St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-19
MINNESOTA CATCHES 1T.
Considerable Damage Done in
Places by the Water.

Considerable Damage Done in
Places by the Water.
Specials to the Globe.
SLEEPY EYE, May 1S.-A veritable
cloudburst of rain dropped here last
night, and continued all night and to-
day with unabated severity. The result
is that the city and surrounding country
are flooded. For thespast three Or four
weeks 1t has rained TO some extent
rearly every day. The roads are i'm
passible, and travel is about abandoned.
Business men and farmers are becoming
very anxious as to the outcome. Wheat
was sown in a hurry. and on account of
the cold and wet condition of the soil
has not made much headway. Hardly
any corn is planted. No barley or oats
are yet SOWn.
BIC STONE CITY, S. D., May 1S.-A
very hard rain setin at II p. m. OH the
10th. and it is still raining as hard, with
no show of any let-up. Several hard
peaIs of thunder sounded Yesterday.
CRooKsToN, Mimi. May 1S.-Rain fell
all last night up to midday. The river
is rising at the rate of foot an hour.
All work is stopped for the present.
ST.. JAMES, Minn., May lS.-It COM
menceG raining mere last night and is
still raining quite hard, with strong
northwest wind. The whole country is
flooded. There is as yetzno corn plant
ed. Trains are all tied up. Roads are
badly washed out west of here. There
will be no trains through to Sioux City
before tomorrow,
MooRHEAD, Minn., May 18.-Another
heavy rain struck here about 5 O'Clock
yesterday morning, and it has since
continued to come down in torrents.
with no signs of clearing. This rain
will of course delay farming operations
several days. A large proportion OF the
grain in this county is now in the
ground. and the farmers do not feel at
all discouraged, but, on the contrary,
are expecting big crop this fall.
YANKToN, S. D., May 1S-Trains on
the Milwaukee and Northwestern roads
running east of Sioux City and Ha-
warden, To-, have been abandoned.
Roads from the north and west furnish
the only outside communication with
Sioux City, which is cut off by hign
water in the Big Sioux river and land
slide at the bluffs west of Sioux City.
Browns VALLEY, Minn., May 49,
It is calculated that the rain of Tues
day and Wednesday must have
amounted to at least five inches. All
the county is completely water-Soaked,
promising sure crops. Wheat Is look
ing fine. The new settlers on the Sis
seton reservation propose to break up
on an extensive scale.
WINoNA, May 1S.-The flood gates of
heaven opened this afternoon, and rain
fell in torrents for several hours. The
small streams are swelling above their
banks and low lands are being washed
out. The Mississippi is rising at the
rate of two inches day.
LITTLE FALLS, May 1S.-Owing to
the heavy rains for the past eighteen
hours the Mississippi is very high, and
several washouts on the Northern Pa
clfic and branches are reported. All
trains are delayed.
BIRD ISLAND. May 1S.-One of the
heaviest rains ever known has been
falling since last night. Thore are no
signs of stopping. The country is
flooded. Lots of grain is washed out.
FERGUS FALLS, May 1S.-It has con-
tinued to rain since early yesterday
morning, and over five inches have
fallen. 1t is the biggest rain ever re-
corded here, and the river is the highest
known. There are fears that the Austin
dam may go out.
MILBANK, Sd, May 1S.-Five inches
of rain has fallen during the past twen-
| ty-four hours, filling all the low places
and doing considerable damagetO crops.
train are delayed several hours on ac-
! count of the washouts.
MoNTEVIDKo, Nay lS.-The Chippewa
| river Is out of its banks above the dam.
A terrific rain storm is in progress, and
food of the lower town is imminent.
| FARGO. ND, May 1S.-The Northern
Pacific trains were delayed this morning
some seven hours by bad washout be-
| tween Audubon and Lake Park.