The Bismarck tribune., 1929-03-27
HEAVY rise DURING
night RA|SESFLOOD
On LOWLAIW AREAS
Old Sol May Work Faster Than
Dynamite, Army Official
Conjsotures
MEMORIAL ROAD FLOODED
Stage Here Dropped y Of Foot
to 17.e Stage In One
Hour Before Noon

After breaklne for half an henp
san afternoon, the hsge 10 eoeeV
ss nuff. seueh ee here, whicA =
causing flood cenaltlons n thla
area after breaks In three nertA.
ern gofyes yesterday, ataln -.
came solid ~ the Heek OF 0lnenl.
tar. according - q. w. Hoher1s.
federal meteoroloelnt.
The gorge breae % IL own ac.
cotd d 1:JS p. ~, Accordine q =
telephone message % the Meter.
ologtst, and hueo chunks ~ -
began their feat aoWn "a ~
channel Of Tie river. The river
oed again became clegeed g 2:0g
p. M. however.
The river has cuf . channel
along tts east hank which exten1a
| 70 Twin Buttes at the base u tha
gorge and this channel d carrvin1
nuee Quantities Of water aroun3
the gorge. This channel n I'M
addition 70 the one along the veat
side Of the gorge which was pm.
ming fall Of water yesterday.
three observation planes frem
Selfridse field. Michigan, asrive1
at Fort Lincoln at l:S0 .. m.
Inc river, after reachine :
PEAK Of lS.5 feet at 10 !. m, haA
Isilen l.s feet 70 . stare Of le,7 -
o'clock.
More than so men 1t noon to,av
were laboriously and perilously peck-
ing nundret; Of pounds OF dynanaita
over Hooded bottom land, across 4
na!l-mile stretch OF raging water ...1
OUT over honeycombed ice nrenara-
Tory % dynamittng the Huff ice svrSe
MAJOR q. n. Young, army enSinssr
~ cnarge Of preventing further TccN.
ing OF the Bismarck and MsnN~r
!oWlanos hy the waters irnl,oa,r6e~
BACK OF the 26-miles- lonS Tfjf4e s,id
tnat It would b Impossible to a arv
uynsmittns before $40 p. M, due 70
.ne SLOW and dangerous process 81
placing the charges.
From the Burleigh county bant -,
engineering corps crew waded '..,rnuGh
water. Knee deep. for half mile a
tne rivers edge. each man wit. 4 casa
o. dynamite on his hack.
With only one boat ayailah1a. ~
noon. the dynamite. I fev .cass. =
= time. was taken through the SWIRL
ing waters. racing ut an estimafed
speed OF 10 miles m hour, to the edee
0I tne ice gorge. where Il was ,n.
loaoed. From the river bank 4, the
gorge 1t Is over . half mile. Tia
rlvermen managing the boat had "a
row upstream against the current.
ON the gorge. the men chareed
WITH placing the dynamite 49,
1eath. Honeycombed above by :, hot
'un. and below by the racing current.
ne ICE was continually brealein9
through while the pressure Of tha -.
nenoous jam was constantly oneninr
eads. through which the dynaniters
we're n danger Of falling.
Planks and small trunks of tree.
we're used to make . platforn, ars
'osslole raft II needed, to MIA ~
lynamite and men.
Wnen the 10000 pounds OF DINA.
nlte 20 be used in the H.
explosion have been transnortafl =
ne lce. the blasting crew VIII heein
ae perhous task Of placing tia "a.
orge. -
Prediction that the water leval Il
nc missouri river would soon reaeK
ne 1O-loot stage II the Huff ror9S
loios was made shortly before noS5S
z =. ". Roberts. federal veatha1t Il
who predicted the pre1snf
lood five days ago. a., !
ne expected the crest OF the flnn,
&c reached here about four o,clcck Il /
his Afternoon. s -
The Ice gorge which, u imnedi,,s \
~ % tne water below Htemarek
uu Aasnoen vas steadily hetng Ia u
Eeased N stse BY additional ice cnm.
s aown the river. a streng v2nn
lowing downstream had. the effnek
~ lnmnins the Ice more firmly ~
The Ice pack was cI6arly .s,sihaa
rom the Liberty Mennoeisl :hri1is.1
nd should Be backed up to. ~
F1oge oetore night, Hoboree snad.
1eeAy - Qyansnile
nepof8 from army eQ6ino6tx VOL.
: o the base Of tia, eor1e ia
oulQ ~ ready to tYnernita %ll ss
0out one O'clock this atteff, -.
Although Roberts eg$1maS VI 49,
~ ~ 49, nas pased 1iln1rck al
~ tnen o any tinae u the Iadk IS
yeexs, the1 vas no pgoapoet fhak
q Hood wo0ld reach seecr1 In, q
'etacns. 1he higtelt wasof M n
'cma = N.6 feee, recocdeq tn .ltt