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ASTORIA, OREGON,' TUESDAY, JINK 16, 1903.
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VOLUME LVI.
1903
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HIVE
EFMER FLOODS
HUNBREBS BROWNED
County eat of Morrow County Obliterated by Veritable
Ocean of Water, Insulting From Cloud-burst Sunday
Evenin--Surviv6rs; Without Homes Great Suffering.
CIVILIZATION DESOLATKH.
Minister Claim Thjtt the Cutting Down
of Tree la Factor In Retrogression.
Near York, June 15,-Hev. Lt. Oliver
Hall, preaching In the Church of the
Divine Paternity upon "tlml'a Revela
tion Through the Tree" lias declared
that the desolation now apparent ev
ery where In Paleatlne, Asti Minor and
other country, la due to the dratruc
thm of the tree. Ho said:
"There la the mine story all the way
'round the Mediterranean and we may
tiiire the path of civilisation by the
devolution It ha left. If we coubl know
the full truth alwut the garden of Kden.
I tunpect we should find that tho man
waa caat out of the garden, not liecaune
he ale of the fruit of the tre. but be
ciiwk; he cut the tn-e down.
"Here In America we are doing the
a'ime thing. We aend out our portable
nawmlll and each yuur a territory
equal to thnl of Maryland la atripiied
ckan of trea. We can already eee the
barrennee In New England and now
ware carrying out the aame policy In
Michigan. Wlacunaln. and elsewhere.
Tit evlla of flood and drought follow."
DEATH FROM Bl'ltNIXQ OIU
Brother and Sinter Meet Awful Pule
In New Tork Apartment ,
New York. June 15.-EnveU)ped In
flamea from head to foot, Joaephlne
Alonde. 18 year old. and her brother,
Alphonae, 1'.' yeara old, were rvaiued
from ther apartmenta In Hrookiyn,
Josephine died a few houre
later at a hoapltal nnd the brother can
not recover. Ttie accident waa caused
by the exploelon of an oil atove which
young Alonde tried to Mil while It waa
burning. The binning oil Inatantly en
veloped the brother and alater. The
former carried Joaephlne to a window
and aucceeded In tfummonlng aid. be
fore he fell, unconecloua. The explosion
cauaed panic among the other ten
ante who fled to the atreet. but the Are
wM confined to the Alonde apart
ment SEIZED A FLOTILLA.
Natlonallat General feed Revolution
lat Vessels to Transfer Men.
New York. June J5.-Oeneral Sylvey
nut has seized the revolutionary flo
tilla at Acre and used one of the boula
to aend hla 111 soldiers to Manoa, Miys
a Herald dispatch from Wo Janlero.
Several offlcera and men died during
the voyage. General Pladdo Castro
will soon sail for Rio Janlero to explain
hla action The government ministers
of war and foreign relations recently
held a conference on thla aub
Joct. Word has been reeclved from
Amata, the territory in dvu'e be
tween France and England, that the In
habitant of the Braxlllan region at
tempted to cause ft revolution and pro
Claim their Independence aa a etute.
The authorities frustrated the plot.
STRIKERS GIVE UP.
Abandon Their Demanda and Ak for
, Ke-lnatatement. ,
New York, June 15,-Offlclal an
nouncement .haa been made at the
weekly meeting of the Central Feder
ated union of the abandonment of the
strike by the subway excavator. Thla
means that over 20,000 men will apply
for work unconditionally. "'"
'The letter atated that the union
would be built up and Intimated tbit
at aome future time Ha demands, which
It faJled to enforce thla time, w;lll be
submitted agalu. The strike haa been
in force several week and rreatty de
layed work In the uncompleted por
tiona of the rapid transit tunnel.
People TaKen Without Warning While At Their Evening Meal
Buildings Were Thrown From Foundations And Crushed
Together In Awful Confusion..
When The Waters Had Subsided
Heart Breaking-People
Portland. June X5. An appalling rtl- i
after befell the town of jtfeppner,
county Beat of Morrow county, about
C P. M. last evening wben a cloudburat
swept away two-third of the (own and
drowned 500 people.
Heppner. a town of about 120 people,
la Bllunl I In a gulch on Wlllw creek,
and a wall of water IS or 20 jfcet high
rush down upon- the inhabitable with
out warning.' At 2 P. M. S00 bpdiea had
Ixt-n recovered. Asalatance Baa ben
sent by teclal tralna from thla city.
The Dalles. Arlington and ' smaller.
town1 nearby. -
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
The Dallea, June X5. The latest re
ports rwdved here at 5 P. MVbjr tele
phone from lone. 17 miles' norVfiwest of
Heppner, on Willow creek, give the
number of bodies recovered 300 and the
total number, estimated loss, over 500.
Telephonic connection la cut off In ev
ery direction by the Everest electric
dsturbttnee ever experienced In the his
tory of the region, two distinct
ktorma having passed over the town be
tween S and 7 o'clock tonight, one bear
ing to the northwest toward- Golden
dale, Wtinh., and the other to the
southwest No report haa been had of
the progresa of the two relief trains
which left here, The Dallea train at
I:S0 P. M. and the Portland train
which paaed through at S P. M.
BUILT IN A FUNNEL. .
Heppner la situated on the
bank 6f Willow creek, at a
point where the valley narrow
In such a manner as to give the 4
down-coining flood the force it
.might acquire from being forced
tArough a funnel. In place the
width between the high hills
that ahut In the town la not
4 more than 1000 feet, and aa the
majority of the houses and bus'- 4
new buildings are on low ground
to the west of the creek the ef-
fecta of the flood would te dou-
bled. Balm creek, Hlnton creek,
and two deep gulches that drain 4
a' large area of hilly country ,
converging Into Willow creek
In a short distance of Heppner.
With a heavy raln(all over the
great drainage basins of these
creeks lt will be Been that
the babbling brook which usually
runa past Heppner could become
) In a few minutes the roaring
torrent that dealt death and de-
vaatntton. ,',,
WAS A THRIVING CITY,
; Heppner wa one of the most thriv
ing cities In Eastern Oregon, being the
county seat of Morrow county, and
the principal trading point of large
sections of Morrow. Grant, GUllam.
Crook, Wheeler and Malheur. The pop-
illation was 1,600, and was rapidly In
creasing. There were five churches,
a fine public school, and two newspa
per. The city had Its own water and
electric light aystem. The National
Bank of Heppner carried half a mil
lion dollars of deposits, and there were
two good hotels, one of thpm costing
$40,000. The city had a flour mill that
ran day and night, a cold storage
plant, and a planing mill," beside many
smaller concern, A a wool center
Hoppner wa noted, S,500,000 pounds
having been handled there iast year.
Bodies Of The Drowned Were Placed In Bank And The Scenes Were
In Neighboring Villages Saved By Heroic Ride Of Young Man.,
NEWS IN ASTORIA.
When the first Intimation of
the disaster at Heppner wa re
ceived here In i dispatch to
The Astorlan, people could
scarcely credit the telegram.' It
seemed Impossible that uch a
thing should have happened in
Oregon, and there were many ex
pressions of belief that the ex
tent of the catastrophe had been
overestimated. Frienda of those
In the stricken city were In a
terrible state of suspense, and
there were many Inquiries at the
newspaper offices for fuller par
ticular: Gradually It became
apparent from the tone of fury
ther disDatcheB that there had
been no exaggeration in the ori
ginal estimates, and the full
horror of the occurrence grew
clear. Many people awaited the
arrival of the train last night,
and there waa a demand for all
the paper that had anything
with reference to the tragedy,.
Large number of the Portland
evening papers were sold, but
the meager new that could be
obtained from the scene of the
flood proved disappointing to
those that had hoped for full
particular by yesterday even
ing. THCNDF.K STORM HERE.
The storm of Sunday were not lack-
i 1 H kAln jinn nt htt MMMal
lllg ill nsmiai uiiv v.
thunder storm In year occurring that
day, the lightning striking the chimney
cf Fisher' house and also burning out
many fuses. Last night a heavy elec
trical storm w8- reported to be raging
over the desolated Willow creek val
ley and Eastern Oregon In general, In
terrupting communication. In Astoria
Sunday' storm was quite eclipsed by
that of yesterday, the thunder, and
lightning continuing for a considerably
time. Heavy rain fell also, and if the
condltons were the same to the east
cf the atate there will be much dam
age done through floods. The ir
In Portland should have passed '.he 24
foot stage by thla time, and reat In
convenience, If no loss. Is sure to be
caused In that city.
ASTORIA GIRL IN HEPPNER
4 Mis Mary Jonea of thla city,
4 who went to Eastern Oregon
some time ago In the hope of
benefiting her hanlth, la ald to
have been In Heppner at the
time of the disaster, and her
friends are apprehensive con
cernlng her safety.
FROM AN EYE WITNESS. '
Spokane, June 15. A special to the
Spokeanian-Relvew from Echo, Ore.,
j aays:
N. T. Tooker, of Fairbanks. Morse
Co., Portland, who waa at Heppner
when the awful disaster happened Inst
evening by the bursting of-an Immense
cloud, arrived here thla afternoon, Do
ing the Bret to bring the new out. He
waa there When the 'disaster came and
remained until 9 o'clock this morning.
He gives a graphic description of tho
terrible affair. He said ;
"The rushing torrent came at 5:20
last evening when most of the Inhabi
tants were at their evening meal. All
were taken suddenly without warning
and nothing could be done to aave
thoae who were caught in the rushing
water. Homes, stores and all building
in the principal portion of the town
were ' torn loose . and driven , on
ward, one jam causing the water to
pile into another and this swept away
again, causing more buildings to go.
A tow estimate place the dead at 200.
"The town bad a population of about
lt00 but thla morning only about one
half of the people of the town could be
located. ; We do not know where they
have gone unless they have gone down
stream. They may have gone to the
the hills, but this is doubtful - The
whole affair waa one of the most hor
rible, sickening scenes, with death and
destruction being spread on every side.
' "From the time the flood came until
ft wnt'lnto-tht'egtiiarhahnel f the
creek flowing through the town, was
about two' hour. The cloudburst
struck fairly In the canyon of Willow
creek, six mile above town. There
waa no warning until the mighty wall
of water had reached the town. Aa it
came rushing down the, creek bed It
tore everything before It, consisting of
trees, large boulder, sand and earth.
Wben it reached town, the water wa
piled over 15 feet high, a a perpendic
ular wall, splashing, foaming, leaping,
nd creating a mighty roaring sound.
People did not have time to get from
their buildings. Those who were on
the street thouted a warning to other
as they rushed madly to the hill for
their live, f r
"Those who had reached the banks In
surety Immediately formed themselves
Into small rescuing parttea and at once
started !n to awe those that could be
reached. 'Ropes were the only means
that we had. Those who were In mid
stream could be easily seen. Their pit
iful cries for help could be heard, but
nothing could be done. We could only
atand and see them go to their death.
The rescuing work waa still going on
when I came away at 9 o'clock this
morning. When I waa leaving, 50 bod
ies bad beei placed 'In the Heppner
bank, where the doors had been thrown
open and which was used as a morgue.
"We placed a guard over the bank
all night, when wevallowed the public
In at daybreak. The scene -wa some
thing awful. Women came to Identify
their little babies; their grown children
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Sells Good, Stylish Fur
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Carpets, MaUings,rLino
Hums, Rugs, Fancy Rock
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Everything'
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and their husband. Father came to
see their dead wive and children.
When the people came In no control
could be kept over them at ulL Moth
ers fainted, wive fore their hair, and.
men cried like little children. Women
fainted, at the came time tearing their .
clothes nearly from their bodies. As lt
wa Impossible to keep order, all hud
to be excluded and a committee formed
to Identify all that wa possible. The,
worst could not be seen until this morn
ing. One .poor woman wa found pin
ned between two heavy timbers; an
other woman was found with bejf lit
tle baby In her arm, f n some of tha
houses which had been washed.down
at ream and which bad not beenchat
tered, there were found dead brother'
and sister, some in each other' arm.
"It is estimated that damage dona
to property alone was $500,000, Some of
the brick and stone bulldlnga were not
torn away, but there were some Of
them moved from their foundations.
Buildings on the high flat were all
saved although the water reached soma
of them. ; ' v ' '' '.' . ' " J ...
"Leslie Matlock, a young man there,
wa the hero of the day. When th
flood first came he strlded a horse and
rorfe at breakneck speed down the can
yori th "Yfonrof "the rushing -water t
notify the people of Lexington, a small
town nine mile below. He had to go
over a etony road. The night wa
dark and stormy. HI horse leaped
over boulders, sometimes nearly throw
ing the rider, but yet not bne losing
his feet He arH-ed at Lexington Jut
a few minute ahead of the flood. The
people were Warned and immediately
left for the hillside, not having time t
take anything with them. Every per
son escaped, but when the flood had
passed only" two house were standing
Lexington has a pobulation of about
500. lone waa the next town down lt
line. People there were warned by
Matlock by telepnone. They left thetr
homes, but as the the town Is built on
wide flat very little damage was done.
No buildings were washed away, but
some were moved from their founda
tions. V;'1 ' ' ":--..-..
"The dead are being burled as rapidly
as they can be identified. They are
simply wrapped In clean sheets, placed
In a rough pine box and carried away
to the burying ground." "
PARTIAL LIST OF DEAD
Thomas Howard and family. .
Bert Cabots and family,
Mrs. B. A. Rhea.
Guy Boyd and family.
George Tinsley and family.
Mrs. Tadberg. ' .
Harold Jones and family.
Chris. M. Ashbaugh.
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