Evening journal., 1892-11-21
AFTER THE BIG STORM.
Lives Lost and Much Damage
Done by Heavy Floods.
RIVERS BECOME MAD TORRENTS.


Valley Towns I'm Northwestern washing
ton Several Feet Under Water-Great
Damage Done in the Farming Districts.
Railroad Washouts and Landslides-A
Floating Bridge Crashes Into Train.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 21.-Reports
received from the districts visited by the
recent storm show far greater loss than
was at first anticipated.
At Sedro several lives are reported
lost, and fatalities are reported in Skagil
and Stillanguamish valleys from the
floods. Mount Vernon, Fir, Laconner,
Hamilton and other towns are under
water four or more feet deep, and people
are removing their effects to higher
ground, fearing still greater rise.
The Skagil river is so full of logs and
drift that navigation is suspended.
Nearly 100000 feet of logs came down
yesterday, tearing out the pier Of the
Wadon bridge at Mount Vernon, snap
ping the piles off like frail weeds. The
banks of the river are lined with people
watching the mad torrent.
Scenes Of Desolation.
Several breaks have occurred in the
levee and the valleys and towns are the
scenes of desolation. The lower floors
of the houses are covered with several
feet of water, while the water in the
streets is so high as to make pedestrian
t.,,, ole tt,,r,pcufbla IN, rloro he
break in the levee is half fa,mile long
and six feet wide and the torrent is rush
ing madly through the town of Fir.
Beaver Marsh and the town of La
conner are also flooded, and the farmers
are driving their stock to. high ground
The damage to the farming districts
alone will reach hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
The telegraph lines are prostrated in
many sections and when communication
has been restored fearful tale may be
told
Many Railroad WashOuts and Landslides
Railroad washouts are reported from
many sections of the country. In many
places big landslides have washed out
the roadbed for miles At Samish lake
and Rlcksham several hundred feet oil
track have been washed out and at the
former place bridge was carried away
A Fatal Crash.
Yesterday a Seattle & Northern trair
ran into floating bridge in the Skagi
valley and the engine and baggage eai
went into the river. The fireman wal
buried under the locomotive, and the en-
gineer and baggageman only saveS
fhar,aalr voc hv frrnnina ord arufr,a,,,fr
ashore.
Word from the town of Stanwood say
that that place is flooded, and that
was found necessary to abandon tn
lower floors of the building owing to TIN
high waters. Communication with tn
other districts is cut off, except b,
steamer.
The southwestern part ;of the stat
did not fare so badly as the northwest
ern, judging from the reports receive
from that section. Heavy rains hav
prevailed and the creeks and rivers ar
swollen beyond precedence, but Eno grea
damage beyond losses Of logs and shingl
booms are reported. The railroad:
however, suffered considerable by lanC
slides, and numerous bridges and col
siderable track have been washed away
The Clouds Rolling Away.
The rain has ceased and the wind
more moderate, and it is now believe
that the worst is over. Many here b
lieve, or at least hope, that the report
from the flooded districts are someWhI
exaggerated, as is usual in cases
floods, but others think the worst is NJ
yet known.
The log jam at the Snohomish railws
bridge has grown TO half-a-mile in lengi
and the bridge begins to show signs
weakness. Should it give way Il
people in the bottom lands viii perish.