Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-01-11


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the Cowllix riv-r 'a rsiss qGi'e fast. but
10; 10 alarm the citizens. Saturday. lice.
i4ih. upon the arrival Of she R,scus. from
Pa tland OF 2 80 r. NJ, the banks Of the
river were about three feet out ol the va
ter; but no f-ars were manifested. Satur-
! day morning the diff commenced running
very rapidly and in grrat quantities. and
continued al dAv, so much so. that to
make it very un>af- for the q Rescue to r..
main, consequently Capt. Strsng thought
best to rrtnrn 10 mnre favorable anchor
ag. vt Rainier. At snndown Saturday.
the force If the water commenced traring
out the piling driven in the bank along the
face of the town. At II p. ~. the ware.
house washed away. the water ut that time
being nearly bank full and raising rapidly.
| At daylight Sunday morning, the forea Of
the watcr had cut the bank away to with
in twenty feet of the hotel. kept by Mr..
C. II. Huntington. and was running over
the surface of the ground at which time
great fears being manif s'ed7 that tho whole
town would be submerged, if not washed
away, the people commanding to remove
their household good, &c., further back to
higher points Of the town. AT 9A. NJ; the
new bu lding bu 1t by Mrssrs. Smith Bros.
for the Good Templars. and Mr. Atkinson
Of Astoria, for photograph, gallery, was
noticed to b. sinking in, font. vnd at IL
A. NJ, it went with crash At l2.15,
the main part Of The hotel, in which were
KEEP. thu telegraph. and pos'ofiicrs. went
also. causing greet excitement among the
citizens. At . o'clock r. Ma building
supposed to be Catn's warehouse sabovsi
Frerport was. seen going dawn the river
Great quantities of drift, also, At the
same time the store and dwelling house,
together belonging to DR.. d l.. Hun ingt9n.
were washed away, and at 3 +. M.,ths
dwelling OF II. D. Huntington Disappeared
before the angry flood. thus destroying the
principal par, Of the towp"f M"niicrllc.
G.ea. credit is due Capt. kens and crew,
OF the steamer Rainier, who arrived from
up the river at | A. NJ. at thr srenr Of DIS.
tress. and was chcerily welcomed by the
pcopl'. n great many accepted his kind
otf-v to r-m,ye them TO, n, safe legality.
The families oil c. r. Huntingdon. F. l..
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good, Of Mr.. Atkinson, being taken up
The river to Mr.. eWa!laca's .. who showed
great hospitality in tending 10 the comfort
Of his many guest, the families Of Captain
Olson. Ed. Huntington and Mr.. Taylor
being removed in snnll boats. The first
intin,ation NJ. Ell. Huntington had Of the
A,od was in jumping out Of bed Sunday
morning, waist dpep in water naturally
enough causing a shrek. which ,was an-
swpred BY parties outside who had gone,
with small boat to arprise him IF bis
danger aud removc him. The ci,iztns'
anxiously looked for the steamer Rescue oil
day, she having made an jncifrctual At
tenn Il to reach Monticello. Tile water
being so swift and such great qnan tiles Of
DRIFT running. as 10 euisngsr The lives OF
those Oh board as we'll 40 the safe:y ot the
boat that -Cip, SranS very prnden'ly
returned much against his vi l. to Rainier.
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