Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1911 — FLOOD NOT YET OVER [ARTICLE]

FLOOD NOT YET OVER

Fears Expressed that Wisconsin River Will Go on Rampage. LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 13. —Worst apprehensions in regard to the flood in this vicinity are now felt in regard to the Wisconsin river. At Portage a rise of two feet in twenty-four hours is reported anfl the levees are at the breaking point. Railroad tracks, a 3 well as country highways, are under water, and the railroads are operating at Portage only with the utmost difficulty. A dam on the Lemonweir river at Mauston went out, further flooding the Wisconsin, which receives the waters of the Lemonweir. Above The tow n the Black river, which empties into the Mississippi at this place, is going down steadily, but it is still impossible to go through the flooded district and ascertain the loss County officers estimate the damasre at the bridge at McGillivray’s at $12.000, and other bridges are yet to report. The railroad loss in this county will be many times that sum.