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Show MANY FAMIIXE3 FORCED , , TO FXES FROM H02CE. 1 1 11 . ..: :', ,: Lewis River In Nebraska Spread Oret Surrounding Country. COLUMBUS, Nebi, March lO.Thre hundred families living. In Columbus have been compelled td leave; their : homes . and seek higher . gropnd. The : Lewi river at this point is more than i a mile and a half wide. The Union Pacific tracks for that distance frim Columbus to ; the big bridge oyer the Lewis river are under water and cannot be used. Ice gorges are forming form-ing continually. ' At Stanton MlnMe Doetsch wa drowned In Union cretk, which is beyond it banks, ' |