The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-05
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Save Ship
Forced Landing Occurs as
Corges Near North Bend Are
Blown Out-Boys Maroon
ed on Island Rescued.
u Washouts on u. P.

Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bes-
North Bend. Neb.. March A.
Thrilling war scenes were re-enacteA
today when one of che two huge Mar
tin bombing planes. breaking UP Ice
gorges in the Platte river east Of here.
made a forced landing. casting on its
surplus bombs before volplaning TO
the ground.
Landing with q cargo OF 3oo-pound
bombs would have meant disaster and
the fiiers dropped the explosive At
random before reaching the earth.
Fortunately the projectiles fell onto
the river. The plane was undamaged.
Two gorges were broken up by the
two planes. one six miles east OF
North Bend and the other about nine
miles east. Twenty-Five bombs were
dropped at the first place. II was at
the second point that the forced land
ing occurred.
There are ~ washouts on the main
line of the Union Pacific between
North Bend and Ames. some OF them
200 feet long. The last train over the
line was No. 10, westbound, leaving
North Bend at 2:20 Tuesday morning.
Trains are being detoured over tbs
Stromsburg branch.
No. 10, eastbound, due out of North
Bend at 10 tonight. is expected 10 be
the first train sent over the repaired
track.
| Two thousand men are working TO
replace the damaged track. under the
intendent Woodruff and General Man.
ager William NJ. Jeffers Of the Union
Pacific. 1t is estimated that It will be
10 days before train service is normal
I.at this point.
The ice in the river Is reported TO
be breaking up rapidly. The general
breakup is expected TO occur within
day or two.
The two planes returned TO Lam
bert. between Schuyler and Richland.
where a landing field has been estab-
lished. for the night.
Boys Rescued.
| Fremont, Neb., March six Ere
mont boys, marooned on an island
| in the Platte river east OF Fremont
since Sunday afternoon, were safely
brought back to the mainland yester-
day afternoon. The boys were
obliged to spend the night on the is
land when heavy iee foe carried
off a small wagon bridge. the only
connecting link with the mainland.
| The boys are Arthur Mason. yir-
gin Miller. Alvin Miller, Jack Mem
denhall, Lloyd Wilfse and Byron
Pepers. Val Rosengreen. farm hand
on Sheriff Condit's island farm,
brought the boys to the mainland by
boat. making two trips.
When the boys discovered their
plight they made their way to the s.
Taylor island farm where they tele-
phoned TO their parents and allayed
fears OF anxious mothers. All re-
mained at the Boy Scout camp on
the island during the night.
| Platte on Rampage.
The Platte went on a real rampage
in Dodge county yesterday. with the
water rushing along the Union Pa
eific railroad track. near North
Bend and farmers were forced to
take their stock off the lowlands.
The frs; farmer 10 suffer serious
loss thus far was Albert Nelson. who
lost 20 hogs by drowning when the
river first went over its hanks sun
day night. Appeals for help re-
eeived in Fremont brought aid In TIE
moving Of stock TO safe ground.
For one mile west Of North Bend
the Lincoln highway is inundated
and traffic is completely blocked on
that road. A drainage ditch near
the Charles Hurich farm, two miles
east Of Ames. diverted the food
waters back into the river.
The Platte was reported hank fun
ut Schuyler and Rogers today. with
no serious damage as yet. Maple
Creek tore loose Sunday and went
over its banks near Hooper.
Ice Gorge Shifts.
The ice gorge that has threatened
farm lands near Schuyler for the Ia 81
few weeks shifted slightly yesterday
and forced food waters into Butler
county, but did not greatly Increase
the danger 10 Butler county property.
Roth the North and South Platte
rivers were reported to have fallen
one. tenth Of foot ST North Platte by
Meteorologist NJ. V. Robins Of Omaha
This might indicate an ice Jam fur.
ther up the river. he said. hut il would
not interfere with the flow OF the
water.
II was reported nj Schuyler that ice
which began breaking up late Monday
was being carried away in a stream
100 feet wide that had opened In the
north channel OF the Platte. with tho
result that flood waters on the north
river lands were rapidly reeeding.
The Burlington and Union Pacific