The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-15
Rise Of Eleven Feet ! s;ng
Night Proved too Much,
Town Damaged Again.
CONDITIONS ARE FAR
FROM NORMAL TODAY
Three Railwsys Still Tied up With
Numerous Washoute-MilwAuk
Unable to Get Service on Southern
Minnesota Anes-Schools Closed.
DAM GOES OUT.

Lacrosse, Wis. March 15.-
During the night 9 eleven foot
rise i'm tho Black river proved too
much for the new dam. built aft
er the 1911 disaster. which de.
stroyed the Black River Falls
business district, and partly
wrecked Black River Falls this
morning. according to late re.
ports.
Conditions still arc far from
normal today following the foods
at all exposed points in this vi.
cinity yesterday. Three railways.
the Kickapoo Valley, the Ia.
Crosse and Southeastern. and the
Green Bay and Western. still are
tied up, and with numerous wash.
outs, 1t is expected that service
will not be resumed Tor several
days.
Chicago and Northwestern
eineers on .sSlow Orders" because
OF the weakened track. The Mil
waukee road still is unable to get
trains through on the Reno and
Southern Minnesota lines.
Country schools have been sus-
pended, teachers and pupils being
unable to reach them. Vir0qua
City Is partly under water and
fears arc felt for the dams at
Sparta and Galesvillc.
j.. Milwaukee. Wis.,, March ia
storm approaching a tornado in In
tensity accompanied by sheets Of rair
lasting for long periods which swepl
over Wisconsin. fercsas snaay .peopl4
to leave their homes, raxed many
A,,S1 M%poNk.s&i /. fv1Ni N
several cities and resulted in proper
ty loss OF many thousands Of dollars
independence, Blair. Arcadia and
Whitehall. small towns along thu
Trempealeau river were flooded dur
ing the night and are still beneath
several feet Of water. An Ice jan
forced the water over the banks o.
the river, breaking dams. Melting
SHOWS formed turbulent rivers as the!
streamed down the hillsides into tht
valleys. These were augmented by
series Of heavy rainfalls which buriec
the country under four feet Of water
A terrific wind blowing nearly sew
enty miles an hour struck Sheboygar
early today and caused damage o.
about $4,000. Many people were
driven from their homes when these
were threatened with destruction
Chimneys were blown downby tnt
score and the falling bricks endanger'
ed many lives. Many windows were
broken and several business houses
were forced to lie idle part of toda!
because the lower floors Of their plac
es were filled with water. The warn
weather and rain caused the ice In tnt
Sheboyzan river to break up. At 9
narrow place In the river q jam re.
suited and the water was "backed up,
and forced to overflow the banks ane
rush into the city.
Prevent Flood With Dynamite.
Scores Of men prevented serious
flood at Fond du Lac by I'D
eral use Of dynamite. Thousands Of
tons of ice were blown to pieces JUS
west Of the city where several jams
had formed in the Fond du Lac rtvel
and the water began to rush over tnt
banks into the city. encroaching upor
the business section.
The immense fall Of rain during
Thursday night and yesterday result
ed in the river rising several feet and
for a time q serious flood was expect
ed. Families did not go to bed during
the night owing to the fear that thu
rapidly rising river would result In
flood. Many were forced to. leave
their homes but the business sectior
of the city did not suffer. Late thil
afternoon the Eldarado river dan
went out and the western branch oi
the Fond du Lac river rose consid'
erably, but all danger Of damage from
the flood is now past.