The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-22
Flood Facts.


st. Paul, 20.-The snow remaining
near the headWaters of the Reed and
Minnesota Rivers is melting rapidly, and
high water is causing considerable lncon-
venience to settlers and railroad travel.
The railroad is covered with water at
Breckenridge, Gendoh and Mentevedio,
and several washouts are reported on the
Hastings End Dakota and st. Paul and
Manitoba Railroads. In places the track
is under water for two or three miles.
Sioux City, Ia, 20.-The Big Sioux,
Floyd snd OSber small streams are out Of
their banks and doing muck damage TO
wagon and railroad bridges. The Cen.
trai and Sioux City and Pacific roads are
all right yet, but business on other lines
Is interrupted, owing TO the weakening
of the bridges. The Missouri River is
again on the rise, having come up fifteen
inches to-day, and is still rising. Con-
siderable low land is flooded in conse-
ouence. The steamer Terry, in from
Yankton, tonight, reports cutoff be-
tween here and there, shortening the dis
lance twenty-five miles. The boat did
not stop at any point below ST Helena,
and therefore brought no fresh news
from the food sufferers. Tie relief work
goes on actively at Yankton, and all
that can be reached from that point are
being provided for. Great uncertainty
prevails concerning the condition Of the
people in the middle district of the mum
dated country in the vicinity OF Vermil-
lion, as it Is next 10 impossible to get In
or out from there Sioux City is send
ing supplies to such points as can be
reached.
Milwaukee, Wis 20.-There are foods
and high water here too. No great
damage, but much Inconvenience spec
ials to the Republican from the interior
wards, farms, houses, etc. At Beloit
ONLY three lives were lost. MsnItowoe,
Fon du Lac, and towns north are IN
danger. Almost every town south Of the
central line of the state reports more or
| less damage by the feed. Late tonight
hundreds of men are patroliing the MIL
waukee River bank, watching the dana
I'm To midnight the dam holds all right.
| Chicago. 2l.-The food in The city and
through the northwest continues on the
| increase. Only four cars of stock AZ
rived at the yards this morning, sill re-
! CENTS of to-day having arrived last night
| Railroads are compelled to use each
others' tracks indiseriminstely and psicE
Inn lines Of communication as best thej
nav, for hardly q road that comes int
l(be city from the west, north or soutn
has a track free from water. During tn'
night the water in the river and low
living places rose five inches, and con
I trary to expectation is still increasing II
volume and height.
Epering Journals Omaha: A
pressnt the great ireshet seem
| liable 10 be speedily eeiipsed. IL
looks as though eastern communicate
would be severed In few hours more
Ever, body Is anxious to-dsy IS 70
water in The river snd streams IS still RS
ling. and there VS. q heavy rain las
: night, which may cause consideraol
further rise and disasters. No loss OF III
Is yst reported.
Journals Quincy; 1t seem. probabl
thst the levees below the city, althoug
greatly strengthened and raiaed, vi
! give way before the great food which
coming snd viii expose the rich fsri
7 lands TO another inundation and loss
' crops.
Omaha, 21.-The river at neon was 81
7 inches below the hghest point Of the IA
food, and rising rapidly. The sltustio
Is much the same a. q week and n
ago, except there Is ~ damage from y
nov. The lum Der eepots are begirnl1
70 focd, threatening hesvy loss. Come
lions are maint -ined By bridges aud III
b cars at the transfer depot.