The morning call., 1894-06-01

trlps. carrying trains from this city to
helso. But little business is being trans
acted in this city. The Western Union
Telegraph Company has established boat
service between their main office. which is
surrounded by water. and their delivery
and receiving Office. which is moved TO
higher ground.
The Southern Pacific was DELAYED one
hour and half by high water at Clacka-
mas. Passengers were landed at East
Madison street. The Union depot is al
most entirely surrounded by water.
No mails have arrived from the East
over the Union Pacific since last Saturday.
The company has put on boats at Una
tllia. but is experiencing great difficulty in
making portages at The Dalles and Cas-
cade. Telegraphc communication along
the Columbia is cut off to Umatilla, and
the only means of reaching Eastern Oregon
and Washington is by circuitous route.
Miles Of the Union Pacific track along
tue Columbia is washed out, and it will
PROBABLY be more than a week before an
other train reaches this city over that
route.
Inc Northern Pacific manages to keep
passengers and mails moving by pressing
into service the large transfer-boat used at
halama The Southern Pacific has expert
enced only slight delays. The northern
part of the city, back as far as Ninth
street, Is vast lake, and the wholesale
business of the city is entirely SUSPENDED.
Ihe absence of any current in the William
elite River makes navigation by boats very
easy, and hundreds of small boats are being
used along Front First and Second streets,
from Adler street to the North Eud. At
. P. NJ. the river was at a standstill.
a telephone message from the assistant
government engineer at the Cascade Locks
states that the bulkhead is leaking. but he
does not think that it will go out and SAYS
any serious damage can be obviated. The
damage to the Union Pacific track between
Portland and Umatilla will, it is thought,
reach into the hundreds of thousands.
Great damage has been done to farmers
living along the Columbia River in the
loss OF stock and crops. Salmon-canners
here also met with heavy loss.
In this city but little damage has thus
FAR resulted. Owing to the slow and grad
ual rise of the water merchants had ample
time to get their goods out of the way,
Ihe latest intelligence from the Upper
columbia region was that the river al
Umatilla and RipaTla was stationary, 1t
is generally believed that the water in this
city has about reached its extreme height,
Its subsldence Will be very slow, owing to
| the large area over which the watsr Is
spread. The Western Union tonight lost
all wires t. the north, and Seattle and
Tacoma are virtually cut off as far as tele-
graphic communication is concerned.
Twenty miles OF poles along the Columbia
are covered by water, and it will probably
| be week before they can be repaired.
SPOKANE, Wash, May 31.-The Review
| has further particulars from the terrible
flood which destroyed the town of Con-
connully. Wash, Sunday. In addition 10
the flood in the creek a cloudburst oc-
Cured, increasing the volume of water
into raging current. Everything was
swept before the torrent; trees, houses
and rocks came down upon the beautiful
| fat, where they lodged, forming a jam Is
feet high at places.
The loss will be heavy. as nothing is left
except part of W. Briggs saloon. B. Wehr
fritz's saloon, W. NJ. Shufeldts barber
shop. the pOstofice, Elliott Hotel, l.. L,
Works bank and E. D. Simmons law
office. When the flood was within half a
mile CT town it was seen and every one
| fed to higher land. All succeeded except
a. Spencer of Walla Walla, who was
struck by drift and carried to the lake.
where he was rescued. A. w. Tullock. a
druggist who was sick, was carried down
| the stream 200 yards and landed in a lam,
where he was taken out alive after the
water receded. Outside aid is necessary,
The loss is complete, as there was no
chance to save property. Even people
who put their goods on high ground lost
every thing.
TACOMA, Wash. May 31.-Assistant
Superintendent Dickinson of the Northern
Pacific wired early this evening that the
break had been repaired across Clarks
Fork, near Hope, Idaho. and that Fridays
overland would arrive on time.
The trains of two previous days will be
combined, also arriving tomorrow after
noon. EastbOund trains are now passing
the break. There have been small wash
outs near Garrison, Mont. and one be-
tween PascO and Wallula. These Will be
repaired by tomorrow. The Great North
ern is still tiet- nu. The arrival of North
ern Pacific trains will relieve the mail
famine on Puget Sound.
VANCOUVER. B. c., May 31.-The Fraser
River has risen three inches at West
minister during the past twenty-four hours
and is still rising.
At North Bend the river has risen above
the mark reached by the great food of
| 1892.
There is still large amount of snow In
the mountains and as the warm weather
continues the river may be expected to
rise much higher. Steamers are still en-
gagged IN reScuing settlers and cattle. An
| idea ef the depth of the water may be
gathered from the fact that a steamer
drawing six feet OF water passed over
several Islands in the center Of the river
channel.
Last night the water rose fourteen
inches over the Canadian Pacific Railroad
tracks near Mission. No trains have been
sent out to-day and no mail has been re-
eeived here for eight days.
fund has been started to assist the
settlers who have lost their effects in the
| floods.
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