River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-30
WATER COVERS ALL.


CHICAGO, June 27.-What is known
as the Eighty-seventh street dyke, sep
arating the towns of Dauphin Park
aud Grand Crossing, gave way Sunday
afternoon, having been cut, it is pre-
sumed. by some one. The breaking of
the dyke let the food with all its force
in upon the suburban village of Dauphin
Park, submerging every street and
yard to the average depth of about "a
inches In many places the water was
much deeper, and the first floor of
nearly every house is under water.
Easements everywhere were filled,
and the damage not only TO
streets and sidewalks but 10 the
foundations of houses and all
household effects that were not
early removed, will amount to thou
sands of dollars. There was heavy rain
fall Sunday afternoon and at o'clock
p. IN. the water was rising at the rate
Of an inch an hour. The only outlet
for this great mass of water that is
drowning out the homes of the 800 resi-
dents is through bitches and culverts to
the lake, which are wholly inadequate.
The water comes from n large sub
merged territory in the region of Mud
lake. The Chicago authorities have
been asked for aid.
AT midnight the water was from ~
to 3 feet high in the principal streets of
Grand Crossing and Daughin Park and
was flowing with strong current. A
high wind lashed the waters against the
buildings in great waves and an
enormous amount of damage is being
done. The situation is critical as it is
feared that some of the less substantial
structures will be torn from their
foundations, importing the lives of the
inmates.
The flood has spread to the suburb of
Burnside, and if the rise continues at
its present rate the entire village will
be submerged to a depth of several
| feet.
Sunday evening there We're 10 sail
ing vessels in the basin or in the slips
at the mouth of the harbor and also
numerous steam craft, all with cargoes
on board consigned To various wharves
in the inner harbor. They were wait
| ing impatiently for the word of
the harbormaster to allow them to
come into the river. Vessels
are in tiers at the foot of the Randolph
street viaduct, and the basin is full of
craft at anchor. SO crowded are the
| slips at the mouth of the harbor that
vessels can no longer enter them, and
there will be great confusion and numer
ouus jams when the tugs commence NOV
ing them out. In the south branch forty
outbound vessels are detained and
crafts are suffering detention at almost
every point in the harbor. All this is
caused by the unprecedented rise and
current in the river ca';sed by the re-
cent heavy rains.
BURLINGTON, Ia, June 27.-An un-
precedented rise has taken place in the
Mississippi river at this point the last
day or SO and it is now within IL inches
of the highwater mark OF 1883, II
feet above the low-water mark of 1864
and the highest gauge recorded since
| 1851. The water is now running
in at the windows of the Diamond 10
packet line office, the building being
useless for freight or office use. A num-
Der of other buildings along the levee
are submerged. The water has spread
out over the Illinois lowlands till the
river at this point is virtually Is miles
wide, and small boats can
run to Gladstone, miles inland.
The current of the water on the low
lands is very swift and is doing much
damage to submerged property T. is
running like a mill-race through the
| long slough bridges on the Quincy
/ r o.
Quincy railroad, between this city and
Carmen, ILL.,, and rise of foot more
will undoubtedly sweep the track away.
This would result in a complete sus-
pension of railroad traffic on both sides
of the river between burlington and
/ St Louis.
| DAVENPORT Ia, June 27.-The Mis-
sissippi river at this point is feet
| inch above the danger line. Reports
! from above indicate a further
rise. For 2 miles along the river
front the first floors of saw
mills and factories are under
water and work is impossible. The
stations of the Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids & Northern and the Chicago.
Milwaukee g. st. Paul can only be
reached by boats. Eight hundred
employees are thrown out of work
| by the overflow and thousands of
dollars of damage done to stocks of
goods.
| MASON CRY, Ia, June 27.-Complete
| reports from the cloudburst that laid
waste many sections of Chickasaw
| county are now in. At Fredericksburg
| two persons were killed and dozen
| injured fatally. At Sumner five per-
persons were killed outright. The de-
| struction to property and growing
crops will exceed $500, 900. The homes
OF twenty eight farmers are completely
destroyed and as many more are par
| TALLY wrecked Throughout the path
| of the storm the destruction of crops is
complete.
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, June 27.-The recent
heavy rains have raised all the streams
in this vicinity, causing much damage
to bridges and To crops young
Swede named johnson was drowned
Saturday in Henderson creek while res
cuing cattle from flooded pasture.
His body was recovered William Mil
rol, for whom Johnson worked, also