The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-28
THRRUIING ELEMENT
Water sin Holds Sway q
Taxne and Railree1a
AsscTsEa skAosT DIXIE saEAks.


= ~yss. hat Iasps ssaeas a. sssntsy sss ssili
undw vs4sx. To Wssss dsmses - nov
bu6og 61ue n Easessn WasAts9tOn. tof >
ssa3s ueat fhsooeh abTSdgs n the YAKIMA
valley w1fh ~ eoessAes 81 oas iise. III
Jeosbusx u undT vesss With torrsns
Yunsing thfUa9h tie streets, end the
CIask's FORK and Kooeenas rivers aro sag-
Ing strsaas esd hsys lens crest damage
a ths Hersbesu Paeifie snd Great North
en- yusdA ~ Bosass's Ferry the
vssu = sepcrtsd 70 havs driven
the opsratoe ous u the sfetjon. The
vssthousd overland train On the North.
orn Paci6c did NOS axriys hsre until t2.O
thts Dorniue. eight hours late. and al
fsains On the Crest Northern usss than-
donsd yesterday, both on the main line
and The eeast iinsa The Cedar. Waite
and Puyaiiap rivers vsfe falling yssssf.
day, and I'll danger Of noods IN thst dsrsc-
SION v eonsIdsred "a h. ended.
Particulars Of the dood In dihsfsnt d.
fscttons ~ givsn In tiss following dis
patches:
Norsr vsnxos. May zA--fSpsciai r.
1he water Ia the Gkaatt river remains %
the sane stage pfaeticsiiy - yesterday.
9TH 5r:psss nom e sn 81 sssi 70 q :;asss
Shs city todsy II thas the dixie near Avon
% Dansnuillsr's paaos II easing into the
Ytvor oud viii ooon break and 0ood the
Beaver mnsGh. 4 forces Of men II busy
theoeine up dixie hack Of tbs abandoned
enc, pnt - y Tn 70 one shat the Old dixie
~ givs .sy 1sfess he ass oas e done;
e thss Aise hesass The aamsEs VIII
she L. Ccun1r na3s. Mount Vernon 10
hoonoR than ever Ia voter bat the peopje
afo ese&ang useo - = Ana GO not appre-
hsnd any fnfsnef oenEsE Thsre - no
eunef1n1. The 0ruae Northern railway -
Earring badly between here and tir.
sevsn miies hsl0w. ana the Grads y washed
out from The tsaak Tor : large part of that
distAncs. not sven handcas can p got
isnd has had : lores q msa g the 0rs.s
MoFthe!u bridge al day. and' tonighs y b
eeeonesoenoo someWoet, oos DIG loo or .
jam might tAke = cat - any moment. A
erses plack epoe enove ON the sads o.
A0a1s bAkers inoaeatpe . large AVA
lsnsne.
nos1s IAxinA. ~ E-n n seeadsns
Ioppsntsh station, eighteen miles east Of
hcstn tsktmas . N easiy hour this
morn1ne - Ne re,uts g tns rrsvaufng
nooo. An eees-pouno net9ne vent
snsoeen o1dee eroe0ne slough. bury
ms Ssrsman "a Acrrem pensesn the
rreck kneinsss Cnsrsss Wifth, Of Ellsns-
eus9. lumpsd = me soEns Wa going
0oWn. pus nsn esverA no. uro.eo ana re-
esed Internal tntuxisA e y believed his
Ms - = ssvso Inc c1oes pea the ap-
9Anee q o1nt $40 y Ne tt0e, ous tns
IA: Wsss - a.tme nso unoesmineo the
p1ne Aoneue pody wae recovered
only e!se9 me usecsine crew hao oeen D
uc[ 1 Ics oevssM noufs Inc vsasnsr 70
colder snis ausrnoon. ana the wstsr has
$3.50 Ilssnes oI ~, sssss ~ stu ssis TOT
psso4e eEosmlf toe xa4ine RIVER o Union
0ep pesnaAy oemotleeeo, ana several
smaM onee seve oeee carried ewaY. Many
fafdens go orchards along Tie lowiands
hess hsen washed out
xlAusDu10s Nay N.--t6pectal. 1.-The
dcwn slowly. but u - stu very high In
the Yakima rivsr.
PossIArD. Nay ~. - The Willamette
river - this CITY - now twenty-five feet
shove low water mark. and II rising n
the rate Of half IN inch per hour. At The
UaiIee during the past tventy-f0ur hours
shs Coiumots has risen three fest. which
In the next twenty -four hours. The water
today reached Front street, and eli day
long meschants on the water front have
besn moving goods "a. the upper stories.
In Atbina many small houses on the fiata
are under water and their occupants havs
moved 70 higher ground. Advices 20 the
weather bureau from various points east
OF the Cascade mountains show that the
temperature u falling. which will cheek
the rise In the Columbia river.
NEW WRsrMfnsrKn, Nay 2.-tspecial l.
The great rush Of water from the In teffol
continues, and though IL viii be- two
weeks yet heion the WORT arriyes. ths
level Of the river today 10 higher than ex
tref0n hiwh ~ fa<e 49,