The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-22

aud adjoining places fully sixty head of cattle
stood in water up to their bellies all day yes,er.
Gey, many of them being where they could not be
rescued. Others are huddled on knobs and
ridges. Carcasses of n number of dead animals
can he seen at any time floating down with tho
deb'is When the waters subside these rich
bottom lands will, it is feared. be found COW
cred with sand, logs and debris that will unfit
them Tor cultivation for several years
AZ Renton small part of the north side of
town Is overtowed by the Cedar river but no
damage has been done and no stock has becu
lost To the west OF the town is one vast sheet
OF water, and the cattle on Senator Squire's and
the other ranches were driven to the hills on tho
south. Old settlers in tho town say it Is the
worst flood since 1876.
James Hart, justice OF the peace at Slaughter.
arrived in the city on the train which came in
last evening and gave the following account of
the flood in the valleys:
The water reached its heighth aboyt o'clock
Saturday morning, and at that time several of
Ihe ranchers over on Green RIVER had to get
thu. sh.n apa BEING 0vs sobn to higher land
Indian Alec and Snohomish Joe, and q good
many cattle and sheep were drowned. Green
river was four feet higher than last year. Tho
Stuck river cut into Resneys ranch and washed
out stretch 100 yards long, sixty feet wide an d
eleven feet deep. This cut was back of the
piers OF the railroad bridge for fifty sixty fest,
aud the railroad people had to put in three ne W
benss twenty-five feet long. This was finished
al noon today.
At Slaughter the food was at its heigh. al 2
O'Clock on Saturday morning and has since
been gradually receding, and White river at
fhst nn point is now within n its banks. 1t owe r:
flowed down the east side OF fhe Northern
Pacific track. through Christopher's ard
river again near Alvord's and Ricll-
ard Jetf's All tho ranches between tho "a
two points have been entirely inundated to q
depth of from two to six feet. The Northe;- n
Pacific caused all this trouble by filling in tie
frestles from Stuck to Alyord's thus dammirIg
up nnd impounding the water. so that instead
OF flowing west into the slough it had TO dc
north along the east side of tho track.
AT Kent the whole town was inundated con
Saturday and Sunday, the water being three
feet deep in all the roads and streets. Water il
on the laud down by Denny Mulicn's and. fol.
lowing the course OF the river down to o Bren 9.
Orilla and Black river. every field and meade "
ieet deep. IL Is overfowing from Black
river under the Northern Pacific road
and IS flowing along the Belt line toward Rau-
ton. Squire and all the other ranches in TIA at
direction are under water and covered W, tn
logs and all the fences are out OF sight Com
lng from Black river TO Van Asselts the land is
al under water. From Christopher south IL Is
nearly clear of water. but on Saturday morning
1t was just level with the ties.
The damage to the track, fences and stalls
at tho Kent fair grounds is greater than
at first estimated The only loss of stock in
that neighborhood was that OF five cows by N.
b. Maddocks, and Thomas Alvord lost the oa Is
ON his upper farm. petition to the county
commissioners for aid in diking the river
the south in order TO protec: the town in the
future is being circulated, and is signed oy
everybody to whom it is offered.
County Commissioner Wooding came fro m
Slaughter yesterday, and said:
No large bridges have gone out in my district,
but the county Will suffer severely by the was h.
ing out OF inuumerable small ones, besides Il 10
sliding OF banks on county roads and the cove r.
ing them up with flood debris. If such floods "a
this are to be regular annual thin z,
will be a necessity. II the level of the lai q
were lowered hve or six feet the Cedar ar ID
Duwamish valley, and the problem of draining
the Samamish bottoms would also be solve &.
1t would be great advantage to this city If tile
mountain waters of the Cedar river could "a
emptied into the lake, thereby furnishing tie
very purest water supple.