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Bursts Its Banks

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Day
4
Month
June
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Omaha, June 3. -A special to The Bea from Curtís, Neb., says: A big lake here has burst its banks, carrying great de Btruotion throngh the whole of Medicine valley. A $20,000 roller mili has been ruined and freight cars in tho railroad jrards carried away. No particulars have been received at this wrlting. Latee.- The bursting of the lake has seriously menaced property and possibly life in the Medicine valley. The grade is I torn up, freight cars are strewn along the Medicine bottom, the fine roller milis are ruined, Curtis lake is nearly enipty and a flood of water is running down the Medicine valley carrying destruction in its mad rush. Four of the flve yard tracks besides the main line are torn up and gone, while a train of freight cars reachea over the bank and is swinging in the flood. iUucli Alarm at McCook. Twenty thouaand dollars dainage haa been done here and all other points to hear from. The fine alfalfa meadows just below the city are ruined and homes all along the valley destroyed. A special from McCook, Neb., sap: Grave fears are entertained here fcitt the wall of wator reported sweoping down the Medicine valley from Curtis will do much damage here. There is much alarm. Th Report That Keaches Denver. DENVEE, June a- A special to The News from McCook, Neb., says: As a result of a heavy rain Curtís lake bursi its banks aC the place where tho Burlington railroad tracks cross the embankmenc of the lake, and a heavy body of water ia now running down the Mediuine valley towards the Republican river. A number of freight cars on the track were precipitated into the Medicine valley below and the fine Curtis roller mili is in danger of being destroyed. Kiiiln ay Brldgo Sure to Go. The Burlington loss alone will reaeh $3,000. The loss to stook abovo and below the dam is large. It has been raming all day and the water has been rising in the lake, so that apprehension is still feit not only for the niill but for othet property. With the continutid rain and the immense body of wator now rusning down rhü Medicine valley the dam aid the Burlington railroad bridge at Cambridge are auve to go out.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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