The record-union., 1894-06-09
s,ecial to the RrcoRp-uN1ox.

Flooded
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoS.
PORTLAND orr, June s.-The William
cite has fallen two inches in this city
since yesterday. The waters viii sub
side very slowly, and recession of not
more than one foot is expected within the
next ten days. After that more rapid
decline is anticipated.
Business is brisker than for ten days
past. Owing to lack of telegraphic COM
munication, no estimate of damage in
hicted in the Columbia lowlands is at
hand.
News of distressing character is being
brought in by steamboat captains. The
Union Pacific Railroad is the heaviest
loser To rebuild the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company will cost in the
neighborhood Of $l,0O0.000. The loss to
the company's docks, shops, warehouses,
rolling stock and the interruption to busi-
ness is estimated at another million. II
will probably be three months before the
damage Is repaired. NJ eantlme every
effort will be exerted to secure water
service between Portland and UmatiIIa.
On the Lewis River the loss on logs
diOu6 Will run lDtO
Woodland, town of 800 population on
the Lewis River, is completely submerged
and almost deserted. Steamers along
the river saved most of the livestock: one
steamer alone removed 900 head of horses
and cattle to the hills.
At the mouth OF the Columbia the
beach is lined for miles with lumber,
saw-logs, huge trees and driftwood. At
Ocean Park 10000 feet of lumber came
ashore, and a good-sized two-story house
dritted in, but the breakers soon con-
verted it into kindling.
j. q. Day, one of the contractors of the
construction of the Cascade locks, was in
the city to-day. He says the damage TO
the works, plant and the buildings is in
calculable, and cannot be estimated even
approximately at present. Many of the
smaller buildings have been carried
away. a number Of the buildings occu-
pied by those having charge of the works
are under water. The mighty force of
the current has played havoc at Pow
der Point, near the Works. About four
acres have been washed away, leaving
only small point of earth and rocks.
What real damage has been done to the
locks cannot be determined until the
waters recede.
DAMAGE TO THE 0. r. AND n. COMPANY.
OMAHA, June S.-The damage to the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany by the recent floods in the Column
bia and Snake Rivers seems to have been
considerably er-estinated, according
TO Secretary L. NJ. Orr of the Union Pa
cltic, although Mr.. Orr said it would be
impossible LO estimate the damage until
after the waters had subsided, leaving the
rails exposed. He thought, however,
that no more than hundred miles Of
track would be found damaged, and in
places he said the track would 'undoubt-
edly be found intact when the waters fall.
The repairs necessary TO bring the track
to its old condition will be made by the
Union Pacific. Probably it will take a
million dollars to put the road back in its
normal condition. At the Union Pacific
headquarters 1t was given out that the
washouts along the Snake River between
Payne and Marker Lake, distance of
some twelve miles, viii be repaired by
Sunday night, when it is thought the re-
ceding water of the Columbia will show
how much repair work must be done on
the Oregon railway line.
FLOOD ~ AN IDAHO TOWN.
BoNNER's FERRY tIdaho). June s.
The main street is under water from five
to ten feet. BonnerSport, where all the
business houses are located, is deserted
The old town is big river, with ter
ritic current down the street. More than
twenty buildings have been washed
AON1 l1S 11fGI. 1uS log jail W dS uOaG0u
to the Great \ NOrtnern addition and lodged
in the trees. 1t is not known whether
any prisoners were lost. Ranchers in the
valley have suffered inealculable dam
ages. All the crops are dead loss.
THE MISSOURI RISING RAPIDLY.
GREAT FALLS (NIont.), June S.-The
water in the Missouri is rising rapidly.
From Wolf Creek to Craig on the Mon
tana Central the water is over the ties
and threatens to wash out the road bed.
Little Chicago, suburb of this city, is
inundated.
KALdsPELL VALLEY AN IMMENSE LAKE.
SPOKANE, June S.-Nothing is known
here of the reported wreck OF the Jail at
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. That point has
been Hooded for some time, but the rise
was gradual. kalispell Valley, on the
Pen d'Oreille river. is an immense lake.
twenty-five miles long and ten to twenty
five miles wide. Many homes have been
wrecked and the people driven to the
hills.