The record-union., 1897-04-02
WHOLE NO. 1886.

rainfalls of the winter. The Missis-
Mo-, it rose 30 feet.
Railroad traffic has not been so de-
moralized all the winter as to-day The
officials of the Iron Mountain road have
completely lost one of their trains be-
tween here and Arkansas City, but no
apprehension is felt. 1t is known there
has been a landslide near Decoto and
washouts at other points.
FARMHOUSES UNDER WATER
OMAHA, April IA special to the
Bee" from Mitchell, S. D., says: Over
2OO feet of the Milwaukee roads track
two miles east of here was washed out
this morning, leaving the bridge intact,
but in danger of being carried away. The
Jim River has risen fully three feet
since yesterday afternoon, and is fully
mile in width at places. Water is now
eighteen inches lower than it was in
1881.
The Omaha road is in equally as bad
fix, as 200 feet of the approach to the
bridge on the west side and 100 on the
east are doomed, and will go out with
the flood tonight The river lis ex-
pCCeCu W liSe higher WDeU
the big flood gets down from the north.
Several farmhouses on the Jim River
bottoms are now nearly covered with
water. Fully two and and half inches
of water fell yesterday and last night.
LOWLANDS FLOODED.
OMAHA, April IA special to the
Bee" from Sioux Falls says: Big Sioux
River is higher than ever known, and
is still rising. Lake Kampeska, in
which the river has its source, has risen
five feet, and is still rising. At Castle
Wood, the valley and lowlandS
are flooded. At Brookings the
same condition exists. AT Egan the
water is rising rapidly, doing much
damage. AT Sioux Falls business along
the river has been suspended. The
water is gradually rising, and will soon
put out the fires in the Bell electric
lighting plant and the pumping station.
The bottoms above the city are a broad
sea, and much fear is expressed, as the
food from the north is still to come.
Damage to bridges in Minnehaha Coun-
ty alone so far is $4,000.
A special from Yankton says the Jim
River is still rising there, but no great
ddDIdSt HAS De6u uOlp. 1NdllTOdu I1lcu
are anXiousy watching the bridges,
several of which seemed doomed, as
very heavy rains have fallen in the last
twentyfour hours and the flood water
will be greatly increased.
At Huron the Jim is reported to be
above recorded high water of sixteen
years ago. None of this flood has reached
Yankton yet.
FLOOD AT ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, April 1.-The Mississippi
has passed the danger line and is still
rising slowly. All residents of the west
side, east of State street, have been
driven to higher ground. The water is
entering houses on the west side of that
street and several hundred people will
be forced to move if the water rises an
other six inches. There are many
stories of suffering.
HUGE ICE JAM.
MINNEAPOLIS, April IA huge ice
jam which formed in the Mississippi at
Forty-seco avenue north broke late
yesterday afternoon. An immense vol
ume of water, big cakes of ice and thou
sands of feet of logs went tearing down
the river over st. Anthony Falls The
water rose two feet inside of an hour,
flooding many houses. 1t is estimated
that 100000 feet of logs were swept
away. The damage will reach $780,
600.
FARGO FLOODED.
FARGO On. d., April 1.-Several
streets in the residence portion of the
town are flooded. Island Park Dis
trict is badly flooded, and the water will
be much higher than sixteen years ago.