Show PEOPLE PANIC STRUCK citizen citizens lis of chippewa falls flee from danger im IH ic WlM kvideland thirty fifty feet behind willed ir igo Ba bastakes staked up wn anier ter ire find nl accumulated debris of cfall all kal chappe fills wis dec x ithie this has been 1 day of excitement and aelic an x ity and fd tonight finds the inhabitants ol of this bitle village in a state bordering on panic the worst of the situation is n the knowledge ot of the impending danger and nd of the fact that they are arc utterly helpless lelal bel pless to stay y or avert it ft those whose houses have been flooded have I 1 removed much of their household goods and belongings to higher ground and ire are huddled together in the school houses house and other vacant buildings out of the path of the torrent that is weeping down several of the main streets all hope of breaking the gorge and thus allowing the pent up waters to gradually subside Is now abandoned all efforts today were directed to removing household goods and dibe out ol of reach of the flood every team in n the city has been engaged in this work every resident and business firm of river street have moved out the chippewa lumber and boom mill and yard are under water aej an alt all hope has vanished of saying ng the entire business portion of the iaci place from abeln submerged and the water will soon reach the courthouse eight blocks from the river A report from little falls was brought in this morning that another gorge was formed thirty miles above here and thi greatly added to the alaia and nd in case cae it should break nothing could save rave the city from being swept away reports of a very serious nature come from down the river the country everywhere ever here Is flooded the xe gorge conal continues s to grow in extent it Is now five miles long and in many places thirty to fifty feet high it com plemely dams the river and this is what Is causing the rapid rise of the river here the beav heavy y rains of last week here were followed by a sudden freeze which suddenly massed the floating ice inthe in the chippewa and the swiftly running current continually added to it until it reached its present gigantic pro portions below here the chippewa is falling failing there is no flood at eau claire but this fact is causing the people at that place much uneasiness as it indicates the water Is being plied piled up by a dam above them the ice pack at badger mills half way between eau claire and chippewa falls is growing in extent and everything seems to indicate that the river Is chokin choking 0 up the chippewa river is filled with gorges forges at many points at flambeau firm farm the river ran over its banks destroying ying head of live stock and ruining a dozen farms it Is 1 feared the course of the river will be changed throwing it directly on the town and completely inundating it in that event heavy loss to property and life cannot be avoided the business portion of chippewa falls Is abandoned tonight and the good flood may sweep away many of the buildings without damaging scarcely IL a dollars dollar worth of merchandise and other Talu valuable able goods that were stored there until today business men decided not to take chances with ith the foe that threatened to sweep their possessions possession from them mind and at an early hour they begin began the removal of their stocks at 6 tonight every business house home on spring street and bridge street from the river to center street Is tie de the contents of buildings have bien been stored in unoccupied structures in remote portions of the city where the goods floods cannot reach unless the entire city is overwhelmed and swept away the chippewa river shows no signs of abatement it rose tour four feet today and at 9 this evening the water is rising at the rate of two inches an hour the post postoffice office Is untie under three feet of water ater and postmaster mccall has moved the office seven blocks from its old location ten stores on the south side of spring street are inundated the offices officer of the arald and the independent newspapers papers are flooded and the papers will be issued from other buildings the stores of heller jacobs jacob jenkins bros bro E Pon ansky bros goddard wilson the goodluck dry goods company compary ana ina the mitchell Ml restaurant are under water and twenty other firms have vacated their places of business at chippewa falls the river is fully three quarters of a mile wide and its it surface Is covered with ice to a depth varying from ten to thirty feet the most stubborn resistance offered by the ae in that portion 0 of thelver th theft enver ver between the wagon bridge and nr fir t en abou 11 ciak tuf ml mi in length to day may yi 11 1 1 ii all 1 11 I I 1 red al ai plo of CD fl and of ik t tt lt l t after round I had been exploded hie experiment was as a failure who the ibe gorge stilted stated chit there Is not sufficient dynamite obtainable jo ao blast a channel for or the kite river through the frozen mass of 6 snow now lognand logs loga and le ie the river has ha risen rien slowly up tog to go clock tonight |