The Hazard Leader, 1927-06-02

most all they possessed There were about nine houses washed away and all business Buffered soma dam- 1T- - The Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company lost its praying system recently Installed at a cost of about $80400 the derrick fell down aA the motors were under water and aU circuit breakers have to be cleaned and filled wtth dean oiL s Two nouses of the power com company's - pany's company's were washed away those of Messrs Dabney and Buckskin One of these homes hit tho bridge across the river at Haiard and Destroyed t The store of the Lothair Furni Furniture - ture Furniture Company aufferad a damage of about OftVOOo and L D Haggards general store offered a severe loss There was about four feet of water in the bank -and the other store suffered to some extent Fortanatoly at tho Perry Mercan Mercantile - tile Mercantile Company a who Weals house the basement which was flooded was filled with canned goods which

have come to public notice Scores of poor people had everything they possessed carried to utter destruc destruction - tion destruction ' Walks from Kryptea "' Henry aYhnsou" hazard attorney and brother of Tax Assessor Farmer Johnson walked from Krypton on Tuesday At Krypton the water was up to the ceiling on the first floor of the residence of George Everaole TSe houae and store of Ace Mnn Mnn-£Strted - £Strted Mnn-£Strted to float away hut feet Miigl: in the trees Kearly all oth- ar oviIUinp were submerged At Yerkes the home of George Carter at Wills rd had gone down tfce river Water was wan up in the stores of Shepherd Campbell and Blaine Campbell and also In the

to recover whatever can be saved The Pulp building occupied by Sistrunk and Company whole wholesale - sale wholesale fruit dealers coHapaed and thousands of dollars in eatables weWtterb wrecked - V Mr Pulp estimates his loss at 120000 In addition to the wreck of this building he loses heavily' by reason of the mud and dime which filled his several buildings aad storerooms - Can's Fork Lothair Glomawr Allalsi:ian4 Darb Fork all suffered heavily Hundreds of houaei were under mm -tv

Great Avalanches af Water Ponr Dawn From the Ksavena An Bandar Night and Heads? Maraiag The Kentucky River Valley aaw the hardest rainfall for n hundred " rears or more on last Sunday night I trained in torrents for twelve hours continuously commencing about six o'clock Sunday evening and lasting until the nest morning Every now and then would come a lull but for the moat part It waa all night bombardment The ltrhtning kept a continuous light and the thunder rolled on with-

In proportion to hi weth the tower end of Perry County raftered moat keenly of all leetiona Chmviaa Krypton Yerkee the Solar Camp the Lincoln Coal Com Company - pany Company Typo' Domino and all other atationa are heavy losers ' First Creek alone seems to have suffered no particular loss - of U parts of the county The towns along ''the river are completely wrecked Many cases of absolute destitution and poverty

nut was well' under water and much damage dona at Combs Hixap Terrible at Carwferd Yards At Crawford yards the mixup and scramble was something terrible to behold Box ears were lifted from their tracks and scattered every everywhere - where everywhere The current waa so swift in places that It scooped out coal from tin inside of gondolas and placed it on top of other coal ears "Trainmaster K W Graham has

tlve flood whkh Kentuckjr ever experienced SThe rtropert loss ia efttinated at five minions Thousands were sent fleeing- amid the wild rainstorm to the hillsides where they spent the night and neijrt morning watch watching - ing watching their earthly possessions wiped out completely Mines are shutdown and in aU probability some of them w'll not be working for two weeks

wreck water plant out of cominisuon wholesale houses are heavy losers Mahan Company is totaljn-eck Sifrunk building collapses Csmpb!! " Hotel setaiin kiddle of ri--??-- - : t i - - -A- ' A cloudburst literally swooped down upon Hazard and the ( 1BmHho1M gtsriing -local coal Held Sunday night and the next nwrnlng the whole Hardware Company collapsed and