Show PE 4 tof r PEOr efI 1 WT + M < Citizens of Chlppewa Falls Flee from Danger 1W XtM > IteUerge I Five > tllr M IInd TklrlrU fitly Feel laugh llrlilnd Which I hacked np Muter Ire eswlg mil AfpumnUlnl 1111 nil llld II tlilppewa Fall Wit Dee iTtli haa been a day ol excitement and ant Irty and Innlght rind the Inhabitant ol UiU little vlllige In a title harderlngnn tta we The ern of lathe I I intwtedj bl I saw Impending danger and ol Ute fact Out they ate utterly Jidplet to clay or avert 16 These whote houses hate been flooded hate removed mush el their household gouda and belonging I In higher ground anj arc huddled together In the cliool > iout t and other leant bulldln out of the path 01 l the torrent that Ito It-o plng dawn several ol the main ttrrvti Mlliofeol breaking the faint and iliu allowing the pentup water to gradually tthltlde U I nan abandoned All ITurti today were directed to removing re-moving hiHixhold goods and nierchan lice out of reach ol the Hood Every tram in the city ha < heen engaged In till work Every resident and business rim at River Street have moved out The Chlppewa Lumber and Hootn company mill and yard are underwater under-water anO all hope has vanished ol tar leg the entire business Irllo ol tin rl from being submerged and the water will soon reach he courthouse oCl ljlit block root the rlier A report Irom Little Fall wa brought In lids morning that another gorge vat lormtd thirty lillie above here and Illy greatly added to the jUmii and Inc It thould break nolh lAIC could ave the clly irons Wing swept away Report ol a very icrlou future collie Irons down the river The country everywhere U I flooded The gorge continue to grow In talent It laiMW Ire mile lone and In many placet thirty to fllty fret high It tom pktdy dams the river and this li what It causing the rapid rite ot the riser here The heavy ralnt ol last week here were followed 10 l i a sudden Ireeie which suddenly matted the dotting Ice In the Chlppewa and the twlllly run using current continually added to It tin Lit It reached lit present gigantic pto portion Below here the Chippewa li ailing There It no Hood at Lau Chlre but thli fact It causing the people at Out place much uneatlneit at It Indl cate the water U being piled up by a Jam above them The Ice pack 11 Hid flee null half way between Eau Claire and Chlppewa Falls It I growing lne letit and everything scenic to Indicate io river It choking up I The Chippewa river It filled with 1 yrt at many > oliti At flambeau fcmitirt cc ran over tit banVtde troylnjf o head ol llto stock and ruinIng ruin-Ing a Ion limit T1a3 larsJ l ourcabtl IIi rtret imeia eaTilirTOnV ft dlrrctly on I MM town and complete Inundating It In that event heavy Ion to properly and He cannot be avoided The business portion ol Chippewa KalU It abandoned tonight and the dead may sweep away many ol the battling without damaging scarcely a kSallwa worth merchandlie and other valuable good that were stored there until today llutlnett men decided not to take chance with the foe that threat wised to sweep their ponmlont from hem and at an early hour they began tfhe removal ot their itockt At 6 oclock tonight every butlnen house on Spring street and llrldge street Lines the river to Center tel It dc rrteJand the contend ol building have ftiru stored In unoccupied structure In servo portion of the city where the lends cannot reach unless the entire li overwhelmed and swept away Chippewa river shows no tlgntol abatement It rote lour feet today and M4 < > oek this evening the water I san s-an attu I raa u I two Inches an hour T arc i under three feet of a n n r maoterMcCtll hat moved v < sewn block from Hi old loca l rn totes on the south tide ot 0 < h Arn am Inundated I The mess t HraM and the lifdept ndenl newt 1 are flooded and the paper will x wised from other bullillny Th S aeaof Holler tt Jacob Jeiiklio Bro L Poaaansky Wellberj RmUoddard at Wllww IhtOoodluek Dry toodi OM MJIy MM the Mitchell rettauran err in water and twenty other flrmt lhiv r tiaicri their place ol business At Clil < ewa rails the river It I fully Miiveijuarten of a mil wide and lit itrtaoi It I covered with Ice to a depth ittjtmf Irom ten to thirty feet The OHM t stubborn retltUnce attend by the IMrtKXlan It In that portion of the river b < < we fl the wagon bridge and the Cen deal railroad bridge about hall a tulle In JrogtU Today Mayor Llndle ordered an ex 3 + Ionian I at 500 round of dnamlte but v after too round had been exploded the s iipcrlment was abandoned at a failure JJroid oKclali who tlewed the gorgo TttOll tKtwp + Pry NIS11 oro lut at I lIt ft avXffit there It not lufficlent dyna mile obtainable to blast a channel for the river through the frozen man 01 mow logs and lee The river has risen slowly up tog oclock tonight Chippewa Falli Wit Nor 3DAn Ice gorge hat formed In the Chlppewa river near nan and water h I backing steadily Into town From a height often of-ten feel It rose to fifteen and oee half In two noun today Retldentt In the lower portion ol the city are moving Ihlr Hock and household effects to The thermometer cIN ground more protected < < mometer registers degrees below zero W Paul Nor 3DThe Pioneer Pren pedal from Eau Claire WU says An lee gorge formed at the mouth ol Ihe mouth ol the Chippewa which caused Ihe water to hack up I rapidly Saturday night and Sunday morning On the Inwlandt below lIunnd the rite wai 10 rvtd that vf fumlH h5 dc In lease their all behind them Suffering among the woman and children Mat Inv knee amt 1 many are reported ut having frnien feet and llmht TlHM oho could fed In the railroad track There they built a lire and tried to protect themselves Irum the trusty winds until help l arrived An inglneer ar sent Irom purand jetlerday mornIng morn-Ing gathered up aloul forty or filly ol I those nnlorlunalu but MI faat dish the water rite that Ihe train had In go tuck In Durand Ills thought that tome of the people were not reached by he ret cuer and 1 pottlbly may have perished The iKiltomt are all under water anc 1 the shuck and produce are a complete loan Deed I domettlc anlnult can be teen all about the neighborhood frozen tllft In the water In moil ol the hornet were stored the winter supplies and thete were all lost Tonight farms and farm buildings along sic mltct of Ihe Chlpnewa alley are under water 1 Ihe flood It I being added In hourly at the rate 01 tl < Inche and before morning unless the gorge breaks Ihl clh sill be 1 partly underwater under-water At 9 oclock tonight basements of all buildings on Spring ttrect in flooded l and In tome balance the lower floor are covered The people occupying business houses In Ihe lower part ol the city arc hattlly removing their personal cflecl to higher ground In I r1 atlmllar riood incurredcant los a lot of many thoutandt ol dollart A great deal ol railway properly It settled and many hlghwa and rillnay bildge will probably be swept away taw the Immense gorge the her It practically and when the jant break the lady ol water In the reservoir mutt carry destruction to Ihe valle below liau Claire hat every reason to led apprehensive at lit danger begins when that ol Chippewa Falls hat passed He Iween the hours ol Sand loa m today the water 1 rote oil feet when there was a temporary abatement At C oclock tonight there had been an average rite during Ihe day ol tin Indict an hour The gorge Is I Ate miles long At Irvine the Vlicontln Central railroad rail-road It underwater and Ihe electric light plant partly Hooded to that Ihe town lain I darkness |