Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-09
MISSOURI RIVER ON A TEAR
Belated Frsshsts Send the Big Muddy on
Something Ofa Rise,
DANGER MARK Mi YET IN REACH
Flood Three Feet below the Point
Marked as PeriIOus by Govern
ment and No Further
Rise Anticipated.

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least ten inches in the twenty-four hours
ending at o'clock last night, It is still
not at the point of danger. with a steady
! fan at Sioux City and other points north
OF Omaha, 1t is thought that about the
extent OF the rise has been reached at this
| point and a fall in the water is now ex-
! pected.
The north end Of the smelter company's
grounds was partially under water last
night. The water in the rear of the smell
/ tiers is about a foot deep, but no serious
results are anticipated by this. The sew
eral families living on the western bank
| have at least foot OF water around their
| houses and entrance and exit is made only
| by wearing of rubber boots, and in one or
two cases a small raft has been built to
facilitate coming and going from the
! houses.
The dog pound is still partially under
water, as is also the north and east end
| Of the Union Pacific shop grounds. The
latter however, is not seriously mum
dated.
| Runs Into Cut-On.
Friday night the river broke into Cut on
lake and that body of water rose two feet in
| twenty-four hours. The swollen stream
| found it's way into Florence lake and rise
| Of over two feet is noted there. The low
! lands at East Omaha are inundated up to
! the terminus of the street car track. Peter
| Clausen's cornfield east of the East Omaha
! tracks was pl0wed Friday morning and
! Saturday morning was a lake of water
People living along tho bottom lands were
| particularly affected by the high water.
Many families on the river bank from Glib
| son to East Omaha stayed up all Friday
night and waited for developments Many
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little homes surrounded by water and
found It necessary to get TO higher land by
means of boats or RATS. One family To-
Gated at Twenty-first and Cunning streets
! in tent, while others were taken in by
! friends more fortunate. The east portion
of the Union Pacific shops received much
| Of the backwater moving through a large
| open sewer at the foot Of Davenport street.
The dog pound was completely shut Off
| from civilization. Poundmaster Laughland
| telephoued to the city at an early hour
! Saturday morning and asked that a boat
be sent to his rescue.
| Bellevue citizen came to town Saturday
morning and reported that the bottom lands
east of the sarpy county educational seat
were being overlooked and a number OF
horses and cows drowned.
Damage on the Iowa Side.
with the rise of the Missouri river yes
terday the water in Lake Manawa raised
about five feet. Last evening the water
was several inches over the board walks
I in front Of the pavilion at the resort and
at the Rowing associations club house was
up to the lawn.
The country south of the lake is prac-
tically all under water and the damage
| to crops will be heavy. A portion OF the
| motor company's dam at the lake gave
way yesterday afternoon and It is feared
that when the water commences to recede
still greater damage to 1t will be DONE
| Yesterday the motor company secured 1000
sacks from the Bemis Bag company in
Omaha and they will be filled with sand
and used TO protect the dam.
North of the motor bridge over the river
the bottoms, are all under water and one
of the tracks of the Illinois Central was
submerged so that it could not be used
| At the Narrows north of the city the tracks
of the Illinois Central were threatened and
| 5000 sacks filled with sand were used yes
terday to protect the grade from being
washed away.
| The water was rushing into Big lake yes
| terday afternoon like mill race and much
of the land around was completely sub
merged. Crops on what is known as the
island" will be badly damaged.
No Reason to Fear Peril.
''The river at this point is still three feet
| and one-tenth below the danger line m the
Missouri and with the prospect Of a slight
rise yet this afternoon. can see no rea-
son for any special anxiety here" said
Weather Forecaster Welsh Saturday morn
ing. There Is a prospect OF the river fall
ing tonight and tomorrow. The river is fall
ing at Sioux City. though there was
co. ala ~ Tl1o n
and a fall Of one AND four-tenths Saturday.
The danger line at this point is eighteen
feet, but the register showed only four
teen and nine-tenths at the last measure
ment The highest water recorded here for
| several years was 1875, April 25. 1899, and
the next highest 1875, April Is, 1904 As or
dinarily there is no noticeable nigh water
In the river during the month of July, we
have had nothing here in years approach
ing the present stage of the river for this
period OF the year"
Creeping Up at south Omaha.
Saturday forenoon Mayor Koutsky and a
couple of other South Omaha officials went
down TO the river to see what damage the
high water was doing. The mayor said
that the water was running in the windows
of the emergency hospital and that the
bottoms were flooded Along the river
| ASeeN " wv NANs NN4hbAhb BAbAiu Tue water
is fully ten feet deep and there is no way
for teamsters TO reach the dump now
Along where Hardwood lake used to be the
bottoms are flooded and the water is nearly
up to the Burlington tracks. At Vista
springs, where the sewer empties into the
river the water is nearly to the tracks
and the May family has been compelled to
move out, as the grease catch basins are
under water.
! A half dozen families living on the seger
I property at the foot OF Missouri avenue
were compelled to move out Saturday
forenoon and tie river was rising rapidly
The city officials who made the trip stated
that there was hardly any probability of
damage being done to the hospital build
ing. So far none Of those living along the
river bank have lost any live stock or
poultry, with the exception of the May
family at Vista springs. At this point a
large number OF chickens were drowned.
What is worrying the city officials Is
how to provide a dumping ground for
garbage wagons, there is no way now
10 get near the river. More than likely the
hauling OF garbage viii be abandoned for
a few days, or until the water subsidies.
Those living on the bottoms who have been
compelled TO move are either living in
tents on the bluffs or else are occupying
temporary quarters in South Omaha.