The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-07
Portland Will Speedily Emerge
From the Depths.
THE MERCHANTS. Loss HEAVY.
The Fraser River Subsidiag a
Rapidly - II Swelled.
Reeeassr~essea - the unsea PssiAc
WIN csss1ms Niaesy Days; OF shs
csaaaisn. NersAsrs ssA Great NORTH
srn Thirsy Days-Rsg Ei.aacsaa Lees.

PogrIAyp. June at 10 o'clock to-
night the river here 10 stationary and will
undoubtedly begin TO fall BY morning.
During ten hears today the rise Was only
one-tenth OF . fcot. and reports from
Eastern Oregon state that the Columbia
and Snake rivers are rapidly falling. The
damage wlll be apparent when ,he water
begins TO fall Nearly every dock in the
city has been aoated out OF place, and
when the water recedcs they wili settle
down and many of them collapse.
The sawmilis ara heavy losers by
Der and logs floating out As far as
learned not . life has been iost in this
vicinity. Tonight thousands of pleasure
seekers are out on First. Second. Third
and Fourth streets in boats. Many bnsi-
ness men in the flooded distric, will be
ruined. They neglected to raise their
stocks or move out before the water
reached them. and when the demand Tor
bcats and wagons exceeded the supply
they were unable to secure assistance.
The Union Pacific IS practically . wreck
between this Nty and Umatiila. = distance
Of 20 miles. Much of the rolling stock 10
also damaged. In this city many engines
are standing in four feet Of water. and at
The Dailes . number Of them are under
water except the smokestacks.
On Front street the water 10 deep enough
for navigation of large sized river craft
At Ash street Is is ~ feet deep. Many
docks have disappeared to the caves aud
are only kspt from floating by heavy loads
of machinery. etc. stored there. On the
east side one can count dozen buildings
in the flooded district ready to go down.
The latest reports from Cascade locks
say the government works are still in
great danger. The bulkhead which keeps
the Columbia out Of the upper end Of the
lock - almost submerged. Should IL 90
out aii the rip-rap work and possibly the
entire works will be destroyed, entailing
loss Of over $i.0oo ,Oo0 The Union Pacific
is in very bad shape near the lockA
Where the current strikes the hank along
side the railroad the mountain 10 moving,
resembling huge glacier. while masses Of
the bluff are continually falling into the
river. Big fir trees. a. the tumble over
the bank. hang for little while down
ward and then plunge into the torrent
low. The river has cut into the mount1in
for . quarter OF nh1!&. 1nU BluH WkSfS
the railroad formerly ran presents face
800 feet In height
At The Dalles the river IL IS 8 feet above
low water. The only houses doing busi-
ness are the groceries and markets. Water
10 nearly three feet deep on the door Of the
postofie. aud . swift -urrsnt 10 running
through town. and IL 10 feared that many
buildings will be washed from their foun-
dssions. The hotels are ip water to the
second story. Thirty blocks are under
water. and the rise of . few more feet will
inundate the entire portion OF the town
under the bluffA Memslooss Island, the
burial place of Indians for many years, -
almost entirely under water. and hundreds
Of skeletons are being washed away.