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Show FLOOD SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS Crisis Expected at Kearney High Water Threatens Mile-long Mile-long Bridge Over the Platte River. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 24. A crisis in the flood situation on the Platte river is expected at Kearney tonight, according ac-cording to reports reaching here. The high water which has been threatening threaten-ing the mile-long bridge there continues con-tinues to rise. Dynamite crews worked work-ed through the night and all day attempting at-tempting to keep the channel clear. At Grand Island, travel has been suspended sus-pended over two bridges crossing the Platte and desperate efforts are being be-ing made to break up a gorge forming at another bridge down the river a few miles from that place. Ice iB moving slowly out of the Loup river at Columbus and a crew of men are working to keep the channel clear. oo |