The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-09
Ii. Grs.. Floods ia the Northwest.

nespastLcs from lanksoo, h. T., - Apsll
3 "a. - ] b. Watrr hss risen ~ pu.at iQai
higher than the 7ise OF March arsih laser
Ysnktaa is sssbmrrecd 90 dag and ihc people
have been removed 70 ihc upper portion 81
ihs city. No lives are Inpcrtird. baE coueii-
cradle dAmsge g4asl result 70 property In
teii5zeEee has been received 10 day from Boa.
h0mnie that 6ai Of tuaf,see pcrsnas Sea have
brsa rescued alive aud sell. 4 family named
Bates and ong aAnsd Dad4cnAa arc uhdoabg
ediv droaucyi. Srssn ether families are
probably loss SIX miles this side. lhU 0Feca
Island people have been ia para rcmoyed 20
Ehts place No lives wsse lost therv, bag the
village Is completely washed aEay; waJrr and
ice 10 thc depih 81 twelve feet hc zcross The
village ste The ice probably checked up
ihr channel u the UFes sA3ft distance be-
loz Iaak;on. laraiuE the great body OF wa.rr
across The lowlaaas on The Dakota side, aud
causing Il % how eastward thirty miles before
&c enters the old chaasri e. fcriniIli1s, =
poiat on the river e4ak, vAsch Is reported
carried away. vita the loss OF thirty lives,
The rivef ~ lhis poini IS about ~ miles "a
wid;h. It's surface IS covered slih broken
ice. Farther east a sew miiesthc water broad
ems to fifteen mi!es, retaining tbs width ai'h.
out exception for forty ave miles.
Al Omaha The Missouri River has risen 20
eighteen feet above iov waller mark, aad eoa.
tinaes 70 rise siOsly Damage Is Threatened
70 establishments on the river bottom through
the undermining Of the Government riprap.
The fires in the smelling weeks are pai oaL
much greater rise ts appreasuaed tfoal the
breaking Of the gorges above.
On " Wednesday night despatch 70 tie
Washington Weather bureau says storm Is
developing IN the Indlaa Territory aad North
western Texas, aad the indications are that
il Iiii move over the lake regioas duFihg
Thursday night aud Friday, causing dagger
Gus easteriy winds aud snow or rata ia The
sistricls OF The Mississippi, north Ut the gulf
States The Missouri aver eOniiuues goTged
al Yank;0a, where the water has risen three
feet during the past twenty tour hours. The
observer reports over hfiy lives lost al GAYS
vile. NermtljOu aad AeekHHg.
despatch from lAuktou, ID. T., April :,
says The ice-gorce which has been resist
ing the onward low Of water az this point for
twenty. four hours broke last night, and the
water IS falling rapidly. Lower fankion has
been submerged since Monday morning, aud
the water was,'sO high that the loSer floors OF
two hundred dwellings, shops and mills @ere
covered from one to four feet Much damage
has been done 10 house goods and buildings.
The steamer Peminah broke from her moor
ings as the ice began 10 move, and H0ased
with the current mile, lodging on the rail-
road track, where she now lies. Intelligence
FROM the submerged farming districts was re-
ceiyed last night. Rescuing parties have
found, and landed in places OF safety, about
200 persons, who must haze persisted Of cold
aud hunger if they had not been reached
The weather remains cold, and the situation
becomes more serious. The daily fuel sup
ply has been reduced to a minimum, and
many kinds OF provisions are running short.
The ireshe. has swept away thousands Of cords
of wood, and to-day not u single cord is for
sale in this market.