Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-01-29
WILLAMETTE RAGING /!
Almost a browning in a Sewer
This Morning.
5000, 900 FEET OP LOGS GET LOOSE.
The River Rising Fast---A General
Rain-Bridges Condemned in
North Salem Etc.

Water, waters everywhere, was
the cry in this city this morning.
For the past three days rain has
been falling constantly and no let up
was experienced until this afternoon
about three o'clock: when the sun
came out for few minutes and
spread its bright rays oyer the city.
The sight was a beautiful one. II
did not remain long, however, as
the sun was soon Obscured by va
porous clouds and more rain IL APP
parent.
The signal service reports are brief,
owing TO the telegraph wires being
down. From what reports are at
hand IL Is shown that the rain il
general; warm, southerly winds are
generally experienced over the state.
rhe rainfall at Portland has been
unusually heavy, 1.70 inches hav-
ing fallen in the twenty-four hours
ending at p. NJ. The conditions
are such that the rain is general,
though not so heavy in all parts Of
the state. The temperature has
ranged for the past three days from
3s to 40 degrees, and this, together
with the strong southerly winds Of
from ten to thirty-two miles an
hour has caused the snow 70 rap
idly melt in the noun tains.
The vast quantities Of melting snow,
together with the copious rains, will
cause general fresbet. The hight,
time of occurrence and possible
danger will depend on the weather
conditions for the next forty-eight
hours; IL conditions similar to those
prevailing to-day continue, there
will most likely be quite a rise.
The freshets in the twelve past Jan
uarys have caused the Willamette
river to rise twenty.six feet above
low water mark, and similar con-
ditlons are liable to occur this year,
for the valley has had an unusual
amount of snow.
Continued warm southcrly winds
and rain are expected for the next
tWentV-fOur hours Mt least.
The river at Salem stands at four
teen feet above low water mark this
evening at $3.50 and IL rising at the
rate of three inches per hour. Word
was received from the Oregon City
locks yesterday afternoon that the
water was five and one-hulf feet
above low water mark. No fear Is
felt by those Interested of the steam
ers being unable to get through, as
the river would have to raise an ad-
ditional five and one-half feet TO I'LL
the locks.
10000 FEET OF LOGS LOOSE.
Especial to the Capital Journal.l
EUGENE, Or, Jan. 20; 2:30 p. m.--
This morning about 10 o'clock, o.
600, 900 feet Of logs broke loose in the
Mackenzie.and are going down the
river. All attempts to stop them
are futile. Several almost lost
their lives In the attempt, The
hard rain that has been falling,
with the aid Of the Chinook winds,
has been melting the snow In the
mountains very fast, and the river
has risen with mighty rush. The
starting of this immense body Of
logs was sight never to be for
gotten. A duh, heavy crashing
sound was heard and then the logs
startled with mighty rush. As all
attempts TO stop them were without
avail, word was telegraphed ahead
80 that the lumber mills could look
out for them. This accident will
prove loss of over $4,000 to the
owners, "a blow that some will never
recover from.