The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-21

turned on on Christmas udy, IeLupO-
rariIy out of commission. Soon att
er the gates went out the tempera-
ture began to fall, and this is all that
saved the city from serious flood,
for the water fell with the tempera-
ture and everything is again safe I'M
til the warm weather.
La Crosse River Rampages.
La Crosse.-Attaining the greatest
height in it's history the La Crosse
river caused the collapse Of a chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. raul rail-
road bridge in the heart OF the city.
The structure spanned the stream
close to the point where the river
empties into the Mississippi and was
weakened by an ice jam, which form
ed above the bridge. For time
mail cars were sent over the prldSe
but it finally sunk and the line TO the
, main depot was rendered useless.
Passengers were transferred to and
from incoming trains in carriages.
Twenty-Five families were rescued
from their flooded homes in North
La Crosse at midnight when the La
Crosse river spread over the hats.
The refugees were taken from the
flooded portion of the city in boats
The bottoms dividing the north and
south sides of the city were covered
with water.
Three railways, the Kickapoo Val
ley, the La Crosse and Southeastern
and the Green Bay and Western nave
been tied up by numerous Washouts.
The Northwestern trains are running
regularly, all washouts having been
repaired, but engineers have slow or
ders on account of weakened tracks.
All ABOUT the country schools are
suspended because of teachers ana
! pupils being unable to reach them.
Independence, Blair, Arcadia,
Whitehall and other towns along
Arcadia and Whitehall towns along
| the Trempealeau river valley, suffer-
ed severe flood conditions as a re-
suit of heavy rains and the melting
of snow in the hills Arcadia suffer-
ed the heaviest, according to reports,
when the Kamla & Co. -four mill
dam, three miles above the city, was
carried out by the freshet. Tie part
of the town along the river bank, in
Guiding the Independence Telephone
building, was under two ieet Of wa
! ter. A dam at Elk Creek, above In
dependence, went out, flooding that
village and the Waumanbee mill dam
| int folo
was also carried away. Farmers il
| the Trempealeau valley are driving
their stock into the hills. train
on the Green Bay and Western road
| was wrecked three miles west of
! Whitehall by a washout No one was
hurt, in the wreck
Flood at Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac.-Damage to the
amount of several hundred dollars
| resulted from a food caused by the
! breaking Of the dam on the Fond du
Lac river at Eldorado. Stocks of
merchandise in Easements constitut-
ed the principal loss. The loss in
| the county outside of the city of
| Fond du Lac will total about $1,000
| the principal item of which is the
| break in the Eldorado dam Great
! ly exaggerated reports of the food
situation here were sent out.
Damage at Sheboygan
| Sheboygan.-The water of She.
boygan river has lowered consider
| ably and all of the ice has gone out.
| The factories in the flats resumed op-
erations after being closed one day
| owing to floors being under water.
! The storm and ice rush caused
! thousands of dollars damage. Many
lives were endangered by the food
and hurricane attaining a velocity
| of seventy miles an hour.
Several large factories were food
ed and compelled to shut down. The
| damage was estimated all the wav
/ from $4,000 to $4,000.
May Hurt Frog Plant