River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
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/ Tie Freshets in Minnes0ta and TSscOn-
sin Very Disastrous TO the Lumber In
terests-The Rivers Filled with Log
Bridges Destroyed and Railway Tracks
Injured.
ST PAUL. MINI, April 1.-the Missis-
/ sippI river was very high at Minneapolis
Saturday and many logs from above we've
carried over the falls Lumbermen calcu-
/ late that 1000 600 feet of logs were thus
I fioated down the river
Z Al St Paul the water is low. but still COW
ers portion of the Vest ST Paul fats
/ The Red river at Moorhead continues to
rise The grain warehouses and elevators
{ on the levee are surrounded to the depth
/ OF SIX or seven feet and considerable dam
age has been done TO them. Shanty-
town. on the Fargo side is under several
Z feet of water. Ice is coming from above
/ in large quantities and the bridge is threat
ened
I At Lake City it is said that every bridge
that spanned the Zumbro river in that coun-
/ ty has Eeen swept away.
At Red Lake Falls high water in the Red
Lake river is doing serious damage 10 the
/ $40. 600 dam just completed by j B.
| Holmes Co, but il viii probably be
saved.
! At Bird Island the bridge across beaver
/ creek, five miles north of Beaver Falls, has
/ been carried away by high water The
+ bridge across Hawk creek on the line of the
F Hastings & Dakota railroad has also been
I carr ed away, azld all passengers and bag
gage have TO be transferred at that point
At Ltchfeli Il is reported thar the dam
a. Forest City has gone OUT
FLOODS IN WISCONSIN.
| NEENAH, VS., April 10 AT GilFs Land
I ing, where the Wisconsin Central crosses
the Wolf river, a disastrous washout 90
CURED yesterday, and no trains have run
/ for the last twenty hours
/ OSHKOSH, Wis, April 10 Reports have
reached here that the boom near Fremont
containing IL. 600, 600 feet of logs had
I been carried away by the flood The
logs are scattered over an area
of two miles square away rom
the main channel Of the Wolf
The logs are those hung up in the drive
last fall, AMI are owned here and in Nee
nah. The loss viii be at least $40. 001 10
will cost fifty cents per 1000 TO get the
logs back again, besides those that viii
/ float into the lake.
MARsHFIELD. Wis, April I6.-The water
at this place and vicinity is the highest
! known for elrz The Yellow river has be-
come a torrent and nearly every bridge
over it has Teen swept away. The one
between this city and Nasonyilie, alone re-
naming, is expected To 90 out, as about
eighteen inches of snow still remains in
the woods.
The Eau PLANE is very high and many
logs Will be washed upon the banks by the
extremely high water.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, April lG-The
great ice gorge lodged against the Omaha
bridge was broken up by dynamite and at
O'clock Sunday morning the huge mass
broke loose and passed down stream
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis. April 16.-There
was another rise of four feet in the Black
river yesterday morning. This brings the
river twenty feet above low-water mark
/ The foot OF Main street is cutting badly
/ The Nautilus Boat Club house Is badly
wrecked and several other buildings are
undermined. The south part OF the CITY is
under water
WEYAUwEGA, Wis. April 16-The high
water in this pare OF the State is playing
havoc with bridges Fremont is mum
datei, people being obliged to travel about
in boats The bridge across the Wolf river
at that point has been carried away and a
number OF log booms broken and scattered
widely The bridge at Phillips Mills has
also been carried away.
IN DAKOTA
FARGO. D. I April I6-Contrary T. ex-
pectations tle Red river continues TO
spread itself over the surrounding coun-
try, and a vast sea of water meets the eve
in every direction owing to the low lands
near the river. Thousands OF dollars of
damage has been done along the river,
warehouses, elevators and many other
buildings ng either swept away entirely
or the foun iatiOns torn from under them
and the buildings wrecked