Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17

bridge some time last night. ana
carried the entire structure with IT.
The report of this destruction was
telephoned from RoyaltOn today
and has been verified ny parties who
are now in the city. Nor IL TINS
oil the damage done in that vicinity,
for the Platte river dam at Royalton
has also been destroyed. The dam
itself. according to the statements VI
RoyaltOn parties, was safe ana
would have stood the strain. but
the water had endangered other Dro-
perty, including the Royalton Roller
mills and to save this property 1t
was necessary to blow out the dam.
Platte river Is now a raging tor
rent and in addition to the large
amount of damage reported from
that stream yesterday, comes the
report that nearly every bridge
along that stream has either been
swept away or is in a dangerous
condition. Chas. Gravel came down
ON horseback yesterday and says
that "thirty-three" dam. used for
driving purposes, had been washed
away, and all the bridges across the
small streams were out. He was
compelled to swim his horse across
nj h.ih nm
reached his own dam at Gravelville
in time to see the large amount OF
ice that was in the pond go out and
carry with it the county bridge that
rested ON the dam and all the upper
pnrt of the dan with it.
While Mr.. Gravel was watching
this destruction r. w. Blake, Of this
city, who had been at Rich Prairie.
drove up in the hopes Of being able
to cross, but was too late. He re-
ported that the bridge on the Rich
Prairie road, about three miles be-
low Gravelville, was in an unsafe con-
dition, and could not be used. The
water on the fiat east of the bridge
was SO deep that the horses would
have to swim to reach the bridge,
and that the east side approach and
the bridge would probably be swept
away.
ON SWAN RIVER.
The damage done by the floods In
| the Swan river was even worse than
reported. yesterday. Out 81 four
bridges across that stream in the
town of Swan River. it is said that
but one is left standing, and that is
in an unsafe condition. The rumor
that the bridge and dam near the
mouth of that stream had gone out
has been verified by farmer living
in that vicinity, who said that the
| bridge was washed away and was
carried into the Mississippi. On the
upper part of Swan river some dam
age is reported to farm property.
but the bridges are all said to be
safe.
This is the worst flood that has
ever occurred in this vicinity, and
the great damage done to bridges,
dams, etc., is due IN Ostly to the fact
that the ice in the streams was car
ried with the food, and was the
cause of many bridges being CARRIED
away. 1t would seem that but little
further damage could be done even
should further rise in the streams
occur. az they have been pretty well
cleared of everything in the line OF
bridges, dams, etc.. already.
PIERS CARRIED AWAY.
The Mississippi at this place is now
very high. and rising slowly. This
forenoon a jam of logs broke loose
and carried sway several OF the piers
that were put in by the Pine Tree
company last winter. The west side
of the pond ia now clear OF ice from
the sa " mill to the dam, but the
east side, in which large amount
lOSS udVC UeICI OOOluCu OA " HUI
still closed. The Pine Tree and
Boom companies have force ofmen
at work putting out lines to hold
the piers and booms in the pond.
At present there is no fear Of fur
ther damage Mt this place, unless a
large jam of logs should come down
before the channel ia opened. which
would endanger the Broadway
bridge.
SAFE AT ST. CLOUD.
The ice and logs that were gOrged
in the Mississippi atSt. Cloud passed
over the dam about 10 o'clock Tues
day morning without doing any
damage to those improvements.
The river is still high at that place,
but as there are no further Obstruc-
tions in the stream. the high water