St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-22
MANY TOWNS FLOODED.
Much Damage Done by Water
Above Seattle.


SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 2f.-Rep0rts
received from the districts visited by
the recent storms show far greater
loss than was at first anticipated. At
Sedro several lives are reported lost and
fatalities are reported in Skagit and
Stllaguamish valleys from the foods.
Mount Vernon. Fir, Laconner and Ham
Ilton and other towns are under water
four or more feet deep, and the people
are removing their effects to higher
ground, fearing a still greater rise.
In Skagit river navigation is Sus-
pended. Nearly million feet of logs
came down yesterday, tearing out the
pier of the wagon bridge at Mount Yer
non and swapping the piles off. The
banks of the river are lined with crowds
watching the mad torrent. Several
breaks have occurred i'll the leYee, and
lhe valleys and towns are the scenes Of
aesolaton. The lower floors of the
houses are covered with several feet OF
water while the water is out in the
streets.
In one place the break in the levee is
lalf mile long and six feet wide and
he torrent is rushing madly through
The town OF Fir. Beaver Marsh and the
;own of Laconner are also flooded, and
The farmers are driving their stock to
nigh ground. The damage to the farm
ny district alone will reach hundreds
Of thousands of dollars. The telegraph
lines are Frustrated in many sections,
and when communication has been re-
stored a fearful tale may be told.
Railroad WaShOutS are reported from
many sections. In many places big
landslides have washed out the roadbed
for many miles. AT Samish lake and
Ricksham several hundred feet of track
have been washed out Yesterday
Seattle d Northern train ran into a
tlOating bridge in the Skagit valley, and
the engine and baggage car went into the
river. The fireman was buried under
The locomotive, and the engineer and
baggageman only saved themselves by
jumping Word from the town Of Stan
wood says that that place is flooded.
Communication with the other districts
Is cut off except by boat
The southwestern part OF the state
did not fare so badly as the northwest
ern. The railroads, however. suffered
by landSlideS, and numerous bridges
and considerable track have beenWashed
away. The rain ceased last night.
Many here believe the worst is not yet
known. The log jam at the SnohomiSh
railway bridge has grown to nalf Il mile
in length, and the bridge begins to show
weakness. Should it give way, those
living in bottom lands will perish. The
jam at Sn0h0mish consists of over 3.000,
700 feet of logs, and debris has formed
huge mass in the SnohOmiSh river at
the Great Northern railroad bridge.
The railroad company has large
force of men at work trying
TO break the jam. If the
Great Northern bridge goes, it
will take the Lake Shore & Eastern
bridge and the city wagon bridge To-
Gated below with 1t. The steamers
Mamie and Isabella were forced TO drift
from their moOrings, and are now in the
center OF the jam, and probably totally
wrecked. The first fatality reported is
the death of j. A. Medora, a laborer who
was drowned while trying to save stock
yesterday afternoon near SnOhomiSh.
There is but little, if any improve
ment in the food situation in the Puget
sound basin tonight, and the steady
IOwnpOur of rain since dusk, with a
falling barometer, gives but little
encouragement of the abatement of the
deluge for at least a day or more and
many fear the worst is yet TO come.
There is still an almost complete block
Rde of railroad communication, The
damage done to railroads and farms
thus far aggregates S300,000.