The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-17
THE FLOODS SUBSIDE.
Railroads and Telegraph Wires
Rise From the Mud.
Tefephan. wires sum Oct Of Grss-
Sew sesnhsae Aeaisss Canadian
Pacific EssIrosa ssws-

The fail sn ten psretare IA Monday
night. combined sisa the dying dowe Of
the sind, caused pcreepfibe decline in
the satsrs Of all the rivers, both norfh
ard south Of here, and gave the railroads
chance TO get N good RAINING order
again. The Snoh0mish. while still very
high. vas stationary yesterday afternoon
and ~ probably falling by this time.
Tie telegraph wires of both the Postal
aud Western Tnion lines were repaired by
- O'Clock yesterday morning except that
the Postal had no wire to PORT Townsend
sad the Western TnIon line Vas down
north Of Snohomssh. The Postal wires
20 the south being strung belor the Fat[
rosd grade could only be repaired oy the
use OF boats. "a the driitwood Inakes
swimming or rafting impFaeticasse. ". j.
Collins. the linemsn, While standing on
log near BLACK River Junction. fell into
sir or seven feet Of water and had 20
swim 20 the railroad grade. the ehofe val
ley being Hooded. The Westsfn Union
wires went dogn first at fayaiiap, then
a tree crashed on them near Black river
and finally they we're torn loose and
caught by train at the crossing Of the
railroad near the IsaYview brewery. As
the poles are set on the grade repairs sere
more easily made than on the Postal lines.
The telephone wires within the city
we're sill repaired aai connected again
early in the morning. but the long dis
lance wires, both north and south. were
down ali day. The Portland line was
damaged by washout near 0rillia and
Manager A. J. Clark gent cut in a canoe
TO repair it, The break in the Suohomisb
aud Everett line was somewhere south Of
Botheli, bat exactiy where Is not known,
~ nothing has been heard iron the line
man since he was sent out TO repair it two
days ago.
The Great Northern overland train. due
on Monday night came in over the Lake
Shore road al ELS o'clock yesterday after
noon. having been delayed by deep snow
in North Dakota, Montana and the Rocky
mountains. and by slide east of SKY
komlsh. The Coast line vas clear with
the exception Of slide twelve miles north
of here, which vas no sooner cleared than
Others came down. The overland west
bound Is eight hours late.
On the ColunbiA e Puget Sound road
about dozen trees we're blown across the
track between BENTON and Newcastle, and
the crew OF coal train which came in on
Monday night had 10 chop and saw their
way through. The Franklin line Is clear.
the slide giving no further trouble.
The Northern Pacific overland train due
here at 4 rs p. NJ. yesterday was reported
twelve hours late. owing TO trouble on
the Idaho division.
People along the water front we're sur
prised yesterday at the changed appear
ance OF Duwamish head, which seemed TO
have taken slide into the Sound Field
glasses were brought into reqaisition and
ii was seen that large landslide had oe-
curref ~ the very northern extremity Of
the head. The slide carried down with il
quite number of trees. and instead OF an
abrupt bluff there is now a slope into the
Sound, with trees reaching To the wster' 5
edge.
T.cosa, Jan. H. Especial Aside from
blowing = few trees across the telegraph
and telephone lines and across the rail-
road tracks in this vicinity. the wind did
no damage. Last night all communities
ton with Seattle was cut Oft. Gangs Of
iinemsn worked all night repairing the
telephone aud telegraph wires. and sue
ceeded ia getting them in working order
today. Several OF the suburban trains
were delayed by trees being blown across
the tracks.
Was1eos. Jan. iG.~-FSpecial. - Nearly
ali the log booms on the hay have been
broken by the recent storm and large num-
bers oil logs are afioat in the harhor. The
only steamers available are doing what
they can to gather them ln