The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-03
ST. CROIX BOOMING.
AsAse or over a Foot In "a Hours I'm
the Lake at saltwater.
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seems sntLL 7,ttia Mimi. April s.-Thers
seens little prospect of any Immediate i'm.
provement i'll the condition Of Lake St C-oIv
and business men are afraid that their cellars
VIII NIL with water If the lake keeps on rising
nIocA longer. Thls evening 1t registered 1873
ABOVE low water mark, an increase of more
than a foot in twenty-four hours The East
sue Lumber company's yards in HouIton ara
partially under water and the same condition
exists at tho Atwood mill in this city Az
YAK Park the Turnbull mill and the Hershey
mill are surrounded by water and the ice In
GROWING into the yards in large foes, neces-
sitdtlng blasting. The Saltwater Lumber
companys yards at South Saltwater are COW
ered with water in places and the water in
rapidly creeping up over the low lands toward
some OF the residences. According 70 tha roo
directions OF rivermen and lNsgers the water
was only little more than foot higher In
1881, when considerable damage was done A
report was received from OsceOla yesterday
statlng that the wagon bridge across the 81
Crolx at that point had gone out When tina
jam broke at Taylors Falls the logs crowded
onto the Osceola bridge and the draw was
taken out and carried down the river ouita
distance A report has also been received
from Sunrise stating that two wagon bridges
across the Sunrise river had gone out. 1t Is
believed here that very little of the river water
has arrived here and that when II comes tbera
will be a noticeable rise
large number of logs that had been living
on the banks Of the river between this city
and the boom have come down and were
crowding against the draw yesterday. Fear
ing that they might do some damage thew
were taken care Of by the lake crew and were
doomed just below the bridge. The pontoon
brldge Will not stand a much greater rise
ana 1t may be necessary to swing the pom
toon this morning in order to protect It, This
VIII cut or communication between Saltwater
and Wisconsin points directly opposite.
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HASTINGS Mimi ArriI 1.-The river 4.
still on the rampage, the gauge indicating
15.5 feet above low water mark Last wear
the highest the water reached was 1876 ''
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WINONA, Mimi, April 1.-The river hero
has risen six inches since last evening Ths
6inon dock Is today moored to the piles of the
diamond Joe dock, so that 1t will not float
on with the flooding water. The steamer Ben
Jersey tied up here today to have a broken
GyIlnder replaced. The accident happened near
Wabasha this morning
MORRIS, Mimi, April 2.-For the time
Delng, Norris has become railroad center,
a bad piece Of track below the city holding
the Great Northern trains, and couple OF
bad bridges holding the Northern Pacific Tha
mill dam has gone and the Pomme de Terre
Is a genuine river.
ANOKA, Minn., April 2-Hfgh water In
the different creeks of the country is causing
h h damage. Three bridges on Coon
creek nave gone already, rendering the MiR-
neapol1s-Anoka road on the east side OF the
Mississippi absolutely impossible. Several
IoHS HLs ON the bottoms are gone entirely
and others are under water and wearing
rapidly.
WATERVILLE, Mimi, April 1.-The dam
at the foot of Lake Letonka was blown out
by dynamite yesterday to avoid flooding the
low lands. 1t will be rebuilt on a different
plan as soon as the water goes down.
MONTEvIDEo. Mimi, April 2-Riyers
here have risen seven inches since last night
All trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway are abandoned west Of this
point as the track is washed out in several
places. The water is still 80 feet below high
mark of 1881 1t is raining now.
ROYALTON. Mimi, April 1.-The Missis-
sippi bridge west of here which was taken
out last spring by the high water, and which
was recently rebuilt, is again in danger, and
large crew Of men have beeen at work all
day with dynamite. breaking up the ice.
About eighty rods above the bridge Is a jam
Of logs, which extends for two miles up the
river, and Is said to contain over 20 600 900
feet. If this body Of logs and Ice moves in
a mass upon the bridge IL Is doomed. The
high water has endangered the dams on the
river.
REDWOOD FALLS Mimi. April Five
wagon bridges across the Minnesota, and the
other four across the Redwood river, have
been swept from their piers during the past
week. and one Of them was carried soma dis
lance down the stream. The bridge across
the Minnesota. north Of Delhi is one Of the
number: the bridge across the Redwood at
North Redwood is the second. This bridge
was badly splintered by Ice from a gorge
striking 1t just as the gorge broke and the
ice and water came rushing down with ter
rife force. The other bridges are minor
township bridges across the Redwood, west
Of this city. Two dams across the Red
wood at this point are safe, the ice breaking
into small pieces before 1t passed over them.
Unless heavy rains appear Immediately there
is no more danger from high water along the
Redwood river.