Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-23
overwhelmed BY THE FLOODS
The Deluge in the Pacific
Northwest.
Many Houses Washed Away by the
Swollen Streams.
A Number OF People Drowned Before
They Could Escape from Their
Homes-Another Landslide
at the Cascades.

| By the Associated Press.
TACOMA, WASH, Nov. 22.-Reports
are being received of persons who have
been drowned while trying to escape
from their homes, which were threat
ened by the valley foods. Frame
houses of all descriptions have been
seen floating in nearly every stream of
any size west OF the mountains.
All railroad communication in this
section is stopped, except on the North
ern Pacific main line. 1t is raining
hard and the floods have greatly in
creased since last night, making certain
sti!l greater destruction of property.
THE WORST is OVER.
SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. 22.-Reports
from the skagit, Stillaquamish. Sno-
qualmie, Cedar, White and Green river
dist.ict indicate that the worst OF the
flood is over there, but in Duwamish f,
Black and Snohomsh river districts the
situation is unchanged. The first named
rivers are swift mountain streams, while
the last three are streams which are
made up from mountain streams, but
themselves flow only through bottom
lands.
THE DELUGE IN OREGON.
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. pa heavy
rain has fallen in this city and through
out the Willamette valley and along the
Columbia river since midnight. The
willamette river is rising rapidly, but
no damage has been reported. It will
require foot more rice before serious
damage will result from the food.
Northern Pacific trains for the east are
running on time, and train which had
been delayed east of the Cascades for
four days arrived at Tacoma this morn
ing and will reach this city this after.
noon. 1t is expected that the Northern
Pacific line between Seattle and Tacoma
will be open this afternoon.
Another slide occurred at the Cascades
on the Union Pacific this morning,
which added new difficulties to the
already aggravated situation there.
WASHINGTON FLOODS sUBs;DiNa.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 22.-Notwith.
standing the constant and at times
heavy rain all day, the rivers OF West
ern Washington are getting back into
their banks, and the food will probably
be over in another "a hours, and then
some estimate can be made OF the dam
age done to the rich valleys where the
flood was naturally at its worst. The
only streams that are now on the ram
page are the Black and Duwamish
rivers, in King county, the former
stream flowing into the latter and it into
the Snohomish. Trains are now rum
ming on time.
RAINS EXTENDING SOUTHWARK.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. % The weather
bureau rep6rts heavy etorm prevailing
off the Washington coast. the center Of
which is moving eastward north of Van
couver island and elowly entering Brit
ish Columbia. High southerly winds
are reported from the Washington coast,
with velocity of over 60 miles per hour.
The rain area has already extended
southwark into Northern California,
where it is raining in the mountains
north of Red Bluff and on the north
west coast. Rain has fallen throughout
Oregon and Washington. it being very
heavy in the western portion oil the lat
ter state. Cloudy weather prevails
throughout Western Nevada and the
eastern portion OF Northern California.
Clear weather prevails in Southern Cali
fornia, Arizona and Utah.