Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-21
In Illinois.

In Illinois.
CHICAGO, April 20.-The water il the south
western part of the city is still rising, and is
now aboye the high water mark of 1S47. the
highest point ever reached. The only addition
al damage reported is the flooding Of Griffin
& Connelly's ice-house on the canal bank at
Weilaw Spring.
The Euening Journals Elgin, Illinois,
special says: The railroad track is four feet
under water, and trains cannot pass over it
inside of ten days The bridges are badly de-
noralized here and at Dundee. The damage
in Jane county Is sSOO,o0o It is thought the
river cannot rise much higher, and
that the worst of the floods
are over. The damage in Elgin Yesterday
afternoon aggregated $4,000 to S2OO,OOO.
The chief items were the breaking of the Elgin
Hydraulic company's dam and race tanks $780,
900; destruction of the Chicago street bridge,
$4,000. Above Elgin the Fox river broke its
ice gorge and dam, and the ice and water tore
down the dams at Carpentersville and Dundee,
and at Elgin the river rose two feet above
high wafer mark, breaking the dam and
sweeping away the fine iron bridge and the c.,
N. & st. P. bridge just south of the city; tax
ing barns and out houses and flooding stores,
easements and first floors in the chief streets.
The damage so far is from SIS, 900 to Sl00, 1000,
and another ice gorge threatens the city with
further havoc. All the mills, manufactures
and water powers have suspended operations.
ALONG TIE ROCK RIVER.
Dispatches received from along the Rock
river in Illinois and Wisconsin state that 1t is
higher than ever known before, and is doing
an immense amount of damage. At Sterling,
a. aIo 1A,K ato RI
and rising. For twenty-four hours the man
ufacturing interest of Rock Falls, opposite
Sterling, have been threatened with complete
destruction, and night and day hundreds of
men have worked for dear life to protect their
bulkheads and raceways. If the water should
rise another foot the loss will be enormous.
The lower part of Sterling is flooded, the fair
grounds submerged, and four distilleries with
hundreds of cattle are on an island where the
water is growing dangerous on all sides.
THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN
track for five miles is completely covered with
water, and much of it is washed away. The
track between Clinton and Dixon has been
abandoned, and there is no communication
with the outside world except by telegraph.
The river between Sterling and Erie has over
flowed and is covering the country for many
miles, and if it continues rising the destruction
lire the river banks watching the food, which
at times runs in waves three or four feet high.
AT ROCKFORD.
At Rockford, all The dwellings on Loomis,
Montague, Wall, Morgan and Knowlton
streets are flooded, the water in many cases run
ming into windows. Some people, have been
forced to leave their homes. The registers
office is a foot deep in water, and Others near
Iy as bad. The water is twenty-five inches
higher than the high water mark of 1877.
The river is two miles wide at quite number
of places south and north of here, and many
farmers have large fields of winter wheat
five feet under water, while meadows are equal
1y flooded.
The liver at Ashland avenue bridge rose two
and half inches during the day, and the
food spread considerably in the southwestern
part of the city Little d MOBILES lumber
yard is under water, and barriers have been
erected to prevent the timber floating away.
The docks on the South side are
invisible. The current III the river is six to
ten miles per hour. The food extended this
afternoon from Lincoln street to the river, a
distance of over two miles, and from Thirty
third street to the river, distance of over
one mile. Corn and hay are floating in the
canal, brought from inundated farms OF the
Aux PLANES. The canal is widening to a
break and the flood is now rushing in tor
rent into the canal about three miles cast of
the summit This will increase the dimensions
of the flood in the city. Other breaks are
occurring in the canal, and the rise continues
they cannot be repaired. The damage to Ice
houses already amounts to $4,000. The 1ise
aynot be without its beneficial results to the
city, as the swift current will tend to sweep
out the river and cleanse 1t of the immense ac-
cumulation Of garbage, decaying animal mat
ter and filth, thus eliminating one source of
much sickness and disease.
AT ROCK ISLAND.
ROCK ISLAND, April 20.-The river here is
slowly rising, but no fears are entertained that
any serious trouble will result. At four miles
south on Rock river, most serious trouble is
experienced from high water, which was ris-
ing during the day and evening.
A portion OF the town is now under
water. A long dam, some two miles in length,
is being thrown up to arrest the waters. A
number of workmen were engaged in filling in
the washouts to the bridge approaches on the
river. The Milan paper mill is on an island,
entirely surrounded by water. Two of the
road bridges at this place are in danger,
the water being up to ..u the
Island g. Pacific near Coloma, the latter road
is now running trains to and from Chicago
via Peoria. The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy abandoned their trains south this
morning. The bridge on this road between
Coloma and Briarwood is under water, and
in consequence trains were held in this city.
The
LATEST ADrtcEs FROM MILAN
state that the river Is rising, and a number of
houses have been vacated. Rock river has
overaowed all the low lands adjacent 10 the
channel, and in some instances is over a mile
wide. At q late hour this afternoon the bridge
near Milan. on which were eight persons, was
swept away. Four of them, named Fred Chip
pener, David Hakes, W. T. Ulman and Frank
Chellctte, were saved. The first namPd was
badly hurt, and will probably die. The per-
sons lost included two Tindalls and two bridge
carpenters, whose names are none of them
known.
In Wisconsin.
CHICAGO, April 20.-It is estimated that the
water has damaged property in Kane county
from $500, 200 to s90O,o0O. At Beloit there
has been some damage and great apprehensions,
but the worst danger seems over. In the news
paper offices the hands work with q foot of
Ueter undnr them At Fort Atkinson, Wis