The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-03
CHIPPEWA FALLS FLOOD
MERCHANTS MOYExWAY FROM THE
BUSINESS STREETS.
No Danger to Life. But the Destruction OF
Property VIII Probably lie Large.
The Work of the Elements.

CHIPPEWA FALLS. WIS Deo
This was moving day in Chppe"" rams
and along the Chippewa valley Gown ~
the Mississippi. The lower streets OF the
city were alive md noisy with noV'ns
wagons. all descriptions of drays' s""""''
carts. farm wagons and delivery ou'n'''
E,vcrvthine that could be drafted mug
service was set at work. ana the i''e' :
chants OF Spring street got 10 places oi
safety with speed.
WATER RISING.
Al midnight the water forced pacN
from the Chippewa fee gorge. was creep
49,, ,,n ,h. sfreet toward the Wisconsin
central station. This morning az o''V
o'clock the water was Two feet above
The track. An hour later the tracks were
.hsnd,ned. The water rose steadily anu
M noon Spring street. IN IT'S business seq
lion. was a lake. FOR several DiocAS iuI-
ther back hotels and business houses
were chilly. the water having cNti"suisheu
ali nrcs >,,..
For ion miles below. the Chippewa
river is filled with ice. gorsod wen 10 'ne
bottom. obstrucung the how' ana oaoh
OF IL the water is constantly an" I"p'"'l
rising 10 the dam al the upper cnd OF
claire the water is rcccding. WINE re-
norris from above the dam indicate that
The water on the upper Chippewa, cam
pcau and other streams, was not going
down. go.
Relow the rapids. AZ the dam. tho water
flows under the ice pack for miles sn"'
sns, against the bridges and backing INTO
the town. Tho water is twenty-five Ieet
above the low mark. In 1884 1t was TWEEN
weight feet acbOyc. that was - summer
flood without obstruction.
The wagon bridge across the river 10
the south of the town seems almost ""
perccptibly I'm motion and may hc hlVN'"
danrrrou.lv soon. Below 10 is the Wis
consin Central bridge. as yet SAFE nc
entire pack above the solid gorge mas
moved 600 feet i'm the last twonty-tour
hours and attempts are being made 10
omen "A passage through IL boy dynamite.
Eecauso of the fact that no high gorge -
apparont. the river being packed TOT
miles. the project can scarcely he sue
cosful.
80 DANGER TO LIFE.
kilograms are being received here con-
tiually from persons who have friends
I'm the city. asking as 10 their condition
IL may said there is no danger 10 He
here. nor will there Doe.
The city * in darkness tonight, the
gas plant having been long ago abandon
ed. The electric light plant ~ the dam
was last night forced 10 run under check
by reason of loss Of power by the lessen
ed head And this may be so much fur
Their losscncd as to stop the whole. The
Wisconsin Central has rOpcd IN its depot
buildings to hold them.
Late reports from Little Falls. where
the Woyorhausers have the biggest dam
at Naf ia 10Y
IS likely 10 hold If it should not. or If
the dam should be opened. probably great
destruction would result there, as the
head OF water at the local dam would be
raised to six or eight feet.
a report that Little Flass dam had
given way TO the pressure upon il has
reached this city. If II is a fact an
enormous body OF water will be prcci-
plated upon the city about o'clock a.
NJ. as IL will take that long for the water
TO travel the forty miles of river bottom
between here and the point indicated.
IL Is impossible TO see how any of the
lower portion of the town can escape for
the coming of the water seems as sure
as it is deliberate and the valley may
be completely inundated If the rise con-
tinues.
The Lumberman and First National
bank have both been obliged to move
The river presents "a terrible appearance.
The ice gorge Is forty feet high and back
ing the water on the city at the rate of q
foot per hour. Poor people are all suf-
fering terribly from the cold.
Heavy Snowfall IN Georgia.
ATLANTA. GA. Dec. "A heavy snow
fell from o'clock this morning until mid
day. A Few sieGhs were brought out.
but the snow melted and became slushy.
Street car travel was interrupted for Il
few hours and trains on the railroads
were delayed. but the storm was not
severe enough 10 cause any serious trOu-
bic. Telegraph wires went down south
of Atlanta last night. presumably from
wind and rain. The telegraph companies
ana the railroads had trouble with their
wires west and north of here all day.
on some OF the roads dispatching by
wire had TO be abandoned.
Tonight the thermometer is about b
and the snow Is still melting. No suf-
fcrng Is reported.
Severe Snow Storms.
ATLANTA, GA. Dec Heavy snow
began falling here at six o'clock this
morning. and at midday was six inches
deep. The electric cars are running ire
gularly. On the home lines they have
stopped altogether. The snow is changing
to sleet and rain. and promises to melt
rapidly during the afternoon.
PORTLAND. ORE. Dec. THE heavy
snowstorm in the Cascade mountains and
eastern Oregon is seriously impeding traf-
tic on the Overland railway lines. In
eastern oregon the storms caused serious
loss OF live stock
Three Dead. Several Missing.
ST. PAUL MINI. Dec. More deaths
from the awful blizzard are just com
ing 10 lcht. The body of a woman was
discovered yesterday fifteen miles west Of
LaDgdon. In addition. man and wife
were frozen 20 death. after their house
had been burned.
Several more arc missing. Trains have
NOT arrived al Ianedon fol- four DAYS.