The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-05
MANyMIlEs OF TRACK DROWNED
The Colambia, Fraser and Skaxit
Rivers Rising Steadily.
In Portland sAe Whaxvss Are Being
FsiaeA ups Ass There h H~ps ef
LEVER wassr-O~sy I've Lives lest
4. BrisssA CelansIa.


foF ah taose rivers are stall rsstng. though
sae rise Of the Columbia ana Fraser -
slower taan u has eesn the last few days.
ana IN The former river it is expected to
neein iaihne tomorrow morning. This
snas cooler weather has ses 10 throughout
nassefn washington ana oregon, as
y oid through the country west OF the
eascsaes yesserdsy Inc Whiamette
1vel rescned sne SHOOT marx NJ Portland.
nAv,ng Aready passed al previous records.
sns fraser nocd raEes without aoatement.
sad tns ssosm o. saturday aud sunday
nsSs comoansa with the melted snow 70
os'ne tns SkAxit up rapidly untai y has
reacnsd the highest po.nt Of the last two
weekA Inc osssruction OF railroad prop
erty vni run up several million dollars.
some reports saying that nfty miles OF the
esnaaaan facinc track compisseiy
~sped cut though TINS statement lacks
eonnfmation ana PROBABLY sxasgerssed.
Inc Nortnern racine . cut IN two In tue
m'oa.e. ior ~ - only operated rom ths
sound % SPOKANE ana nom horss fiasns.
Mont. east. the section between spokane
ana Horse flains heine IN possession OF
the vasera IT, W. Dickinson. assistant
esnsfsi superintendent Of the road.
VINO has Just returned home from
trip over the road. says that n'nety-nvs
miiss OF it are under water between
horss fiains and odin, Idaho. ana tnst
business there - suspended until tne
water receds& Another traveller who has
come over the road says that the bridge BY
unaen the rosd crosses the Car9s FORK q
the mouth OF Lake Pend o'oreiiie - suo-
merged No through tickets are being
soio uii the hood subsidss. The train
nom SPOKANE arrived at s:lo isss night
Ine Canadian Pacific ssiii Keeps COM
municas'on cpsn oy iss combination Of
railroad and steamer hnsa steamer run
ming from Hammond. vest OF Mission. TO
knby creek. but party OF Raymond
Wnitcomo excursionists - stranded some
where east OF the latter piacs
On the Great Northern main line there
- NO telegraph wire east Of Lsavenworth,
70 which the line wAs rebuilt ysstsrday,
but M. Dickinson orings news that many
miles Of the road ars washed Gus east Of
spokane and that General Manager Case
rode with him nom Helena - 6pokane on
Friday and ieft the latter place with
nianksss ana . valiss fuli OF food 70 look
Tor Ms roao west OF spokane. Exactly
uhsrs and 70 what extent the road 10
washed cus cannot b learned. General
superintendent bryan and Assistant Gen.
erai superintendent Farrell are at the
scene OF trouble. There y only about
loot Of SNOW on the summit Of the Stevens
pasa
Ineoniy way o. getting East by rau from
fugse SQUAD, except ~ going around by
oan FfAncisc0s over the Northern Pa
enc 20 cpokans and rom there over the
Union racine ofencn line 20 htparta,
transtsrring ~ ooat across the SNAKE.
wnsre tne oa& stsea oraoge has been Washed
Away. tnence resumsng on the same branch
hne % omatlha, rom which place the
msan uack OF tns linton facinc 10 opsn.
Inc uooo IN the ckakis - Just ~ bad -
ever. for Il rose eight inches on Saturday
and three feet seven inches In the tventv
four hours ending at 8 o'clock yssserdsv
r.,c;rv .rd -. .ts,i ,;.,,. =, I..s
rhs- r s -
0OuaA III o.'5s " - n'sn pom.
- ~ nss rescneu curing tne HOOD ana
ovsfnows tne Oiy mpic mArsh. Trains on
the Great Northern coast line only got a.
far a Ssauwood on che south and Buriine-
top an. ehs uoyth ana sh,.. nr ~. $500.
. No..h>.r 80. rr.hs. e. -. =. .u
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sk G1s.~ -. A n
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v.,1,,s .,x.r ~. r...I ts,..ss,l 80 ~.
r not out OF its bank. Al fuyaIlt,u no
sn xisty 10 felt, as the town has never been
submerged In the highest fsoods. Stuck
river - ont Of It's banks from MeMiilsn's
paacs 20 ADove MeI'ngerA y -. sWn-
Luz rk rSp py' yss sss' NV 49, " .ns
49, xssa. - srt H.. ,..as -, -, sns
nou ed II sny time src~pt about = ausrts,
of an acre under the railroad track at the
White river crossing
The Telegraph wires were repaired SUM-
GENTLY yesterday 20 restore Eastern con-
nection oJ roundaoous routs through
Portland and San Francisco. ~ far ~ the
Western Union 70 concerned, but the
fostsi - siiii ssaiiing sns building Of ses