Show h A 1 t 1 e 4 tl it 11 k i av ir 41 4 in 7 Y I 1 it i I 1 A 01 1 0 VJ 2141 j jk 14 I 1 i P 44 the aboe photos by orson darnels a local photographer were taken on main street aftel the water had subsided to some extent while the storm was at its heights is was alIN impossible to get good pictures owing to the fact that it was v as too dark the bulk of the water came down in the rear of the main street build ings 1 9 S and while many snap shot photos were wen made in the flooded district they are laidly clear enough for lepro duo 11 acion 1 0 11 i is s a new D e A s shaper p a p e r b a serious storm visits eureka A ver serious cloudburst the worst g hood flood ot of sixteen years M KO W god ay iy y ea iode ind beaole the waters sub sided a lare large amount of damage had been done in various parts of the camp the north side of main street suffered the jostand most and practically evera ever bU business house t f om orn a point opposite the ce to the lower en I 1 of the street as damaged to some extent cellars ei e flooded and in the busi ness nesi d strict the saloon men were the heaviest losers the old water c urse which passes through the business dietr district c t 0 overflowed efflow ed and for al almost most an hour two or three feet of water poured down main street much of the m water ater which came down fram the p art of town struck the rear of the tintic gintic mercantile store wirth lin s meat market the finn rinn baloon the elite saloon and tha large barn I 1 which la is used ty I 1 y the heffernan thompson campat y as a store room for hay the brick irich buildings with stood the flood without serious in ury jury but the finn saloon bu idia g and the old barn adjo ning ding bere vi ere badly damaged the water entering through the rear and coining out through the front the proprietors prone tors of the vie finn saloon lost heavily as their stock and fixtures fixture i were nere ruined the building owned by milt price was also dam darn aged quite seriously A heaby rain wh ch started at about five 0 clock preceded the cloud burst and within a few minutes it became so dark that lights ft ere turn ed on in various business houses and residences lesi dences 11 e bulk built ot of the water evidently fell in the eastern martof part of town although the side hills to the north and south contributed a good portion of the water which soon trans formed the main g ilch where eure ka s bus ness district is located into a seething river when everything s taker into consideration it is real ly remarkable tt at tha loss was not greater rho cl was mild how hov eve when ben compa compared with fie vie one of six teen beirs ago which not only des arol tro ed considerable property but re suited in loss of life james L williams now an ong ng n eer at the chief cons mine was run ning ding the engine at the eureka hill at t the time of the cloudburst in july 18 th and as many old timers kemem b ber e r the e u water ater threatened to flood this mine about men were at x nork ork underground aid ai d theca gine room aid ai d shaft house was flooded while arl amm im mensa meno stream of water poured into the shaft as the men were being brought to tl ti e surface As cage old oad after cage load of men ascended the I shaft the water fell upon them and 1 it was with that they were ab able e to hang hadz to the bar at the top of the cage it x TS tl e excitement in con lection with nith this flood that caged the death of john eure ka s pioneer mining man and the first mayor of this cita cit T vo people also lost ost their it lues ea in fit the flood of 1898 1896 and there were many narrow darrow escapes |