, 1869-09-29
STORM AND FRESHET.

Dam1aS in tAe mfnmesotn Valley
Houses and B1idKes Carried AWAY
- '-.'' C1zIEs, MIN, Sept u, 1881
To kAe Editor at " Y Itst fonsT: ,,a,,
There pak tuzrfeie rstn storm here LAST aignk.
which l24ted Bone Blk hou1A
The c7csts about town arc al oferdosn, aod
ssa s.2' ssv sTeR s
SSSa Msst rsslss :l..t. .ea iii engaged ia moving
Tne los los TO carver town m bridges. &C.. viii be
Sases:: sias.' entirely .o'psaas} sss (. nrron.
'''' RI; 1ss;1Hra ...neus4ss: r. - a., -
DaAa SIR: ne storm lss: n!sat dla ,.as E.ssa
About O'CLOCK p. m. heavy dark clouds rolled up
from Tho Northwest accompanied BY continued
.saes q nDpF saPSIn9 o1esa r. M Ssa
been ieea by ON oldest iahahtsaat.'' Tne
eauen ps Msre ,,t sng SalnT oe' r.
fa.sn' fa. lseash asx hs oai e ,sss I'd %
| the ma9nitnde Of . rtser. A house occo.
/ pied bJ caIpet weaver, on IT. baat4. was fitted
io1n stcod tho large barn and staola Of Nj
Butendorf, which wN carried on, ard dashet 70
pieces The br1dgr, which WAS built on haasJ
@ dessiaetion ia il eoarse 10 ihe Minnesota K.rs
TIN stahas Of Ar. Funk, together wt1h sa11e
quanuiJ Of lumber, ras also DESTROYED: and q
they, hoWeves, Made thets way to land bJ
se1e mean. farthsE down ~ - IS +st1es@. @ M snd
| oriJ SAVED b. cutting down trees On tho blud,
back Of The hseNesy, and dIaggtng them dow,
eopewnat changing the current ouE bridges :s; sss
three mica from Town The saw mill Of 1. q. CRIT
IN, on Carver CFeek. IA = coinp'ete wreck. In
aoas u as % oa1 ~
lage, Fortunately, there has been no loss Of life
The 1tp1m Of Inst night wtl n least add some
il 81 Srtdse.6oidius. Se1y respec,Sn,i1 yoass, l.
| TEE TREsUET ELsEWAkKE.
A letter In The TaJ'os's Fails Reporter, fruu
Ths heavJ fains ot tho lsat fow e4s,s hav.
done much damage, sevctal bridges having beer
| Washed away botn In this town hna Rush Creek
| All crops hist were net secured before the rail-
| conmenced afe greatly damaged. Some reld
along tho 81 crolI are tpb1aesEed from one t
| i've 1tet It ia feared thai tho wet weather. VII
| greatly iplurc the potato crop. Much hay has bee
| spoiled. There are scarcely nnJ farmers but wha
have lost more OF less bJ the recent STORM"
ffpr. TIE Av1tie<lLo <Ht,,n.> Stunsutan, Sepe q
The xhole Elk River Valley ts noodtd, and hu.
| merged 70 81 10 epoll It. r
The is'and iuss aeo.e tats town y osesaoEed. 4
~eter, sud most ot the hay stacked on them
Bufa.o Lake Is higher than eyer before know
It has lately risen 10 As to subinesge potion
the isont street
The high y a1er Iu tho tnsrshes has put quiet,
| On cranberry p1cklog. Hundreds Of nnsnels has
been Loaf By the nood
EaAota Correspondents u Lhe 4dntdto Atnn3 Uhio
Old Minnesota, 10 spite Of her efforts TO car
o6 the v atey As faat As 1t poured upon q, b
: overflow ed her banks, aud seriously tnteasel
, | tie destruction Of the immense qnantitles
! | hay On the bottom lands II tnia vieintt
1.-THE lowest manhes are already submerged, Al
, probably ec0 IONS o! hav destroyed. Shop
: inc river rtee eighteen inches those iss pEese
height It viii sweep on The sniise crop, Of bet ~
: Two aud lhree thousand tons. An smou1t Of da,
oRe almost incaIcuaole will b done The seas
i has been 60 extraordinary vet thst no hay cou
: be made On the upland Harthef, and the Eht
country u dependent for its auppy on the botko
n land. Near Traverse de Sioux large q1antlty
!. gram was stacked, and though crerJ exet1lon v
= Itale to save II, the greater portion WIS lost
4 81. Pctetttes have also a moat enjoyable u {
:, pottuu,ty for tea1fxnE the benefits according rrr
i, railroad tother aide Of The river" and PR
ably deyoatiy wish that tho present State of tnln
4 | would Last forever, ~ they now can trAakl
a freight from cars into nat boats. ard from sntn
4 ! Into the tack doors OF their warehouses