear would
noble response to the call upon 10-11.
lutely alone in the world.
of Illinois.
terday attern«x)n. wa* caught in the
A special telegraphic dispatch from not been searched, stretching down have a deposit of one or two tncnea a them,
Stretched the length of the
Officer Hawley was sent to Hepp a private party at Heppner to the the creek, and front the size of this.
Secretary Gwinn, of the Oregon
storm on Birch creek and forced to
or
rich
muddy
sediment
that
will
be
tubs.
Across Woolgrowers' Association, in explain
ner today to care for the orphan Hast Oregonian today, says that Judge Hartman estimates that there worth hundreds of dollars in enrich hall are porcelain tubs,
return this morning. The load was
TO EXHIBIT OREGON WO j L.
these tubs slats are placed.
children and bring those needing as three unknown men were shot there will be 300 dead in the place when all
ing
the
postponement
of
the
sales
in
taken off and distributed among the
ing the field. Much of the standing al
As the bodies are recovered they Raker City, said today:
sistance to Portland, where they will for looting, this morning, but the have been accounted for.
Samples Will Be Exhibited at St merchants who had furnished It. and
falfa
was
either
washed
out
entirely
are
brought
here.
Some
look
calm
Boys
’
and
Girls
’
This
drift
is
an
awful
sight,
for
it
be cared for by the
'"The wool offered for sale yester
they will take the material back If
Pendleton people
returning from
Louis and Portland.
or lay prostrate in the mud.
and peaceful.
Aid Society.
day was shorn from yearlings and for
there is any great damage done to the
Heppner say that there was no loot is one continuous mass of all kinds of
Baker
City.
June
17.
—
Henry
Black
Roads
Impassable.
One
little
girl
was
lying
in
a
crude
this reason the bidding was not lively,
various articles the men behind the
ing being done and that the bodies things. In it are wedged horses and
Heppner Mail.
man.
of
Heppner,
the
agent
of
the
St.
In many places we got out of the box. the light from a smoky lantern l.ater in the season when the full
cattle and houses and furniture and
18.—Postmaster are being gathered up and the prop bridge timbers, railroad iron and ties, hacks and let the driver pick his way falling u|>on the satiny smoothness of clip is displayed, both buyers and Louis, also the I^ewis and Clark ex relief movement will stand for it.
Portland,
June
Bancroft states that, mail is being re- erty closely guarded so there Is no trunks and pianos, trees and fences, over the txiulder-strewn roadway. her bare white shoulders. It lit up sellers will be in a better position to position». is in the city. Mr. Black provided the merchants wish to be
ceived for Heppner,
Although the opportunity for this sort of detesta bridges and roofs and human bodies, Just this side of Ed Day's house we her clustered ringlets of golden hair base their prices The woo) now of man's specialty is to advertise East reimbursed
postmaster was drowned in the flood, ble work.
ern Oregon. Wool of the finest qual
The temper of the citizens there all tangled together till it some times overtook a young man hurrying for till they looked like fine-spun gold. ’ fered Is by no means a criterion of the ity will be selected from Eastern Or
FLOOD IN COMB'S CANYON.
the postoffice was not seriously dam
takes all the strength of a heavy four- ward on foot to Heppner. He accept Her Ups were partially closed. Her Eastern Oregon clip."
would
not
tolerate
a
looter
long
in
aged, and an inspector will be sent
egon flocks and placed on exhibition
ed our offer of a ride toward the expression had nothing of fright or,
horse team to pull the mass apart.
their
midst
and
the
report
is
probably-
from Spokane to take charge. An
at St. l.ouis and later forwarded to Report of Extensive Damage Not
The bank was to have opened this i ill fated city. His anxiety to reach pain, rather it was one of utter i»eace
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
immense amount of mail was received exaggerated.
the Lewis and Clark exposition which
Well Confirmed.
morning for the payment of "no men. there was painful to witness. A cour and content.
J. N. Kernan and Wife Dead.
in this city yesterday for Heppner.
It <lid not seem possible that she Bank Official Suicides Who Is Not will put Eastern Oregon flockmasters
it is reported that there was a
All the laborers were being paid $2 ier had started the preceding night
Most of the mail consisted of regis
The report that J. N. Kernan, O. a day and boarded, and those that and by riding all night and until 10 was dead; rather it seemed that she
in the front rank A local wool dealer cloudburst in Comb* canyon last
Short in His Accounts.
tered letters and money orders. R. & N. agent at Heppner, together were not willing to take wages were i o'clock that morning, had notified slept
Death had dealt gently with ' New Yorfl. June 17.—Frank Dean, will collect the sa tu pies.
1 :tgbt which washed a»a> bridges and
Friends of sufferers mailed money with his wife, had been saved, is un- cared for There was plenty of food I him of the catastrophe which had her. leaving no signs of stress or vice-president of the Seaboard Na
fences along the entire length of the
to the afflicted as soon as possible. true.
INSULTED HIS WIFE.
gi;lcb The school house was washed
and clothing and placet lor shelter. overwhelmed the city. The young sorrow on her beautiful and innocent tional Rank, shot and killed himself
The mail will be rushed through.
Mr. Kernan and wife were caught
___ _ The Main thing was tbe money and I man's people were among those re- young face. “She is one of our uni in the cellar of his home, this morn
away down the canyon and entirely de
by the flood as they left, the office the men. At the present time there t ported mising.
dentifled dead." said Mrs. Kelly. "Her ing. after bidding his family good-bye. Tom Thall Is Badly Beaten and stroyed ami all «M the hay either wash-
Eagles Gave $2,000.
j face has a vaguely familiar look, yet Insanity is supposed to be the cause
Afterwards Pull* Hi* Freight
«»d a»ay or destroyed
Horse Ridden to Exhaustion.
Portland. June 18.—The state lodge building and were carried away. Mr. was a force of <00 men at work, and I
; no one seems to know her Possibly of the deed, as Mr. Dean's accounts
Baker City. June 17 - For insulting
of Eagles has contributed $2,000 to Hart, the operator, saw them disap there was the nine miles to clear up,
“
I
rode
my
horse
from
Desolation
she was at the Heppner hotel, Most are known to be straight.
Sheep to California.
Heppner relief, the amount to be as pear, as he struggled to higher so that there was room for more.
a married woman in a local bulging
Creek since 10 o’clock this morning."
D. 1. Waltz, a sheep buyer of Chi
The water must have been at times he said. "For 60 miles I put him of its guests were lost."
sessed to the local lodges in the ground with their two children, who
house yesterday. Tom Thall. a cigar
were saved.
at least 30 feet deep, as ft rushed
Farmer Adjudged Insane.
state.
maker, was nearly bos ten to a pulp cago. California, has purchased 6000
Heart-Rending Scene*.
The list of identified dead by the down the creek and the reason »hat through as hard as he could stand
Union, Ore . June If.—Sheriff Pen by an irate husband armed with a head of yearling wethers in this
vague
Piles
of
rough
coffins
throw
it.
He
gave
out
a
few
mile*
bad
Five Miles of Rails.
city authorities of Heppner, contains i the people did not hear the approach
and I couldn't get a horse for love or and distorted shadows in the _ Rloom nlngton has taken to the asylum J. cane Thall was later arrestici and county and will make a shipment to
The O. R. & N. has sent five miles the names oi Mr. and Mrs. Kernan.
ing flood was on account of the heavy money, so 1 had to come on foot.” 1 Some are occupied and some are not. Myers, an old-time resident of this released on 125 cash bail. Today he morrow provided the required num
of new steel rails to the Heppner
rain which blotted out all things 30o
Incorrect Liat of Dead.
As the bodies __
are _______
brought in. _ poor. county, he being adjudged insane by disapi>eared »hen his ease cauie up ber of ears can be obtained. - Baker
When »'e got there he found that
branch, as a part of the material for
City Democrat.
There is so much confusion in re- . feet away.
for trial.
83 of the dead had already been bur- bruised, batter«!, mud-stained, inant- the county court.
Is Coming in Liberally. But Much More Will Be Needed—There Are
MET DEATH ALONE