The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-09

trying TO maintain through connections by utilizing
river at points where the train service is
interrupted. The consequence TO the trade OF the
province viii be serious special session of the
legislature will possibly be called to consider the
situation, and public works will be undertaken to
give employment to farmers who have been flooded
/ out There is an abundance of provisions in the
cities, but there will be an advance in prices If
freight is unable to come forward within few days
PUEBLO June 1.-THE food area is rapidly being
drained through trenches. and steam pumps are
raising the waters from the cellars The citizens
and municipal authorities extending relief and
request has been sent to Gov. Waite for the use OF
100 tents.
DENVER, June 1.-The Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad was opened for traffic in the Arkansas VAL
ley above Pueblo today This is the greatest feat in
railroad repairing ever accomplished in Colorado.
MONTREAL, June 4.-The Star tonight has special
from Vancouver which says that the melting snow
on the mountains will the Frazer River TO rise
twelve inches higher. This will mean another
series o: calamities The bloodhound passengers.
who were detained east of the break for ten days
have been brought to Vancouver by ferry and by
train
All the lowlands are inundated by the rising of
the Kootenay and Columbia rivers Distress among
the farmers is very great. The village of Donners
Ferry is inundated and the water is rapidly rising.
Pacific Railway are almost washed away.
Workmen at Ruby Creek found floating in the
river small raft its cargo being the dead bodies OF
an entire family. 1t is surmised that after several
days of drifting about the tidetossed waters, with
out food or sleep. the castaways died Many settlers
were so paralyzed by the tremendous rush of waters
that they made no attempt to their cattle. and
hundreds of animals persisted
At Revelstoek the railroad wharf is under water,
and the rails cannot be reached to repair the breaks
The Revelstock and Arrow Lake branch has suf-
fered six washouts and is impossible. AT Twin
Butte three washouts have been repaired. At Griffin
Lake three mudslides obstruct the track, the COM
bined length of which extends half a mile. At
Craigalsehie bridges are swept away and the water
is five feet deep, washing over sixty feet of track
AT these breaks alone the Canadian Pacific Railroad
have l. coo men employed.
Chief Engineer Campie and Superintendent
Downey of the Canadian Pacific say that families
are floating about RATS seeking, for high ground
wherein TO place their little ones. Many people
are in open boats without shelter and with no food
On the railroad track where the water had not sub
merged it, cattle, horses sheep, hogs, poultry and
dogs have congregated rendering it extremely diff
cult to move along with railroad equipment
PUEBLO, CoL June 5.-The incessant rains in the
canons above Canon City and Florence for the past
| As hours have done more damage tnan Ine uOOu Vi
last Wednesday night A cloud burst occurred al
AS O'Clock this p NJ just above Florence, the river
rising Is feet in less than an hour. The immense
volume of water swept away the Rio Grande bridge
which withstood the attacks of the torrent on the
night of the SOth. Two and half miles of Rio
Grande track in that neighborhood has also been
swept away The Santa Fe, too, suffers great dam
age.
1880 P. M-The fire alarm has sounded the arrival
of the big flood at a station few miles above the
city. Everybody expected it and there is intense
excitement the people hurry through the streets
| toward the hills.
VANCOUVER, B. c., June 5.-The Frazer River is
still rising Railroad officials say the worst will
come about Wednesday. One can only surmis'
what is meant by worst" the list of disasters is
most appalling already.
Rescue steamers took on board today % men Sc
cured from trees and roofs of houses that had no
slept or tasted food for four days Last reports to
night are discouraging in the extreme The water
is still rising and driving settlers further and further
back on the uplands, and should it continue to rise
until Wednesday, as expected, there will be no up
lands left Then will come the final struggle TO save
| lives.
More breaks are reported east of Ruby Creek
Water is washing over one end of Lulu lslanC
dykes This is the last dyke to hold on the Fraze
River 1t is feared it cannot hold longer. Should
| give way factories and canneries to the value o.
| 500 900 Willbe destroyed.