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Show ROADS OUT Floods in Nebraska Are Doing Great Damage to Steam Lines Lincoln. Neb , March 30. Train service in eastern and central Nebraska Ne-braska is demoralized on account of the flood in the Platte river and its tributaries Of tho four lines of railroad rail-road running between Lincoln and Omaha, the tracks of only one, the Burlington, aro In commission tonight to-night Today saw the partial wrecking of two more railroad bridges across the Platte that of tho Northwestern and Burlington, both at Fremont. Between Fremont and North Bend, fifteen miles west, two miles of mainline main-line of the Union Pacific is washed The pounding of ice tonight loosen- ed the pilings at one of the Burling-hrldges Burling-hrldges at Grand Island, making It impassable. Union Pacific trains running on the Burlington tracks consequently con-sequently will bo compelled to go as far west as Kearney before they can , bo transferred to their own rails. For miles in Dodge. Colfax and Platte counties there is a sheet of i water covering farm lands. Bridge Carried Away I Des Moines, la, March 30. The bridge over Big creok near Polk City was carried out by floating Ice yesterday yes-terday according to reports received hero tonight. Several bridges in central cen-tral Iowa also are reported to bo washed away. Indian creek went out of Its banks overflowing a portion ot town of Maxwell to a depth of about four feet. I Weather Bulletin Washington, March 30 The weather weath-er bureau lats night issued a special river bulletin. Heavy rains of Thursday Thurs-day have Intensified tho gravity of the situation in the Mississippi river from the mouth of the Ohio southward south-ward and have started all river In the south Atlantic and eaBt Gulf states toward flood stage. oo |