The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-09
THE STORMS TRACKS.
Incessant Labor to Clear the
Seattle & Montana.
ALL THE RIVERS AT FLOOD-TiDE.
Dykes Burst in skagit Deita-Big Slide
ut TacomA-Trains BIockAded
in Siskiyous.

The Seattle Montana train, which left South
Westminster at 1913 o'clock on Monday morn
Ing and wss due in Seattle at $40 o'clock that
night, is still at the north side of the big land
slide between Richmond beach and Meadow
point The passengers, fifty sixty to in number,
had to spend the night on the cars, where
Superintendent NeR made every possible pro-
vision for their comfort When IL became evil
dent yesterday morning that the train could not
get through, some passengers came in by
steamer from some neighboring port, while
Others made their way across country TO the
Lake Shore & Eastern road and took trains.
superintendent Nsf. who was on the block
AIDED train, Immediately set to work to clear
away the slide. Fifty men were sent up from
this city on Monday. and worked ell that day,
oil Monday night and all yesterday, shoveIing
the great mass of dirt off the track. work
train mp and down the road on
the south side of the slide, and
made two trips to the city yesterday
for reinforcements, each time gathering
up all the men who could be found and hurry
ing them to the spot The work OF shoveling
seemed in terminable, for as fast as the dirt was
removed more fell in its place. At the wash
out, three miles further north, work was pushed
with equal vigor, and Ii was expected that the
last train load of rock, which went up last
night, would put the eribbing in such condition
that the train could pass over it, so as to reach
the city about o'clock this morning.
Until the track is put in condition for traffic
again, the old arrangement, by which trains
from the Fairhaven & Southern ran to Sedro
and connected with the Lake shore trains, has
been resumed. No trains went north on the
road yesterday.
The telegraph line along the road has been re-
paired at EdmonGs, where the worst break was,
but was only working internationally ali day, for
fast as one break, caused by the falling trees.
was repaired, another occurred. Communion
ton with the British Columbia end of the line
was not restored until late last night.
There were two three small landslides on
the Lake shore road but they did not seriously
delay trains and the road was able TO help its
less fortunate neighbor, the Seattle d Montana,
by taking up the latters passengers from the
north at sedro and bringing them on to the city.
The Northern Pacific also escaped damage, the
explanation apparently being that everything
that wanted TO slide had come in the previous
storms. No damage was done on any of the
other roads.
The telegraph wires were working again by
noon yesterday in all directions The Western
Union had slow wires sll the morning, but about
10 o'clock had them in good repair and working
as usual both south and east The Pacific Postal
wires were repaired in the morning. with the
exception of the old highway line to the north.
which is only used as a spare wire for through
business.
No damage was done in the Seattle harbor,
but the wind blew quite strong and some of the
tugs sought sheltered wharves.
At Port Townsend the storm was so violent
that ell the boats lying there had to go to Had
lock for shelter The steamer Angeles, which
was on her way to Seattle, also put in at Had
lock. When the steamer olympian was crossing
the straits on her way from Victoria yesterday
morning about o'clock it was blowing so hard
that about fifty feet oil guard rail on the port
side was Knocked Off
The force of wind and tide was so great that
the sehome could not get to her wharf at either
Port Townsend or Anacortes