The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-29
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few days The river il rising at the rate
Of about twelve inches every twenty-sour
hours. and two feet more will bring il to
the 1876 mark, which was 2a9 above low
water. The wster on Front street il ovsr
. foot deep. aud st many points it has
reached First street. The damage 10 goods
along the water fronts small, as the mer-
chants have had ample time to move them
to the upper stories. The railroads are
suffering most The Northern Pacific
track at Hunters. ON the Oregon side, il
submerged for mile or more, and conne.-
tion Il made by host from this city to
Kaiama- The Union Pacific, which fol-
lows ths Columbia river 70 Umatilia, il
under wassr at many points, and trains are
much delayed.
TAconA, May - Especial. IA temporl
ary tract Was built around the washed out
portion Of the Northern Pacific track at
Toppenish today. and the overland train
arrived . few hours late tonight All the
mountain streams are reported falling.
The Yakima river has oserfiowsd its banks
in many places, washing out several turn
pike bridges. There il something OF q
aood from Pasco to Tacoma. although
Green rivel is not 80 swollen as the
Yakima The Puvallup river 10 very high
tonight
NEW WEsrxrNsrEa. May cS.-[Speciai. r.
The Fraser river freshst continuss un-
abated. and hourly the water increases in
volume. News from up-river points 10
hard to obtain. but what has hssn received
is most discouraging. Evsrywhsre low
and medium low lands are flooded, and
Thousands of acres under crop are covered
deep with water That the 1857 food
mark will bs reached 10 now = certainty,
and farmers win b. thankful II they are
troubled with nothing worse No train
has reached the Coaat since Wednesday
last. and it will b > day or two yet before
the first arrives several bridges and deep
lilings between Yale and North Bend
having bssn washed ont this morning.
The most serious affair since the begin.
ming of the freshet was the giving way Of
the Hatgic dixie on Saturday night The
water - eighteen feet deep outside the
dixie when the earth esve way. and great
wavs rolled in over the prairie. sweeping
everything before it No human lives
were lost. but cattle were drowned. The
inrush of water was 90 great that the river
fell temporarily about ten inches. Early
yesterday morning the Canadian Pacific
railroad had force of men ct work erect
ing trestie TO cross the break.
All Saturday night and yesterday settlers
in the flooded districts were busy remov-
ing their families. household goods and
live stock to higher grounds. In some
cases cattle could not be got out Of the
marshes and had 70 be abandoned TO their
fate. Hay stacks. sheds and implements
were carried away. The water reached
the level Of the Langley Indian reserve
yesterday morning. and before noon the
isIand Was covered, the Indians being
obliged to vacats with only portion Of
their goods.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
dixie holding back the water from what IL
known as Little Prairie, at Langley. suc-
cumbsd to the tremendous pressure against
it. and in five minutes 1000 acres Of pas
ture and cropped lands were covered. Pre-
cautions had been taken to drive the cattle
TO higher ridges. and none were lost, but
the crops are . total loss. The flood at
Fort Langley reaches about 300 feet back
from the river bank. and the frat floors OF
many houses are under water. The Lang
ley hotel. Peter Brown proprietor. 10 COM
pletely surrounded BY water to depth Of
several feet. At2o'clock yesterday after
noon Browns little son fell or the hotel
veranda into the water and was drowned.
The body was recovered.
Last evening the river had risen to such
. height that the water outside the Mats
qui dixie was within two feet Of the top.
During the night the freshst increased by
eight inches, and ~ dayb-eak great Sec
tion Of the embankment collapsed, and at
o'clock this afternoon the whole prairie
was under water. Particulars OF the dam.
age arc not to hand yet. 1t Is impossible
yet to estimate the total loss along the
river. but IL will Be immense, perhaps
81 90 600.
MI. VERNON, May 28-fSpecisi. The
situation in the Skagit valley 10 not ma
terially changed today. The water at Mt.
Vernon is four inches lower than yester-
day. but this Is thought to be due to .
break in the dixie three miles above, which
has been flooding Beaver marsh all day
4 large number Of men from La Conner,
Mt Vernon and other places have been
working hard all day Ut Avon to mend this
break. but IL grows steadily in spite Of
their efforts, and tho La Conner Oats are
rapidly filling up. Colder weather has
blessed the valley today. and consider
able fall in the water 10 predicted.
The Great Northern bridge over the
Skagit still stands. but il extremely ahaky
and may go out yet Every log that
strikes il shakes it from one end 70 the
other. The wagon bridge at this place IL
standing the shocks well.
SPOKANE. May 2s-Ths Spokane river
continues to rise slowly. Another bridge
went ont today. the old Ross Park car
bridge.
IL had been condemned, and the loss ID
small Most of Bonner's Ferry - under
water. ana the people have taken TO the
hills.
Repor To from along the Great Northern
road are that the Wenatchee and Koosenai
rivers are higher than ever before and
have y as he'd out the track for such o dis
tance thar it viii be aboG; two days before
trains can run through TO Spokane and
three days before they can run clear
through. On the Coast lines half D miie
Of track Was lifted Oh tue roadbed near
kir, eu, the grade - not much dam aaed,
as It - cognp posed Of cement gravel. which
does not wash readily. Tae Skaeit bridge
at Mt. Vernon was in danger on sunday.
hus the river had fallen sir inches In rho
fSenty-soGr hours up 10 noon yesterday.
and the bridge - nos considered safe It
Is expected that all she damage wili be re-
paired IN Two days. and Ineantsme trains
siii be running this moFaing from Seattle
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