The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-30
But the Spokane, Skagit and
Others Are Falling.
PoRrlAno's WORST TO GONE.
NorfheFn Pacific Ferries Passengers
From Kelso to Columbia CITY.
The CeIsaAis asA Rsasss svelltn.
stssAiiy - Iscreasiag Rain Alsss
BPisssA CelsnAta's Great ssrs.n.
aaa several Pesssus Dr~vned.


ing 10 at 0rants- The sast-bound passeu-
ger which left here last night 10 ct Bonne.
Vile. There are several washouts Be.
tween Bonneville and Cascade Locks.
Three miles east Of Arlington about 900
feet Of track is OUT in one place, and at
Castle Rock there 10 . bad vashout. The
wires are down west Of Grants, and no re-
ports - to the condition Of the track can
be obtained. 4 boat viii Be run from
Portland TO Bonneville tonight With pas
sengsrs and mail These will b trans
ferred TO the Washington side Of the
river and by the portage railway oysr the
Lower Cascades, and thence ~ boat to
The Dalies The Northern Pacific tracks
are under water at both landings Of the
Kslama ferry, and paassnesrs and mails
are being transferred by boat between
Kelso. ON the Wssh,ngton side, and Co
lumbia City. on the Oregon side Of the
river.
Intelligence comes from the upper Co
lumbiA that the high water 10 playing
havoc with the saimon wheels there Nc
Gowan's wheel, costing 5000, il total
wreck. and Warren's cannsry 10 In immi-
nent danger of being swept away. II 10
two feet higher it will sweep away eycry
wheel in the upper and middle Columbia,
entaiiing great loss. Beside McGowan' Z
wheel, others valued at $1,000 have al
ready been destroyed.
The Willamette river at O'Clock to-
night stood 27.4 iset above loU water, and
was rising at the rata OF one foot in
twsnsy-four hours. Reports from Eastern
Oregon. Washington and Idaho are that
the temperature has rissn thsrs, and that
the snow 10 melting With greater rapidity.
When the water already in the upper Co
lumbia reaches here it will raise the Will.
lametts 10 . greater height than ever BE-
tore known. The damage in this city has
bsen light 90 far. with the exception Of the
loss occasioned By the suspension OF husi-
ness in many wholesale houses on Front
and First streets.
VANCOUVER. B. q, May A-F6pecial. +
IL 10 reported thai several bodies have
been found among the debris ct Mission
bridge, where . steamer and locomotive
are busy pulling avay logs. fragments Of
shanties. hay. bsdies Of. cattle, etc, from
among the pisrA Keas ef the bodies have
yet been identified. DR.. McGuigan
reached the city tonight from Yale. He
came by hand car and boat alternately,
and reports large number of
washouts. including the bridge at
Salmon Arm. This means inter-
ruption Of traffic for many days
more. Mails tonight we're dispatched via
Victoria to so by the Kingston 70 Seattle,
thence east via the Northern Pacific. Il
il reported that two Indians were drowned
while trying to rescue cattle on flooded
island of the reservation opposite Langley.
Reports from Lulu island and Sea island,
ttsckly settled delta lands At the mouth Of
the Fraser. say the water 10 almost as the
top Of the dikes, having risen eight inches
since yesterday. The provincial govern
ment has chartered steamer to patrol the
river. rescue people and, il possible. STICK
in danger.
La CossER. May Especial. Twenty
thousand acres. or about one-third Of the
farming land Of Sksgit county. il under
water at this writing, and there Is imme-
diats danger Of large portion Of the re-
mainder being flooded. The diked lands
of Skagit county are famous for the large
crops of oats and hay produced. The
farmers have built strong dikss against
ssNc WnsSas o1s hovV ANktGISC0 SttO9O ~ ~ AG0
protect their farms from the high waters
of the Sksgit rivsr. IL has been about
fifteen years since the Skagit was high
enough to do any damage to the farms on
the La Conner 6ats. and the farmers had
almost forgotten that there was danger
from that source Indeed. many Of them
had taken down their insids dikes, that
were originally built for protection against
skagit river. But this year the conditions
were such that the Skagis became much
higher than for many years. The dikes
along the lower portion Of the river broke
last week aud nearly oil the farms east Of the
Skag,t and on the delta between the north
fork and the south fork of the Skagis were
flooded to the depth OF four feet. The
dikes along the vest side Of the river, pro-
teeting the Beaver marsh. were in
much better condition. and by care
fai watching and constant re-
pair they have withstood the water
until the present time. The levee along
the west side Of the skagit. from Mount
Vernon to Avon. did no, fare 90 we'll. In
spite of the most persistent efforts 70 re-
pair the ievee the water broke through re-
peasediy and 10 flowing ont through shs
Olympia marsh and across the north end
OF the Swinomish. Or La Conner data The
farms three miles north Of La Conner are
covered TO . depth OF FIVE feet So immi.
nent - tho danger and 50 serious are the
results feared to b that 100 men have
gone out from Ia Conner. and ~ many
more from Mount Vernon and Avon, 20
work as volunteers on the dikea It 10
impossible TO forecast even approximately
the financial loss. Mach will 1epsnd
upon the condition Of the weather when
the water goes down. Ii the sun shines
hot il will result in much greater damage
than If it remains cool and cloudy. - at
present But under the moes favorable
circumstances It would be . conservative
estimate 20 place the damage at $s5o. COO
NV WKsrnrxsrER. May 0-ispeciai- r.
The Fraser river continues 70 rise, aud
opposite the city smother six inches was
aided TO the aood during the past twenty
iour hours. Daring last night the water
inundated sections Of the Iower part Of the
city. and many persoas we're obliged 70
leave their houses. Reports from along
the lane Of the Canadian Pacific railroad
are hard TO obtain, and from the interior
nothing can De learned. the wires bsing
down at many posnts- Another bridge
sas swept Gus ~ seabard a.nd last night.
and sslIl another has been washed
away between that point and Yaie.
] se bridging of Hattie sieugh. where the
cske MAS washed away, IS proceeding
slower than xss expected. b1t ~ there II
nat hxeaT TO he train either in or out for
nye days ~ least there - no hurry.
Another sSovnias occurred st The Hat