Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-23
yuE rLUOD< ~ sNn sBatg VAL
IL wilt.

1h, psragra ,t,- I...iowi n from three
Tvs is-ue- uf tie C~,~n. gives pre- ~ /
good I'd q OF the ierribi- h,od which
&c .ntly visited our nsi2hb1rs VI Walls
W lila Valley:
Eariy on Sunday morning las. a
.light drizzling rain began 70 fall and
continued throughout the day and
night. For q spell on Monday the sky
:.eared up. but by night the rain began
falling and has continued q steady
Town pour up 20 the hour Of our going
% press. Appearances indicate that
We are 10 have repetition of the floods
If ''eariy days" as there are no signs
IF the rain letting mp. On Tuesday
Mill Creek only raised three or
Tour inches, and by yesterday mornini
It an early hour had only raised sixteen
inches. By noon the usually tranquil
stream rose to four feet, and at IN she
evening the turbulent waters In several
pi ,ces beg n escaping beyond the con
ines of the creek. The same bulkhead
On East Alder street nev looks IA II hic
o-en placed midway IN tho stream.
strong current has formed beh nd the
and If the water keeps up Al
its present stand it will be safe TO pre-
,iIct that bnt little of the road ~ the
race Course will be left tonight. whert
ne rity's bulkhead, built at sn expenss
II 500, IL almost total wreck. Tn.
torrent strikes here With terrific fore.
~ h.s W .sn~d away all IT the film
behind the bulkhead, and at = late hou
" n'ug sas cutting rapidly into
Rose street. In the evening the water
,s,s,n rushing over he STREET fOr.uiI.
iui y stream Bu little of Mayer Nc
,uiiff's b,ruyard remains to remin'
NE If the pastoral scenes 40 cIos-iy
a,nnected with the life of our city's En-
-cutIye. Between Second and Thirc
.tr' e. the water ~ either eating AVA,
Or flooding over the banks. In IT,
'@cf pDr,lOu Of town quite a numis-
I fences and outhou~s. have t,~~.
washed away. Dnr ng the entire y
.-"'iug. shei-. c''rdguOd, ~to., Gould b.
seem making rapid tracks for the G.
.,Dit. Ia tue uvpr end OF town
~ l bfrn vs. washed away with IT,
contents OF hay. A disp t,h rec-ive
r, Duii~y states that the Mauufac
uring Go up .ns's dam WAS wasu-,
tsgy ami that the fum- was broken l.
,syerai Pie The Mill Creek rois
ridges have dectmped. shutting a.
fasvl IN tiiat direction. A steady r,i
Ias be-n falling III the neighborhOod @
Weston. The creeks are all swOlleI
.ud difficult 10 ford. WIldhorse Creei
IA the UnatiIis Reservation has becom
raging torrent. News from the uppe
uautry Il very m aver, but from pas
en2e who came from X p ri. Yes er
Icy We learn that ths Tue mon ant
'Ataha rivers are itnp,ss ,bls. In.
t"nchet has raised in ri ices over IT,
banks. Dry Creek ~ assu IA. d the pro
pDrtions Of young river.
John Fry, the man who was YESTERDAY
cipszod from Fifth street bridge With
oai % pork, showed wonderful pre-
me- of mind. He mounted one Of hi
Iorses while In the water, aud seeing h.
tnd his team could not make shore witt
40 vehicle, he eat ths hame straps that
II. horses might extricate themselves
dan and beasts we're iniraonluusly styeu
,tier swimming from Fifth 10 Tent.
dreet. 1--we MY ont OF twenty. two hog.
ia tho wagon wore lost A herd Of Mon
goliins ,ontested bitterly for the res
cied pork.
While George Rasmus was trying Ia
irlve n team across the Yellow Hawk.
yesterday morning, his horses lost Their
too'in3 and were carried quito dis
lance by the current, when they became
entangied in their harness, resulting In
one of the horses being drowned.
While A. McCalley and Frank Pearson
were riding IN buggy near tho gas
works, they attempted to ford meek
snd mild looking rivuiet. Turbulen,
waters run deep proved to be the cas-
this time. as no 81 ner had the horse
sud buggy entered the strsam than the,
became unmanageable. Messrs. No
Galley aud Pearson were both dumped
lnto the stream. Both wers rescued b,
bystanders. After swim of few hun-
ired yards the horse and buggy were
rescued without further damage than
good ducking.
Yesterday morning as a drummer. nc
by n lady companion, At
.smpted to drive their te I'm through
rum-a,lum creek, the horses were struck
" the strong current and ,rried down
he strsain to u place where driftwood
lad become lodged. AZ the buggy and
horses struck the drift, the oorup mt.
we're thrown IN the water, while the team
vas sucked under the mass of aooumu-
ated tiinbers. Three men who wore
'tanding close by. immediately went 10
he rescne, and after some difficulty.
hey succeeded in rescuing the lady and
sentisman from watery grave. The
'ttention 1T all hands vas then turned
{" the horses. Bv cutting the harness
'ns horse was ssveu, but the other hors.
'nd the buggy yet remain at the bottom
u tue creek. The team belonged to a |
livery stable in CenterviIle.
The house IN the corner of Third and
tose, occupied by Boeoh, the tailor. has
'een carried of.
Poney Yuunv's house on Rose street
VS. washed from its foundation lasl
u mt. and Was swept down tho creek |
the Fourth street BRIDE with
err,fic force.
The lower end Of town IL entirely
ldoded. The tracks around tina old |
lepot are aflott. The track vera o,mu
submerged three feet luder water.
The Chiness camps have all moved |
way.
f~s'erdsy the lower portions of the |
MY presented a rather diiapidated ND
70 .rance. Streets had the appearance
u washed river beds. a heavy sedl-
nsnt was deposited in wards, and fence.
we're things Of the p,st. Men wer.
Justly engaged during the d ~ proppiu.
~ tho Nam street bridge. aud i,ry.
'rnwds OF the curious were taking in th.. |
lights. The greatest damage in the city |
VAS done to McCaliy x SONS mil by tn,
sater undermining the mill, breaking
he fiums and faudry, and otherwise
uis2,ng the property. Mr.. McCailey
'stimat-s his damage at $5,OO.
Al the old depot large force of men
we're husiiy engaged during the nivh, |
ighting tue elenents. Notvlthssand. |
~ the work done the grade vas wsshsa !
way immediately underneath \ train |
nsded with track iron. On the grad
rving away the entire train was thrown |
lown tho emoankment.
Ihe damage sustained by the o. r. 4
7. Co. during the late freshe,, will |
mount to neariy $15.uO.
lt Is claimed that the Mill Creek |
slume and Manufacturing Company. |
oss ON account of high water viii no,
all abort of $4,000. Several of th,
buildings we're washed nvsy
he ti"me WAS badly dsmoral,x-d, and
he company's dam across Mil Cruek |
vas completely carried away. Thr
wagon road 10 The mill Was BADLY ont M
I Is also reported that the COMPANY Loaf
several hundred cords Of wood.