Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-13
NARROW ESCAPE FROM FLOOD
Two Yoz1g Me- RssoasS frO7 RsPab5osz
River With Di6cllty.
They ATTEMPT TO Cross ma suFf
One Of Then LodEes On an Island
and other on Bridge and
Both Nearly Die of
Exposure


narrow escape fron drowning in ths Rs7ub-
Lca- YESTERDAY Afts--oo1- VIII q trothsr
q Ea--iti hey Ettenpf e 10 cross he
swollen s1rss- IN q skiE- but her became
f-iEhts1e5 sod ATTEMPTED &c Land OF the
tsb-is q the Harry bridge
One q TIE HE--itrs lA-5e6 safely. TT
wrecked the beat webster Seated 10 a
iEls15 an vas released a. u o'clcck last
liEhL He suffered greatly from ezpos1re-
he other HEuzitt Seated 6ow1 STREAM 10
the bridge opposite wE-wlck- Kan A line
uEs cast 70 hin troE he a-i1gs- t1t be
Vas too reid &C Erab Il lie th-sE ~ his
arm ans Vas lsssos5 - snail boy WEo
threw tie -cpe shou- bis waist He vas
drzEre5 CIT mere 5ezt thar alive
. r. river ross Eve inches more las ziEet-
f SeirE as hiEh Is lt was last suuDsr- j is
stationary th5s morning The lcs house G
Hsu-inEse1 q the bzak Is haE uo5sT11oed
End is s1pected 20 topgls i1to TIE stream
Bridge Cat fer Good
SCHUYLER. Neb-. Narch --lsqeeisll-
Z he dsnaEs zrouEht upon the Platte -ive-
zzEoa bri3gs a. this point prohE by ceieT-
Mines that for 3 long tine 10 come there
7 viii b 10 wagon bridge between here a.
: Butler ccunty- u1less so-e Erra1EsDsat =
3 made uborebF the B--I1glo1 railroad
bridge Is piz1ksd 50 that il CAR be Used
for hiEhEsy rrzse- OILY SOC o. the former
! total q $50 feet q The bridge remains
End What Il LEFT is not wo-lh Supplement
inE villa neE turk- To rebuild il woal3
F zeressitzte tac voting o. ho1ds, Which he
Z roters O. ColfsK county oEld never Dr.
/ here being yet unpaid $50 pp3 Of counly ans
{ SO 600 q schuyler precinct ho1ts O former
issues q bridge bonds 10 build. OF rebG1l1-
The Nd bridge. II having Suffered con2-cts
destruction by 2 cyclozs al o1s tine a1a
partial destruction ~ ice Al VARIOUS tines
TIE state laE ohliEErss counties 10 keep
4 u hri5Ees within Thsir limits, E1d A. the
{ sane time restricts bc1ded Indebtedness 10
u1eh less than ths liudl q he booded IL
6eb1 ednsss o. this county Instead @ the
bridge having been ths joint p-oPsr1y %
Colfax AID Butler counties. as ordi1zrily
IL would be the bridge vas always entirely
within The bounds of ColfHT o0unty. This
occurred 5krcuEh soue of the early settlers
q this pcu1zy having 50 highly priued -hs
few cotton woods willows sod box elders
hat grew O. the little Islands q the Plate
hat they iuPlo-ed the state legislature
hen establishing county -nits 70 make
re sozth tank q the Platte river -hs sOuth
line of Cellar county
Sebrask= City in SO Danger.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb March IL
Especial TslsErzz-l-Prsss oispaiches zp
Fs.sEfns this E3orlInE sIxflag thaS tks T4ssy
Al thiE point threatened ihs city are pure
sslsshoo5s and Mayor 81rtling desires The
Bee - STATE KAT Al 20 tine IL the history
e the state Vas thiE city ever in danger Ot
aood- II Il Eituzted c- 4 aiEh hluH Of
The r1ves E16 The Es1sr would have ID
-sse dfteen feet higher than il is al pres
r1t % rearh oEsr even ths Dzia tracks q
the rsilrosds- 4 further rss of twenty
feet would oot e1dz1ger twenty-five houses
II the city Any story 10 the elect thar
damage threatens tins rity by 6ood is with
CIT foundztion-
YINCENNES. Ind. March l2-The lsves
; al Rev Cloud has given way letting q
vast snoUn1 Of wafer into the surrounding
territory. he lsvee projected thousands
q zzres ot Land planted in Ehezt and vas
buily along The White rlEsr in he Iorzr
? psrt q KnoI county Tie EEIsT cane i11o
the tsl5s Eith : rush -ld people had 10
, tine 70 battle With IL Na1y school chill
, drsn we're rescued n boats
Near HzIlstun thousands o. acres q
lznd sre-oovsred with water and dozens Of
Zones sbs1cone1
The watash rirsr here Is falling Slowly.
but the White river Is sin OF the rise
CINCINNATI March I2-An fear OF a
disastrous soOd here is dispeIIed today.
The river has been stztioaEry sines =
Il 81 s2&
? Il Is expected however. that q further
slight riss xiii core BY SATURDAY z1d
thai fan viii cone by Sunday
SitustiOn at New Orleans
NKw ORLEANS. March l2-Ths rire-
here Is rising more rapidly now Today the
EEuEs nErked ls--. q rise q thTes-tsnIhs
. of q foot in tEsnIg-fOuT hours. bringing q,
= within eighI-Isnths q foot Of TIE record
I os -g7- The weather continues rainy and
!. + cloudy- Al increased force of men Vas pu-
o 70 Eork slonE the river tro-t ,e5sy Ens
sarking is soE 70 bs carried q al Alo1E
10 TIE Hns-
D EVANSVILLE. I85 Nzrch l2-TAs he-
lief tbs morning is That the greatest
danger from food a. his 2oint has passed
: Tss gauge This DornilE marks E-3 feet
aod falling decline q 90 of = foot Il
, . rWs1Ty-tour hcgrs- Ualsss there are more
general rsi-s within cay CT tTo The loczl
weather tureau predicts that there I'll
be but Z slight rise again a result O.
the sster coming down from above Busi-
ness ooaditiOns On the river tru2t are maze
! encouraging -oday- Boats are moving reg
Ulzrly-
MEMPHIS Mzr-h l1-Ths riTsT Is SLOWLY
p rk--E A. EszFkis. the gauge marking -
feet TIE Ioezl weather buresu oEciEIs
= have 5Esus5 > buueun, In Whieh they szg
r ths EEre- EEu surely rszch rhirIy-siEh-
: feet ard EdTising IhzT IhiTIF-line feet i
probable he lsVse rWo ziles south c.
= Czru-ksrsTills is csvinE ts5ly and Ihs
ErszIesl danger - looked for a. this point
he cou1lrE fer EfJy niles ErU1Dd CEru-h-
r sTsvills = flooded and railway rrzEc has
b.sea srsps1ded- Another Eezk spot a. IL
lsves system zppErsEt ooE is a. YEs
Clzss Ark-. lszT Gree-vills, Ms
Believes Levees Must Break
JACKSON. Miss MEreh IS thor,
o-Ekly rc1vinoe5 is GoT.r1or Lcu- rhE'
I. The Mississippi lsysss EuE- brszk toDor'
roE CT The nsTt day that he VII leave 70
morrow for Gres1Tils and dfreCI The vorl
7 ot TIE state cclV.crs and see 70 The rrE1s-
= fsrrinE o. state property 10 places Of safety
= CAIRO, II. MErsh IA break is -
J ported IN ths lsTss below Welt Island i
many places only the toqs q thS house, al
: bzrns can Be seen
SEAWNEETOWN III MErrh l2-Ta,
psopls q this toEa are living In the upps
s-u-ses q ths5r kcuss
COLUMBIA No MErrh 1--Ths Nisso1r
a river Is cutting into ths bznks near WI
= ten Ths NissUuri. KE-szs a TgIas rrsek
e are IN danger q bsinE Esshsd into IN
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