The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-11

sheuuich succeeded in reseuing nm old couple
who live below the town. Hemes and shep-
pich. fearing the river would break over the
banks, did not retire. When about 10 O'Clock At
night the water came surging and boiling to-
wards town the two men started down the track
70 alarm those whose homes were on the bottom
land. They arrived at the home of William
Butler, an old man who with his wife lives on
one OF the lowest bottoms in the neighborhood.
The water was already at the door sill aud the
old couple were aroused. They escaped in their
night clothes. Ii is certain they would have
perished had they not been aroused. AS 1t was
when they reached high land the chill and con-
sequent fright almost proved fatal TO them
Considerable stock, pigs, cows, etc, have
perished in the ranches below here
The racetraek, the pride of the people of Kent
last summer, is completely submerged, and the
damage will be great. Most OF the horses in the
race track stables were rescued this morning.
At 10 O'Clock tonight the water on the track was
two feet deep. perfect mill race IS pouring
through tie main gate to the track.
In the town Second street is a boiling stream
OF varying depth. On the east side OF the race
track dwellings, are surrounded by water, and
the low lands south OF the town are completely
under water, and the residents are camping on
the high lands. Business has been suspended,
and no attempt has been made at keeping open
the schools. Everybody is out watching the
whiIns OF the angry, swirling river, wondering
what next will happen.
Nashcuti between here and Slaughter pre-
vent railway communication, and two trains
from Seattle are here unable TO proceed far
Their.
NRdeau, of the Northern Pacific, who came
down for the purpose of taking ia the situation.
Just how much damage has been done is not
known. At clock tonight q train passed
over the breaks, which had just been repaired.
At Slaughter, six miles south of here, the
flood was the greatest at IL O'Clock last night.
The latest adyices from there indicate that the
water has rcceGed several inches.
At Christopher the flood is also very serious,
while the situation ct Thomas station is also
alarming. At present the temperature is fall
Id thDuuht
reached its highest point.
Commissioner Wooding, of Slaughter, arrived
in Seattle last evening and was seen at the Dill
Ter. "The report concerning the food at
Slaughter Is about correct" he said s'As far as
known there has been no loss of life. Two
bridges on the Green river are known to have
been washed away. The 100 bridge at Pat
toms and the 81 200 bridge at Simpsons are both
in the river among the drift somewhere Some
thing will have to be done Immediately to re-
place them, and Will confer with my brother
commissioners in the morning regarding the
best and speediest action"
The Snoqualnie country has suffered severely,
as will be seen by the following report:
GILMAN, Nov. l0-lSpecial. THE highest
flood that has been known In the snoqualmie
river since 1875 has been raging for the last few
days. The raging torrents have carried away
the big county bridge at the Snoqualmie hop
ranch and broke the Snoqualmie Mill Com
pans bride in two and swung it around. The
mill Will not be running for two weeks at least
on account OF damages done to their bridge.
The flood washed one house over the falls, and
several other houses narrowly escaped being
carried away. The new iron railroad bridge at
Falls City came near being destroyed by float
ing trees The food is gradually subsding.
Postmaster Griffith Davies returned from
visit to Renton yesterday. He re ports that the
water in Cedar river is verv high and at the
junction with Black river the volume of water
is great that 1t forces the water of Black river
to run back and into Lake Washington
Lake Washington has risen perceptibly in
height and the waters are discolored.
Mr.. James Harris, old resident OF Tolt, is at
the Diller hotel. He came down on Sunday, but
he said last night that friends who arrived here
yesterday brought news of considerable damage
by the storm. The SnoQualmie river is very
high and has carried away the two county
bridges at Snoqualmie. The Snoqualmie hop
ranch has been partly overfiowed and some of
the poles have been swept away. The bridge at
Falls City is all right.
Mr.. Alexander Spi.hill of Marysville who ar
rived at the Snoqualmie hotel last night, says
that at Snohomish the river is three feet above
Fergusons wharf, and that in town is about
seven feet above ordinary high water. So the
Snohomish is some ten feet above its usual
level No damage to speak of has been done at
Snohomish, but no word has been received
from the ranchers further up the river. The
Sheer boom at the head of Steamboat slough
has broken and number of the logs have been
swept out.
The telegraph operator at Stanyood reports
that south of the station the country is under
water and travel is possible only along the Sc
attic d Montana track