The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20


there were swept away during the high
wind yesterday, and has asked for the
steamer Grand Forks to come to the
rescue of the sufferers in the country
near there. The boat will leave this
afternoon with big amount of pro-
visions. The wall Of the burned Syndi-
cate block was blown down and plate
glass windows across the street were
broken by the wind yesterday.
WINNIPEG, Man, April 19.-Cold
with high wind and snow greatly ag-
gravated the food situation. The river
Is slightly higher, and looks like lake
with high waves and whttecaps. Rail
way men fear for their entertainments
Section men cannot face the storm, and
the sufferings Of those driven out of
homes were greatly increased by cold.
ST. VINCENT, Mimi, April 49,
There was g. thunderstorm last night
and the wind changed to the north and
blew hurricane, twisting buildings
and taking out sidewalks. The resi-
dences of Cornell Bros. and w. G.
Deacon, part Of Mrs. Duff's houses
and a new ferry owned by ST. Vincent
were carried down stream. Several
other buildings were moved from their
foundations. All sidewalks are broken
UP and some carried away. Half an
inch of snow fell. Numbers of valuable
farms which were out of water until
Saturday are now flooded, and stock is
standing in water and the greatest
damage to farms, stock and buildings
has occurred in the past twenty -four
hours
April 6, 1882 the ice went out here
This year on the same day the water
reached the highest point of flood, and
kept right on rising. Rabbits are thick
on all knobs out of the water; stock
is driven to rising ground between the
depot and the roundhouse. The round
house is under several feet of water;
water Is up to the caves Of Cornell
Bros house. Scores of row boats have
been built at Pembina and St. Vim
cent.
AS far as can be seen west across
North Dakota is a sea of water Far
mers on low lands who built their
houses, granaries and stables on the
highest knobs have now deep water
all around them, and it is impossible
to team out their grain and a further
rise will ruin it all. Many of the finest
farms are several feet under water.
EMERSON, Man, April 19-Sunday
was the widest day Emerson ever saw
The water which has possession of
nearly the entire habitable portion of
the town was from one to ten feet deep
in houses and stores. A fierce north
west gale churned this lake into waves
full of drifting timber, lumber, side
walks and other debris. The river here
is over one and a half miles wide and
the driftwood was driven into the town
with great force, doing large amount
of damage. Among the buildings
wrecked are the old Massey Harris
warehouse, Bell & McCauls warehouse,
John Carmichael's residence, B. Solver
sons residence, Christie & Fares office,
Walton's stable. The lumber yard of
Vance & Co., with a large stock Of
lumber, was swept away. The Cana
dian Pacific branch line for a mile is
under water, and the bridge over the
Bradley coulee washed out
PEMBINA, N. D., April 19.-The
water here this morning is eleven
inches higher than the high water mark
of 1882, and the highest known for forty
years. The storm Sunday morning,
blowing from the north, made 1t fall
six inches, but did great damage. A
house foated across the river from
st. Vincent to South Pembina, and the
ferryboat was blown away, but was
caught near Toilette.
The water is still rising, and every
sidewalk and crossing in the city has
been washed and blown away. The
country all around is covered with
water for miles. Three Icelanders came
near losing their lives by the storm.
not being able to manage their boat,
but finally struck a stable and remain
ed on top until the storm ceased. Many
are suffering and much damage has