Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
THE WISCONSIN FroonS

The WISCONSIN FLOODS,
Many Bridge. Carried AWAY
den Rush Of Waters in NY the
River-Dams Broken. Mi,,na Chip
Lumber Swept Away, HOUSE, Of u
and Several Lives Lost-Ths y. Wrs
idly subsiding. water
3 MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sent. 10
o'clock yesterday morning the
Chippewa Falls reached its hipb.a "'e
thirty feet. Some time Wednsaslm 1
ing the Little Falls and tie p ,iayy
dams gave way, letting loose tw a,lt
hundred million feet Of logs. ,T muo OF
Chippewa Falls at the time lucy .T req
toned, and carried away both t boo W.
sin Central bridges and the wanen wy
The Omaha bridge still rema asoN o1
jams have yet formed au
piers. 1t will pull throasJb'
greater portion of the businessS.
were partly submerged, causinp U.S. ~
age to goods. Piles Of lumbars 'eal
yards Of the Chippewa Log ami Itol1
Company and fifteen houses and sL la
floating around in the eastern n a,.ta
city. About twenty houses IN p',o
town, on the opposite side of the rirs q
gone down with the flood, and a nn,n,
lives are reported lost. Tie bank u
south side of the dam gave w,n W
time during the night, which in ALL
bility saved the city. The watop
washed out many acres of :.
already, and there is no tellinr
it will stop. Sections of buildings T..
the river passed here early YESTERDAY ~ y
ing. All trains, mails and business an
pended. The loss of dams, logs NY
and private property can not BE- n,.a
less than So, 600, 600. A crew OF ir ron
been placed on the Omaha bridge +"
TIE legs from forming. jams again,j
piers. AS the water lowers the wash.
the south end of the dam does MT y,
rapidly. 1t is thought that no furfbsr
age will be done.
At Hudson the two Lee cbj]dra,
were injured by the cyclone Wadn.
night, died yesterday morning.
deaths make five in all. The weatb,I
been very favorable to those who ara
less, and they are busily engaged in ~
their homes in shape again. Repyd
great floods in the streams in the sou1
part of St. Croix County were rev
at Hudson yesterday. The Kimir:
is forty inches higher than ever h
and the water rushes in
torrent, carrying everything before il.
bridge on the upper K%innickiunic wat
ried out, together with Clapp's mill
besides nine smaller bridges on tha
stream. and the bridges on the south
including the new iron structure and
at Plumb Burnett's race, are washed
Piles OF fences are also swept way
damage to hay-stacks and grain is VERY
siderable. The storm began about
o'clock and lasted until eleven o'cIocl
was far removed from the cyclone di
however, and all occasioned by an owe
of the Kinnicllinnic, though an outco,l
the same storm. Wheat-stacks owne
Elder Lakes in the town of Robert,
county, were burned by Lightning. Il
tanned a similar loss about six weeks 4
The Black River at La Crosse is 5
teen feet above low water mark, anli
rising. Not much danger is appreh1
there, though further up the valley 90
devastation is reported.
r. The floods in the Wisconsin River v
about Wauson continue undated.
water is the highest ever known,
damage thus far is confined to lumber
and saw-mills. The tracks of the Mi
kee u St. Paul Railway Company are
flooded and washed out So long
boolns hold but little danger is apprehe
The Black River at Medford has ri
a threatening condition, and much ID
is being done. The dams of the West
the Chelsea and the Little Black mills
been swept away, with losses aggre
several thousands of dollars.
The rivers and streams in the vitI
Neilsville r very much swollen byta
cent rains. The Black River at Sell
is sixteen feet above low water MARI
is still rising. 1t is feared that the
will break and heavy damage result