Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-11-25
An ovIHwHLLMtRu DISASTER
The Greatest Flood That Has Fver
Devastated Oar state

Devastated oar state
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h'p'ils h"'n other lla''a state the
prot able lnss ~ lio, While in the en-.
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details aud names are Wanting
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if"H ih" log cabin 4" ihe pfcienii"ns
i~"1'ioy ltane house. have teen
Heating in the hnohumish, ufeen,
white, puSamish. nla'k, Nu"tssct
aud 'hehslis fi,efs. and Ia nearly
.,oFf stream oi any size west II ,he
mountains s'nce the waters gathered
iury aud strength from torrents tina,
poured from tie mountain ieigh,s
Tie ordinarily small fiyrts flowing
Into the Sound have grown hvyond ~
cugnillon by tliuse beet acquainted
With the topography ui the country
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stream, ls mow hf0adenod 4, mile Ia
sidlh tho Hn"humish, . creek
compared With ordinary n,cts. - nov
rushing torrent several miles in
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streams having low banks aud valleys
stretching 10 tile foothills.
hefefai cities afo under water
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aud the damage 60 highways Of 81
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mented by the cOntinusnce ~ rain
The melting OF snow Ia tile molw.ia
ranges, aud the rush ~ The ahgry
n"Nl 10 the open sea. The los. 10 N,
farmer. " he may have bsen 80 ioftu
nate ss 81 save his buildings. IL
wash OF soI' aud accumulation 81 lie
hfis over land in cultivation, will h
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