Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-06
Lyon City Mining Camp, Montana,
Entirely Buried in a
SnoWslide.
Dreadful SUICIDE IN NEW
YORK.
Three Hundred Miners EniOmbed.-
Influenza Rampant in New
Mexico.
BY Telegraph to the SEws.l
TIE FLOODS.

BY Telegraph to the SEws.l
TIE FLOODS.
Detailed Account of the Damage
I'm Oregon
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-A dispatch re-
ceiyed 10y the Associated Press at
late hour tonight from General
Manager Mellen Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, states that there is
no serious trouble or damage in the
immediate vicinity Of the line of
that road, except near Portland,
where he reports floods as mentioned
in previous dispatches. He says
the weather is growing colder in the
mountains, anu fears that the floods |
or snOwslides are averted-for the
/ present at least. There is no inter /
uption 10 traffic on the road.
A dispatch from the officials Of the /
| Canadian Pacific Railroad at Van
couver, at O'Clock this Thursday |
morning says that their latest adj
vices from Portland and vicinity are
/ that the water is still rising, but IL
is expected to reach the extra height
before morning, and it is hoped the
worst is over. There has been no
interruption of the Canadian Pacific
traffic, and no serious trouble
Of snow on their line recently.
4a.m.-A dispatch Just received
by the Associated Press from the
editor Of the OTegoaidn at Portland
! says the situation il not so alarming
as at FIST reported, There Is no
serious damage in the city proper,
but a great deal of inconvenience is
caused by the flood to stores, offices,
etc. The floods were Occasioned 10y
the simultaneous rising Of the Will
lamette and Columbia rivers, which
are usually at a high stage several
months apart. The main flood is ia
the Willamette, but the unusual
quantity Of water in the Columbia
prevents the former from running :
of as il usually does. More serious :
damage is experienced throughout
the Willamette valley than in Port
land.
SOME OF TIE RESULTS.
Bridges have been carried off at .
Salem and Oregon City, and many !,
small houses built on the river I,
banks have been washed away. Z
Communication with these parts
is much interrupted, and Thea full
extent of the damage is a matter of
conjecture. The water is still rising
at Portland, and reports from above .
give no hope of cessation for =
twelve hours. The topography Of 4
the city is such, however, that the 7
spread Of water will be limited to a :
small area, except the streets men,
TONED. From. the front TO the hind 7
enclosure most of the territory L
flooded is low ground, and the great :
er part Of It is not occupied by buili-
ings. The greatest loss anticipated,
should the flood continue, is the r
giving way of the bridges crossing
the Willamette, and the con-
sequent probable destruction Of the -
steel railroad bridge. The sub
sidence OF the water may reveal
damage TO the founda- -
ton Of buildings, as q strong current z
is running. Aside from these con- e
the real damage TO the y,
city is thought to be trifiing. The
of the city from communi- o
cation during the last three days has ~
not been caused by the flood, but by y
landslides along the Columbia ?.
River obstructing the tracks and :
destroying the poles and telegraph Sc
wires. The only trains running out
Of the city are to Tacoma; the only nj
other travel is by boat on the Col
lmbia River. 7!
SUNDAYS RAILROAD ACCIDENT. =
Details received in Portland of the
accident TO n construction train on A
he Union Pacific near Cascade 4
Locks on Sunday morning state that -
he train consisted Ofengine, tender
md caboOse, the latter having on A
loard thirty-lve men, Tie engine =,
rad almost cleared the trestle, when =
he under spanning Of the second
md third bends, which had been T.
Weakened 10y the flood, gave way, y
The engineer felt ii and pulled the ms
hrottle wide open. He just man. be
ged to clear the weak part with =
lis engine, but the caboose and on
ender went down forty feet below. ~
light men were killed instantly. As
Inc man, named Coles, was buried sps
eneath the debris and his body ale.
ould not be gotten out until yes =,
erday, when it was released with i
opes. Eighteen other men were mir
lore or less seriously hurt, and ou.
1me OF them are expected to die. =
GOING DOWN.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6.-This morn. In
ng the river is stationary at this
oint and it is thought there will be II
o further rise. The reports from
ornwallis and Oregon City VT is NJ
Hing one inch an hour there. ~
HIGHEST IN TWENTY YEARS. rem
TACOMA, Feb. 6.-The William. min
lie River is higher than for twenty s'fa
ears past. Many Of the bri iccs s s1,s
g threatened, and there has been asy
reat damage done in tn. entire val Coz
y. The revenue cutter, Rush. rev rev
18th the northern mail from San by {
ranciSco, was unable to cross the meT
River bar, came hack TO PPssi
acoma, and has taken the mails nav
ick to San Francisco. be-