The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-01
E'e'Il I ] q Lost AND BRIDGES
ANDsIREsTLEs SWEPT AWAY
BY DOZENS.
looks BRIGHTER IN MICHIGAN
BUT THOUSANDS. OF /. PEOPLE
ARE IN DISTRESS OWING
TO FLOOD.

indianapolis, March 80. - Northern
and Central Indiana, including the
Capital City, have seen the worst OF
heavy damage. The crest of the flood
will reach the Ohio river in two days.
White river at Indianapolis reached
seventeen feet seven and three-quar-
tiers inches above low water mark, a
record height It is estimated the
damage in this county will reach
$2,225,000, and north Of this county
an additional $1,OO0,OOO. In thi scity
twelve hundred families were driven
from their homes. The city authori-
ties yesterday resolved upon. issuing
100000 food bonds to
Repair the Damage
to the public utilities; but the loss in
this one feature may be more than
double that figure. Yesterday the city
was almost entirely without traction
service and water. 1t is expected the
water works will practically resume
to-day
Eight lives have been lost in the
Indiana food in two days, and the to-
tai property loss in the state has been
estimated at sS.oOo.OO0 to s1O,0OO,O0o
Bridges and trestles have been
swept away by the dozens. Others
that have not gone out are dangerous.
Railroad schedules are still wild.
Situation Is Appalling.
Petersburg, Ind, March 30. = The
flood situation in this county is ap-
palline. White river above here is
thirteen miles wide in places. Palat-
ka river. which flows through the cen
ter of the county is three miles wide
for nearly forty miles. The loss is
already $25O,00G. The wheat is ruined.
Two Lives Lost in Ohio.
Defiance, Ohio, March 30. = Leroy
Carpenter. sixteen. and Albert Ker-
win, seventeen years old, vera
drowned in the Auglaize river. their
buggy being swept away by the swift
current while they were attempting
to drive through the water which GOV.
cred the roadway leading to a bridge.
The flood here is now receding.
Thousands in Distress
Detroit, Mich, March 30.-Encour-
Creek, Flint. Kalamazoo and other
towns where food damage has been
estimated up in the hundreds of thou.
sands of dollors, show the danger and
distress are largely centralized in the
Saginaw valley and around Grand
Rapids in the valley of the Grand
river. And at Grand Rapids, too. a
marked improvement is noted. At
Saginaw, however. the Shiawassee,
Cass, Flint. Tittibawasse. Chippewa
and other feeders Of the Saginaw riv.
er are bringing down
Torrents of Water,
the escape of which into Saginaw bay
is blocked by ice gorges at and below
Bay City.
At Grand Rapids it is estimated
that $4,000 people are in distress, and
at Saginaw a large portion of the bus
mess section of the city is flooded.
On the Shiawassee river yesterday
near Chesaning twenty-five families
were rescued only few minutes be-
fore their homes were submerged.
Gilbert Bertram, foreman for a
sugar company, lost his life trying to
save some Of the property.
Entire Town Flooded.
St. Louis, March 80. - The entire
town Of Valley Park, Mo-, situated
on the Merance river. eighteen miles
west of st. Louis, has been flooded by
the recent heavy rains and the dam.
age already done is figured at $780,
900.