The morning call., 1892-11-23
RECEDING WATERS.
SubsidenCe of the Floods in
the North.
GREAT DAMAGE TO FARMERS.
Their Lands Devastated by the Over
burdened Rivers - Swimming
Cattle to the Foothills.
Special to TIE MORNING CALI

SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. 22.-Notwithstand-
ing the constant. and at times heavy, rain
all day, tie rivers of Western Washington
are getting back into their banks, and the
flood Will probably be over in another twen-
ty-four hours, aud then some estimate can
be made OF the damage done TO the valleys
where the food was naturally at its worst.
The streams that are now on the rampage
are the Black and Duwanish rivers in King
County. the former stream flowing into the
latter, and the SDohomish. All the streams
that have their headwaters in the noun
tains have gone back into their banks, tie
water falling as rapidly as it rose, but the
more sluggish valley waterways are still
surcharged. and the water does not flow
from the fats very rapidly.
The big log-jam In the Snohomish River,
above the Great Northern railroad bridge,
has not yet been broken; but the river is
not rising and there is very little debris
coming down, so that it is almost certain
that the bridge piers will be able to stand
the strain until all danger is past.
As the water leaves the SnohOmish fats
they are found to be badly cut about In
some places by the effort of the water to
find new channel, and logs and debris
have floated into and covered land that was
in fine state of cultivation. Many farmers
have lost all their hay crop, and the hop
fields were denuded of the poles.
The monster jam in the Duwamish River
four miles south of Seattle has been blasted
and cut away on one side so as to remove
the strain from one side of the county
bride which is now safe
The town of River Park, consisting of
about fifty homes of workingnen, is CON-
pletely under water. and the people have
saved but little furniture or clothing as they
had to move in the night. In the Duwamish
district, which is almost exclusively given
up to dairy farming, several hundred head
of cattle have been standing in the water
three feet deep for the past three days. At
the big stock farm of Senator Squire men
have been al work fer forty-eight EouIs
saving stock by swimming them to the
foothills.
Traffic was resumed over the Northern
Pacific this evening, and communication
with the East is restored. The first train
went out at 2 o'clock and the first train
came from Tacoma at 2:10 The Columbia
and Puget Sound road has its line in good
order and is running heavy coal trains.
The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern is
running its trains on schedule time The
Great Northern has been bothered by new
slides on the coast lines but will be in good
shape Tomorrow.
PORTLAND. Or, Nov. %. - heavy rain
has fallen in this city and throughout the
Willamette Valley and along the Columbia
River since midnight. The Willamette
River is rising rapidly but no damage has
been reported. 1t will require several feet
more rise before serious damage will result
from food.
The Northern Pacific trains for the East
are running on time. and the train which
has been delayed east of the Cascades for
four days arrived at Tacoma this morning
and will reach this city this afternoon. It's
expected the Northern Pacific line between
Seattle and Tacoma will be open this after.
noon.
Another slide has occurred at the Cas-
cades, on the Union Pacific, this morning
which has added new difficulties to the al
ready aggravated situation there. The COM
pany began the construction of track
around the slide yesterday, but IL the
heavy rains continue, it is question if the
new track will be Of any service. Passen-
gers and mail are transferred by boat and
considerable freight is also being handled
in the same way.
The Union Pacific has a large force of
men at work and the grading for new
track around the landslide was completed
to-day. 1t Is expected 10 have the work
finished by tomorrow night, when trains
will start. Three river boats are carrying
all perishable freight around the slide.
Reports from points on the Willamette
River, south of this city, state that heavy
rain has been falling during the past twenty.
-four hours, and that the river has risen
several feet, though no damage has been
done,