The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-07
The FLOOD IN OREGON
Boilfoad Communication With San Fran
cisco Cut OF for Weeks.
sBsseg~- swept Away Everywhere and
ssaiirnsi Tracks Washed Out ut-stxty
Houses Destroyed tn Ssi~m. hut
NO Lives Lost.

PogTLiND, Feb. 6.-The water reached
the highest point, ~ feet 4 inches, at u
o'ctock this morning. Since then IL has
fallen four inches i'm the channel. This is
tne highest water i'm the history of the
city. The water falls slowly in the streets
and - not perccptibly lower, hut is run
ntnG through the streets with n less rapid
cserent and is free from heavy drift wood
In the channel. The bridges arr believed
tn bc safe and there is no evidence of any
sertous damage tn buildings. The only
1oss i'm the business district would bs from
thr pressure ON the ground floors of build
inxs, which will bs tritiinR. Reports
from points on the Willamette
riytr Indicate that the river is falling very
rapidly. Detailed reports of the damage
atrpNc will he slow tn come in ON account
OF the Interruption tn telegraphic commu-
ntcation. The most serious loss will he
the destruction of bridges, which seem .to
have been swept away everywhere. The
largest towns in the valley are well above
high water, and only small and unimport-
ant buildings have been carried away.
The Interruption To travel still continues,
but the Oregon Railroad& d Navigation
conpany has established steamer service
to the Cascade locks. above which the
trains are running. Between the Cascade.
loSseks ana here there IL n succession of land
slteses entirely oblitsrating the track i'm
sogne places. The Southern Pacific sent
ous a train ON the branch line west of
there but got no further than McMinuvillc.
80 miles from here. No trains have been
sent out. On the main line of the North
Trains are running tO Tacoma
and carrying the mails. IL is expected the
railroad blockade to the Cascade locks
win continue some days, and that bctwcen
herr and san Francisco for weeks. as the
track and railway has been entirely de-
stroyed for considerable distance.
Meagre atvices from Ashland state that
the Southern Pacific railroad bridge
the Umpgua river has been washed oIt
and In Cow creek canyon the railroad
track has been virtually wiped out. Many
smaller railroad bridges between here
and Ashland have been washed away
and the company does not attempt Ia
send out any trains. On the west side oi
the willames,. river trains are running
| cinc is blockadetl by heavy slides between
| this city and Dalles, and no trains are cx-
pecscd to me running for several days
Salem tap houses have been swept away
and many persons driven from thei'
homes, though as far as known no live.
conritlerable live stock have beer
and',ay dest.oscd. The damage TO Iii,
pated. The docks and wharves, whil.
| being submerged. have all stood the straiI
| OF the current, and now that the wate
is over. The Columbia river at Vancouver
| Washington. is falling and at Eugene
Oregon: large wagon bridge nea
a bridge near this city, causing IA loss a
$HD,UOO. A few small buildings and u larR
amount OF cord woo.i, fencing and otl,e
material was washed away. and the aR
gregate losses will foot up many tho,ls
ands of dollars. At Rosct,Irg, Oregon
mo- trains havesarrived since Friday, am,
communication is soon restored. Th
bridge across Greek creek and the wooie
mills have been totally destroyed by th
| flood.
| The water is apparently at ~ stantisti
| this afternoon, but still up tn the waist i
front of the Postal Telegraph office.