Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-08
Bismarck Low|ands Covered
Continued From rage One.)

SohtIhuCu AS0 ohoI
leaving Mandan segregated from the,
east. The strip Of water over the track
Is about two miles wide. There Is
another volume of water coming down
the Yellowstone river reported as fiji
teen feet high at Glendive and this
will have a tendency to keep the wat
er up quite well at this point.
Train Service Crippled.
Trains No. ! and 3 are being sent
TO Leeds from jamestown, thence over
the Great Northern to Spokane, while
trains Ma 2 and a are sent the same
route, only vice versa. Train No. 5
is turned around here and sent back
AZ No. 8, while the same is done with
No. 7, which is returned as No. s.
Bismarck has but one mail a day
over the n. p, that Of No. 7. Trains
3 and 4 have been detoured today via
Terry, Mont, over the Milwaukee.
Yesterday afternoon and evening
the water had ueen falling and last
night at midnight it was estimated
by railroad officials that if it cOntin-
ued to fall at that rate during the
night, 4 crew of 300 men would be put
to work early this morning. 1t is esti-
mated that the track cal be placed
in shape for traffic in ten or twelve
hours.
Stanton Line Washed.
The Mott train left Monday morn
ing on schedule, though the north line,
krow mas the stanton line. has Jared
badly. Near Harmon three bridges
were out of commission yesterday af-
%ternoon, while at Sanger the pump
house was demolished. 1t will take
several days to get this in shape to
pass trains. ,
Considerable Property Lost.
Someone went down the river bot
tom Sunday advising the settlers
that there would be no rise OF any i'm
port, and it was the cause Of their
having n close call a few hours later.
Sunday night II was necessary to LEM
assistance to get some out OF their
houses. The water IS nov up within
q few rods OF Front street, but it Is
not thought it will rise any higher,
The loss of hay in the bottom south
Of This city will be considerable.
NNlClcI, lllC Ia mail mao, VI hoNS ~
stacks; !. p. Baker Is, and other par
ties about u, averaging about 8 tons,
making in the neighborhood Of I4O
tons, most OF which will be swept
away or spoiled.
During the past as hours several
hundred haystacks have been seen
going down the river. Besides there
have been two houses, two barns, one
gasoline lasnch, a Great Northern
barge from Wilson, and innumer-
able animals. C. ID Staley, who has
a ranch some distance up the river,
lost all his buildings, some stock and
1000 bushels OF grain.
Roberts Report Of Condition.
The highest stage of the water in
the Missouri river at Bismarck during
the present flood was reached Mon
day, at 800 p. M, at which time 1876
feet was reached. The gage at ZOO
a. m. Monday showed 1870 feet, a rise
OF go feet in the twenty-four hours.
There was considerable tluctuation in
the stage OF the water throughout
Monday, and this condition will PROB
ably continue, more or less, during
the next 36 hours. 1t is rather diff
cult to forecast with any great degree
of accuracy the probable stage Of wa
ter during the next three or four days,
owing to the destruction of the river
cages at Wflliston in the Missouri and
at Medora on the Little Missouri river,
and the lack Of mail facilities from the
west. There is, however, an immense
volume Of water yet to come and this
will insure a bank.full stage for three
or four days at least. The readings
at Bismarck during the present month
are as follows, the measurements be-
ing taken each day at 700 a. M: LIST,
3 feet; End, 81 feet; Bird, 10 feet;
4th, 81 feet; 9TH, 9.3 feet; 9th, so
feet; and It'll, 1870 feet. 1t will thus
be seen that there was a rise of 90
feet in the "a hours preceding ZOO
a. m., Monday, and this without the
presence of a gorge at Sibley Island.
Had there been a substantial gorge at
sibley Island the stage of water at
Bismarck, Mandan and points immedi-
ately above would have been unprece-
denied in the memory of the Oldest,
inhabitant. Fortunately the ice which
came down was so broken up that the