Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-26
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Sioux City Journal. 18th.
The river at this city fell about Tires
feet ON Sunday, and was falling slowly
yesterday. II 10 reported falling IL
Yankton. There was little ice on Sun.
day and less yesterday. The ferryboat
Bennett came over from the Nebraska
sids on Sunday, and yesterday was
making regular trips. The two boats
aground have been got of, and there
was no damage to any one Of the feet.
The transfer boats are ready to run, but
the landings cannot be got ready before
Thursday. There is no information of
the river opening above Chamberlain.
Tho moving out of the Missouri river
ice on Sunday took out four bents Of the
high trestle work at the Iowa end OF the
Sioux City and Pacific bridge at Blair.
Theleis over mile of trestle work at that
end of the bridge, that next the end of
the bridge, where the break is. being
forty feet high. There was some trouble
at this place before the ice moved, and
about q year ago the river cut narrow
channel around the end of the bridge. A
good deal of stone and brush have been
hlled in at the exposed point during the
winter, and it was supposed that the
place was fully protected. Just how bad
the break is connot be learned. An at
tempt was made to get some news from
Blair last night, but without success.
The transfer boats and landings at Blair
are being fitted for service, which indi.
Gates that there will be no crossing at
Blair for some days.
Elk Point, d. H., March "a, l884-The
Missouri river gorged on last Friday
night about two miles below here, caus.
ing the water to rise rapidly until it ran
over the bank about two miles above
town. A foot OF water run into the
slough. One farmer lost two COWS and
q few pigRby drowning. It Is said that
by ordinary diligence these could have
been saved. The Vermillion ferry boat,
the Clay Dixon, broke from her moor
ings, and now lies three miles below this
place, with twenty inches of water over
her deck on bar. There is nothing GER
tain yet about saving her. Efforts will
be made to-day. The boat is valued at
$4,000. The water run between the ties
for few rods, but soon receded, and no
material damage was done. Water fowl
have appeared in abundance, and sports.
men are in high glee.
Capt. Allison, master of the Vermillion
ferry boat, Clay. Dixon, writes the Jour.
nal under the date of Elk Point,
March %:
My boat, the Clay Dixon, is lodged on
q bar three and halt miles from here.
She is all safe, lays straight, had twenty
inches Of water on her deck at four p. m.
today. She is damaged very little as
far as con see. Her wheel is all that
suffered any damage, one Of the wheel
t1anges being broken, and three wheel
arms being carried away. cannot tell
whether her rudders are all right, but
think they must be gone, as the lower
part of the wheel and her rudders were
fast in three and half feet of ice. This
ice and the lower part of the wheel is
carried away, and probably carried her
rudders with it. The way she happened
to sink was that her head was held up
by pack of ice while her stern was
settled down by the river falling,
and the water filled through the
deck. One man pumping this forenoon
lowered the water in her two inches in q
few minutes, but foolishly abandoned
the pump, and put in his work on clear
ing the ice from under her head. Wher
l reached her, at 800 p. M, her head wal
just settling under water. The wateI
was falling this afternoon at the rate ol
two and one.half inches an hour. have
no doubt at all of saving her.
There is report here tonight that
there is another ferry boat tied up ai
Stough's mill, close to the Ponca ferry
landing. The report seems to be credlta
BILE, but I failed to find any on. thai
knew to certainty.
Sioux Falls, d. r., March 24-The Bic
Sioux, which has been rising steadily fol
several days, took jump of foot OF
more Sunday morning, which started
the ice. Large crowds watched the riyel
all day, expecting to see the old Eight
street trestle bridge go out, ana theil
patience was rewarded late this after
noon by seeing portion of it depart
-Four sections were torn of and broken
to pieces over the Cascade dam. Nor.
is expected to 60. There being bat one
span of the new iron truss bridge u
Eighth street built, travel is now cut of
at that crossing.
Fears were entertained for the safet,
of the Tenth street bridge, but it viii
probably pull through all right.
The bridge at the Yankton crossing
three miles southwest of town, built les
than year ago, was carried away yester
day.
THE FA1RvIEw BRIDGE.
The moving Of the Big Sioux Ice tool
out some Of the piles of the Milwaukee,
bridge at Fairview, the first station soutl
OF Canton. on Saturday. The train t.
Sioux Falls of that day and all the train
since, have come around the break b,
way of Rock Valley.
The lecture at G. A. r. hall last night
by Captain Van Etten, was one OF th,
most entertaining and truthful that il
has been our pleasure to hear on the his
tory and personal incidents Of the war
The did given by his wife in singing wa
received withgreat applause. Captain
Van Etten will deliver o lecture to:nigh
at the NJ. E. church. Subject-Save th,
boys and girls. Seats free. If you ex
peot good seat come early.
WIN. b. MuHRoE, Commander.