The Washington times., 1894-05-31
WHOLE VILLAGES AFLoAr.
a Waste Of Water Where There Wer,
Fields and Houses.

a Waste Of Water Where There Were
Fields and Houses.
VANCOUVER. B. c., May a0-The Frazer river
has become a raging torrent and is dealing des-
truction and death at every point The sur
rounding valleys have been submerged, houses
and outbuildings of ranchers have been swept
away and where but few days ago waving
fields Of growing grain met the eye, Is now but q
waste of water.
Whole villages on the banks of the stream are
floating So far eight lives are known to have
been lost
AT Langley, a little boy fell from porch of
the Langley hotel and was swept away by the
food The hotel was Afterwards washed from
its foundations The entire town is flooded
The whole of Langley prairie is now under water
and the island on which is the Indian reserva-
tion is entirely under water
The dead bodies of three men and little girl
were found on Hatztic prairie entangled among
as having been seen in the stream in other 10
caities but so terrible is the current that all at
tempts at rescue We're futile.
AT Morris steamers sailing right across
where farms used to be. Farmers, fearing to
stay longer, are taking passage ON steamers and
bringing their families here
The towns OF Chillawick, Harrison, and Centre
vile have been almost entirely inundated, and
1t has been with difficulty that the Inhabitants
have escaped with their lives
The damage done TO the Canadian Pacific road
tracks Is very serious all along the line.
At hatztic the piling has entirely given away
and coo yards of road have been carried away
At Nicomen the whole town is under water
Traflic over the railroad is entirely stopped, no
train having arrived from the East since May 23
No mails have been received or dispatched
AT Ha.tztic prairie and Griffin Lake 500 men
with six work trains are busily engaged endeav-
oring 10 repair the tracks At places il is pro-
posed to throw Hawsers across the chasms, and
in this way transfer the mails to the western
side Of the breaks.
Every farmer and rancher at Hatztic prairie
is ruined. The latest report says the Matzqui
dyke has caved in, and the country Is all flooded.
Reports from beyond Mission City cannot be OBJ
tanned, for the wires are down
The Mission railroad bridge, one OF the largest
on the road, is expected to go every hour The
Salmon arm bridge collapsed yesterday after
noon. At Yale the river Is rising two inches an
hour.
SEATTLE, Wash, May 30-The Puget Sound
region is almost entirely cut of from railway
communication from the East The Canadian
Pacific, Great Northern, Northern Pacific. and
Union Pacific roads are all blockaded on account
OF the floods. On the frs:-named road the
waters on the Frazier river are higher than they
have been known for twenty years, and a vast
expanse OF territory is under water, much dam
age having been done 10 farms and to the rail-
road property. The bridge across the Columbia
river at Revelsfoke has been washed away. The
Skagit river is falling rapidly and the washouts
on the coast lines Will be repaired in a day or
two In the immediate vicinity Of the city the
high waters are rapidly receding and no further
damage is expected
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, May 30-The Spokane
river has been at a standstill all day. There has
been no further damage here from high water
The reports from the Couer D'Alene region are
that the rivers are slowly falling. At Lewiston
the Make and Clearwater are higher than ever
known before AID are still rising,