New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
packed for miles the project can scarcely be
NO LOSS OF LIFE.

packed for miles, the project can scarcely be
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
Telerrams are being received here continually
from persons who have friends in the city, ask
ing as TO their condition 1t may be said there
il no danger TO life here nor will there be.
The city is in darkness tonight, the gas plant
having been long ago abandoned. The electric
light plant at the dam was last night forced TO
run under check by reason of loss Of power by
the lessened head And this may be so much
further lessened to stop the whole. Inc
Wisconsin Central has roped in its depot build
ings TO hold them.
Late reports from Little Falls where the
Weyer-Hausers have the biggest dam on the
Chippewa, are that the jam there is likely 10
hold II it should not or if the dam should be
opened. probably great destruction would result
there. as the head of the water at the iocai ua'
would be raised to six or eight feet
Eau Claire, Wis, Dec. There is no nood
here, and the Chippewa is slowly falling. but
this only increases the alarm. because IL maj
Gates that water is accumulating at Chippewa
Fails and elsewhere above. The ice pack at
Badger Mills halfway between Eau Claire ana
Chippewa Falls, is piing higher. and everything
seems 20 indicate that the river is choking up
more and more. At Porterville. three miles pe
low this city, families which have moved OUT
Of their houses on the fats-abOut nIty persons
in all-are sleeping in the schoolhouse and the
church. ard their neighbors houses. Ihere
is a general scare here and in this vicinity al
though nothing serious can harpen here 1or TWO
three days under present conditions
Durand Wis Dec. THE situation on the
bottoms remains undated. The terrible flood
extends over miles in the low country and the
damage to live stock and hay and grain agsre-
gate thousands of dollars. One or two men re-
fused rescue, and no word has since peeh hearo
from them About thirty people who we're
brought here are being taken care or In the
county building. At this place the water is IN
every street and many Easements. and people
are moving. The railway track Is damaged ana
washed out for several miles between mere ana
Wabasha.
Should the jam above Eau Claire break there
IS no telling the danger that will ensue to
Durand and its vicinity 1t is impossible FOR
trains to move more than SIX niles peio" @ nele'
stages west to Arkansas and Eugalle are aban-
doned and the wires 10 these points are uo""'
Business Is practically at standstHL
chi~ago. Dec 2.-Passengers who came 10
Chicago to-day from Chippewa Valley stations
assured anxious inquirers that though there was
still the gravest danger Of Chippewa Falls
being destroyed by the food. there was no
longer anv reasonable fear for Eau Clare.
The food sufferers along the Chippewa River
or. ,ra ying for warmer weather as much as
| for a subsiding of the waters
Tho thermometer at the Wisconsin Central
station nj Chippewa Falls at midnight last
richt reqistered ~ degrees below zero. rise
| IN ,be tcmperaturc would alleviate the suffer-
| inrs Of the homeless and terror-stricken peo-
,lc rs well as melt the ice gorge and allow
! ~. river TO subsde it's ordinary channel IN
.bo ,arri,orv between the falls and Irvine sta
| tOn. - ~, , u-,soo,s;,
! cor,roi RAILWAYS have resumed the running or
! trains 10 Chippewa. ana the Postoffice has Deen
~,oved 10 the business portion of the town, seven
| blocks away, on the hlL
A GORGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI ALSO
Trempealeau Wis. Dec. 2-Over one million
feet of logs are fast in the ice gorge between
| here and La Crosse. They came out OF the emp
pev.a and Eau Claire rivers during the recent
aoods The Mississippi River at this point has
risen seven feet within the last four hours
THE IAN IN THE WISCONSIN RIVER.
Wausau Wis Dec. 2.-All traffic on the st.
. po,,l Railroad between this city and Merrill has
! hoor Indefinitely suspended owing to III" water
! and ice that covers the track at Heights Tor a
1istarce Of nearly mile. The old mode OF tra'-
! Cling hv stages began yesterday. and to SOM,
90 ,bs oldest residents IL seemed like the days OF
! 1860
crinnevl Falls Is about seventy miles up the
| rhiprewa River from the Mississippi 1t l. town
! or 500 or more inhabitants. Eau 'hlTe, hit"eh
r,uea south is a thriving city OF about 2o0oc in
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