The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-27
RIVERS OVER THEIR BANKS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, FACTORY
SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF
THE FLOOD
RAILROADS SUFFER DAMAGE
Grand Rapids t& Indiana and Pere
Marquette Lines Have Troubles
OF Their Own-Wet in
Wisconsin,, Too.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 26-
Grand river tonight reached the nigh
water mark of 1Sg3 I2 feet 6 inches. and
is rising an inch an hour. The Rouge
Flat and Thornapple, three big tribu-
taries are pouring a swollen flood into
the Grand
All the factories along the canals in
this city have been shut down and their
Easements are flooded A portion Of the
Ninth ward is flooded. The Pere Mar
quette railroad bridge is in danger, the
water being nearly level with the string
ers. Hundreds of acres of low lands
along the river, north and east of the
city are flooded, but as yet no buildings
are reported carried away from founda-
tions, though many are partially sub
merged. Crockery Hook, a tributary of
the Grand, north of the city, is out Of
it's banks and the big dam owned by
the Foster Winchester company at
SlOcum behind which was stored more
than 1,000,000 gallons of water, gave wav
and the road bed, ties and track were
torn out for considerable distance The
water flooded the camp and did great
damage along the course of the creek.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad
men are watching Cedar river at Cedar
Springs very closely.
The stream is very high and is report
ed to be rising, but the bridge is still
above the water. Near Kinney, on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, the water is
up even with the ties and much uneasi-
ness is felt about the situation there
IONA, Mich, March 26--The Grand
river here has risen twenty inches since
morning and is still going higher. All
the railroad bridges are being watched
carefully. Portions of the city are four
feet under water. Three dams along
Maple river went out today and the dam
at I<idderville also gave way, doing gre;&
damage to farmers.
ST. JOE RIVER RAGING.
NILES, Mich, March 26-The ST. Jo-
seph river is higher than it has been for
several seasons and the water is dashing
over the dam in torrents. In consequence
of the high water, mills No 1 and 2, OF
the Niles Board and Paper company. ana
French's pulp mill have been obliged to
close down and 200 people are temporarily
out Of employment
Weaver's island is entirely inundated
and the house on it is standing in water.
The lower South bend road, just above
the mills, is overfloWed to the depth of
several feet and it is impassable. The
home of Frank Johnson, big -Four
section foreman, is surrounded by water
to the depth of four feet and the cellars
of many other houses in that vicinity
are filled with water If the river con-
times to rise the water will soon reach
the Big Four tracks near the station.
IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 26.-A
small patch Of the ice gorge at SaukvilIe
gave way this forenoon, partially reliev-
ing the village. The water which COW
Prp6i f6Q ci1ou-a In ct ioI1t bac
peared, but the river has swollen and
there is yet considerable danger to
bridges and property along the Mil
waukee river between Saukville and this
city. Fear is felt for Grafton and Thiens-
vile, which will be in the path of the
flood when the gorge gives away.
a small ice gorge in the Milwaukee
river north Of North avenue, broke loose
about noon and carried away the foot
bridge over the dam south of North ave-
nue..
The bridge was converted into tangled
mass of iron and boards at the foot OF
the dam. The loss will be about $4,000
A Journal special from Sheboygan
Wis, says: Reports from the Pigeon
river in this county tell of Arndt's i'm
mense dam being washed out, doing large
damage. The Bliss bridge on the lake
shore road was carried away and another
bridge between there and Plymouth is
gone
A special to the Sentinel from Baraboo,
Wis, says:
The Wisconsin river has overfiowed its
banks and the low lands between here
and Portage are flooded. Traffic between
these two points has been suspended
William j. Bell, manager of the Bara-
boo Telephone company had a narrow
escape from being drowned He drove
from Portage last night and was caught
in a washout and had to swim his horses
several rods.