Show WESTERN MONTANA I All the Streams Above Danger Point I Worst Yet Vet to Come Missoula Mont Monto June 5 DAt At noon the flood hood situation In western Montana is ismore Ismore ismore more serious than it has been at any time e the rain began The rainfall for the past hours has been the heaviest hoariest of the month and the streams are at the dan danger danger danger ger point Word has haR come to Missoula that the Moulton dam above Butte burst this morning and the flood has raised the tho river at Garrison miles east of ot Missoula four tour feet teet at noon This rush of ot water Is expected at Missoula this afternoon There are ar two large dams In the river between Garrison and Missoula and their destruction Is threatened The largest of ot these Js Is the power dam owned by W y A Clark If It these go out there will be great In Jury Jur to the farms in the valley for tor miles No Trains Moving The Th railway situation east of ot la Ia Is serious The Northern Pacific has not moved moed a train between la ha and Helena or Butte since Monday onda and it probably will be weeks before the damage to the track can be fully tully repaired Miles of ot the new road boo bed of the St Paul Pau road east e st of oC here have been swept away awa aid It Is estimated that It wilt will require more than a month to repair the damage from this source The BI Big Blackfoot river miles Is at flood stage and there Is Si s danger of or the destruction of the big dam of ot the Blackfoot Milling company at Bonner Borner which contains about 60 GO feet teet of logs I IWago Wagon Wago Bridges Swept Away Wagon bridges badges all nil along the rivers rivera have hae been bien swept away awa The Bitter Ditter Root Boot river is becoming threatening and the railroad bridges along this stream are unsafe The Northern Pacific has bas assembled on this division all of ot the pile drivers from th west that Itcan get it has taken talen from Its own western divisions and has borrowed from other roads The i fight tight against the waters is 1 ben being u U on oy DY men out the trie wa water tel ter is gaining rapidly and the rain rali continues to tall fall in torrents The Missoula river at this point is but a 11 few feet teet below the highest marlc mark ever registered The expensive city eU bridges are In danger and are guard guarded ed d to prevent their use so eo dang dangerous rou are they considered West Vet of here bere the Northern Pacific has no trouble as yet The Great Grent Northern In western Montana is sam saHl to be In as bad shape as IlS is the th North Northern ern em Pacific Missoula has had no trains from the east since Sunday Sunda the ser service service vice from the west has not been in interrupted Interrupted Interrupted There are COO passengers that are stalled between washout east cast st t here More Serious Every Minute At 6 tonight the ti flood situation In western Montana Mont na is growing more se serious serious serious rious each minute Helena is cut off oft from the outside world she is without railway telegraph or telephone communication communication communication cation For a II short time this afternoon there was a telephone connection and at atthe the time It was WM learned that alt all of ot the streams In the vicinity of Helena are ore overflowing and that there has been much damage to farms and considerable loss of livestock The Great branch brand lines are out of service and the main line In northern Montana is cut in several places The Northern trains that were started eastward out of ot Spokane over oer the Great Northern tracks are tied up again There is no communication east of Missoula by rail or telegraph All I the streams continue to rise The Big Blackfoot river Is nearing its highest flood food mark Miles of Track Out The Northern Pacific has lost several miles of ot track ens ent of ot her during the day dl At Bonita and Bearmouth the telegraph operators have hae been com corn compelled compelled to leave leae their posts driven out by the rising waters wat rs At Garrison nearly all the residents have fled tied from their homes and are camped on the thIS hills hilla In the rain None one of the d ms ir In the river have bave given way though the power poe dam owned by b Clark above Missoula is re reported reported reported ported in a critical condition This afternoon the Northern Pacific re leased by wagon transfer of ot the pas passengers passengers passengers that have been marooned east of oC here They will be sent to Spokane on a train Emma Goldman Marooned Among the passengers who have hae been and who came In this aft art afternoon afternoon Is Emma Goldman the anarchist lecturer Sh SlIP is now n w in Missoula An attempt was made to have hae her address the passengers at Drummond but the passengers would not permit It Dr Reit Kelt Reitman Reitman man Miss Goldmans manager had a narrow escape from rough treatment du during during ring one of the early days das of the delay Ilela He was WM smoking In the observation car carof carof carof of the maroone train when some ladies ladles asked him to stop He refused and his manner was offensive A man who no noticed noticed noticed the incident scored lUckman Rickman round roundly ly iy and threatened to thrash him Reit Relt Reitman Reitman man made a warm retort and the mem mern bers of oC o the Tacoma baseball team who were on the train threatened to throw him into the river The Thi damage to the new roadbed of ot the St Paul line between Missoula and Butto Butte will not fall short of or a million dollars and It is becoming greater all aU the time |