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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1899
Page
2
An eyewitness recounts a devastating hurricane like storm striking Ponce Puerto Rico on a Monday night. Winds toppled signs and chimneys, flooding erased streets, and a great tidal surge swept homes away. The narrative follows the family’s escape, survival on a church roof, and the city’s desolate aftermath.
Eyewitness account describes houses crushed, street debris, and injured residents in the aftermath. A man battered beyond recognition lay near a church ruin as survivors shelter in doorless streets and seek water amid rising tides. Relief arrives with food, water, and aid, while many still perish.
The writer portrays Ponce after devastation with hospitals and churches scattered, roofs torn, and streets littered with debris. Dead remain in the streets while vegetation grows. Ponce is described as a desolate site, a foundation for American enterprise to survey, with El Dorado imagery fading into ruin.
Reports from Ravannah indicate a rare waterspout hovered 78 to 100 feet above the earth near Bay street for about ten minutes. Observers along River street and Hutchinson Island watched as a low cloud funnel gyrated while rain totals reached 2.39 inches in two hours and a warm, 76 degree day persisted.
A Bucharest wine shop owner was murdered and robbed. Police tested a revenant dog by placing the shop back to the night of the crime. a suspect named Draco fled as the dog identified him, confirming his link to the murder.
A fragmented verse compares unpatriotic acts with despotic rule seen through a child’s lens. It references a grandpa, a cracker, and a satirical distinction about patriotic display. The text imitates a satirical exchange about peked Misa Cayenne and Willie Wixhington, implying a playful poke at national symbols.
An old Butte classified notice promotes Dr Huie Pock at 227 South Main Street as a specialist in chronic diseases. It claims permanent cures for private diseases and long standing women’s ailments after years of study.
The notice lists railway time tables with daily and partial daily services to Twin Bridges Pony Port Copper City and Hamilton via Anaconda leaving and arriving at B A P depot except Sundays. It cites authorities Merriman A G A Butte and Fee G P T A St Paul with a 1 38 pm and 6 15 pm reference.
A garbled timetable lists BA P gopot Butte Anaconda trains at 8:40 a m 12:40 p m and 3 p m 7:20 p m Union station Anaconda Great Northern runs 8 40 a m 7 20 p m Northern Pacific 10 40 a m Pacific Express to Portland We. Oregon Short Line a 3:00 p m East West connections and steamship tickets to Europe via lines.
Train service details show trains arriving and departing Butte with sleeper car options. Passengers may book Sleeping Car space at the depot after 9 p.m. and remain until 7:20 a.m. Reservations are handled by H C Wilson in Butte and E Burley in Salt Lake City.
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