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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
4
A cloudburst near Pound ing Mill in Tazewell county sent floodwaters sweeping a ravine home. Mr and Mrs Hooper and their five children were carried away. one child’s body was found a mile away while the rest are missing. The Clinch River bridge near Pound ing Mill suffered severe damage as the bluff gave way.
A cloudburst destroys the village of Liberty Hill near Tazewell. Two men survive to rescue residents as the ravine floods wipe out most homes and a country store. The county road to Kiek is washed out for possibly a month, with thousands of dollars in losses. W. L. Moore and Dr. Painter provide the only remaining shelter for about 100 inhabitants.
A young man walking from a North Fork operation to the Junction recalls waiting for No. 4, turning back, meeting the flood at Algma, and aiding in rescues from high ground. Bluefield residents near Keys stone recount witnessing numerous corpses and bodies along the river from Elkhorn to Welch.
Latest reports indicate extensive railroad damage with miles of telegraph poles down washouts and slides covering the track threatening service in the Panther region.
Dr Steele to lecture June 27 and 28 at White's Drug Store with tickets 50 cents and special trains to Pocahontas from Bluefield. The telegraph reports railway mail service to Elkhorn resumes today. Also notes on people traveling, drownings rumor, and field reporters awaiting Julian Hawthorne's visit.
A creek flooded a Pocahontas Collieries mine section. Superintendent Walter O Malley organized all available workers to dam the water and rescue the miners. The men escaped the flooded area wading through water shoulder deep.
The Telegraph publishes Gov. White’s message requesting particulars of a disaster and offering to assist. He asks how to serve the people and signs as A B White. Advertisement: Bluefield Mercantile Co promotes warm weather suits at three dollars.
A Mercer County West Virginia chancery sale of three parcels in Bluefield, real estate described with bounds and deeds, by special commissioner D M Easley, for July 22 1991 at the law office front door. Cash price to cover costs, balance by six and twelve month notes with security. Court clerk I W B Honaker confirms bond compliance.
Today we learn that Mr. A. B. Alexander, the local insurance man, has sold his business to Flat Top Insurance Agency and will move this week to Clarksburg West Virginia to join Alexander and Alexander, a leading state firm.Frank Jackson, who ran the soliciting department, also departs for Clarksburg to pursue similar success in gaining patronage and goodwill among the city’s leading citizens.
The 10 year old son of the Vivian section foreman escaped drowning when he and a colored man were swept away while returning to their home for a pocket book with $250. The man drowned, the boy clung to a tree by the Big Four operation and was rescued after strenuous efforts.
The Tug River bridge at Gordon owned by the C. L. Ritter Lumber Concern washed away with no further plant damage. R. E. Wood reports small losses and no lumber damage at the plant. One bridge 18 gones at the Panther plant with no other damage. W. M. Ritter’s Dry Fork Mills lost a large quantity of lumber.
Flood damage forces postponement of the O R C excursion to Cincinnati. A party of O R C men traveled to Roanoke to assess roadbed conditions and will set a new date once they return, with an announcement to follow.
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