Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-13
OUT ON A RAMPAGE
Grand Rssf bumped Herself
Al Day Yesterday.
HIGHEST WAFER SINCE 1858
fhs valley City Warehouse Wrecked.
Dwellings, Submerged aAd
Valuable Logs Last

Grand river Eas asors attractive, zee
tefdaS. - = great nunoer q people than
y has been before since the SPREE q
is>l Nhen tie great tg lam carried
aeay the railroad bridges and srss:sei
the csrrlage brliges IN this city. Ssfar-
day nieht the river had risen -even &C
eight feet above low water mark. and &
continued - rl-e al dsy yesterday At a
rate 20 six inches an hour and siit h
great DIAL q damage 20 property slcns
the river bank AT O'Clock lat night
the water a. The steamboat landing ssis
viii ia Ten inches Il the mark reached
ia i's,t ani had passed the high water
mark n ls-a- The gaage AZ this pant
ie the river sks&ed the water % DO
rfteen feet above high water mark
Al o'clock yesterday morning the
frst iec appeared floating In the RIVER
here II ~as the van q the great Jana
az Muir 0hlch broke during the night.
All day the river Vas filed Nth great
cakes & sce. which pounded the bridge
piers and fought fof supremacy viii a
large Number q logs. which mingled
With tAe Ice add swept down streaEn az
rate u about i've niles an hour.
a. Flooded Bs-emcnts-
The water entered the basement O,
the Evening Press and put out tho hres
under the boilers IN the press roou- The
press pit was flooded and the water. at )
0'riock. was within about foot ~ the
press The island opposite the sfsam-
i~,st landing vas entirely submerged.
IL
located there we're swept 1T their f.,un-
,iatlans and wrecked The Grand Rap
~ storage eompany has It's baras a
short distance below Fulton sireet
bridge. A number of wagons standing
hack II the barns were submerged and
we're rescued by means II long rope
z0d a team. The rope was fastened 10
the wagons by man in boat and we're
hauled % higher ground The Place
where these wagons stood has not been
covered with water before in eight
years The basement ~ the barns
where the company keeps several teams
~ horses sas flooded. and the horses
were removed 20 the upper hoor A
large number ~ houses. al vacant. near
the steamer Barrett warehouse we're
under water up 20 the second story. The
Valley City was tied % shore In the up
Per part q the steamboat channel and
occupied a position directly above the
W0cd dock. which was covered BY four
feet u water. The Barrett was mcored
az the south end Il her warehouse, tied
% the trees on the bank. Should the
water Fall suddenly she would bee left
high and dry on shore.
Wrccked a Warehouse.
The Valley City Transportation com.
pany suffered considerable loss in the
wreck n IL large warehouse south az
the Chicago 4 West Michigan railroad
bridge. The north end 81 tho bui ding
was carried from its foundation and Ma
swung shoreward. turning the building
half around 80 that Il faces north instead
q west. n ~ careencd over ~ the
south and - lodgrt against a sturdy
elm. which viii doubtless prevent II
hnating down stream
A half mule further down stream three
houses on the left bank n the stream
were under water and the people were
carrying their goods % shore IN boatA
Four houses on the right hank near the
Wallin farnery were also flooded and
cut OF from shore by stream nearly n
quarter - Riie vide Two miles down
the risef the water extended from the
plaster mills on The eft bark 20 the
mills On tAe opposite hank. making the
stream a. this point more than one nile
witie Near these mills the water Was
~ 3 IA that if aowed over the river
ros.. and poured a Hood into al the
adjacent fields and valleys.
C.orged Above Lamont.
~ 4. = -.
tat the ice wa still solid "a that point.
tnangh the eater Nas risinx ard Ito
prospects, were that 10 would break a.
iesa than ST hours G. a. Frefch ~
Graai4iie teiepho1ed about tbs Same
e-ur tia; The water Nss rising rapidly
there. bat there Vas no icr 'lani al THAI
POINT AID none a. fkr down stream a.
one could $50. 40 o'ciock a message
wss rrccivsd fsom Lamont stating that
fhc See had broken and wa Passing eff
rapidly The theory q Captain MAR.
tstt Thomas liefferan and Lawrence.
trrvley. men uho have been familiar
el-h tlis river FOR years. that the high
ealer lere was raus,d ~ a Jam Of ics
rear hru,icn. which backed the water
up e tb.s point
Aiiits,n- ~ Logs Drtrsing.
The greatest lo~s 70 property viii b.
The lt~s y The Grand Rapids Barrel
e.'fnpary fhis company bad $4,000
feet - hgs in the rissr boomed felow
The D~trult. Grand Haven 4 Milwaukea
rsiifnaei eries<> ard Al equal amount
s'-'F~ ne hriege At oclock fistcr
day morning = tehernaan On the river
hsnk heard = cracking noise AID saw
fhe i0Cs frpm TIE lower boom start ,ioxa
r'Fesni BON after he upper bocsn
gave xay snd the whole wiilion ard =
haf f~ef - irzs s~re foafina sioun
-fr~arn NanY = the upper hsonl swunx
inta the hexer pocket sna ae~. sssetf
- fsf 80 greater F,1rflon - the nes
siriffei dcen ard were d~po@ite,i on the
tsuss ard ir fae hayeue down sfreans
"a fhe PLASTER Uflils several Alsnriresi