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on«*«t iireotsiia finisttilerid05iid■ jStS$)rowof-lt; I »• I.40'ii;;Vi ............•i •= At hboiiijmlfvafter1 tcriVb'hloeU VonMonday. evening., last j Vtbo •.water.•stillvising, the,'north wing of’tho boom Jiistnbovo JJiisaotV nrnVj lVatt'a d»m*gavoway; carrying down the,logs witlfgrcnt °iorco.. against- the topmost tuubevs of; • .'r\ i» • *1 ;,», ... . ■ ■ ■ J' ** i1 ^ 1 ^ •the structures near tho north one! of theiTIi a1*!dntn, in ii direct line about ten rodsofICS1'LliMtutiofinch-essabove the.' Bay ab bo •¥! oiiving Mil 18, of yvliich’ ,1?,;,a7 !uassett- is iproqriotor.—With .the first blow, na.'.wo', learn, .from ,MrV. ITeaVtiy, wiio..is: connected -with thtyinillsj'mur who wnV on life spot.!rit ,thor:tiriie, ona-af 'thcHO1 timbora 'gave way, which of couvso .increased, .the' ■ f. * • ■ ■ . 1 •' • ■ * * ' ' •' ’ • * * .flow of;jwitOr^in-1 tlmt1 direction,1 nntl hurried’ thitliprjiuhdreels o£oiJier..logs, ;wiiibiV.iikcnf. o fmany. -lriUor 1 rig rams,'room bent n-,Inriao hole ;int lie dam,’ arid|lt '• 'A t lt;1 « 1 I , ‘ • I * *within;thirty inimite8?itimo, a torrent of water; io hr feet‘in'’ depth, poured, thro’, ,vv]l(thel :.»L-. fii.1.Innvhorsninehellhim]inotsi or the; Bar1. ; ’nitonaVcltrusill-mi*... , \10I1*.i‘ *-ftt‘tilt*tin-;;cati; •*;ISO,with irresistible forco;: It wns evident 'tlmt' th'o' dam could riot at that-rate, bo«• .*jj- 1 9saved, by, miydliuniiui; exertion. • But a new danger, as tho breach increased,me.■tolari-«ssn*and one .of flir greaioij moment, be cam u apparent. V TI10 ^ waterp asy it'1 jioiired through■' ilio-faporiing,’ striibk',.rigainst the, bank, butwoen. tho dam- and the uiill; and was rapidly iuridermiiiing/ it, in, such a manner as to? seriously ■threaten the thill'itself. As piece'after piece -of the 'dam gave'.way,' the,cm rent gained force and 'volume, nnd!lt;»t- daylight boat • so- furiously' rigrilriBt; the..bank,.whioil kept dibppitig into the insatiable' flood,' as to. obligejMW Bassett,to look, to.the.securit^;of :thq-largo,'quantity of flour, alien .stored;' lii^tho1 inilli; [Several . te aril e .ay ere i ac c or d In gly., enip toyed.1 o’-transpqi't it, to! tho.' neighboring ..build*.iiigs, an d ii acjjictuatjy ruinovcd nearly all of it befora it waa-dooriie'd practic'd*• I... fi «■ * - *lilo by tha rapidly.fisscinblmg vHlngor» to ate in. tho ravages?o C tlfci s’troatiu—piu 1 ficlfof!'buyproeon■ i »onefivegetoflVi.1« 1cut'Noprofrillfrolt;the■wii:.pot;our' if-.■ ft
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Baraboo Republic
Baraboo, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Mar 17, 1859
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