Much Damage
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Edie Creek Cloud-Burst Does
From Our Own Correspondent OWAU, Sept. 28.
N Saturday, September 21, there was a cloud burst at Edie Creek, and 62 inches of rain fell in an hour.
Severe damage was done in the mines, and there were narrow escapes from deaths by drowning.
One miner, with two natives, had to swim in the rising waters in a mine with just enough head-room to reach the cage, the door of which could not be opened, as it was under water. Climbing on to the top of the cage, this party was brought to the surface just in time to avert a catastrophe.
Some portions of the mines were so severely damaged that they will not be workable for months.