The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-09

Most Tfenendous Landslfde II
Railroad History.
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which q tnis lime Va swollen 10 wa,
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the melting snow ana continued rain. IN
10 Wild rnsn the ava'ancns buried forever
whole section o. Track ana obiterased An
entire tunnel
Soon after the avalanche descended the
canyon above was formed into IN immense
lake. miles IN length and varying from 70
to it0 feet deep, which only lasted until the
powerful torrents could Gus their way
through the obstructing rocks and clay,
when they went rushing down the canyon
carrying everything before them. Just
think OF breast OF water seventy-five hish
descending narrow canyon like this with
. fall at least = 100 feet TO the mi . and hem
med In all sides by adamantine rocks and
you can have faint picture OF this terrific
war Of the forces Of nature ~ the raging
waters tore their way through this chasm
to Cow creek valley several miles below.
Think OF the hundreds of feet OF railroad
track. ties rails and all being carried across
the conyon and hurled from fifty to seven
,y-five feet up the sides Of the opposite
mountain, while bridges, horses, wagons.
blacksmith shops. trestles and steel rails,
the latter twisted and doubled up like the
letter s, were strewn along the canyon for
miles and are now seen clinging high and
dry to the sides OF the palisades. which
ssil hold in their embrace rushing noun
tain torrent from twenty five to thirty feet
deep!
In this war between nature and art fully
eishseen miles OF railroad was COMPLETELY
DESTROYED, three miles of which had to be
changed to the other side Of the CANYON
and long cut OF fully fifty feet in depth
made through the debris OF the intruding
avalanche, even after the grade had been
raised some fifty or seventy-ave feet above
the level OF the original track. The ava
lanehe DESTROYED three large bridges. oblit-
Grated one tunnel, wrecked trestles and so
completely destroyed some eighteen miles
of track that |, required over f~o months
to clear or The debris and rebuild the road
sufficiently 20 get train over IL at all. and
when. on Aprii 10. the writer paxsed over
~ the roao was oniy oockeo up temporsr-