Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-07


..ho,d the northwest. A number
',',,sfya,iyo men have placed the
unit in the neighborhood Of -, OOO,-
"a nj. estimated that the Hoods aud
.',ou,, OF tracks aud loss Of business
-m ,.us, a loo. Of at least 100000 to
-, of the Great Northern and Paci.
ss,,i, and nearly as much to the
So,lbsrn Pacific. railroad men here
m,ot Twin tako the Great Northern
,,1 Canadian Pacific a month to fully
,,.,,r tbeir tracks and the Northern
P.cIdo neatly rs long.
SWEET OUT or EXtsTENcE.
NoHrupoRr, Wash, June IA
tnt,,rngtf arrived here today from
Nelson with the report that kaslO, u.
a. vas swept almost entifeiy out OF
,tstsuee Sunday by HOOD anu Wlnu'
IA /. said the wharf and stores were
,,tflod into the lake and that several
.rors are miasing. No particulars
ifr Oblaiuable.
TIE FRASER RIVER STILL RIsISo.
yANc1uvER, Is. g., June The
Fn,ef nyut il still rising at West
minister. The worst has undoubtedly
hsrn experienced, however, for reports
nom UPPER river points state that the
aiod l. steadily tecodJng. News has
Len received here Of An appalling
hbdsllde which occurred In the
vicinity OF Ashcroft on Saturday last.
A tfaeh Of 100 acres OF land was carried
illot tue river. \ ol0ulDurst IL said to
nave been the immediate cause Of the
d..stet IL Is now claimed by many
that the destruction VI iaTms In The
Fnsef valley has not been as complete
a. ffst reported and that nearly all Of
The suffering ranchefs will bv able "
nIir crops this season.
4 DivABrATfNG cLoUDBuRsr
All tho Canadian Pacific passon-
gtn who left for tho east Sunday
f,lufned TO this city last night, having
lund II impossible TO get through the
mountains. There are halt dozen
t.0ckadeB OF n serious character along
The road aud II cannot be opened for
week. The more serious Interrupt.
lou than any previously reported IL
cue to this cloud.buttt In the vicinity
" l.yttoD.
The burst swept the railroad for nine
lies from the saw mills to Lyttou,
shute tho approaches To the govern.
neat suspension bridge on the old
CAfiDoo road were carried away. The
Eater also swep. away the iron
tHdgs at Ashcroft and the Canadian
Pacific railroads big bridge near
sponces station. The water tore down
The mountain gofges with incredible
velocity and sent the river loaplng
ever ~ banks Ia boiling, seetning
current.
rhis great volume OF water IL yot TO
he felt In the lower Frazer valley,
which IL viii not reach for another
Day. AZ further details OF the cloud.
tuftt are received, the earlier rel oHs Of
needing waters NJ LytlOn anu other
points Of the river arc dncredited.
However, II In not believed the lower
ryef will riso much higher.
Men who returned last night from
upper riYer points bring sad stories Of
death, devastation anu dee0iatiOn.
Settlers may DC seen at every station
IN the journey, floating on huge RATS
made out Of wrecks OF the farm build.
ings on which they have their families
and their cattle. Tho government
steamers arc rescuinR those M rapidly
~ possible. One OF these RATS were
believed OF Its burden by the steamer
gladys today. On the raft were man
aud wife anu two children, one Of them
an infant, two years old, two horses
and three cows. The horses and COVE
constantly threatened TO upset the raft,
i0f They were moving from side 10 side
constantly In search for food.
The child may die OF ex posture.
some idea Of the horrors of the dis
aser may be- Judged when II IN stated
mat there are thousands OF families
similarly situated.
FORTY LIVES LOST.
VANCOUVER, Is. g., June 7.-NewI
hlusl coming IN that tbs clOui.Uurst
w the Fraser Tlvsr resulted In the
19Ial destruction ola Raymond sxeuI-
slon train.
Forty lives are said to have been
lo,'' Ihe train, which consisted Of
paieeo cafe, was from Boston, Mass.
inc Train had been guaranteed
pAss'ge TO tue mountain division and
was passing ahead when tho wrecked
!oAdoed occaaioned by the oloui.bursl
Wa met. The sleeping cars were pilel
VA an eNlfieable mass. Tho exact losl
I" lllr cannot yet TO asoertained.
A TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
a newspaper correspondent, who TO
tutueu this morning from "A trip aGOy,
IotI nancy, on a rescue steamer, re-
pNw terrible state OF affairs IN tn,
uplef river. Herds OF nalf starved
cattle tied on RATS with no QUO IL
slile tho Journey VI the insecure craft
were sevn' Just above HauCy sOmt
ue'peiAlh fanCher had been playing
NN'lH WIN iatb aud hal bet his all e
Hlu Or lose on tho last card by sending
~" llllle stock Rdriit MT the mercy Ol
,ue uue' Two houses tied 10 thesway.
,ns falM gllded by. Families were ii
e u9urs with excited faces but up,
pafenlly cafe.
TED handkerchief was furiously
sA'eu a short distance on anu N,
vAuer hands were soon hitting out oil
mV Goh1 All exhausted, starving farmer
Nv MS Wllr. The woman had tainted
W. want OF TODD. A moment later ia,
VeAmtr was again hailed. A mar
,., shore called out that hs had seen i
~ WIN two bodies on II. But It'll,
avs avs has reached the city yet anu tn,
ssaa l oil many tragedies will nevoI
"a. halAlc two horses and a alor,
A,u out toward the steamer hut IA,
T'p's VI Tue town never spoke. nsveI