Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-02
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SPRING FLOODS.
The Rivers of Minnesota, the Mississippi
and the Missouri Still ON the Ralnpa
NANKATO

The Rivers of Minnesota, the mississippi
and the Missouri Still ON the Rampage.
AT MANKATo.
st. Paul, April 2,-Later ndvices from
Manknto say the river is falling this af-
ternoon, and it is hoped the water has
reached the highest point. Part of the
town is described us IL scene of desola-
ton, with the water surrounding build
ings and some OF them floating from
their foundations. The loss IS estimated
at $4,000 to the people and railroads and
$4,000 to private property.
AT sHAKoPEE.
st. Paul, April pa dispatch to the
Pioneer. Press from Shakope,. says: The
river rose two feet last night and is rls-
ing two inches an hour. 1t is now one
and one-half teet below high water mark
The river is mile aud Il half wide. The
track is washed out here and passengers
are transferred from the Henderson de-
pot to town in q large boat. The water
is four feet deep on the St. Peter depot
floor and railroad business is suspended.
The water is up to Front street ut Man
klto, aud the people are being rescued by
RATS from the flats. -
AT BELLE PLAIN
the river has risen suddenly and over
five feet. All the bottom lands are over
flowed. There are no casualties. The
Minneapolis Il st. Louis railroad track
across the bottom, between this place
and Sioux City junction, is badly wash
ed out.
AT MoNTEvIDo
the iron bridge has been carried away
and the business streets flooded with
water. 1t is reported that small houses
are being carried away, but no definite
particulars have been received.
Several small buildings have been
swept away, and the water is up to the
second story OF thes houses that remain
on the bottoms. The water has come I'D
first street fifteen rods above the Monte
vidO bank. Several business houses on
the lower end Of First street are flooded
on the first floor. The lumber yards
are ahoat. A large amount of wood
has toated away. The railroad bridge
has cnreened over to one side. The citi.
zens have been at work all day construct.
ing booms. The water is rising ut the
rate Of two inches per hour.
AT GRANITE FALLS
the town il entirely surrounded by
water. The river has cut new channel
around the town, leaving it IN island
Minnesota falls, two miles below, are re-
ported entirely under water.
AT LIE sUEUR
the approaches to the bridge are under
water.
At Mankato and st. Peter the railroat
track is still under water.
dispatch from Lake City says: Th
ice went out of Lake Pepin to day, an,
the Mississippi. is now open it's entir,
length.
AT ST. PAUL
st. Panl. April DO l'h4 AIisslssipp
.irrI has riseE steadily ali ny and stand
.. t,r 4.k ut sixteen feet, three fee
Ian ut 10 o'clock this morning
..nl one foot higher than the great flood
of June of last year. The water spread
from bluff to bluff except the ground ill
ed by the railroad on the east side, an
on the elevated roads and slightly raise
ground on which st. Paul is built. On
thousand people live ill west st. Pau
whose houses will be flooded if the ris
continues. The houses nre now ikolnte
ana some are half buried under the W.
Ter. The water has commenced tiowin
through the streets with an hourly IL
crcaslng current from the southeast. Nh
onckwater ~ pressing forward toward ii,
city ana spreading in vast sheets over al
tho low!npds. Shantics are beng erccte
to-day near the sixth ward school l,ous
for the temporary accommodation of III
uniortnnAte+ driven from the loviand,