Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-31
From All Quarters. RUINED BY THE FLOODS Great Damage and Loss of Life in the West IN HONOR OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS Memorial Services Held on
 the BattIefeIds OXFORD ATHLETES TO MEET YALE The Contest to take Place
 Next Summer.
IN HONOR OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS
OXFORD ATHLETES TO MEET YALE
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

Whole Villages Are Submerged by the Floods-Ranchers and Farmers R u- ined-RaflwayC Comm municatfon D fl m the East is Cut of.
 VANCOUVER, B. O., May 5o.-The over flow of the Frszsr river is causing great
 destruction and loss of life. The surround
 ing valleys have been submerged, houses
 and outbuildings of rsnchers have been
 swept away, and where but few days ago
 were fields of growing grain is now a wsste
 of water. Many herds of cattle and hocks of sheep have been drowned. Whole will lages on the banks of the stream are float ing. So far eight lives are known to have
 been lost.
 At Langley little boy fell from perch of the Langley hotel and was swept away
 by the flood. The hotel was afterwards
 washed from it's foundations. The town
 is flooded. The whole of Langley prairie
 is now under water, and the island on
 which Is the Indian reservation Is entirely
 under water. The canoes in which were
 four Indians who were trying to tow some cattle from 8 ridge on the islsnd to the
 mainland were cspsized and three of the Indians were drowned.
 The dead bodies of three men and little girl were found on Hatztic prairie entangled
 among floating trees. Many other bodies are reported as having been seen in the
 stream in other localities, but so terrible
 was the current that all attempts at rescue
 were futile. At Morris steamers are sailing in water, where week ago were farms.
 fn
 taking passage on steamers and bringing
 their families here. The towns of Chilla-
 wack, Harrison and Centreville have been
 almost entirely inundated, and 1t has been
 with difficulty that the inhabitants have
 escaped with their lives.
 The damage done to the Canadian Pa
 ei6c railroad tracks is very serious all
 along the line. At Hstztio the dyking has
 entirely given away, and 600 yards of road
 have been destroyed. At Nicomen the whole town is under water. The traffic
 over the railroad is entirely stopped, no
 train having arrived from the east since
 the 23rd inst. No mails have been received or sent.
 At Hatztic prairie and Griffin lake 500 men with six work trains are endeavoring to repair the tracks. At places it is pro- posed to throw hawsers across the chasms and in this way transfer the mails to the western side of the breaks. Dsspairing of reaching their destination within reason able time, hundreds of passengers by the Canadian Pacific road are going back east. Every farmer and raneher at Hstztic prai- rie is ruined.
 The latest report says that the Matsqui dyke has caved in and the country is all flooded. Reports from beyond Mission City cannot be obtained for the wives are down. The Mission railroad bridge, one of the longest on the road, is expected to go every hour. The Salmon Arm bridge collapsed yesterday afternoon. At Yale the river is rising two inches an hour. SEATTLE, Waeh., May 30-The Puget sound region is almost cut off from rail ] way communication from the east. The Canadian Pacific. Great Northern, North. ern Pacific and Union Pacific roads are all blockaded on account of the floods. ca the first named road the waters on the Fraser river are higher than for twenty years and @ vast expanse of territory is un der water. In the immediate vicinity oi ! the city the high waters are rapidly re- l cedipg and no further damage is expected