The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-13
The Great Freshet,

'eceniit been lie scene OF immense and
destructive f,eshets, caused bv heavy rains
and the melting Of snow and ice We copy
from our SIa,e exchanges condensed ac>
count ofA great par, Of the damage done
by the freshet:
About FIVE o'c.tck Thursday morning
the dam across the Milwaukee river al
! 1umbolt gave wav, and one half of its
oesdsy lh- ice heaped up at the dam some
| nifty feel high. aud the wafer raising to
a great height The whole mass gave way
with laundering noiss The seu 30 of
large numt-r Of trees in the river be-
low broke up the large cakes of ice as
they came down, and rendered it power
less to damage the bridges below The
dam was owned by J. j. Orion. Esq, Of
that city, and furnished power for running
he paper mill Of Noonsn IL McNab, and
o!her mills.
A correspondent wri'ing from Menoui-
nee Falls, under date of the 81 inst,
says:
The heavy rain on the night of the first
used Leav, tide in The river at this
place. and Yesterday at ?. a., the ice
accumulated above the dam Of J. B. Nehs'
grist mill gave way and came down with
rush. carving all before it The dam
age to J B. Nefs : 81 500. Chas. NeLs'
saw mill los, $1,000 j. ID. Beringer.
sash. blind ant. bedstead factory lost $500,
We understand that every bridge is gone
between here and Milwaukee.
At Lodi five dams have been washed
away, and all the bridges between there
and Wisconsin River a:e also gone The
damage ia estimated at $50 coo.
A dispatch from Madison says:
| Terrible have been the effects Of the
late rain 1t is impossible to enumerate
the multitude Of breaks in railroads and
lost bridges evervwhere. A mile OF the
Northwestern railroad. near Alton, is
gone On the Milwaukee and Mississippi
railroad, near Boscobel, great damage
was d"Le Al! along The Route The sluice
way Of outlet fourth to the lake has gore
out, and the water is on a rampage. The
low ground about Madison is submerged
IN the Milwaukee aud Prairie du CHEN
Railroad the bridge is gone between Ed
ge.ton and the Rock rive-, and The
| hndye and large amount Of track was
washed away between Naterlown June
ZION and Milwaukee. The road wes; is IN
bad condition. Two bridges are gone
between here and Back Eath, and il,
will pFotalIv be two or three days tefoIe
trains will run through TO Prairie du
Chen There Is break in the Nor;h-
western railroad. near North Milton June
tion.
A dispatch from Spring Green says:
The scene in the Wisconsin river on
The 81 was awful. Anlid>t the immense
field OF Ice We're to be seen an hd'>crla-
bic mass Of broken bridges, out houses
plgpens. dead cattle. hogs. sheep, &c.
One span Of the first Wisconsin bridge is
gone The upper Sauk bridge is laying
up against the lower Sauk bridge. All
he BRIGGS on Honey Creel; are also gone
Lumber yaIa- have been flooded aud their
contents carried down the river Houses
and barns We're struck by lightning and
entirely destroyed. Among these are he
new High School house. at Lone Rock
entirely consumed. and barn near Lone
r. ok containing two thousand bushels OF
grain, fifty tons Of hay. three horses, amt
Iao cows Large numbers OF horses, cat
;ie sheep and hogs have been desttos ed
Many farmers have lost nearly everything
: their farms being completely stripped
Mills have been swept awav, together with
all their stock. Indeed the damage can
not he estimated. The track is washed
away in many places on the Milwaukee
Il Prairie du CHEN Railroad, and many
OF The bridges gone 1t is doubtful if
trains can run regularly for week or
more.
The Milwaukee Ne,cs, of the 9Th inst,
SAYS:
Some Of the railroads will not recover
from the damage done by ne freshet for
some tins Last evening train arrived
from Madison, the first in two days. The
Vii" aukes aud Chicago road and the
ia " huhtC ht'i hiiuuSNOid Iodu dIo AH'l
have been all right. The St Paul road
Is in operation to Walertovn.
The Madison Journal, Of the 81 inst.
saws:
The storm OF Sunday night. with its
fall Of rain and the sudden melting Of the
snow remaining on the ground, has prov>
ed more damaging TO the railroads than
any :hat has occurred in long time.
No trains have arrived or left Oh any
Of the roads since yesterday afternoon.
and though their managers are making
every exertion to repair damages il will
probably be two or three days before all
is righ.. Il Is estimated that the cost Of
repaitin9 the damages sustained by the
railroads of his State bv the great storm,
will exceed 81 100000 The loss to the
Milwaukee & Prairie du Chlen road will
reach half a million.
The Watertown Repu5 iran says:
This city and vicinity was visited las,
uighl by one of The greatest rain and
thunder storms ever known here. At the
present writing (Mondal P. NJ. the river
is higher than ever before known. The
ice is breaking up, and fears are entertain
ol fo, h., of N,;r