The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-03

Chippewa Falls Wis.,. nec. AT 10
q clock tonight the situation in Chippewsa
Falls is more hopeful. The water has re-
ceded about SIX inches. and "a ts heiiesesl
II may not rise higher. although the city
has twice been fooled within tho pssr
iorty-eight hours BY exactly this safna
condition. Last night the water reecded
eight inches between the hours of Z and
IL, but afssr that hour IL came UP rapidir
until IL had gone two feet above lis for
mer high mark. Tonisht's hrixht pros
poets may be but a repetition of those of
last night. and tonight mAny predict thax
before daylight tomorrow the wnter viii
be creeping up Bridge street into the resl-
dance portion.
The gorge in the river has been added
to all day. and II seems 4 seritAhlA mossu~
tain. which tons Of dynamite cannot af-
feet. III the water succeeds In aetffnx -;
passage beneath this immense mAr& OK
frozen snow and Ice n further rtse may
not be experienced. hat ~ y doubtful X
q sufficient voltszne can md It's way un-
der n 10 save the city frcm further d.
struction-
AIS O'Clock tonisht an iusnsnpe Azn4oe<
Of ax4trsr feo rff~% Mlx III Kzk6sr50fF ~ &lko
foot OF Bridge street. indicating that the
gorge had anchored on tho boktom and
that the water was no longer hnolQg IL
way beneath. The fact that the river had
fallen Hftt&q intfft III EsHu tt0tfH &<&Utsss&
TO warrant this belief. but nevesthe3ess
the water siid not continue to rise In this
city after that hour. IL may be possibis
the water found another means OF passing
down the river. but the citizens viii not
feel absolutely safe until II has neeu
demonstrated by several days opserva-
tion that the river has reached ifs make
mum height.
The situation was interesting n the ex~
Ale 4
and men with blanched faces rushed hack
and forth. scarcely conscious of their se-
tons. The alarm may he unfUunded. huS
nevertheless II exists. and the condition
OF the river seems 10 augur III Tor the eHs
tire city Wild reports reach town OF tha
havoc wrought by the stream above, nna
a terrible catastrophe may overvake fhe
city at any moment. No one Knows JUST
what Ia In store. and the condition cf un~
certainty adds more TO the excitement cT
the moment than the actual destrursson
OF property by the river possibiy ceui1.
one rumor 10 the effect thas the river
would cut a passage for itself through
the high hanks north OF the city gave rise
10 a great deal of apprehension.
THE rivers course Is seriously ob~trum1Fu
by the gorge. which has now reached 70
within short distance Of the dam. ana
the probable turning of the course OF tha
stream upon the city seesns 10 plsnsinsD
that everyone has become more panic
stricken Hundreds OF teams started -
daylight to move the effects End snsrehan-
disc unf Of the way Of possibie danxsr nna
Bridge and Central streets ~sre chcAra
with wagons loaded down with tnrrrhsHs
disc. In many instances these wagons
we're filled 10 such an extent thaf 80
contents spsiied over the sidsS ana enas.
and the scene was one OF sndfserb@ns
confusion by morning not a building -
the business portion cf the eisy VIII y"
occupied.
Both the Lumhermen's ard the r'sss
National banks moved this afternoon ann
The higher portions OF the tfty are sst.x
congested with the enormous snouhe -
material that has been stored shefs toS
safety.
Atii O'Clock Spring street was inaf'a - .ss-
bsm between Bridge and hay streets. iae
water was climbing steadily tuNala Iss
basement of the..isy hall ~ y ihtNss ~
bic 20 see how Shy OF the lc"eF ~ - - Z.
OF the city can escape. for me ssFn.es s.eae =
the waters seems "a sure ~ y =
af~ and thls valley may 10 foniHftfiy
INUNDATED. x
m il thought the food may hase sprnt
a. force for tha outlying 61sfTcss. -
critical condition here, ncEes.1 N0na41- s-
ues to excita fear. and ne o. ~,
OF the next twenty-four hcafn Nhs " n'
iously awaited.
Eaa claire In 10 DanEsr'
Eau Clair. Dec. 2 z-~Therf y not 70 s, mne"
aiarn here tonight az there y Htsss 49, 49,
hood that the ssss1pang voissine q st
sru1snx from at.ovs crn fishsx plnn -
Ice gorge down or make - ossstse~ ssss..
would reach this city. u = $500 -
as long as the prescat rssfne1 eS's. s.'a.'. u.
cousinue the gorge esnfot haoss. - -
long a. Il does rot. chtpFsNN has Hs.es 49,
take tfse accamasstsca o. ,s. .s.s..sss
s.saare viii be In no danger hyen Flasin a
: nlxher teuaperassrs pvsssA asra po's'.as -
,ns rorxe Il seeuss likely snat enoesn OK
the - aud wafer would De nesa - 'As
s.s@rv,,sr above the csty % prevent aanzes
from here,
purana resss the jam.
- ysstw r,n<. z~-Tfe food coriss
.,aa. @ rera.la r.ar gspr.cesrged seni9ht. Further
sssTsr s.r i apprehensed, as e me Ism %
81 sfg .ea and water - vii inarsdate haif sha
fown. -. -. .xxzs...~..
as,a other snen wne ~er. iefs On TIE bot
tom2 sunday. ara u y tnoagnt pf1oAisss
80 ss,rr,. ives wsxe Sost.
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GNE DAY