Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-04-06
A Gorge I'm the Mlss0uri-A
Town Swept Away, Ito. =.

1ONh swept away EtV'
Sioux CITY. TO-. NJ rch 3l.-There
are indication OF gorge 10 the Missouri
river reaching from a point fifteen miles
above this city, at least as lar as
Springfield, Dakota, seventy miles as
the crow Ales. Most Of the botlom
land, from five 10 IF cen IN les wide, is
Hooded by gorgss. The town ofGreen
island, Neb, opposite Yantou, Las
been swept away. The iubsoiIan s
could be seen from Yanklon clinging
20 their houses as they fioated OF. A
large amount OF stock is supposed to
have been drowned. All the bottom
lands, which are we'll settled, are food
ed.
The river steamer Western sank al
Yankton, and the steamer Fentanelli
met the same tate six miles above.
The boats 10 the harbor at Yankton are
so broken by the ice that none Of hem
will be read, f,r service for sixty days.
The F. G.. Bachelor is also reported
lost. All three are total wrecks. The
steamers above Yankion are ia bad
shape on The bank by the subsidng of
the water. The river 10 now falling al
YaoktOn aud points abjye.
At Yer uilon, IS miles northwest Of
his city, the water was ten feet deep in
The principal street at noon to-day.
all the Inhabitants have gone 10 the
bluff back Of the town.
At the latest accounts the gorges
still hold fast and The river IS running
across the bottom land. At this CITY
tie liver is rising slowly. A rcscuing
rain for the inundated districts Will
leave this city tomorrow.
CHICAGO, March 3l.-A special to
the st. Paul Pioneer Press from Bis
marck says the frost Of last night help
ed TO eolidify the gorge at Fort Lin
ccln. This morning the wa er was at
4 siandstill and the outlook for a fall
was discouraging Field glasses show
d no change in The situation, and a.
Mandon no flag Of distress is visible.
The pucky clizens, men, women and
children, were staying at home, con-
lent TO fight it out on that line, aud
we're not willing to desert the spot.
Besides the damage TO furniture and
goods, It is believed that 100000 rail-
road ties have been washed away, ia-
volving less Of SIS, 900 TO the North
ern Pacific Railway Company.
The incident Of the day was The res
cue of FIVE men ia the woods in the
bottom in the south Of Bismarck. Maj
George Peoples aud one map, in small
skff, rowed mile 10 this timber snC
ice. and when there n jOr Peoples go
cut of the boat and stepped on th'
blocks OF ice and went IN search OF th'
men believed to be in the woods. |
required a stout heart to 60 single
handed and alone through a wood tina
vas nothing More than mighty gorg
of ice. From block 10 block he sk'ppe'
IN il be found four men in two SIX Il
sic aud sound. They had prepare
for the Good, but confessed that it wa
more Of shower thon they had expecl
ed. They had provisions, and coul
nave held out several days. A 6itl
ms1 was found on a cake Of ice bad
exhausted. lie had been floating on
cake of ice until be brought up in III
trees. When he started he was on tn
roof Of a house, from which he VA
pushed into the current by the ice
The Major brought the Eve men safel
10 Bismarck, travelling about four mile
over blocks Of ice. He also visited
collection Of people opposite Fort Liz
coin who we're huddled in single. hous
that was high up on sand bar an
practically safe. The power Of III
cakes OF ice tba, force their way int
The foods is best illustrated by the Tao
that they cut down cottonwood tree
two feet 10 diameter. There ia u
gorge above Bismarck, aud the il
nust all be below.