The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
L2OD At IT'S WORST
a.. VINCENT AND PEMBINA ARE
& CHEERED BY SIGHT OF THE
CREST OF THE WAVE.
FURTHER LOSSES OF LIFE
INDICATED BY REPORTS WHICH
COME FROM INUNDATED
DISTRICTS.
RECORD BROKEN AT BRArNERD
river Higher Than Ever Before
City Practically in Darkness as
the Result.
Special to Tie Globe.


ST. VINCENT, Mimi, April 22-The
water here is at a standstill, eighteen
Inches higher than ever before known
Since the county was settled. Flack
and Samat, two farmers occupying
houses near the river have not been
heard from since Sunday Their houses
were swept away by high wind and
water on Sunday, and they are be-
Heved to be drowned. The relief
eteamer Grand Forks arrived here last
night with two barges of live stock
picked up en- route. 1t returned this
morning. The boat left Grand Forks
Monday, and reports matters very bad
all along the river to this point. Farm
PRS along Snake river, Marshall coun-
", are in very bad condition. Thirty
head of stock and other property were
taken from the place Of Mr.. Golf, near
Drayton. At Bowesmont the McClel-
1ans Mexican and Mr.. Murray were
hoped out by taking their stock off.
Mr. Murray's hired man, Olaf Thomp-
son, was drowned Sunday night At
8Iattson Mrs. Johnson and family of
two sons and two daughters were with
difficulty taken from their house, which
had six feet Of water in 1t. Fifteen
head OF stock were loaded at her place.
iSix OF them were lifted out through
the roof. The captain left two boats
along the river near Bowesmont to be
used to help ony one in distress. A
thunder storm and heavy doWnpour
Of rain last night added to the disCom-
fCrt and danger. Many are not too
we'll supplied with provision, and have
to use what driftwOod comes within
7reach for fuel
PEMBINA, N. D.,April 22.-The great
flood seems at last to have reached
its highest point at this part of the
river. The water is stationary and has
been some time, and a drop is expect
ed tonight. It is two feet higher than
in any previous flood since the country
was first settled.
The loss to bridges and low settle
ments along the river between here
and Drayton has been very great;
many farmers have lost their houses
end stock. A few persons were
drowned during Saturdays storm.
WINNIPEG, Man, April 22-Rain is
steadily falling here, and the flood sit
uation is increasing in seriousness. The
river is encrOaching on lowest streets,
and the Transfer railway track is I'M
der water in several places. Communi-
cation with Emerson has been cut off
and reports received show suffering
through the inability to get supplies.
The Manitoba government has char
tered the steamer AssinibOine, and will
dispatch her tonight to Emerson with
supplies. The river today came up
four inches at Boris and five inches
In this city, and storekeepers are be-
g@Nng to take t(jr goods out Of the
rellafs. The rain is increasing the nat
ural rise of water.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., April o.
James Elton, an old citizen of Grand
Forks, wires that the steamer Grand
Forks had reached DraytOn, this being
the third trip on it's relief expedition
There is no loss of life resulting from
last Sundays storm. Mr.. Elton reports
the following sufferers and damage
by storm on the Snake, near the Red
river, in Big Wood township: Mime
sofa, Charles Johnson lost three horses;
Jens Anderson and Thomas BrotsuI
lost house and contents. In Forks
township, Marshall county, Harry Parr
lost three cattle; Nelson lost all his
buildings, valued at $500; Durant lost
granary and barn; Henry Parr dwell
ing house; r. G. Strickland, house and
barn, valued at $500; Thomas Ross
DAHL all his buildings, valued at $500;
ole Johnson, house and barn; Z. Han
son. house and barn; Edward Ander-
son. all his buildings and stock; Louis
~
There was a $4,000 school house de-
stroyed in Forks township.
Special to the Globe.
BRAINERD Mimi, April 22-The
river at this point is the highest it has
been this year, and above the dam is
one inch higher than last year, the
highest on record Below the dam it
lacks nearly a foot Of last years high
water mark. The electric light plant
IS nearly at a standstill, owing to the
lack of power caused by the water be-
low the dam backing up in the fiume
and preventing the wheel from devel-
Oping power. The arc street lamps
have not been turned on for three or
four nights, and the city is in dark
ness, and the inCandescent lamps are
SO feeble as to be worthless. Owing to
the fact that the pumping station of the
wafer works company was raised four
feet last summer the city water supply
has not yet been. cut off. The low
lands about the city are all flooded
but the city is too high for any stage
Of water to do harm. The Brainerd
Lumber company's mill started today
with full force Of day men. In a
few days the night crew will be put on