West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-04-09
TifE -WJSSO URT RII-ER RISIN-G IRON
JIfIRTT TO FORTI- FEET.

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several steamboats, sunk.
BISMARCK, April 3 The Missouri Riy-
er at this point is CHER than ever before
known. he ice is broken in places from
ono 10 three hundred miles apart. causing
gorges, which have flooded the country in
many places. The river gorged here on
/ us breaking at Fort Lincoln. i've niles BE-
low, causing an overflow into Maudan,
/ opposite Bismarck. Il is though. that All
he people reached tie bluffs safc,v. bu,
4 their suiierucs on "Wednesday nyht and
i yesterday must have been indc.cfibabjr
with the thermometer 10 above z.ro. An
| communication is cut of, az the wires are
down, and it is almost Impossible to cross
the river. IencrdaY there were tour feet
OF water and masses OF floating ice in the
tiree's OF The unfortunate city, tn, riv,r
Is four miles wide here. The railroad
aud @ vcrumeut warehous + al the l.v,c
have been damaged considerably Ov,r
two hundred head Of cattle I'm the bottoms
In this vicinity have .peiished. The frost
Of last might hAp,j 10 soiiaify the GORE
at Fort Lincoln, and this morning the out
look FOX f,ll OF the water was discour-
aging. Bismuck, however. is twenty Il ye
itot above The present rise, and Is th,r, foie
safe, as the river would have TO be over
twenty mics wide before the city level
could be reached
This morning field glasses showed no
Change ia The situation ut Mandan No
nag OF Oi-trc.s was vlsable. however
The rlucHy citizens men, women, and
children, were mostly staying at home
They had passed an uncomfortable plpht.
but were not willing to desert their houses.
they have only a few boats, md with
these they are able 60 60 where tho water
is over the boot tops. With tc-dsy's
chilly wind and tC-nights frost the sllua
ton will become mouotonous. Besides
The damage TO furniture and goods, il is
believed that 100 900 railroad ties have
been washed away. involving n loss of
$40, 600 60 Jhe Northern Pscfc R4ilgnv.
The incident of yesterday was the rescue
OF iive men In the woods in the bottom in
the south of Bismarck. M.ior G,or-e
Peoples and one man in u small Skin
rowcd mile, to this timber and ice. and
when there, Major Peoples got out of the
boat and went IN search Of the men be
Iieyed to be in the woods, which WAS
nothing more than mighty gorge of ice
Fro'd block 10 block ne stepped until he
foukd -FOUR men in two ekiffs, safe and
sound. They hid provisions and could
/ htl al 4
was touod on cake of ice greatly ex-
hausted He bad been floating on a cake
OF ice uuiii.hc brought ~ in tho trees.
When he started he was OH the roof of a
house, from which ne was pushed into the
current by the zee. The M-ior brought
the five men safely 10 Bismarck. travel
irS abau, four miles over blocks Of ice.
tie also visited a collection of people op-
positc Fort Lincoln who were hudaI.J in
sire'c house that was high up or sand
, oar and practically safe The steamer
Union was lying near by in "a safe place
There is "A fall OF four feet al the roroo
and for mile up the river the ice sinks
to the bottom and is O. solid dam for that
distance. 1, the cool weather continues
this damage Wi! probably ,ast tor a vrel.
and the channel may possibly be turned
( in an essteily direction a mile from the
old one. The power OF the cakes Of ico
that force their way into The wood is best
illustrated by TIC fact Chat they cut down
cottonwood trees two feet In diameter.
The steamer Eclipse has arrived from Fort
Butord, and is safe. Tu,fe is no gorge
above y sm'rcK
The river rGs fallen three or four feet
About 2jO people went over to Mandon ON
tue steamer Eclipse today but could not
J get within miles OF tue town because Of
the Ice S.veiaI from ine Inflated civ
came on the boat The ice is abou, feet
deep all over the town and very solid
and will remain until ID thaws But few
goods were saved, the food cominr an
sudden that the people we're glad To oct
to the bluff with clothing enough to keen
warm About 600 people were rendered
homeless, but the water bias fallen 80 that
many buildings are now out of water
The total loss i5 estimated o., from $3.50
coo 60 -i7J COO
sioux CiTT, April 3.-Tbcre are ipdicp-
t'nra of gorge in the Missouri RIVER
reaching FROM point ffjcn miles above
This city g, irast as far as 5pHpGeld, Oak.
seventy miles as the crow 1es. Most Of
Tine bottom l.u5, from five 10 GJe,n ia,i.s
WIDE .fh5oled by g1rges. The town of
Green leland, Ncb., opposite Ysukton.
has been 4,.put aV.v ey,ry l,ilr;.