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OAMAQK PftOftt FLOOD.fee Qorgt Causes Qnvi Concern The FI rot Of Tho Week.Last Saturday evening there waa cons'dersble eicltement caused by the water rising rapidly In the Big Horn. An Ice gorge formed some three miles below town and a large amount of Ice from above came down, billing the river bed with Ice and farcing the water out over the bot* tom. The power house was flooded end the plant put out of commla-eton for some time. In Bnsln Gardens the farms of D. C. Henry and Guy Shipman were flooded and these tmllles had to move to the home V)f J. E. Frlsby. Mr. Henry lostabout |100 worth of stock and Mr. | Shipman also had quite a loss. For , a time their farms were threatened as it looked like the river might j change Its channel and completely wash their lands away. i
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Basin Republican

Basin, Wyoming, US

Fri, Apr 05, 1912

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