The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-31
TRAINS CARRIED ON BOATS.
Very Little Track Left West OF
Umatilla.
LIVES LOST ON THE FRASER.
Whole Villages Are AfIoat Along
Swollen Streams and Many
Farmers Ruined.

1OhILANO, OI', may OU,-All lU0 ulRU-
water records were beaten here at o'clock
this afternoon when the river reached
twenty-eight and nineteen tbs feet above the
low-water mark. Reports from the upper
Columbia are such that a rise of at least
thirty feet above low water is expected.
The Union Pacific mails and passengers
due here last Saturday have not yet ar
rived.
The Northern Pacific is now open from
ST. Paul tn Kelso. At the latter place the
west-bOund passenger-train was placed on
the huge transfer boat Tacoma, and the
steamer brought the train to this city by
water, distance of about fifty miles.
The boat arrived here at 4 P. NJ. and
landed at Duriway's dock, on the east side
of the river, where the passengers were
landed. At o'clock it left for Kelso
bearing the east-bOund train.
The Union Pacific cannot get west OF
Umatilla. A boat will run down from the
Snake River this evening. and then the
passengers and mails will be conveyed
| from Umatills by boat to Cello, thence by
rail to The Dalles, by boat from The Dalles
to the Cascades and over the Portage road
| to Bonneville, thence by boat to Portland
The Union Power Com pany was CON-
PEELED to close down during the afternoon,
seriously criDpllng the street-car service.
From the lower Columbia intelligence
comes that operations have ceased at
nearly all the salmon canneries, and that
| fishing has been suspended and much dam
age is feared. Among the farmers living
along the river bad state Of affairs is re-
ported. A great many houses and barns
are afoat, moored to the banks and their
owners are fearful that the current will
carry them away. Thus far no serious
| losses have occurred.
| The latest news from the upper Colum-
| bia region is of favorable nature. At
| Kiparla the river has fallen one foot. At
| Umatilla there is raise of four inches,
while at The Dalles the water Is at a
| standstil. At least a further rise of one
| foot is expected in this city.
VANCOUVER, B. c., May 3o-Fraser
river has broken into raging torrent,
| dealing destruction and death. Whole
herds of cattle and f1ocks OF sheep have
been drowned. Whole villages on the
| banks of the stream are afoat. Eight per-
| sons are known to be lost. Many other
bodies are reported having been seen in
| the stream.
At Morris steamers travel across where
farming lands used to be. The farmers
are taking passages on steamers and bring
ing their families here. The towns of Chill
| liwoc. Harrison and Centerville are almost
entirely inundated. The damage to the
Canadian Pacific track is very serious. At
Hattie the dykiDg has entirely given away.
Nicomen is under water. No train has
arrived from the East since May %. Ev-
cry farmer and rancher at Hattie prairie
is ruined.
| the latest report says the Matsqui dyke
| has caved in and the country Is all
| flooded. The Mission railroad bridge
| is expected to go every hour. The sal
mon-run bridge collapsed yesterday after
/ noon.
No trains have come on the Canadian
| Pacific for q week. Trains were blocked
first by slides in the interior, four bridges
! being carried away. Saturday night Hattie
| dyke blrst and 800 yards OF track were
washed away. 1t is hoped train may
reach here tomorrow or Friday, but the
passengers will be transferred several
times and make the journey partly by
| steamers. Telegraph wires have been
down all the week. so particulars are mea-
| ger. The supply of meat in town is some
what short, but local butchers have sent to
| Puget Sound for supplies.
The Great Northern Is suffering similar
trouble to the Canad ian Pacific Railroad
on the line to South Westminster, tracks
being eight inches under water. Five hun
dred men are now employed on the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad repairing the tracks.
BOISE, Idaho, May 3o.-The Oregon
Short Line westward from Boise is nearly
blocked by washouts. Boise and Fayette
rivers are higher than ever before known.
Several county bridgesshavng gone out,
and there is much damage to other prop
erty.
SPOKANE, Wash, May 3O.-The Spo-
kane River rose one inch last night. but
to-day has been at standstill 1t is
thought that to-day's high water may
bring another small rise. although 1t is
believed the worst is over. The old Dent
and Bradley bridge went out this morning,
but did no material damage to the bridges
| below.
On the Ceur d'Alene branch OF the
Union Pacific thirty-fve miles of track.
between Catado and Checolit, is under
water. II will be all right as soon as the
water falls, there being no current to wash
1t away. Between Wallace and Burke
|
pletely gone. Northern Pacific branches
are reported in like condition.
Word reached here to-day that the town
of Couconnully, Wash, was swept away
by the food. Every business house In
town was destroyed. Among the losers
are Fl. Harris, blacksmith; d. E. Wilson,
merchandise store; Y. Hunter &c Co., gen.
eral merchandise; A. W. Tulloch, drugs :;
c. F. Haul. hardware-store; l.. Linder.
livery stable; William Shuffeldt, barber
| shop; H. w. Thompson. Outlook, and all
the residences between the coneentrator
and town, a distance OF mile and half
Mrs. Almira Keith lost her life. There is
much suffering among the people. as they
saved nothing.
Conconnully is the chief town of the
Okanogan country. 1t has 700 people, and
the nearest railroad and telegraph point is
Coulee City. 105 miles distant. The flood
was due to a rapid rise of Salmon Creek,
which runs through the town. The dis.