Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-10

lions may appeal to the company ana
be carried out, though we have no
authority for saying so.
The following has been handed US
for publication by Schotield resi-
dent:
On account of the heavy rains
through the state of late many places
have experienced more water than
they cared to have. Such was the
case in Schofeld.
For over week the water had
been quite high. But on Saturday
morning it reached the highest point
that it had in ten years.
On Friday afternoon the dam at
Kelly gave way and the volume of
water from there was soon felt in
Schofeld.
The Brooks & Ross pond raised and
the water went over the entire length
of the dam seemingly a foot thick.
Not satisfied at that it tried to cut
around the south end of the dam, but
crew of men was set to work and
by seven O'Clock had succeeded in
stopping it at that end. But new
troubles were upon them, for the
water as it rose in the pond tried to
cut around at the north end. A crew
was put to work here, and by 2 O'Clock
Saturday morning had succeeded in
checking the water as best it could
from cutting around the end
Early Friday evening the Eau Claire
was raising SO fast that the water had
then flooded the fiat at the foot of
Means hill and was over the street
Car track, thus cutting off communica-
tion with Wausau.
From sixty to eighty rods north of
the bridge there was a stream several
rods wide, crossing the street. and
several feet deep rushing into lake
Wausau at high rate of speed, while
several houses in this vicinity had al
ready been surrounded.
South of the bridge lake Wausau
had backed up and flooded the street
to the foot of school hill, so in places
the water was from three to six feet
deep. The living floor in all of the
houses on both sides of the street in
this district was covered with water
from one to three feet deep, in many
cases the water entered the windows.
The Lutheran church contained
water enough for good sized swim
ming tank. The pews were floating
around like so many ducks while the
water was ten inches deep in the
preachers box. Taken al in all the
flood was a serious affair. While no
lives were lost the damage done and
JOSS of time would run into the
thousands of dollars.
The scene in the flooded portion of
I'll village especially in the portion
south of The bridge was Venice-like,
where gondolas take the place of
vehicles. Row boats and gasoline
launches were shooting about here
and there, up and down the street, in
in and out of what at one time was
the yards of the different residents,
transferring people from the windows
of the houses to a safe place on land.
Taken all in all there must have been
at least two dozen boats in active
service manned by skillful boatmen.
To Venetian such a scene would
have been home-like, but to the
American vino prefers the solid earth
for a street and grassy plats for a
yard, it is viewed with other eyes.
Notwithstanding the seriousness
that a flood can cause there were a
few humorous things that one might
recall. The writer saw early Satur-
day morning three or four men who
came from Wausau walking along
with dinner pail in one hand and shoes
and socks in the other, each one
having his pants rolled up above the
knees. Pretty cold weather for such
a promenade, but the best that could
be found
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