The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-05-05
FURIOUS FLOODS
Sioux Falls Loss, $40, 800.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Minneso-
ia and Missouri suffer
Heavily.

" Twelve to Fifteen Persons Drowned
= EIgin, III. Four men drowned at Be.
lott, Wis. shy. Lsyee Broke. st.
q Louis IN Danger.
L The non arrival of exchanges and til
u dearth of telegraphlc news for two week
past has kept US as much in the darl
: about what was transporting outside as
we were in Alaska or some other Isolate'
l region, but on Saturday the mail brough
to cur table papers of old and late dates
It is water, water, fires, distractions, AM
, a CO ntinual series of disasters everywhere
, Not only the Missouri and the Siou!
? within our own Territory has left thei
inetacable marks of unrsstrained rage, bu
other streams when loosed from their icy
letters have seemed TO vie for
PARALLEL RECORD OF DESTRUCTIVE PowEF
and IN order to give our reader as much
|, |
as our space will admit, we publish ex-
tracts from different localities.
The Sioux Falls Paragraph Of the eth
ult., brings us additional and reliable par.
ticulars of the food in that neghborhood
The total estimate reaches $140,30O. The
total plumber Of buildings Of all kinds tina,
went out was was thirry-t three, hardly any
of which were dwellings,. The c. ii. 6
St P Go. lost $4,000, st. Paul Co., $50
600; Queen Bee Mill Co., $4,000; Os-
kosh Lumber company, $4,000; Edwin
Sharpe & Co., lumber, $4,000, and SO on
through the list.
DELI RAPIDS
had visitation similar to Sioux Falls.
Lumber yards, buildings, ETC., were wash .
ed away, but no lives were lost. VIM.
VanEps mill was damaged to the extent
of $4,000. The bridge at that place went
out.
| THE PALISADES MILL AND DAM
On the Split Rock, Is miles northwest of
Sioux Falls went out ;nf1icting damage
of $500.
Banning's mill and dam about seven
miles miles from the Falls went out.
! THE ROCK VALLEY MILL
In Sioux county, IS miles east of here, al
SO succumbcd and went south with it.
companions. The iron bridge went out
the same day.
| AT PARKER
three railroad bridges within three miles
of the town, went out. The Finlay dam
and bridge, and two bridges on the west
fork of the Vermlll;on were swept away
! Tim Ryan, section foreman was drowned,
under circumstances which arouse a sus-
pic.on Of foul play.
THE MISSOURI.
1t seems that the Missouri ri yer had fal>
len so that it was thought all danger hal
passed, but lnnumerable streams in Dako-
tn, Nebraska and Iowa broke up, and
emptied their contents into the Big Mud
dY, raising that steam
HIGHER THAN FOUR WEEKS AGO.
The lower part Of Sioux City was flood
ed There were four hundred DWELLINGS
in the Inundated district. Skifs wre pad
ling about on Third street, aud half way
up the block to Fourth street. removing
families and goods. Travellers down from
Elk Point reported the Big Sioux up fea1.
fully, aud everything between Jefferson
and the Iowa bluffs atloat. Numerous
families were seen on the road with their
goods and cattle. Hay stacks were float
ing down tho stream in numbers.
Council Bluffs, April 23- The situation
from the flood at this point continues to
grow more and more serious. The river
now extends from bluff to bluff in the
southern par: Of the city, and in some
eight miles wide. The tracks of all the
railroads are under from two to sixt feet
of water. The river Friday was one foot
and five inches
HIGHER THAN EVER KNOWN.
Below Omaha at Plattsouth, the city is
secure, but on the opposite side then en-
tire" bottoms ar. submerged from two 10
eight feet. Farmers on the Iowa side are
abandoning their premises and report
heavy loss Of stock
Bismarck, April 2t..-The Northern Pa
clfic road which runs for considerable
distance west Of the Missouri, is having
trouble with washouts, and over twenty
pile bridges are gone away, together with
several hundred feet Of track in the bad
lands. Part of the river is still over the
banks and Mandan still has from one to
two feet of water in the streets. The n.
P. is working night and day forces with
three pile drivers, repairing bridges.
=. +. Reeves, merchant of FerniIlion
arrived from that town last right, having
left in the morning, and to the geltlefs an
| ly clerk Of the Merchant: Journal re-
! porter is indebted for an interview with
| Mr.. Reeves. a whirlpool, or eddy, from
The Missouri, is eating into what of the
| town Was left by the ice and food, Mr..
Reeves says, and there IS likely to be little
of Vermilion left if the whirlpool keeps
at work as it has been for the past few
| days. The eddy seems to be caused by
| the high water from the Missouri falling
over into the Vermit.ion river, which
empies into the big stream about block
back of the thickest cluster OF buildings
on what was the main street previous to
the flood. The eddy began just above the
mouth Of the Vermfilion and has eaten
back rcross the main street,
CUTTING A CHANNEL
over a block wide. The Scandinavian
hotel, a large building with good sized
barn attached, Rasmusson's dwelling, Mrs
! True ssresidsnce, the Office Of the Vermil-
, lion Republican, Rasmusson's saloon,
Remmy Hands hotel and several other
!. stores and residences have either been un-
dermlned and fallen into the eddy, or been
torn down to proven, their going in. Lee
q Prentis' large brick store is being taken