St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-04
EASTERN FLOODS.
High Water Causes an Immense
Amount of Damage


LIMA. o., April 3.-The heavy rains
of the last three days has raised the
water to a dangerous heighth in st.
Mary'S reservoir, and the town of
Celina, with 1900 inhabitants, is in i'm
minent danger of being swept out of
existence. The large force of men
under the direction of the state
board of public works are engaged in
repairing the recent breaks, but
the heavy rains greatly impede the work,
as the ground is too weak to hold.
Dozens of small houses owned by fisher
men have been swept away. Twenty
Oil wells along the banks are sub
merged. They are owned by the Stand
ard and Independent producers. 1t is
estimated that the total losses by the
food will reach 100000. Should the
wind increase and lash the waves
against the embankmenu the town of
Celina will be inundated and many
farm houses will be washed away.
BOSTON, Mass. April 3.-The storm
throughout New England is very severe.
A stiff northeast gale was blowing all
night, with heavy rain in the coast and
snow i'll the interior. There is fourteen
inches of snow through Western New
England. All trans are from one to
Jour hours late. The wind reached
a velocity of sixty miles an hour.
The center of the storm passed
over Boston at $3.50 Il. Ill. In the
harbOr the tide is the highest for
six months. Considerable damage has
been done to shipping. Many vessels
lost or dragged their anchors and drift
ed on the fats. \ few schOonerS were
dismasted. Others were badly damaged
by being driven against wharves.
The telegraph and telephone wires are
dow II in every direction. On the line
OF the Massachusetts Contra! railroad 373
telegraph DoleS are down in space of
twenty miles long. In Lowell the
electric plant suspended operations
by order Of the mayor to avoid danger
to the linemen working among the mass
or wires which fill the streets, says:
Martin, alias Cub Maybre. alias May
berry, was found dead this morning,
hanging to a tree, about one mile north
of this place. The jury rendered a YER
dict of death ny the hands Of unknown
parties. A note was left by the lynch
ers saying: This is done for the pro-
lection of our wives and daughters "
MONTREAL. April 3.-FearS of a flood
are now predominant, and the imne-
diate cause of the sudden anxiety is the
shOveS that took place in the ice last
night and to-day above the city, and the
sudden aiSe in the water that followed
the shoYes. The ice came down rapidly,
striking central point Just opposite
Jacques Cartier square. An enormous
body of ice was showed in here. 1t
struck :the dixie. and in an instant the
promenade platform was torn bodily
up for twenty feet. The dixie
itself withstood the pressure, and
the ice slid right up and
over it, falling to the street and piling
UP to the height of thirty feet. The
water took sudden rise of fifteen
inches. and then fell almost as suddenly
two feet. 1t then commenced to rise.
The conditions at present are almost ell
tirely the same as IN 1887, when the big
flood occurred. While the dyke may
Withstand the force of the ice, it may
not he water tight, and this is looked
upon as an element of danger. Pumps
have been set to work and everything
will be done to avert the threatened
disaster.