Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-30
RECORD FLOODS
ARE REPORTED
Mississippi Valley High
Water Causes Great
PROPERTY Damage
BABY DROWNED At ST. LOUIS
Father Was Passing 1t to Mother
In Boat When In.
FAINT FELL

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l Serious food conditions were re-
ported from portions of Mississippi,
: Kentucky, Nebraska. South Dakota.
: Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois
!; today where rivers and other streams
J have oVerhowed their banks. flooding
lowlands, driving people from their
homes and in some instances doing
damage.
In Nebraska, the Platte and Norfolk
rivers were on rampage and at Wa
terloo and Norfolk. where the main
/ streets We're under water, boats were
used to transport the residents with
their household goods to higher
ground
The Mississippi river at St. Louis
lacked only one foot OF reaching the
danger mark of 80 feet and it contin-
ued to rise rapidly.
The Missouri river in South Dakota.
and other northern states. has assum-
ed threatening proportions and in
some places people are preparing to
move. At Kansas City the Missouri
rose fourteen inches since yesterday
but p. Conner the local forester said
there was no danger Of foods at that
point unless much more rain fell in
the immediate future.
Only one death has been reported as
a result of the floods
Missouri Too.
| Yanktown. S. D.. March 30.-Settlers
in the lowlands along the Missouri
river between here and Vermillion,
South Dakota, have been warned to
move to places of safety The ice in
the river has gone out north of hero,
! but still is solid to the south and this
greatly increases the danger
Boats in City Streets.
ShebOygan, Wis, March 30-The
Sheboygan river overfiowed it's banks
here today and several factories have
closed down because their men are
unable to get to work. The water has
spread over wide area and many per-
sons are obliged to use boats.
so Residences Flooded.
Fremont, Neb., March 30.--A change
in the river sent the water through
North Fremont today inundating fifty
residences. A gorge below Ames has
thrown the river across the Union Pa
cifc tracks and is flowing through
Rawhide Creek bottom, flooding hun
dreds of farms.
People Flee From Flooded Homes.
Waterloo, Ia, March 30-Slight re-
lief from food danger was shown here
to-day when the Cedar river fell four
Inches. and two plants were obliged TO
shut down. In the residence section.
ipeople We're forced to leave their
homes during the night, and on several
istreets boats are being used.
Cedar Rapids. Ia, March 30.-A rise
Cf five feet in the Cedar river in tWen-
itF-four hours threatens serious flood
damage to the wholesale and factory
G:strct here today. At noon, the
g2uge stood at ten feet, three inches,
Reports, from up the river indicate
"a rise of four feet more.
Three Feet of Flood Stage.
Dcs Moines, Ia, March 30.-The Des
MOines river stood within three feet
Of the food stage at noon today, and
sti'l was rising The water had brok
en- over the banks in the southeastern
section and inundated the low lands.
Water Five Feet in Main Street.
Waterloo, Neb March 3O.-Five
feet of water in the main streets here
and the use of boats to remove people
living in endangered houses are to-
days features of the flooded Platte
) bottoms. This town is nearly five
miles from the valley of the riverEorop-
er but is in the loWlands and has been
reached by the spreading floods.
Newspaper Flooded Out.
Norfolk, Neb., March 30.-Boats still
are being used in the business streets
here today The Norfolk river has fall
en- four inches since yesterday Two
hundred families have been driven
from their homes. The Norfolk News
; press room still is under water and
no paper has been issued for two days.
Mississippi Nears Danger Mark.
St. Louis, Mo, March 30.-With the
, Mississippi river here marking 20 feet
early this morning, and rising rapidly,
, it was expected that the danger mark,
80 feet, would be reached during the
day. The first death due to the high
water was reported from Hickman,
Kentucky, last night. woman stand
, ing in a skiff dropped her baby into
the water while it was being handed
to her by her husband as they We're
preparing to fee from their flooded
home.
Columbus Submerged.
. Louisville, KY, March 30.-Colum-
: bus is under four feet of water, hous-
es are floating about in the streets.
, and all the inhabitants have fled to
| high ground. The property damage is
, great. The Mississippi levee at Hick-
man held throughout the night but
the swollen waters are rising gradu-
Tally, and it is feared the swapping point
of the levee's strength will be reached
today.
All night long, gangs of men piled
hundreds of sandbags behind the levee
and built up the great bank while
cnards armed with rifles paraded the