The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-19

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81. ParI NfxS- SeysesHh-f IA
,ys~sS frpzs Eau Claire ays: \ hsosn On
froint Crvsk. . tribB'zr of The ChipTsua
River. vent on: a:e IN The aixis, kpA ,hr
ssis< In The chlg.<wa free apply. Thi~
~sih tise ftoa;inx kz~ c2rTse5 ausy ths ~
ter brs<s Of ia. wi-unssa Ccatrsi Esilsoai
q; Chipp~sa Pals and 40 Tire bssf hSsi<a
b-iaesn here aa<! this cssy. The MIlSaa-
ke. a ST. Paai fssi~ay eTht<s AID al
The CT, bria<- b~-- and the ei;y bridge
NJ Chlpp~-n Pals w.Fs eA-rxd s~sy- TSr
Omaha hgSds- at ;bs latter VSSos = ncR 9f
go1- be: Their, Is no isilin< sha; nsS hap
pen A. tie water - getting higher and lie
ra..road B, t-tnE hAaly Na,A~d TIE ~a.cr
rtG.puED THE TEEsr
81 ihls rliy ana - ossnx Er-ai sstn.<.
The kzu ClzIfr and ,AlpE~aa Eafcfs sFw
higher ihas Ma rH-f kuo~n before. tisc
wairg ros ~ oscr ihg fEiarsHa. >ifvcts and
urzny baibdtngs 90 to- sfo1aa af~ nssaiinE
away. Hail a miistos tres ~ ln-s have
hToSe1l :ron ;b- tSssn rsraf tn- tAsdy Nils
ard are hsaiinz doun Tie slf-am Tia Ia
tcsI nrws FROM 'hc 8 e-isd districts q
Wisconsin iRjcAi. TIA; ti~ ~Atcrs arr -
o-i,Ds at Chippewa fA!l> bai usin- al kAz
Clare wh-Fr usc wAtrf : iv1r irvt a~~p in
the Wesisu IniOn orcc. ~ Chippewa
Pals 40 dw.liingz have S-ea sseps A~zy
% wr-ckod and avco I-oplv ATr
pLFISpI~S UT~N IouIsoE.
Who live oi high stoand fug shelter AMI
food Relief comlni;i-- have t-~s ct
gsntI"t and hundr~is 81 T~oP.e afv bring
lei IA Tie cuufi house AMI lis s~,~s-l ;.iBi uf
the J. VI 4. y, Ahs4~ Ih- tus-i destitute
are besng takcn carr ot In Tie private
houss-- The east Al1 vrsi shi- q:
the Chippewa ~hich dn ,dss tbr vlty. arc
entirely cut 81 ffuai c-otnmUukaisaa AstA
each other, rXeep; by MAJ 81 the Omaha
railway iron bridge, whsh admits of Tic
passage o! io1t passengers 1, = situated W
far up the river that
NAIk uT TotK NtiE>
u nccs~sary In rcarhIsg the business Isi-
ton Of tie east sade from the ouuri tiossc.
Almost every family in the city vii lose
something. The Chicago, Milwaukee &
~ Paul Railway Company Ices Ia the
Chippewa Valley Will ma be lrS, than ss4e.-
GOO. The lumber companies all lore very
heavily. but the heaviest lu>~c, aTr suffered
by poor iSop.c Who have hat their
hvme> swept away. The ~urwstal-g
offices have al! tern flooded, and uo paper
las been issued of Viii - '.-pn.
except the Loid,T, which issue, a small
sheet printed on n job pres, INSTEAD Of Tie
regular SIZE. only
\ ilFE has ufIN Io>I
in the tiooi here. a main uaIns,i Ehlcr.
drownod while trying Ia rc-cuc his >ick
wife. Mayor DaNi, has tclegraphed Ia Wa i
basha FOR a steam ferry boat, Which viii
come up a, >non a. thc stage of water will
permit Work will te commenced on tie
bridges 10 replace those swept away a. SoDu
a. the water goes down.
Both the Chippewa and Eau Claire Riycr
falling al noon. after reaching The tn
prccedentoi h..gh; Of tw el.ty six feet thf,4
feet higher than the
1.IAT blood oF $50.
Every bridge on the Chippewa has gone
out - five railroad bridges and i've wagon
In Eau Claire the loss of property
i appalling. No satisfactory estimate can
De- made al this time. In and l--tN cen
Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire The los will
not fall short Of 81, 800 600. and may greatly
exceed that sum. The Eau Claire GaS Com.
lost three hundred and fifty tons of
and
ALL IT. BUILDINGS.
galued at Si5. 600. Business huuses
III all sides of the river are submerged
md great apprehension is felt ies,
Nhen the water Teceics the foundation,
nay be- so much impaired n la crunblc the
nails. In this city over two hundred house,
ave been swept away. buly one life hss
Decn lost a. far a. heard from. While ih.s
Is being written, three building, on
Bride street on the west side have fallen.
They belonged TO Fred. Bonneil, !. ID.
,Lappell and j. Z. Ewing.