, 1891-12-29
THE STORM RACED.
Damages on Land and Water
Dangerous Roadbeds.
The Steamer Colby sinks at Horr's
Dock The Morning Train to-
Portland Withdrawn-Most Se-
we're storm Here since August 4,

we're storm Here since August i.
1882
The storm which ragged last night was
the most severe in this section of the coun-
try since August 1, 1882. The wind lashed
structures of every kind. Trees were
blown down. woodsheds toppled over, and
houses rocked like cradles. Wires were
down ia every direction, railroad traffic de-
layed, washOuts made the tracks unsafe,
and fallen trees added danger to the rails.
Many people were actually scared, trees
were uprooted in all parts Of the city, bulk
heads caved IN, and things today wore a
generally dilapidated appearance. Two
immense gulches have been eaten into Co
lumbia street leading to the Northern Pa
cific depot and two trees were torn from
the high embankment and laid across the
street. Signal Observer Olney says the
storm was SO severe that
ALL WIRES ARE DOWN,
and he is unable to obtain reports from
outside districts. While the wind blew at
q good rate after night fall, it increased at
40, and ranged all the way from 33 to 40
miles an hour. AT 6 O'Clock this morning
it was still blowing at 33 miles, In 1889
the velocity reached 81 miles, but on
August 1st, 1882, it was As miles, the
highest on record in this vicinity. This
by the way, is only zephyr on the plains
OF Dakota or Kansas.
The most serious distractions were en-
cOuntered on the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The line was blocked with fallen trees
and washouts, and the / a. IN. train for
Portland failed to come through. In fact,
so dangerous was the road bed left, that
Superintendent McCabe, who was in the
city this morning, has decided to take the
O'Clock a. m. train off altogether and
make other arrangements for reaching
Portland. Near the Nesqually is an i'm
mense embankment nearly AGO feet long
and about SO feet high, which the constant
rains have rendered unsafe. Tn order to
avoid a calamity the night train will be
Withdrawn for the present. During the
interval passengers for Portland may take
the Port Townsend Southern train at $40
and connect at Tenino with the Northern
Pacific road.
DAMAGE ON THE WATER.
Along the water front small crafts were
tarn from their moorings and lashed
against the Shore The water was high,
and beat severely against the wharves. "A
small steam tug, the Eliza a., hailing
place unknown, is on beam's end, at
Schneider's wharf.
THE COLBY SINKS.
A small slender mast head above water
at the north step of Horr's dock this morn
ing was all that was visible Of the steamer
Colby, which made its first run to Shelton
yesterday after having undergone q thor
ough overhauling at the shops of the 0lym-
pia Foundry and Machine company.
New Aupippg yUarp nj a0nd II, har nd xroc-
terday she looked as slick and clean as a
new coin from the mint. She returned
from Shelton last night at Horr's dock.
While the wind was blowing so furiously,
the tide was also receding, and it is sup
posed the rope became entangled and tilted
her over With the incoming tide she
rapidly filled and now lies on the bottom
The officers think that but little damage
will be done, and efforts will be made to
raise her at once. The proprietors have
recently expended $1500 on her.
FALLING TREES.
On the west side several trees we're blown
down and the new school house West
Fourth street came within an ace of being
demolished. AT tabout O'Clock thismorn-
ing residents Of the neighborhOod were
alarmed by terrible crash. A large
fir ~ feet through, had fallen across the
woodshed along side the school building
and cut it as cleanly in two as whistle.
Ten feet more to the north and it would
have worked equal danger to the school
building The wind abated this morning
with intervals Of rain and sunshine.
ELSEWHERE.
The prospects are that near e-Elun, on
the other side Of the mountains, people will
experience the greatest depth Of snow in
several years. At Fish lake, twenty miles
above there, the snow is eleven feet deep on
a level. At Lake Gle Blum it is eight feet,
at Easton seven feet and at Cle-Elum
about two and one-half feet. The snow is
still falling and slightly drifting.
The weather conditions and general fore
casts for this morning from San Francisco
were as follows: The storm is advancing
from the ocean toward Western Washing
ton, and rains and brisk to high southeast
winds prevail OH the Oregon and Washing
ton coasts, maximum velocity of forty
miles per honr being reported from Fort
Candy. The rain in Western Oregon and
Western Washington willextend eastward
over these states and into Northern Cali
fornia. The Sacramento and San Joaquin
valleys will also doubtless receive some