Show More Floods Milwaukee ISSpecials to tho Republican from the interior of Wisconsin report an alarming flood at Eon DuLac The river is a lag lug torrent At Ii pin the river was a fearful sight The water had overflowed the banks and submerged sub-merged a great many streets The entire western portion of the city is under water which is still rising Families in the Third Fourth rfixth and Seventh wards have been compelled to evacuate their premi es and lumber yards along the river are converted into floating wood yards The narrowguage track is under water and several washouts have already resulted On tUG couth and western parts washouts are reported The dam ige will be immense and it is useless use-less to estimate it now as the flood just seems to be coming Fortunately Fortu-nately none of the city bridges have been washed away In some localities locali-ties the streets are being navigated with boats Republican special from Water town bays Rock River has risen five feet in the past two days causing caus-ing a sudden break up of ice which comes down in large masses The bridges leading Oak Hill cemetery and IBoughton were both swept away today The river is still ns lug and threatening much damage Specials to the Republican continue con-tinue to come in from all parts of the state Rivers all through the southern half of Wisconsin are rising remarkably fast and trains on all lines are more or less delayed The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul track between Milwaukee and Chicago is covered with water in the vicinity of Wadsworth mId trains are delayed on the Milwaukee I Milwau-kee Lake Shore and Western The tracks in the north arc in a flooded I condition for miles |