Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-02
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
The Missouri Flooding the
bottom Below Yankton.
Elk Point Submerged and Several
Miles of Railroad Track Dec
troyed.

The ice in the Missouri gorged
where down the river from Elk Point
yesterday and to-day the people in por-
tions OF Elk Point are stepping from the
second story windows of their houses into
boats to be taken to places where ii is not
80 wet. The river overlooked its banks
below Elk Point yesterday forenoon, and
before dark it had covered the entire
bottom as far up the river as Burbank.
ALI through the night IL continued
rising, and this mornings advices were
to the effect that from four to Blk feet
of water covered the town
site of Elk Point. The people OF that
burg are moving out in boats and excite
ment prevails, although no lives had
been lost and no damage had resulted
from floating ice up to 2 p. M.
This rise in the river has stopped all
railway operations between Yankton and
Sioux City ove the Milwaukee road,
and two trains are tied up in this city
Conductor Jackson's passenger train
succeeded IN getting to Elk Point thit
morning, and people who were coming
this way were taken in boats from the
town to the train. Railroaders believe tha,
about eight miles of track il
gone between Elk Point and
Sioux City, and there is danger thai
more damage will be done.
The train from Mitchell arrived on
time and it Immediately reversed ends
and returned to Mitchell.
The telegraph wires between Elk
Point and Sioux City are down, and no
communication by wire from Sioux City
as to the state OF the river ct that point
in available. The gorge now existing
near Elk Point. is thought to be located
in q position similar to that of 1881, bnt
the fact that the ice which will descend
from up river is very much decayed. pre-
cludes o possibility of SO extended o
season of high water at any point as
then occurred,
There is 8 large volume Of water, and
it is full of heavy ice, In the upper river
On Friday the Cheyenne river opened
with a big food and Saturday the ice
was gorging at Pierre. Unless held by
gorges heavy floods from above may be
expected early this week. Probably by
Tomorrow the advance of the rising
water will reach this point. II the gorge
below holds until the arrival of the up
per floods there will be serious trouble
on the bottoms below Yankton. The
Jim is not flooding very heavy yet, but
ii will run high when the snow melts.
PERSONAL.
r, ID. Disbrow, ef AIcester, Iowa, is
in the city.
E. %. Kennedy, OF Parker, was in
Yankton yesterday.
Miss Belle Gardner, OF Bon Homme,
spent Easter in Yankton,
Prof. A. f. Bartlett left Yankson yes
terday morning for Brookings.
Mrs. W. d. Russell and children ar
at home from a visit In Omaha.
Will Campbell. the Nebrssks peda-
gogue, spent to-day in Yankton.
We. Bowen returned on Saturday
eveninjs from Redfeld and Aberdeen.
DR.. Jos. Ward and wife returned
Saturday night from an extended so.
iourn in the east.
Mrs. @. D. Woolworsh arrived i,
YanktoD Saturday to attend the funera
of Mrs. Dawson.
John O. Murphy arrived from Bis
maEck on Saturday evening. Mr.. Muir
ply will be called upon to transact th,
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