Show the tha majesty of power an idea of the lie vastness and power of th tho a lato late floods in the Alim missouri may be ba gained from tho the following recent romont tole tola graphic a description sent bent from omaha Oain lia for several jays days moro more or lose lcara ice has baa been running in the river past amit this thia point but 10 bojay day about SIX A 31 it began thicker thou thu ever nevar and by noon the broad river wi ono vast stream of ice fee abe cakes varying in size ize froia two or three feet endru to piece pieces ono one bandied feet square equi ito tho thickness beins beins I 1 from r om two affo to three foet feet the constant g grinding finding und and cru alling of 0 tile im iio makes a continual roaring noise which con can lie be heard board a considerable distance from likes river croog logs bridge timbers parts of honshe etc uro sin con bluell y by anil and overy every now and then be ar r 9 eliot act out of tile the water aud and on to the ilia ioe fee cakes caie by the alia bubbling babbling waters which twist hint tho the ice ica calcos I 1 round surround sul round and frequently large ok of itc loa ditc weighing several tons tona are arc crowded out of the tha water still anil lodged upon the land thousands of people lave have boon been watching tile the pasi ingo of the la loo ice all the afternoon it was a granil grand muffling equal to it ever hav ing occurred hero the ike ico ice la Is in good preservation and it is la thought that a groat deal of it will reach fur down into the tha mississippi river the how flow of ico fee will probably continue con lor for several days clays here bore us as informative information liaa been received receive il that gorges above aboto sioux cit city have bava brokon broker and that to dayo day s how flow is but b tho the advance guard and that by to marrow it will bo be twice me heavy it if possible the iba river rose liyo five feet and a hith half at stout sioux oily city since yesterday yea toray morning nd and we aro are now getting the offart of that rise it la is rising at libraro Mob lob null nuil also albo lit at yankton and the gorges aro are all out oil to the tha river i is tailing falling at 1 fort ort sully bally all the country in nebraska between lot weon covington and jackson is 13 saba oil ami an R the chicago st ai paul still anil railroad n under water between those two points it atia in behag washed bally its as there is ia a strong current coving ton quite a village opposite sioux city la Is all all underwater under water and all the citizens wore were taker taken over to sioux city on the steam ferry boat leaving all their property behind merely taking with them theal their extra clothing the iba railroad agent anil and telegraph operator left sit nt five in a for sioux city boing being the last oies OBOS to leavo town when they loft of I 1 the water wits up to above the floor of the depot and still rising and nd tile the current running five miles per hour boar at omalia omaha tho the river has haa bees been rising steadily since yesterday morning until now it has reached eighteen loot lent and siz six inches abiva loir joir water the highest point reached since 1875 whon tuo the water was tho the same height in april ot of that year tho the highest since 1857 tho leveo levee at this city la is hooded iu aro are also tho the broad low lands on the iowa side eida of th oiiver it is ili a vast expanse of water and ice from two to three miles milea wido wide in many places the main current which is about hye five miles tin an hour hoar runs rana against the tha long ions atone rip lap cap built lem to protect the tha omaha levee reaching reao biag north frem the union pacific bridge about two miles and a d on this levee aro numerous uumo roua railroad tracks several extensive lumberyards lumber yards sm smelling smelting elting works union pacific shops and ami pump unil and also reservoirs and ump cump bouse hoaby being built loc for the jomaa amatt water works lB the iba sm elting works have been down for several dale today to day there tire are two streams of surface water running through tho the works with quite it strong current but as yet sot not doing tiny any material materiel ul dap darlage dar aage agil the tha works are wall protected by ul a ot of their own made out 0 of f s slag lag which is ranch much heavier than slate elate this rip rap has haa been building for say BOV ersi eral years jours all the tha slog slag from the works being used for this purpose the ice is grinding hard bard against it but so fur far it resists all attacks the tha government rip rap about a oat feet north of tho the smelting smelling sm elting will its gave way owing to tho he accumulation of a lake of water on the inside which broke over into tho the river the lake is about two joet higher than thorvor thon vor anil and the current through this opening rue bushes hes down wit with h arres irresistible force thiis afternoon altar noon three union pacific teamsters teara atari thaddeus wren michael cunningham and nicholas kronau who had haa boon been rescuing several parties from submerged houses near tho the union pacino shops attempted to cross this current in their boat some distance iron the month were warned to go back by general clark and assistant general manager kimball ot of the union pacific who with other gent lomon were the tha break on tho the loveo levee but suddenly they were swept by tho the current toward the tha opening in the rip rap und becom ing excited they jumped out oat supposing that its the lake was shallow they could retain a Kio thoM but the current was BO strong that it i carried thorn through the tha opening aito in to the river of ice fee wren grabbed grabbe 1 hold ol of the boat which was waa shoved up on the ice and he ha wua was almost to death by the chunks of a f ice general superintendent clarke grabbed a polo stepped on a coke of ice and while a man held beld his hand lo 10 reached the polo pole to wren who iraa thus palled out and saved the other two men disappeared under the ice and were drowned and the bodies were wera sot not one of 0 reappeared bout about one ona hundred foot from shore a aoi rid one bravo man at the risk of his own life started out on tile the cakes of ice to assist thim him but he hongala again disappeared and that was vw the last soon een of him his would be rescuer narrowly escaped drowning drown ingi and with grout difficulty ratio bed shore Canning liam leaves a femi family ly and keenan was a single man the break in ia tho the rip rap is regarded as ai quite serious all tho the union rolling stock is ig removed to high ground the union bacillo shops are regarded assade a bate all the people living on the low lands on either side aida of the river ia fis this vicinity moved their families household effects and live stock to places ot of safety this loraing mo |