Show MISSOURI RIVER ICE IGE GORGE BREAKS Reaches st Louis Loui and in One Hour the Mississippi Rose Over One Foot FLOOD STAGE VE Y LIKELY DatIng the Xi ht the River Hose Itose Ten Being Swept Awa Aa AaSt St Louis Loul Jan lee ice gorge whIch broke in the Missouri river r at Hermann last night reached St Louis this mornIng In one hour the river here rose lose more than a root cot and the gage stood at feet teet The gorges orges below the elt city continuo continue to hold and ami damage to shIpping may result from the gorge and water The danger stage Is 30 feet The rhe weather bureau notified business houses along the rIver that the flood stage was likely to be reached wIthin Ii 21 hours J if the tho lee Ice below St S1 Louis did not break There here is a possibility of the gorge gorgo breaking The ferryboat boat Madison at Yen Venice Ice Ill was sunk b by the 1 gorge KANSAS RIVER RISES TEX TEN FEET L I TIlE NIGhT Topeka Kan Jan Kins river Iose 10 feet during the tho night anti stood at 18 15 feet this morning The river bridges at Willard and L compton have been swept away Ice Ico jams were responsible The Lecompton bridge wIthstood the 1503 flood nood but those at Willard and Valencia were destroyed and had been rebuIlt The gage shows that the water reach reached ed Its maximum heIght early carly this morn mom morning Ing and It Is now non falling failing slowly There has been no damage to the surrounding country as the water did not leave the banks except In places where there chart were vere ice janis jams ICE GORGE FORMS FOlDIS AND BLOCKS THE RIVER o Ottawa Tan Kan Jan the Mar lal Marais als ais ties eg C river an Ice gorge ormed agaInst a bridge two miles east of Ottawa anti and b by thIs morning It had extended to that city blocking time the chanel The water was isas rising rapidly this morning and a force or of men start started started ed out to dynamite the gorge In all an attempt to prevent a hood I ICE GORGE GORG IX IN TIlE KANSAS I I LA LAWRENCE Lawrence Iah Jan Jn Ice I gorge In the Kan as river reached Law Lawrence Lawrence rence today ing out It h wagon bridge and causim CaUSI CYeral thousand dollars loss bet eon Lecompton 1 It t miles west of oC 11 renco The Ice ide s It snored moved this way a was tossed 45 feet high All between Lawrence anti and North Lawrence was wa stopped and the tho electric light plant was shut down Schools in Lawrence were ere closed BIG RISE niSE lX IN TIlE SOUTH OF CINCINNATI Louisville Jan rise In Ito tho OhIo river at t nearly nearby every evory point south of oC Cincinnati as the result of hea heavy rains has Increased time the danger to shipping The most serious gorge gorgo Is at Brandenburg K Ky where leo ice Is Plied piled l 15 feet high and jammed Into a solid ma mass s for a dIstance of 60 50 miles mUes |