The record-union., 1892-11-22
FLOOD SITUATION UP NORTH.
Little Improvement Reported-No Ces
sation OF the Landslides.


Little Improvement Reported-No Ces-
satIon of the LandsIides.
SEATTLE (Nash.), Nov. 2l.-There was
but little if any improvement in the Hood
situation in the Puget Sound basin to-
day, and a steady downpour OF rain since
dusk this evening, with a falling barom-
eter, gives but little encouragement for
the abatement OF the deluge for at least
day or two, and many fear that the worst
is yet to come. The upper streams,
which were so terribly swollen by melted
snow, have fallen, but turbid flood still
covers the valleys and bottom lands,
where there Is great deal Of valuable
property at stake. There is still an al
most complete blockade of railroad COM
munication, the Seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern, running north, being the only
one TO run trains into or out of the city
to-day. The Northern Pacific will have
connections made with Tacoma to-mor-
row, ii the present rain does not tear
away the track faster than it can be built
The Great Northern has large crews
massed at all the breaks, and will have the
line in pretty good shape by tomorrow
The damage to the eastern extension Of
this road, now under construction, will
reach at least $50, 900, and the Everett and
Monte Cristo, now building, will be over
100000. In King County the loss occa-
stoned to the farmers is already put at
100000, and to the county by damage to
the roads and bridges, at $4,000.
STILL RAINING HARD.
TACOMA (Wash.), Nov. 2I.-It is rain
ing hard Tonight and the railroad Off
cials fear the worst OF the washouts are
Yet to come. The barometer is low, in
dicating still more rain. The Northern
Pacific succeeded to-day in finishing
a temporary bridge at Palmer, so trains
can run over it. The first train to 90
East in four days left at O'Clock this
afternoon for st. Paul, and tonight the
overland passenger train left Ellensburg
for Tacoma. 1t will arrive early Tues
day morning, if no further trouble oc-
ours. This train brings mails and pas
sengers OF four overland trains that have
been held at Ellensburg. The passengers
alone fill fourteen coaches, mostly bound
to Tacoma and Portland.
To-day the bridge across a large creek
near Elma, on the Gray's Harbor Branch.
went out, stopping traffic on that line for
at least day. Many small county bridges
are washed out throughout Pierce. Thurs
ton. Kittitas and Yakiwa Counties, and
it is estimated that the damage done bv
floods in the sound country Will amount
to several hundred thousand dollars.
The Puyallup, White, Green and Nes-
qually Rivers are reported to have low
cred all day, but they Will begin rising
again by tomorrow if the heavy rain
continues. A dispatch from Mount Yer
non tonight says Skagit River is falling
rapidly, the water being full five feet
lower than yesterday. The danger to
property is now entirely over.
The total damage done by the torrent
has not been footed up, but it viii reach
thousands of dollars. The whole south
ern part of Mt. Vernon was Hooded,
and people were going about in boats and
on RATS. The furnaces in the shiugle
mills were all N water, aud the CITY was
in darkness, because the electric lirht
works We're under water. The dyke be-
low town broke. and flooded ten .thou-
sand acres of flats, reaching to Stanwood
Bay.
A washout is reported between here
and Stanwoo6, and no trains have been
through on the Great Northern since
Friday. y boom OF logs belonging to
a. Ford was swept away, entailing a loss
OF Sl5,000. Dennis store, across the
river, and large warehouse, We're swent
away He estimates his loss at Sl5 06O
A number of cows were drowned a6ove
town and all the Shingle and Lumbar
mills lost heavily from material bein0
swept away.
Tie steamer Indiana arrived from
Sauk to-day and reports the bridges all
gone on the upper river.
NO CESSATION or THE SLIDES.
PORTLAND (Or.l. Nov. 2I.-Not since
the winter of 1859 have the railroads of
the Northwest experienced so much dill
ficulty on account of washouts and land
slides. There is no cessation of the
slides at Cascades, on the Union Pacific.
Earth, powders and trees are being
swept down The canyon onto the track
faster than the whole force employed can
remove them. 1t has been decided to
build track around the distractions,
ana General superintendent Baxter left
TINS afternoon for the scene to oversee the
work. Stages have been put on Tor the
transfer OF passengers and mails, and
boats are carrying all the freight except
Nneat, which is accumulating rapidly
above the slide.
No TRAINS SINCE FRIDAY.
NEW " EsTAIINsTER (B. c., Nov. 21.-
No tram bas arrived over the Great
Northern since Friday. owing to wash
outs on the line, and no mails have been
received. small bridge on the LucSa-
kuck River, near Clilliwack. was carried
away. with a driver and team of horses