The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-02

river rose one inch today, bat IL wss an
excessively hot day and big rsse IL ex-
recsed tomorrow. The steamer Bailey sank
IN Fresh water slough today With zoo sacks
Of oats.
LErTrs Fslfs. June Especial The
waters Of the Co~iitx in this vicinity have
done little damage. In some places por-
tons OF farms we're sesered. bat net long
enough 70 DO any great injury. Tues-
day. Wednesday and Thursday the river
fell about three feet, bat today il began TO
rise again. Some portions Of the county
road are nov under water. Should the
river rise to the same height - last Mon-
day many potato patches viii be washed
out The river Is clear OF logs. Loggcrs
are fearful that the boom as the mouth OF
the Cowiiss will give way and they wall
lose the logs
TACOMA. June f--FSpsciM. .1-Fasseneer
aboard the first Sorshsrn Pacific overland
tram from the East since Sunday, which
arrived tonight. say the prospects are that
Columbia river will 30 still higher, because
Lake Pond d'oreiiis, the greatest feeder Of
the river. is ssiii rising. ~ also in Ciarke's
fork. Along the latter river the back
enough TO wash out the rail.
road grade. Much hardship Is re-
nortcd among drowned-oat farmers.
In Idaho In one instance . farmer was
camred on the railroad grade With his
family. Fhc water Was up tn the second
story of his house, and ali of his farm. all
ready seeded. Was under water. His seven
head of horses and eight cows had been
e. r.. L. \
passen gers his family would be in starv-
ing coalition. Such high water has never
before been seen in Idaho.
While the water In the White river has
not been a. high - IN the SkAEit. it has
risen high enough. combined with the
Cedar, to inundatc the whole Of the nu-
vanish and Black river flats. The Carr,
Western. Squire, MeNauxht. Van Asseit,
James Nelson. Graham. Joseph Foster.
Mckinley, Burns. Abrams and Dunfeid
farms arc all under water Pages horS
standing seven or eight feet deep in IL
The bottoms are all flooded away up to
Springhrook. and 50 Is the hack part Of
the White river valley from Ortllia to
Kent, about half of Meeker's hop fields at
Kent being under water.
II is hoped to have the Great Northern
wnshouts near Stanwood repaired by the
time the uorth-bound and south-bound
trains reach that point today. and In that
case the trains viii run through. Trafic
on the Canadian Pacific is kept up By
Ruby. distance Of eighty miles, and
about Loo delayed passengers Who we're
gathered ae kamloops have been brought
through.
The Northern Pacific overland train arr
rived here about IL O'Clock last night with
the delayed passsngers not only Of that
road but Of the Great Northern train. who
them were ID. 7. Denny, John b. Denny.
l.. II. 6rifilth, Mrs. T. /. Blakeney and
other Seattle people, bssides the party Of
The trip hss been one long series Of de-
laws on account Of the floods, and for the
Great Northern passenger has taken
seven days insesad Of three, the Northsrn
they started that much later. The
train first struck high water on the
Fiathsad and the track vas over
flowed q several places. but they did
not experience any delay until they
reached Kalispell. There they learned
that the track ahoad Of them was Vnahed
out at Bonnsr's Ferry. on the Kootsnai.
for thlrsy-six hours. Then the train
Was sent back 70 Havrs and over
the Montana Central to Helena, and
after . twslve-hour wait n Havro
and twelve more at Helena the
passengsrs were Transferred 10 the North
srn Pacific. But there more trouble Was
In store for them. for they we're held two
days at Horne Plains By washout along
the Missoula river and on running ON
to Herron they struck another washout
and q wait OF twelve hours more.
They had TO wait twelve hours st the east
end Of the etampeds tunnel after psrilous
ride along Lightning creek. the water BE-
Ing over the track and In some places up
to The car steps, while the can swaysd and
creaksd on the weakened track a. they
cautiously crawled along st . snail's pacs.