Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-03-10 | Page 11 | Flood Damage in Idaho Very Heavy

FLOOD DAMAGE IN IDAHO VERY HEAVY Sifdal to Tho Trlbuno. WEISER. Ida., March 9. Tho high water wa-ter In tho Welscr river continues, and has Increased at least thrco feet slnco yesterday. yester-day. Tho Snnko rlvor Is also very high, and a ralso of two foot moro In that stream will overflow Dead Ox Hat on tho Oregon shore opposlto thl3 city. Tho south approach to the Welscr rlcr wagon brldgo in the eastern east-ern part of the city has gono out, and tho water Is so deep on each sldo that tho brldgo Is impassable. Tho Pacific & Idaho Northern passenger train wont to Council yesterday, but did not return, owing to washouts of tho track and grade nt ono point. For several miles tho track Is washed out. A work train Is out making repairs, but It may be scvcrul days beforo they aro complotcd. The mall and passongcrs wcro transferred trans-ferred today to Welscr on a hand-car. A lot of saw logs bolonglng to Richardson's Richard-son's sawmill broke looso yesterday and enmo down during tho evening, smashing things generally In their route. Kimball a Icehoust) went out this morning and hundreds hun-dreds of tons of Ico havo floated down tho river. There has been considerable loss of cat-tlo cat-tlo and sheep, and many families havo been compelled to rcmovo to places of safoty. If tho warm weather continues a still higher raise Is expected.