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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
1
Mississippi flood danger escalates as the old levee near Caruthersville Missouri caves amid rising waters and heavy rain. Four hundred workers rush a new wall while backswaters flood streets and refugees seek higher ground in a region with 35 million dollars in farming and lumber interests at stake.
Lincoln March 12 Most Nebraska streams appear to have reached a stationary stage and the worst flood may be over. The Missouri River at Nebraska City is within three inches of danger and could flood the city if the rise continues. Ice jams on Elkhorn Loupe Republican and Platte rivers have broken up and water is carving new channels across the lowlands. The Missouri Pacific line from Omaha to Kansas City along the river is threatened.
Evansville reports the Ohio river at 42.4 feet with levels rising. navigation hampered as floods threaten homes along the White and Wabash rivers. At Rdams Station water two feet deep in houses halts business while shanty boats on the Wabash and Green rivers are crushed and fears of loss of life grow. Farmers flee Mount Vernon as White river bottoms flood fields and trees. A 2000 foot trestle at the Evansville Terre Haute railroad crossing requires protection to prevent track damage.
Report from Memphis March 12 notes Mississippi river rising with grave flood concerns across Mississippi and Arkansas. Armed patrols guard levees as floods overflow streams. North Memphis already sees encroachment and looming water to halt work with slight rises.
The river rises slowly to 18.4 feet with only a tenth increase in the last day. Rain persists, softening levees across Louisiana as 600 workers reinforce points. Engineers say levees from Southport to Carrollton remain in excellent condition and capable of withstanding greater stress.
A west bound Erie freight wreck two miles north of Olean New York caused massive explosions in oil and gasoline cars. Dozens were burned or crushed as a crowd watched flames leap high above the tracks. Fifteen bodies recovered by morning with many more unaccounted for.
Fire on the Irving and Victoria docks on the Willamette River’s west side in Portland Ore spreads rapidly and is expected to become a total loss with authorities battling the blaze.
From Vienna on March 12 the famine in Dalmatia is described as extreme with reports that people survive on tree bark and wild herbs in some areas.
Five young boys in Buffalo lighted a stick of dynamite found in the northern city area. The blast caused massive force. several boys are feared dead while survivors face life altering injuries.
Manchester New Hampshire March 12 The superior court denied the application for release of Dr Ames former mayor of Minneapolis Exemptions were taken and bail of 10000 was furnished pending an appeal to the supreme court Extradition papers had been approved by Governor Batchelder and Ames was to be taken to Minnesota but his counsel filed habeas corpus proceedings claiming danger to his health The prisoner appeared in excellent spirits with his wife at a hotel Sheriff Dreger of Minnesota prepared to take him if the court ruled in his favor
Eugene A. Philbin, former New York district attorney, will review the Metropolitan Street Railway company finances and accountant reports to judge whether further action is warranted. Jerome had been examining charges against the company, but he declines to discuss results or identify the source of the accusations. The books were examined by John C. Hertle, former city commissioner of accounts, and Max Teichmann, company president.
Reports from Ardmore indicate a severe blizzard caused heavy stock losses with an estimated 40,000 head of cattle perishing across the territory. Local range managers assess the impact on herds and future forage needs.
The general committee of management of the G A R invites President Roosevelt to attend the thirty seventh annual encampment in San Francisco next August. It is expected he will accept if no earlier coast visit occurs this year.
Three hundred shipwrights carpenters joiners and caulkers walk out at Townsend Downey yard on Shooters Island as 575 workers formerly employed join the strike. Workers at Burlee drydock Port Richmond totaling 200 remain out from Tuesday action.
Circulars purporting to come from the St. Paul and Northwestern companies urged agents and employees to defeat the primary election bill and ad valorem taxation measure. Officials denounced the forgeries as clumsy and improper.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived in New York from Washington and went to the sub treasury before the opening, discussing with Acting Assistant Treasurer Dantz and Cashier Marlow. He is understood to be examining general financial conditions.
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