Show ALARMING ICE GORGE luver now backed up to 24 feet above low water mark incalculably damage to property and great loss of stock are now attempting to break tho corbes which number twenty wath dynamite chippewa falle wis doc 1 abe chippewa river ie forged at twenty points tonight and the backing ap of the water ia becoming quite alarming at abie point tho water has crept up efrom abe bridge to the poet office two blocks back river and abe river aie now 24 feet above the low water mark the wisconsin central tracks are cov water two feet deep and abo road uses the tracks abe tram fer beug made at aaa claire duncan creek a tributary to abe chippewa here is aleo doing much damage as abe water is backing up in it from abe river the lumber companas comp anys mills and lumber yards are all under water and every resident and business bu einess firm on alver street has moved out alie very latest is that an tee gorge is below abe falls it is abe opinion of river men that abie will be the baving of abe city that it will scatter abe water on the lowlands above abe falls and give the water below the falls a to recede at flambeau farm the river ran over its banks destroying bead of live stock and reined a dozen farms and buildings it is beaded that abe course 0 the river will bs hanged it directly ua the town and completely inundating it in that event heavy lose of property and life cannot be averted the bottom lands are covered with water and c great loss of stock has been reported by banners fan ners in making ite way past where the fleedie raging a train n abe wisconsin central running from st paul to chicase lost more two boure finally it succeeded in irvine station a email place near chip cewa falls As far aa a mile on either side f the town including ingine elation the water has reached such a height men and animals can no longer venture out with abety to booc men were at work and the scene was dotted by lights of lanterns bied in the work it was decided by the residents that the ube of dynamite auit eave their homes and the towo from sticks of the powder were ex plodded in thea deavor to break the tee gorge wagons loaded with household kooke and abe portable sessions of reek leate ere being hauled aawar to places of safety in the wood to the east of the city the flood in the river con and at craite heights ten ailee north of wausau abe chicago milway akee and st paul tracks are under water Lo reome distance this water is heet edwith ice which is not enough for transfer and yet is thick nouan to seriously impede any attempt to clear the track no peet of abe track is yet washed out but it la not consid eafe to attempt to ran through abe water there is total of every traffic on abe wabasha and durand section of abe same road thousands of dead sh pierre D 1 later re burne from the range country aie not so favorable a those which came in earlier while there were but few cattle lost the has proved to be a sarious one for elcee men henry seville a ra came in this afternoon and ing dead cheep which belong to a montana man tar as has been learned at least 2030 are boet with a large ot the sheep range to heir from 4 at durand wisconsin dorand wis dec 1 the ice gorge which beean at west newton on abe mississippi sippi and gradually extended tip tho chippewa since friday baa reached round hill three miles below this city the eighteen miles ot the be low round hilll the icee and st paul railroad track runs ia completely submerged As far as known no lives have been lost but those living on the chippewa bottoms have been rescued with difficulty several families on the buffalo county aide tere driven from their bobee by the of a gorge at plum island scantily dressed they waded through the ice and water t a eiph place on the railroad track from which point they were rescued by a relief train from this place several of the party were badly frozen at flambeau the river ran over its banks destroying head of live eatock and ruining a dozen barme and buildings |