Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-06
FLOODS MENACE
FARC0.MOORHEAD
Auditorium at Former Place Has
Six Feet of Water in Base
Inent.

Fargo. April "a flood warning no
tifying Fargo and Moorhead to pre-
pare for . water stage of 81 feet by
Friday was sent out yesterday morn
ing by A. l.. Hovde of Devils Lake, N
D., chief of the Red river division
from Wahpeton to the boundary. Such
a rise will seriously damage the bust
ness districts of Fargo and Moor
head, especially the easements. Many
merchants will start moving base
ment supplies to higher ground today
Gauges Carried Away
The United States weather bureaus
reading at 7 o'clock last night showed
stage of 27.9, rise Of about
inches over the reading made at the
corresponding time yesterday morn
ing, which reveals that the waters
are rising at about the same rate as
the latter part OF lastweek. At lis
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, the at
tack Of an ice jam carried away both
government gauges on the south
bridge. At AS a new gauge was
abliShed.
Many Blocks Under Water
Many blocks inthe residential dis
tricts along the banks of the river in
Fargo and MOOrhead are under water.
Several families were actively at
work Sunday and yesterday morning
moving their entire household effects
to dry area. Thousands again visited
the Hooded district, especially in the
vicinity of Island park and Fourth
street. Fargo college stadium is an
aquarium. College students in canoes
held regetta their Saturday after
noon. The races were exciting and
afforded a new kind OF sport.
Auditorium is Flooded
Farsos 100000 auditorium, the
basement of which was flooded to a
depth of five feet late Saturday night,
is now seriously threatened by the
rising waters, which have crept over
The basement roof into the armOry
proper. All the doors TO the armOry
have been removed. Secretary J. 2.
Hardy OF the Fargo Commercial club
thinks the time is ripe for 'munici.
pal water festival" Conditions at
the clubs headquarters have become
very uncomfortable for the secretary
since the furnace was drowned out
last Saturday. ..s-
Buffalo River on Tear u
Reports from the Buffalo river dis
trict, east of Fargo and MOorhead, in
dictate that conditions there are seri-
GUS. The stream has flooded the
territory for miles, has
submerged bridges and washed out
the approaches of the new 100000
bridge near Glyndon. These ap-
proaches were constructed last fall.
St. Paul Menaced
~ The most grave fears are express.
ed here today that the big fedora.
dam across the Mississippi between
and st. Paul will break
as the result Of food waters and ice
jams. .~t.s
Hundreds of families live below the
dam and are endangered by the
food should've eighty foot wall of |
water come tumbling down. Many
were forcibiy removed from their
homes today by the police of the
Twin Cities, while others left of
heir own accord.
Local Conditions
Three gorges in the Missouri river
nave today been reported and it is
absolutely impossible to predict when
/ breakup will come. One is at Wash
burn, where the water has fallen
Jour feet, another at Berthold, where
he water is at the Is foot stage, and |
he third at Sanish, with a IA foot
gorge.
From Washburn to Stanton the riv-
er is still solidly packed with ice, and
he same condition exists above Rec
Berthold and Sanish. However, the
all in the water at Washburn has re-
ieved some of the apprehension of
food trouble here.
The Heart river went up slightly
today from the surface run-Off, and
Apple Creek at Bismarck is higher
than was ever known before This
is caused by gorge near the mouth
Of the creek.