The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-17
INCH LOSS BY FLOOD.
.1fructiye Rainstorms in Wis
eonsin and Minnesota.
cLvTTED RIVERS RUN MAD.
Aseas % Thssssnds u DolisrU' Ds0-
s .rbs Great Nssshsrs asl Nesth-
err Pacific KSsAs os9ss.

M.ex Rrv IN FALIA, Via, Nay la-Tho
.s~-rut f,ood known here for years visited
~ eecsion Of the state last night and the
y ~1rurtson Of dams, BRIDGES and stock
49, Black river and IT. branches b large.
TSe Dslls dam, shout twenty miles above
- md the most important on Black
80. vas Ia danger Of being swept away.
- ! force Of men were ordered 70 blow
.. : norton Of it TO save Il from entire d.
~sncfion. Bisek river has been at .
S~rufy-foot rise 1t this point all day. Sew
. - fsmisies have been forced 70 abandon
80 homes to save themselves in the lower
rerf3ons Of this city. The loss Of dams
- bridges about here win amount 70
1koussnds Of dollara The city 10 in dark
- tonight. 1t being impossible to operate
- sisctric light plant at the present stass
= uater.
81. CLoup, Mimi. May 16.-Ths heaviest
snipfsii known in many yeass poured
Huvn IN torrents last night and dad much
lsmags in the way Of washouts. Many
nrl1ers In the business portions Of the city
nofp flooded. Five hundred feet Of track
I = The Great Northern south Of this city
- Washed out. and Eve culvsrts on the
1nrthern Pacific are ont below Rics. Re
eeets - far west a. Alexandria and east =
lnscs show much damage 70 0rsas
Noefheru tracks. The water gauge today
,6neWed precipitation Of Eve inchss. No
kuan vent up to today on the Northern
1aeiic. A big landslide occurred on the
Gssas Northern between Nelson and
/. liexandfia.
LEsAsos, Ind, May l6.-Thrss hours
IN Of unusual severity destroyed fences,
1nall buildings and road grades this After
1oon.
Ca1rrxwA FALIs. Wis. May l6.-Ths
/ otogm last night sweiled the Chippsws
stssr and branches over the banks. food
~ m immense area Of farming country
"a washing away railway tracks. bridges,
fuiidings and mills. Duncan creek has
bosn turned into . Wild river, and saw
! nilis and many thousand logs have bsen
1ng5ied away. Il 10 estimated that the
I <smses to this county will amount TO
kn10o0
erIlLwArKR Mimi, May l6.-Last
meht's storm left the CITY in worse con-
Asion than any Of ito predecessors. Many
1noou we're washed out badly. Several
housss we're undermined and let down into
nenlIy thirty feet deep. The yard and
y skcps Of the state psnitsntiary were flooded
6 mn ssnd and water. There will b. no
iEuins in or out for several dsya Big rocks,
hoosnsd from . hillside, crushed In the
: ~ and sides Of the Schopp warehouses.
I ~ loss here 10 estimated ct $780, 600.
n. PAUL, May ia severe storm In
- nature Of = cIoud-burst, extending
N6sR tusnty-fivs miles in width. ST. Paul
- the western edge. did terrible damage
- night. Mrs. William Brennan. Of Ere
4 - Prairie, Vas killed, and others
n1vofsly injured BY lightning. All the
Claogo roads suffered severely. No
! toigs are arriving on time. Il 10 stiil
j on6otsning. and IL = feared the worst =
~ over.
hu CLArRR, Wis.,, May i6-LAts "a.
sht word from Asnominss states thst
q ~ Cedar river 70 rising rapidly. Word
- Rice lake says the watsF cannot Be
~ and the dam has bssn opened. The
IN st Cedar Falls has given way, and
1 ~ the river IL rising and threatens dis
1tsr. Msnominee 10 cut of and the depot
I'D under water. Several houses were
n1ly damaged BY lightning during last
ghts storm.
HuDsoS. Wis. May 16--Ths heavy rain.
I'm Of Tuesday has caused Willow river
- frou; brook to overflow their banks
- cause damage Of over $4,000. Tho
po dams at Burkhardt's cannot with
elnd the pressure should 1t continue
my hours longer. Lake st. Croix 10
npldIy rising.
tnIPPEwA FALLS, Wis. May 16-Ths
- By the food of last night and this
aiming in the Chippewa valley will ag-
(eeate about 500. 600. the heaviest losers
boAs the Omaha e. Wisconsin Central
Aasosds. The damage at Boomer let an
eeeea of water in Duncan creek, which be-
- raging river and took with II dozens
b1ie houses and great quantities Of
nalsr and flooded and ruined the con-
- Of many Of the houses in this city,
paee the loss will exceed 500, 900. The
Ntsf Is now receding and the worst 10
M.
SfasSa VALLEY. Mimi, May ia Sc
& - rainstorm visited this village last
INT Mrs. Foss and her two children,
@ wing near Brookyille, are reported miss
y Several washouts on railroads de-
= bfed Train.