The morning call., 1894-06-05
Waters Still Continue to
Rise.
PORTLAND'S GAS COMPANY.
1t Is Compelled to Cease All
Operations.
POOR PEOPLE IN DISTRESS.
Many Lives Lost and Thousands of
Dollars Damages Caused
by the Floods.
POOR PEOPLE IN DISTRESS,

PORTLAND. Or, June 4-Slowly but
steadily the waters continue to rise. Since
last night six inches have been added to
the depth. All the wires east and north
are still down, and no news can be OBJ
tanned from the upper Columbia region or
the Puget Sound country.
The only telegraphic communication
with the outside world is by way of San
Francisco.
The Union Pacific steamer Harvest
Queen, which left Portland yesterday for
the Cascades, was unable to make head
way against the swift current and was tied
Up at Bonneville for the night. Another
ATTEMPT will be made to-day.
| From the mouth of the Willamette to
| Cathlamet the lOwlands are flooded. At
some places the housetops are barely visi-
| bic. Houses floating are q common sight.
| The town of Kalama is entirely under
water.
| la this city many wharves along the
! river front are swapping and cracking in
an ominOus fashion. Should they give
way serious damage will result. On nearly
| all of them there are valuable goods which
cannot be removed at present.
| The gas company was compelled to cease
| operations this morning.
Three days delayed mail arrived yester-
day over the Northern Pacific route.
This afternoon the Western Union Tele-
/ graph succeeded in restoring communica-
| tion with Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane.
The water now stands at 81 7-10 feet
/ above the lOw-water mark.
| PORTLAND. Or. June 4-The river
/ ooha ha fco 4,
/ is still rising. First street is flooded from
! Salmon street to The northern boundary of
the city ard on Washington street the
water reaches to Fifth street. North of
| Stark street the flood extends as far back
/ as Tenth street.
Hundreds of persons whose places of
/ business are submerged have moved out
/ and established new temporary places.
/ In the lower portions of the city, where a
great many poor persons live, the condi-
ton is most deplorable. Great numbers
have been driven out by the invading
waters and have taken temporary refuge
wherever shelter can be found. Much Gis-
lreSS already prevails, and should the
flood rise much higher and continue for
any length Of time a great deal of suffer
ing will follow.
The tOwboat Maria. owned by Captain
+. b. Jones, keeled over on her larboard
side at her mOorinRs between Pine and
Oak streets this morning. At the time OF
| the collapse there were aboard and fasl
asleep in their hunks Captain Wood, En-.
gineer Walker and Richard Beckman
These men were awakened by the sudden
cold bath and they 1oated out of the cabir
windows. The Maria is now lying in forty
five feet of water. The boat is valued a
$4,000. The Central wharf. 200 feet il
length, at the foot of Washington street
floated out Of position to-day, but was KEEP
from getting loose by heavy cables. A
mum Der Of other wharves are ia a perilOu
condition and may 90 out at any time
The temperature has fallen 10 deg. a
Baker City in the past twenty-fOur hours
from which it is surmised that the tenn
perature has fallen over the country
drained by the Columb ia and its tribu
taries, in which case there is the posi-
bility of a cessation of the rise from
Wednesday morning.
At :45 this afternoon fire broke out il
the frame cOmmission-house of Noting
ham & Co. on Washington street, betw eer
Front street and the water front. Thu
water prevented the department from
reaching the scene, and for time a seriou!
conflagration was threatened. After some
time, barge with an engine on board wa:
taken to the scene. and this, with an en-
CINE brought from the east side on The
Siark-street ferryboat, soon placed tint
fire under control. The damage is small
The steamer Harvest Queen, while pre-
pairing TO go to the Cascades from Bonnie
Vile this morning. met with mishap. As
she was attempting TO make landing TIVE
miles above Bonneville she ran in amoDy
a clump of trees and attempted to make
landing. Before lines could be thrown GU
the powerful current caught the steamer
ard swung her violently around, careenet
her over on her side, where the boat nov
lies. No serious damage resulted, and NJ
one was injured
| TACOMA, Wash, June 4.-There is only
one way Of getting East by rail from
Puget Sound. II is over tie Northern Pa
cific to Spokane and from there over the
Union Pacific branch line to Ripa ria
transferring by boat across the Snake
thence resumine on the same branch lin
to Umatilla, from which place the mail
Of the Union Pacific Is opeE. ASsistan
General SUPERINTENDENT Dickinson of tn
Northern Pacific has returned from tri
over his road. He says nnety-fve mile
Of the Northern Pacific is under water
; from Horse Plains. Mont. and Odin
Idaho. fifteen miles west OF Hope. II
adds that business on that division will b
suspended until the waters recede. Th
Northern Pacific is clear between here an
, Kelso.
The Puyallup. Stuck and White rivers
, between Tacoma and Seattle, are yer
nigh and still rising. The Stuck has over
( flowed farms near Sumner, doing consid
cradle damage to hopyards and crop;
Waters are higher than they have bee
! for years. Assistant General Superiu
tendent Dickinson of the Northern Pacifi
! says General Manager Case Of the Grea
4 Northern rode with him from Helena I
t Spokane Friday and left Spokane wit
5 blankets and valss full of food to loo
for his railway west OF Spokane. Man
miles Of the Great Northern are washe
out.
= SPOKANE, Wash, June 4.-COmmun
D cation with the Cour d'Alene camps ha
; been restored after fashion. The roui
Q is from here TO Ceur d. Alene City by tn
:, Northern Pacific, thence by steamer
I Cataldo. thence to Wallace by the Unto
' Pacific.
The grand encampment of the Washing
ton |. O. o. F. to-day elected and Unstable
grand officers as follows: j. NJ. Taylo
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