History of Nevada; . t. The damage was estimated at875,000. Among innumerable incidents that oc-curred, it is related that a woman, frightened out ofher senses, rushed into the water, but was overtakenand saved by a man who had to abandon a barrel ofwhisky to the flood in order to perform his gallantexploit. Dark clouds still overhung the mountainswhen a beautiful rainbow arched the inky canop)-,the sun shone out brightly over Diamond \alley,and alarm and danger were passed. At 1 oclock inthe following afternoon, still another flood sweptthrough Eureka, but the people were on the alert,and no
History of Nevada; . t. The damage was estimated at875,000. Among innumerable incidents that oc-curred, it is related that a woman, frightened out ofher senses, rushed into the water, but was overtakenand saved by a man who had to abandon a barrel ofwhisky to the flood in order to perform his gallantexploit. Dark clouds still overhung the mountainswhen a beautiful rainbow arched the inky canop)-,the sun shone out brightly over Diamond \alley,and alarm and danger were passed. At 1 oclock inthe following afternoon, still another flood sweptthrough Eureka, but the people were on the alert,and no lives were lost, and only about $5,000 worthof damage sustained. U. UUIlliE, So^l of Joel and Hannah (^Clarkj Dodge, was born inthe town of New Lisborn, Juneau County, Wiscon-sin, August 14. 1853. The parents of our subjectwere farmers, and young Dodge was trained to thatcalling until he reached his fifteenth year, at whichtime he accompanied his father across the plains to 442 HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
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