The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-13
WATERS OF THE ASSINlB0INE
MAKE THE SITUATION SERIOUS
AT WINNIPEG.
RAIN AND SNOW SWELL THE FLOOD
No Change In Conditions at Grand
FOrks-RtsinE at st.
Vincent.

WINNIPEG, Man, April 1.-THE
melted snow and ice from the south
are just beginning to affect the height
of the Red river here. The prospects
Of extreme high water are aggravated
by the fact that there are eleven good
sized streams between here and Grand
Forks, that are pouring torrents into
the main river. OF these the Pembina
is Of the most account, for its course
is through a fruitful district as regards
snow, and is always fed with the most
of the water which runs in deep gullies
down the Pembina mountains. This
stream, though not very wide. Is about
twenty-five to thirty feet deep in many
places. 1t is now all over the country.
The Assiniboine is also a factor. In
its sinuous course 1t takes in an ex-
tensive country, and the amount of
water which must come down this river
when there is much snow in the coun-
try must be simply enormous II is
rising fast, yet persons who have come
in from the West say the snow has
hardly commenced to go, and are sur
prised to find the city here clear Of
snow and the streets drying mp.
During the last forty-eight ours the
Red river has risen an inch an hour,
and is now seventeen feet above low
water. 1t is almost at the high point
of last June.
All along the west side Of the liver
where the water is open, large sections
Of ice have hoated down from the
Assiniboine, and some Of these, in
striking the main body Of the ice in
the Red, have struck Z With such f1rce
that they now stand about six feet out
of water, and are glazing examples Of
how solid the ice is even yet There
are fears of a terrible gorge at the
junction Of the two rivers. There is
absolutely no telling what such a gorge
might do.
Special 30 the Globe.
GRAND FORKS. N. D., April 12.-The wa
ter situation is unchanged. The water has
fallen fourteen inches since Saturday noon.
Since that time it has been stationary
Chances are that the water may go higher.
PEMBINA, N. D.. April 1.-THE water rise
for the last forty-eight hours has been 5.5
feet Ii Will have to go 6.75 feet more before
1t reaches the 1882 mark. and six feet be-
fore 1t gets 10 the mark Of 1898. There is no
loss yet
ST. VINCENT, Mimi, April 12-The ice
ty-four hours. 1t is sixteen days earlier than
1893. The river is within one foot Of the
height of last June. Both benches of the
bank are covered, and families are moving
from the lower ned OF the village. The rise
the past tWenty-four hours has been So
inches. Two more days at the present rise
will food the greater part Of the village. No
seeding has been attempted. A drilling rain
is falling.
HALLOCK. Mimi, April 1.-THE river here
is rising slowly, only coming up four inches
IN the last twenty-four hours. 1t is still
well within its banks. and will have to rise
several feet vet to reach the high mark of
last year, and nearly ten feet to come into
the village. No danger is apprehended as
Hallock is the highest village in the valley,
and while all the other villages TO the south
are being flooded and business suspended ii
is high and dry. Red river, eight mics west,
is on the rampage, and settlers along its
banks are moving. If present weather con
tlnues the farmers in this vicinity VIII begin
seeding this week.
ROSEAU. Mimi, April 1.-THE past week
has witnessed the gradual disappearance Of
snow without any indication of food. The
ground has absorbed a large quantity Of
water, and the swamps do not seem to give
out the amount of water naturally expected
from the depth Of snow which fell the past
winter. Unless heavy rains fall the indica-
lions would appear to be favorable for farm
ers to get in their crops.