Show f Ious Ious' flO FLOOD l lIN I. I IN WI WISCONSIN CON IN Abandon Homes Families Bridges Swept Away LACROSSE LACROSSE WIs March 3 30 30 With tile l Mississippi a a. foot toot hl higher her than Y yesterday yesterday 8 e d y and still cO coming coining nin up rapidly the flood situation assumed serious proportions ns hero here today The The stage at at tv 9 this morning was was' The i waters water is at the flooring of ot the Clinton street bridge crossing the I Black river an old woo wooden cn structure which is in danger of being swept away aw The Belt Line railway which h. h r runs ns in the rear of jobbing houses and factories the river front is under water and several short line tr tracks tracks' connecting factories in outlying outlying outlying out out- lying sections or the city are sub sub- merged In In North r Lacrosse twenty-five twenty families moved household furniture from their homes during the night might and h large additional residential area Is flooded flooded today French Island farmers are busy today rescuing livestock caught In isolated high spots by the rising waters and moving stock from flooded barns to hI higher her land Water is over the floors of dozens of summer cottage cottages cottages cot cot- tage north of the city |