Floods In Dakota

WCsTlillX RIVER? RAGING. Bimrck. D. T, March 19- The Wasb burn gorge broke Thursday night and the flood oí wator and ice reachod here Friday morning, carrying every thing before it. The immense warehouse of th3 Northern Pacific, nearly 70 feet long. was moved bodily over thirty feet and sent crashing against the bluffs, the workmen barely escaping with their lives, In less than two hours the water rose to the second stories of the river boardin# houscs. The -river, which is usually three-quarters of a mile wide, is now over six miles in widtu, and the 6,000 acres of meadow land below this city is oue vast sea through which the water has cut a new channel in which the ice is running at the rate of ten miles an hour. The Northern Paciflo trains will be unablo to cross the river for several days and Bismarck will be the wostem terminus for a week. Mandan is sutwoerged, the water ing iour feet on the railroad track. People living in the lower part oí the town were compelled to move into the upper stories, and the small buildings on the bank were swept away. The high trestle of the Northern Paciflo was damaged. The flood commenced to recede at one o'clock, but the dangcr is not yet over, as the ice went out at Fort Buford Friday morning with a rise of thirty feet Great destruction is feared. ïbe loss on the nvcr landing and meadow land will reach {30,000. The loss on the Northern Pacific warehouse is $15,000. Tbe most seriou damage was tbat to the high trestle of the Northern Pacific at the western end of the bridge. The ice knocked out sevcral bonches of underpinning, and it will be several days before It can be repaired Even then it will be impossible to resume travol without a transfer, as at least s mile of track between the bridge and Mandan is swept away. All the telegraph wires betwcen the bridge and Mandan are als down and tbc polos swept away. ïhere is no means of communication whatevor between Bismarck and Mandan. Bikmaiuk, D. T., March 21.- An icegorge in the river near here is eausmg great damage by floods. In some of the villajes the water is running through the second-story windows of houses at the rate of ten miles an hour, and the country for miles is dcluged. The loss will bc great, and the worst, it is feared, is yet to come. The gorge is six miles long, and the ice is piled to the hoight of thirty f eet. Pierre, D. T., March 23.- Tlie paoplc of this town have been driven to tho bluffs by the rising water, and it is feared tbat great damage to the town will result. The Missouri is rising two feet an hour. At Mandan the water has fillcd the basemeaU of all business houst;s, and many tamlliei in the lower part of the city have narrowly csi:apvl drawmng. The water is stiil lising. Kor over two miles, between Mandan and the river, no n:lroad track Miegruph polet i ni be un, tliey having been swept away by the water. The citiins oT the town aio huddled togethef on the hisjh spots.