Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-28

forsponian, Nth.l


- Aoem which began lste sanda,
.rtsnded over oil Of Oregon and
9s.ston Territory 90 far - could b
knm. but il does mot sesm X
o.rsiled in all directions at tn
0s ;r.. Christmas day was Pleas
- snd in many places in the vii
sss ,a;Iey, but in Eastern Oregon
~;,d blew q gale and there was Z
rsinfall. At Echo, Umatilll
-. siOhteen miles beyond Una
e. nav hall, in which dance haG
IA during the night. vas blowE
"a completely wrecked. Several
es ~ere in the building at the time
.,soad 70 escape without injury
stIeG1sr's hay press vas DlOwn oo.n
f;ilsd a lot Of hogs shattered under
=. -. At Meachams the ~; h: q y.
= = round house was demoiisneo. Al
1..h 4 large tree fell on the section
~ smashing it. Traffic on the -.
line. however, was bat sliRhtly
1",,te1 and yesterday all trains
sns ~ time. Christmas day large
n:.C haroe. used in shipping wood to
ns,iss and having at the time sev-
S.rdred cords aboard, shipped q
S.svv saa when about sixteen Or
.. m;lea from the Dalles and
ssn1s,ed Il in believed that, secom-
icrmanaoeable, the crew had aban-
.i6ned her, az no ono oouio W so01 d. w
,.oar1 st the time OF the oisasser; Do
s~ssn the Cascade Locks and nonne-
ria. At q point where the p1eclpltous
49,. Tower the highest, q Chinaman
Tho - AZ work on the road vas IN
saantly killed by . huge boulder iauin9
Srom The summit and striking MIN on
IT Ths 6ne rain which began during the
,.ev;ous NIGHT continued at intervals all
r. vseferday, with . light wind IN the
s.ornino. bat increasing 70 "a miles an
IN, In the afternoon, accompanied BY
: Sna driving rain. The barometer fell
sonsidersbly during tho day. but not a.
~ ~ On the 9th, when It fell TO BIB,
~ iovess point reached in two years.
~. ~ nsrature was about the same as
:. ~ Nth, when it rose TO 81 degrees.
~ rsjnfalI for the "A honrs ending at
4 o'clock last evening vas "a. Aso p.
=. the Wind was blowing q gale and
,sisina. and indications good for CON-
t;rnsnce during the night. At 8 p. N.
~ a1ate of the weather was ~ follows
nsrometsr, 29.47, unusually low wind
enth. Is miles per hour weather, light
rain; temperature, 81:
Ths river rose rapidly and is now over
Int feet above low water mark. The
m ne yesterday was about two feet,
~ late in the evening it was nearly
ikfee inches an hour. Tho Stark street
I'm experienced considerable difficulty
4 making trips on account Of the heavy
I'D, and vas delayed somewhat by the
soeecsity Of pulling up the PontOon.
Aoetly after o clock at night the storm
"a increased TO such q gale that she
dpuped running entirely.
CcOmunicati0n by wire to San Fran
- y still cut Of, and no messages
~ beeu received since Monday after
80. A heavy storm In the Siskiyous
1leyed havoc with the line between Ash
"a and Yreka, and this side Of Ash
nd The wires worked badly all day.
n eastern line was up for short time
ynlseday morning a. far a. Walla
NaIla, and soon went down. Weather
bqIDetips showed rain all along the Co.
nnbis River and slight winds, except
4 Wallula junction.
There are several slides in Cow Creek
Casysn on the q. d c. extension. and
knins yesterday did not run beyond
1oeburg. The north bound train ar
ind here two hours late. but the south
teend train arrived at Albany and Rose
I'M On time. A telegram at 81. m.
n1oauces that a slide ut Roberts hill
~ been cleared away. and that trains
suaN likely get through to Glendale TO-
~. Beyond Glendale there arc other
~, though how serious In not
ncWn.
Al the tributaries Of tho Willamette
I'M been rising rapidly for two days.
n cold rains Of Saturday and Sunday
nade snow In the Coast Range and Cas-
~ Mountains, and this IL now melt |
II fat. As Albany the Willamette
NJ fest; at Harrisburg, 8 feet At
oAlem, 6 feet and evening reports show
hat Il vas still rising all along the line.
ouslh Of Rosebarg there vas very little |
Mn Yesterday.