Show NO SECTIONAL AFFAIR floods cover the north and the south alike FROM DAKOTAS TO THE GULF all streams out of their banks in nebraska iowa and south dakota and the lowlands under water railroad traffic at a standstill and bridges wrecked or wrenched by gorges steady downpour of 0 rala along the lower mississippi keeps up the wide devastation there ompha march ll 11 tho the flood situation in nebraska iowa and south dakota Is condensed from saw special telegrams to the bee as follows at sioux city the lood flood has endangered all the tha bridges near tho the stock yards but they were saved by the use of dynamite to blow up the ice gorges all reports from up the floyd river liver in ln ini i ducale dacate that it Is IB rising find and the worst Is to como come yet it Is consid considered eted probable a ble that all the bridges will go BO before morning but there will be no lives lost as the people have been getting ready jor the hood flood tho the sioux river Is causing trouble to the milwaukee railroad the ice Is breaking between here and howard haward at ai several places and heavy gorges are being foi mod med the bridge e at riverside across the sioux is in danger of 0 going coins out at any moment at cherokee alic la ia the floyd river has iven been rising all day owing to the rain last night and today low grounds aro ar ach surrounded by water and the ampro approach 6 to the new iron bridge Is gone largo crowds are out with boats and lanterns anxiously watching the water at mason city la ia streams areail out of their banks and rising rapidly railroads are an feat fearing ing the floods the chicago milwaukee SLI st paul Is eat catching ching it on the west end between loe L w ean spencer find and eveely avei ly where the little sioux has haa submerged the and trains ran cun run no farther west nest A bridge Is out at rock rocil valley at pierce neb the east to st and north pori portions jong of 0 the town toun are arc flooded with water from the elkhorn river willow creek south arid and west of the town Is on the still and to la washing amay the far farmers haystacks TRAINS ABANDO ABANDONED NED 1 at yankton Tank ton S D melting snow and heavy beavy rains caused a suspension of graffi on three Betwee ir yankton and vermillion ion water covers r the thol iracks of the allva milwaukee u kee gl fl paul and ahe th great northern northe rn roads tile the northwestern track Is all right but was vas considered unsafe and the trains were ivere abandoned today the ice in tho james and missouri rivers still holds fast though although covered by ten feet or oc water train from aberdee aberdeen en was abandon edat mitchell on account ot of a 0 derailed freight train and washed out culverts cu lverts I 1 at C canton a anton S D the highest water it known for or years in tilt the Sioux river was refolded today all bridges tire are in danger and railroad traffic Is at a standstill at Woon woonsocket Pock et S D di the water cov ers era tile the track for a long distance wash outs have bavo ell cut i oft communication all bridgemon brid geson Jame are expected to ile be taken soon I 1 I 1 at randolph neb several county counti bridges bridge are reported to have been washed out tho the pacific short lina bridge between here and osmond an and two or t three ace bridges rid between here an and I 1 lb dixon 1 usta d do rouges the east bound express on that line has been tied up hero here since noon the amaba line bridge one mile north of town Is damaged the water Is the app hit latest fiest ever known llalon is threatening again tonight at vender ponder N neb eli rl reports porta of dang danger e r on r ranches ave are rec received elved damage I 1 in a tho thal botto mands at webster oty la dr travis and a mr drowned abila trying boford to ford the toone river ot or the desmornes Des bew Volnes at le IA high la ill has been damaged and may be a total lose insa J r bORG ZAT FOND D dp LAC ILIC fond du lac als barca 19 balot of this city Is under water both branches of the pond dulac river are gorged and water la Is pouring over tho the banks in hoods flowes and covers the territory on elther either side of the river for blocks locks li the achl elga milwaukee st paul and thi the wisconsin central tracks are under water an ice gorge garru at the listern avenue bridge threatens to break at any minute and w III carry the fridge bridge i and property prop eity ty below no tramps are running south of here bore on tho the st vaul paul load the water has risen la ia 84 alx hours MILWAUKEE FLATS milwaukee wis march 19 the district ot of milwaukee known aa the menominee valley 1 ll 11 submerged in watell tonight to a depth of over ten feet and nearly ulf houses in the vicinity vi oci or fortieth and clayborn streets known as aa the nata flata aro ar surrounded by ji a raging flood the menominee rl aher er nt at that point is still rising rapidly the occupants of at many of these houses have escaped n alle others ar are e imprisoned in their houses with no a at 0 escape the police havo have started for the seen nath falth boats loahr and the life tai ha been n notified front from some min odthe of the houses in the center of this tax stretch of water the people ore are waving lanterns and about liw ing tor for some one to get boats and take them meal off the bridge bradica ut at the monarch stone quarry about half a trill mill above the cluts has just boon been swept away kowm mississippi still the torrents rail fall and this mighty volume gro grows memphis tenn march 19 two tiva nc ine groes broes lost their lives live today as a a rem u lt of 0 the creat nood flood which engulfs thousands or of acres of it land in arkansas bottoms tho that two men were drowned in mile layout bayou near marion ark there is no me cogitation cessation in the iho rise alx of tile the river and tonight th tha reis reg labere lau rg US 9 0 rise rine of 0 one kentla bentli since th morning ciro cairo reports 60 4 feet a rise ot of four our months of 0 a toot foot in twenty four liza hour blanp Yetter dar morning heavy rains continued last 21 I 1 night throughout the entire region creglon t the ohio valley and in the territory torri tory the drainage from I 1 bilitch swells th aupper throughout arkansas heavy iraln talla full were aver e uio rule during th tho past liven twenty Y fo four ur hours a as during the preceding at helena the live rainfall wua was immense mon measuring suring 3 65 inches la in memphis it II wa was IM 1 iia inches with inches at nashville and chattanooga hel helena Ts vicksburg and points below depoi report 1 I a steady rise I 1 the work of 0 rescue goes coca on with i unabated ii zeal yeal the rescue boats boata made as many trips as aa possible during the day re returning fuelling frombach fro from meach each LADEN bila and stich euch household prods Bood aranA anti cHatt cla e 3 the they 3 have ili V a town been able to save dave the gloomiest gloo reathie of 0 the distressing condition Is the fact act that there Is little or no hope of the of the tha high water the near future beuse CA 0 ot t floods reported in the upper valleys today the post alarming reports concerning the ot of the levees EL have anti below memphis have been in in memphis the leve letca a fire are in most places built to extend three or four feet above the highest water mark in the locality where they are constructed it seems beems now that this ahli al low an c a of ai altitude h has as about boon been c consumed 0 n by the rising water up to this wale alu people have bava exerted tabeh the ir ut MOB moat I 1 solidify and preserve pret rv the levees believing that by careful matching and by applying remedial meas mca ures aurea wherever there then was a a prospect of a break disaster could hi be averted but reports front from daun the river indicate that hope has been lost in many there Is f very rel reliable lable information to the effect that at mo loc hushes hughes and other points below helena the water mater has lisen ilsen ov over erthe the levees and the levees being in such auch a mush mushy condition from the Is not thought possible to 0 o protect prote cli them much longer front from the float noo the people wn living k beland the dykes la in the mentioned are already 1 e 1 I 1 FOR FOK LIVES alie he man I 1 0 of o f men wab DAVO bay beta been I 1 1 bato g the levees hava ab nebout t been taken away and their labor srul III bo be utilized in saving tha ih lives of f other people itc av illers Is 1 positive information tha thi tho the laves lavea hear lid 11 haa beant ut and the belle Is pi evelen tW ln I 1 that that tho the york byork casdone was done by persons living on the tent tennessee 1 ad side who hoped by making art an 0 pening for or the hood flood on tile the arkansas tide side to dee reas the flood and thus suvo save the property on oil the tennessee aide near memphis a family of six found a watery grave by the capsizing of il daout while making for hiah land two were in faem I 1 0 paducah la Is surrounded add abd ili invaded 11 by br water livery every inch of lavid land 1 in McCre acken county I 1 E everia vl r 3 stream jn in west kentucky Is out 0 of r it ita 8 banks the streets are re ao blooded lo oded bet bridges adges swamped houses wrecked f fance ell ces s sc S swept c pt away and the roads rendered bendere d iru passable |