The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-08
STORM on GREAT NORTHERN.
A Fifteen Hundred Foot Slide Fourteen
Miles North.

The heavy storm OF sunday night and yester-
day morning made the opening of traffic on tho
Seattle & Montana an unauspietous occasion.
Considerable damage WAS done at many places
along the line, and at one place q landslide
1900 feet long is reported.
The FIRST regular passenger train over the road
left this city yesterday morning ut $40 O'Clock
with three coaches well filled with passengers.
Starting ont the trip north WAS made under
grave difficulties. In many places the track
was weakened, and at other points, where the
road borders right along the shore line OF the
Sound, the protecting bulkheads were weak
ened and several times the train wss stopped
and the engine moved over the bad places frat
to insure the safety OF the passenger coaches.
Colonel J. e. Haines the train going
north. When seen last night he said
lett on the 9:4o train for Mount Vernon. The
storm was heavy everywhere along the line.
When half way between Seattle aud hArysville
we came 10 part OF tie road that sEirts tho
sound. The bulls heads that uphold and protect
the track had aeen washed away, ana the track
itself had been moved toward the sound several
feet This was fixed and The engine was run
over il, and when found safe the balance Of tho
train wH. run over, We met with several SINH
lar DELAYS and finally reached Mount Fernooa
one hour aud thirty minutes late. We heard
that there was a landslide on the line further
down, and later rude q cayuse 10 Avon and
/. took the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern home.
The train that left this city in the morning
had not returned up TO the time this paper went
to press.
The day was full of trouble In other respects
a. well for the road In the morning a tree
fell across the track between the Fa.rhaven &
Southern junction and fairhayen, which not
only obsirueted the track bat broke the wire
Of the telegraph line, and delayed both travel
and the sending of ms esssges for the proper mog-
ing OF trains
little later tree fell across the track az
Burlington and broke the wire at that point.
1t also parity demolished ths telegraph station.
The operator al tAut point IS Fred NJ. Overbeek,
who was until recently manager in tue aItls
Office OF the Western { aion company. The lines
al these places were quickly gotten up again.
but the wire is stu down north o Blaine.
Al O'Clock in tAe afternoon wsshout was
discovered fourteen miles aorth oi seattle. The
track hal teen completely washed away for .
considerablo distance, aad when the train goi
there on the return trip IL had % come to q
standStil To add 70 the III luck, further south
aboat one mile, ana between Meadow Point and
Richmond Beach. landslide covering a dis
tance Of l5f0 feet had occurred. The track fos
a rart OF khls distance had been completely
covered, and AZ places twenty-five and fifty fes,
loug the rails had neeu entirely moved from %
tie roadbed. An attempt was made 10 transfer
thu passengers across the dangerous part, but II
failed. the road being In too bad condition
and there being no passenger coaches south oI
Z the slide.
As soon ss was possible force of nfty men
vas hurried 20 the scene Of the slide and pu. to
l work nj clearing away the rubbish. straIghtea
out by the terrific rain storm All along tha