Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-06
The Flood.

"a WI A-A-AA $50 $50 49,
month of September and still it con-
tinued to rain. until the food came.
Friday morning last our people were
warned by the following telegram
from Wausau, that another food was
fast coming upon US; it read as follows:
WAUsAu, Sept. 29th.
The river IS at its highest stage Of last year
at this place, AM is rising at the rate Of 10
inches an hour. H2UsAU.
As can we'll be imagined our people
were thrown into fever Of excitement
and the question was, ."what shall we
do?' Immediately Mayor Webb or
dered men and teams to work hauling
stone from the RabEn House basement
onto the sidewalk leading from Ingra-
hams to the Congregational church.
Saturday evening it was a substantial
dam and was the saviour of our city
Men and teams were also put to work
above VIM. Browns, to break the flow
of the river into that creek and there
by save the city and Green Bay R, r.
from serious damage. The following
telegram was received from Timothy
Case, receiver Of the Green Bay rail
road:
GREEN BAY, Sept. 30th.
We Will contribute enc hundred dollars pro-
vided the work will prove etTectuaI to protect
me city from damage.
TIMOTHY CASE.
By faithful work and at only nom
iDaI expense the city was fortified 50
that the repetition Of a food like that
of June 1880, would not do but little
damage. Notwithstanding all pre-
cautions the following persons moved
to safer quarters: j Z. Ingraham &
Co. wish a general stock; I. Of Fl,
furniture ETC.; D. P. Morrill, meat
market; McCamley & King hardware;
10. Closuit saloon and household furni-
ture; Spaford & Cole general stock;
Miss Gordon millinery shop; NJ j.
McRaith tailor shop; NJ. II. Hunting
ton millinery shop; Brazeau s. At
wood barber shop; JOS. Freeman
grocery store; Mrs. Roche sample
room; T. A. Barnes confectionery and
bakery; j. 0. Hebert photo artist;
Mrs. Worden sample room; NJ. G.
Woodwork harness shop; II. Belan-
ger grocery store; Tribune Office;
Powers L Briggs law office; D. Ber-
ard reasturant, Mrs Pomeroy millin-
cry shop; Mrs, Reardon dressmakor;
J. D LaBreche shoe shop; 3. -Silber
dry goods store; r. p. Bronson Clerk
of Court Office; P N. Christensen
registers office, on the river side Of
the street. and the following on the
east side: John Wagner carpenter
shop; D. Lutz cigar factory; E. T.
Bodette shoe shop; II. Il. Compton
general stock; S. Reeves grocery store;
II. w. Lord harness shop; John
Hamm general stock; Jerry Kliea sa-
loon; N. G. Warren furniture out Of
basement; Mr.. Bishop household
goods; L. Driscoll household turni-
ture; Mrs. Geo Zenicr household
goods; Mrs. johnson and Mrs. Welsh
household furniture. This moving
was done on Friday and Saturday.
The river continued rising gradually
until it had nearly reached its former
hight lacking only one foot. Water
flooded the streets and business was
stagnated Sunday The water remain
ed at It's highest until Monday morn
ing when it fell about inches, and
since then has been falling gradually.
The amount Of damage done cannot
easily be estimated, though to the city
it viii perhaps approximate 5000. To
our merchants and business men it
has been serious damage, in the way
Of loss of business, though no proper
ty to speak of was destroyed At
Berons mill the loss will amount to
$4,000 having washed away nearly
the entire Island. At Port Edwards
the damage in loss Of logs that passed
by the mill will be about $4,000 eS-
timating the loss Of logs at 100000
feet. In CentraIia very little harm
was done, though thore might have
been serious damages had the water
risen according to reports. The street
commissioner, Geo. A. Corriveau took
no pains to provide against threat
ened emergency. Had the river come
up as we had every reason to believe it
would, large portion of Centraiia
would have been taken with the tide
That would have pleased certain few
of that city, judging from their re
marks on the streets. The mill race
was seriously threatened but by the
ororto of MpSgrs jackson & 10 Was