The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-09
THE VALLEYS All FLOODED.
Divers Over Their Banks and Trains
Running Very Late

Rivers Over Their Banks and 1rains
kunntng Very Late
The rivers were rising al day yesterday
and had overlooked their banks and made
great lakes Of the bottom lands the pre-
vious night, but With the cessation OF the
rain storm came 20 q stsncstIll. and vii
be suhsidiug by this morning. unless an
other storm renews the food
Cedar river has been coming up rapidly,
rising four or i've feet on Tuesday night.
and six inches more upto sunset yester-
day. Waite river i also ont OF ITS banks,
and has swamped all the lowlands- The
two streams together hsve combined 10
hood the valleys of the Duwamish and
Black rivers. bus no serious damage has
been done according to last reports. The
Snohomish continued 20 rise and Hooded
the whole country between snohomish
city and Lowell, as well IS the soser part
of the latter town. The Skagit vas just
over its banks on Tuesday night, and vas
still rising last evening.
The storm has been general from the
coast 20 the Rocky mountains. and has
caused d foods as far east as Montana A
bridge over Lightning creek, tributary
Of the C.ark's Fork, was washed out on
the Northern Pacific, and the west-bound
train due 1T AIS y. IN. on Tuesday was
held until it was repaired, so that It did
not arrive here until 4:i0 p. m. yesterday.
Ia the Rockies, as in the Cascades. a
warm rain brought down the snow from
the mountains. so that there was double
cause for the food The train due at AIS
p. m. yesterday arrived almost on time,
close after that of the previous day.
The following Associated Press dispatch
tells of these mishaps:
SPOKANE. Nov. s.-The trestle over
Lightning creek. on the Northern Pacific
east of Hope. Idaho. was washed out
again last night and there was no west
bound train through today. Another
caye-in occurred at the Mullan tunnel.
which has oeen blockaded Tor three weeks.
trains going around by way OF Butte Ali
Great Sortnern trains are del aged by deep
snow and rain swelling the mountain
streams. Union Pacific trains are moving
practically on time.
The Great Northern has also had trouble
in the Rockies, washouts having occurred
in Montana which delayed Tuesdays
west-bound train, and yesterdays also.
When they crossed the Cascades these
trains ran into new trouble, for the track
west of Snohomish was under water and
the banks were so weakened that II was
not considered safe to run over them ex-
cept by daylight and with great caution.
Thus passengers due here at IL O'Clock on
Tuesday night did not arrive till O'Clock
last evening. The train due here last
night crossed the mountains eight hours
late and was held east of Snohomish until
this morning. TO avoid running over the
flooded country at night A locomotive
rolled off the track in that locality on
Monday morning. which served as a warn
ing. A special from Everett says:
EVERETT, Nov. &-The water of the
SnohomIsh river at high tide was three or
four inches over the railroad track between
here and Snohomish, and trains on the
Great Northern and Everett & Monte
Cristo were suspended. General Manager
Mcbride, of the latter road, is ut Silver
ton. II is expected that the washou.
there will be repaired so that trains can
leave Everett Thursday morning for
Monte Cristo."