Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
RIVERS ON A RAMPAGE

Immense Ice Gorees in h su.quehaun,
Doing Considerable DamaEe--Fears tina.
the Levees on the Wabash viii Civ.
way-City Of Grana Haven, Michix,n
Flooded.
PoRr DEPOSIT. Md, January 6.-An in,
melse ice gorge formed in the Susquehann,
River Sunday night at Star Rock, Pa. At,
tanning a height of fifteen to twenty feet
The ice piled upon the track of the Col,un.
bia & Port Deposit Railroad eight to 70,
feet high for a distance of one hundred fa4t
and twenty to thirty feet high for thiytv
yards, entirely blockading the track.
An extra train going south early in thu
morning came in contact with the barrier Of
ice. The train returned to Columbus and
procured assistance. In a few hours a pas.
sage was cut through the ice. About noon
trains were sent through. Gorges are
formed at McCall's Ferry and at several
points north, attaining ten to fifteen feet in
height. Reports from up the river indi.
cate that the water is gradually falling, but,
there remains a vast mount of ice to CONE
down.
In the river at Port Deposit a small chan.
mel remains open in the gorge on the west
side through which the ice is slowly pass.
ing as it comes down. Little danger is nov
apprehended if the gorges at Star Rock anal
McCall's should hold and allow the ice to|
feed down gradually. A mild rain is now|
falling, a continuation of which will proh.|
ably swell the river and float the ice dowa|
in a bulk causing untold destruction.
NlNCENNEs, Ind, January 6.-rhc Wal
bash River is still rising. The levees bel
low the city, on the Indiana side, are|
breaking, and the people are moving toI
aigher ground. The new levee on the IN.|
nois side. extending from Russehville to tla|
mouth of fine Embrom, eighteen miles, is Al
menace to Ninceunes, as it confines ,fJ
overflow, which formally spread over ths
whole of Allison prairie. within its limits
and forces the overflow to the indiana
side, thus threatening to flood the who'd
city, which has hitherto been absolutelI
safe. The people are alarmed and ard
making strenuous efforts to sustain thy|
.evees. 1t has been rising since oueI
o'clock Sunday morning.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, January Con-
Friday night last IN ice jam began at Bid
Boom, eight miles above Grand Haven, and
about midnight Saturday night there was i
solid gorge of ice varying from four ID
fifteen feet in thickness to this city. It'd
water began settling back and the rapid
and dam are now one solid mass of ice and
nearly level from the Lake Shore Railroad
bridge below the city to Big Bend, lid
miles north of the city, and the water
rising at the rate Of a foot a hour.
Sunday afternoon the ice moved off It'd
rapids and piled up fifteen feet high below
the city. The water has risen very rapidl|
and now floods all the sewers and basemen.]
along Canal Street. The sidewalks alonI
the entire length of the street are filled wifi
goods. The Touring mills are flooded and
their contents have been removed. TIL
Jail basement is flooded and the prisonel
were compelled to go to bed to keep warm
because the furnace can not be run. Til
city was in total darkness last night.
The water is now as high as at the tint
of the great log jam in July, 1883, and All
other foot rise will flood the whole NORTH
end of the city on the West Side. Peop
are rapidly moving out of their houses
that locality. The police force has beet
doubled to secure safety to property an
life.
LATEE.-It is believed now that al
danger to the bridges from ice in GraIl
River is past. The gorge still extends tro4
Grand Haven, thirty-five miles below thI
city, to a point three or four miles aboy}
but the warm weather and action of ii
water is wearing the ice away rapidly.