The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-26
RIVERS ARE RAGING.
Warm Weather Brings Snow
Down With q Rush.
skAciT FLATS AL FLOODED.


out Washington aad Oregon and British
| Columbus has melted the snow on the
mountains 80 rapidly - TO cause great
| frsshets in all the rivers and has produced
| . serious food. which threatens to grow
worse today. The Ekagit, Fraser and Co
lumbia rivers are doing the most damage,
| having overdowed all the loWiands,
suamped the crops and put the whole
| towns OF Mount Vernon and Hamilton
| under water. Traffic on the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific road 10 blocked
by the water, and great damage has been
done 20 the former road at Fir.
Passengers arriving in the city reported
that Green river was out Of ats banks.
White and Puyallup rivers were running
bank full, Cedar river was still rising snd
the Duwamish, being unable TO carry OF
the frsshets from oil these streams, had
overAowed all the lowlands. Tho Great
Northern wsst-bound train. due on Thurs
day night did not arrive until $50 p. IN.
yesterday. owing to floods in the Wenat-
chez valley. the one last night will not ar
rive until some time today and
no east-bound train went out last
night Northern Pacific main line
trains were also about twelve hours late
owing to trouble in the mountains, and
the bridge gang was again called away
yesterday to save the Stuck river bridge.
On the Great Northern coast lines the
Stillaguamish overlooked the OATS at its
mouth and began washing out the bank.
10 that the work train was hurried out in
the afternoon. Superintendent Phelps, Of
the Seattle h Northern. telegraphed that
the Skagit was rising % fast that he
doubted whether the passenger train
could make another trim to Hamilton.
The Srohori.h river II v.rv hioh Re.
80. S.sh.-,;-n "a r..-s.. -. -
o"eAo'sI nv e Ae"
isnus sse 'our 20 "a sees uhoes wa.e1'
The details OF the hood are told In the
following special dispatches:
Morxr Vrrxon Nav 25-rSnecinI. T.
The Skay;t river - highsr than far fnnr.
teen vesrs. and at This wrItinc. 10 20
= m tbs rro.aecf. ara a. n there vili h
immense damare 10 the crona on Ali low.
lands contiguous to the river. AT this
time the : ater il one foot above the hivh
wat.r marx of Novemher- $50, And stiII
risinr sraduallv And surely. while
thc almost tronicaiT heat al today
ana Iast night mikes n aimo.t
eert.in that thu vatar has not
reached its hfehast stace NV
.sveral feet Tha sccne in Mount Vernon
tod.v : !. more ercitinv than ever in ifs
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sbnrt ona-,er NJ I m,ls rom the co,rt-
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mad n hnt he ieak crsv in anita If ali
sfsnrt. thouvh n Aid not show On the .nr-
face A dyke was also nut in hack Of the
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