Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-03
VALLEYS OF
MONTANA ARE
THREATENED
Rise IN Yellowstone Highest
Ever Known One Life
i. Reported Lost

GLENDIVE, Mont, April Some
alarm is felt in Glendivc over the
high stage of the Yellowstone river
and especially because of Il telephone
message from the Charles Krug ranch
fifteen miles above town. to the effect
that one OF the ranch employees and
l75 head Of cattle We're caught by Il
sudden rise and drowned. krug t"le.
phoned his wife to move ut once from
their residence near the river bridge
to higher ground. Other sock warn.
ing therefrom and many went to the
high ground near the Northern Pacific
hospital and some even to the big
hill south Of the city called hungry
Joe"
The water is the highest known in
years, in fact, nothing like it has been
experienced since the big bridge
across the Yellowstone at this point
vas washed out, about twenty years
ago.
The annual breaking up Of the ice
is always a spectacular sight here,
but it usually occurs only once Il
> CdI. IC Ctlo otOIlC was ulSl Cltul-
ed OF ice at this point on Feb. 26, but
subsequent cold weather caused ice ,of
several inches thickness 10 again
form. Last nights breakup vas ac-
centuated by the increased volume Of
water due to the quickly melting snow
under the effects Of d strong warm
wind. s.t x. '.' =
Twenty-Fo DOT Fill Washed Out.
The first news of railroad damage
received here was the report that be-
cause Of an ice gorge and flood near
Big Horn station, west Of Miles City.
100 feet OF a twenty-foot fill had
been washed out and the river had
sought its old channel at that point.
1t is estimated it will take two weeks
at least to repair this damage.
Trains Nos. | and ) We're sent out
of here with double crews, intending
to detour over the Milwaukee road at
Miles City in order to reach Helena.
but on arriving at Colgate, eight miles
west of here, it was found that anoth-
er gorge had piled ice six feet deep
over the track for a distance of 1000
feet. 1t was therefore necessary to
bring both trains back into Glendive.
Snow plows and gangs of section men
are clearing away this ice.
Live Stock Drowned.
The caletaker at ID. J. Berry's ranch
two miles above the city, and his wife
and two children had a narrow escape.
When they saw the flood coming they
started for town in a wagon, but found
it impossible to get through. They
turned back and sought refuge in a
barn. Railroad men saw their plight
and got to them with a boat. Bodies
of cattle have been seen floating un.
der the bridge at this point, and later
reports are to the effect that Berry
sustained a loss Of several thousand
dollars at his place, including several
head of horses and cattle and loO
hogs.
Northern Pacific trains held at this
point all day were reversed last night
and sent back east. 1t is said Mil.
waukee conditions are even worse
than those on the Northern Pacific
west Of here. :
Tracks Carried Away.
BILLINGS, Mont., April 2.--Tranic
east of Billings on the burlington and
Northern Pacific has been suspended
since Sunday, when floods caused by
melting ice gorges in the Big Horn
and Yellowstone rivers carried away
the tracks. The Burlington track was
carried away e the Crow agency
and the Northern Pacific lost its
tracks, near Custer.