The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-03-14
FLOOD SITUATION WORSE.
Residents Preparing 10 Abandon
Shawneetown, III.-Conditions
nt other Points.

ENdnSNillts lnN.s MdINH ~
port from Shawneetown, ILL.,, is to
the effect that the people there are
debating the possibility of remov-
ing from the city with their per-
sonal property and then opening the
levee and allowing the river to flood
the town, thus doing away with the
great danger Of disaster that now
threatens the place, which is situat-
ed on low ground and protected by
large levee. which the people fear
may break should the river rise
much more. A few years ago tho
levee broke at Shawneetown and the
place was inundated and scores OF
people drowned. The story cannot
be confirmed, but those who know
the situation OF the city believe IL
true.
Omaha, Neb., March 1.-THE st.
Paul e. Omaha road has been unable
10 move train on its Wakefield
branch since last Saturday, on ac-
count OF washouts. Albert Kohler, n
young farmer. was drowned near Os-
mond. He was driving across bridge
over which the water was running.
The horses jumped off the bridge and
the driver and both horses were
drowned
Lincoln, Neb., March 1.-THE food
situation in Nebraska is even worse
than "a hours ago. The wrecking by
an ice gorge Of the main line bridge
OF the Rock Island across the Platte
river at South Bend, and that of the
Missouri Pacific near Louisville has
still further demoralized railroad
traffic. The ROCK Island is still rum
ming trains between here and oma-
ha over the Burlington tracks, and
the Union Pacific utilities the same
line for an outlet from Omaha west
ward. The center OF the flood along
the Platte, which Monday night was
at Columbus, has moved eastward
and on Tuesday reached Fremont
The bottom lands for miles east and
west Of that town being under water
I The point of greatest danger now Is
Mt Plattsmouth, where the Platte
empties into the Missouri, which
stream. already high. will be given
an increased and dangerous volume
| Of water as the mass Of ice and
water flows into it. A gorge. which
formed at Plattsmouth Tuesday
morning, caused the Missouri to go
out Of its banks, and the crash Of ice
against the Burlington's new steel
4 bridge shook the structure threaten
ingly. WorLmen on the bridge at the
i time, dropped their dinner buckets in
the river and fed in terror. Both
the Burlington bridges at Platts-
mouth are still in danger, and are be-
ing carefully watched. Over the
! state every stream of any magnitude
is bank full or running over. Stock
is being moved TO higher ground, and
there is occasional reports OF stock
losses.
Peoria, Ill. March 1.-THE Illinois
! river Is rising at an alarming rate,
and should the present rise continue
for the next "a hours the high water
4 mark will be beaten. The approaches
TO the upper bridge are now mum
dated, and farmers are unable TO
reach the city Fields below the city
are under water, and much alarm is
| felt among the owners of bottom
| land.
Cairo, Ills. March 1.-THE river at
Cairo is gradually rising, the gauge
! showing a stage OF ASA feet. The situ-
alton below Cairo is hourly becoming
more critical. AT Bird Point the water
Is running over the Iron Mountain
tracks and is within few inches of the
i ~. I'll ~
is under water. The water has backed
in behind the levee at Norfolk and the
entire country between the river and
Charleston is fast being submerged
Reports from Belmont, Mo-, say the
entire place Is under water and that
the situation is gradually becoming
worse. The steamer Rees Lee arrived
from the lower river and reports q Sc
rious state Of affairs at Columbus and
Hickman. Ky, thousands OF acres Of
farming lands being covered by raging
waters. The farmers have been NOV
ing as best they could but much yalu-
able stock has been left TO perish The
Kentucky country opposite Cairo Is
under water for several miles back.
Grand Haven, Mich, March ia
great ice gorge has formed in the
Grand river above the railroad bridges.
and there is grave fear that the Grand
Trunk and Interurban Electric railway
companies bridges will be carried
away, entailing less OF $4,000 All
efforts 20 break the ice jam have so
far proven futile. The tug Bos. in an
effort to break the jam, lost her wheel.
Forty thousand logs were carried
away from a raft above this city Tues
day afternoon.
nnttlesbip Oregon In Terrible storm.
San Francisco, March ll.--Sailors
recently on the battleship Oregon.
who have arrived here ON the steam
er Coptic, report that the Oregon was
in n terrific storm on February 20
while on roufp from NokOhama 20