The Bismarck tribune., 1929-03-14
by The Associated Press)

Rivers and streams In Minnesota
and Wisconsin went on q rampage to-
day, causing suspension Of railroad
service and threatening serious dam.
age in the flood sections.
From southeastern and western
Minnesota came reports Of huge ice.
jams. making the use Of dynamite
necessary to prevent flooding, while
IN southwestern Wisconsin the rivers
rose several feet. The overflowing va
tiers inundated the railroad tracks and
cancellation Of train service was made
until the water recedes.
Train service from La Crosse, Wis,
to Lanesboro, on the Chicago, Nil.
waukce, st. Paul & Pacific, was sls-
pended. and the schedules were not
expected to be resumed until late To.
night or tomorrow. At s p. M. yester-
day 4 feet 10 inches Of eWater from
the Root river covered the railrosd
tracks between 1senours AMI Lanes
boro. and today the tracks were still
under three feet Of water.
Dynamite Breaks Jams
At Hokah. Mtnn.. IL miles west Of
La Crosse, water from the Root river
flooded highways. crippling vehicular
traffic. A large truck was turned
around and thrown off the road by
the force of the water. Just outside
of the village limits Of Hokah, dyna-
mite Is being used to break up the
ice jams in the river in an effort to
save the bridge.
The melting SHOWS and rains the
last few days have caused the Little
Minnesota river. near Browns Valley,
inyestern Minnesota, to overflow.
Considerable damage has resulted.
Residents near the banks Of the river
were forced to move out Of their
houses.
At Rochester, dynamite was used 10
break up ice jams in the ZumbTo
river to prevent the iuuudation O1
Mayo park.
Four States Flooded
Two days OF spring had created
flood havoc in Illinois, Missouri. Iowa
and Nebraska.
Many hundred acres of farm land
were flooded: streets and buildings n
some places were filled with water:
rail and highway traffic was dis
rupted; and bridges were torn away.
Rain and rising temperatures, melt
ing the winters last SHOWS and break
ing up the ice, had turned the Mis-.
sissippi's tributaries into ice-glutted
torrents. The Mississippi itself was
rising but gave no immediate cause
for alarm.
Hundreds Of men worked on dikea
while others watched ice movements
prepared to use dynamite whereve1
bridges were threatened.
Virtually all streams in northwest
Missouri and southern Iowa were oslt
Of their banks today. Several towns
were partially isolated and many
Thousands Of dollars damage had been
done.
Platte Rises Fast
Eastern Nebraska faced sertoul
menace with rivers overflowing a
several places and ice jams .batterin1
bridges. The Platte river was On I
rampage, rising for Z time 1t the ratl
OF three feet an hour and threaten-
Ing to change its channel.
The Galena river, In Illinois, iaAf
risen early today to its highest poinI
| In history and had flooded the tour
Of Galena. Most Of the business &C.
tton could BE- reached only BY boat
Only one Of the three railroads en-,
tering Galena could get through lag
night and that one found Il neceo.
sary to test the tracks ahead o9 e0c1
train.
Government Officers at Meuaph1
said addition of heavy Sprint r1111
could bring about = pefi1ou6 cont
| ttcu on the 1eissis1dppl river h1E -
the danger from the present G
ireshets alone was slight.
A squadron Of hoenhlng p1aneo -
ordered from Furt Kilsy. xans.. 3
! | tour the 1Gisoouri river, W13eh Noe RI
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