The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-07

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People Are 1sFsA.
Portland ossemiaa. Juss &
II Portland no further effort ID being
made - pssvsat the onward rush Of the
wstsrsL Everywhere people afs rstresting
. fass @ possible 10 higher ground. and
- 20 much higher ground that they will
net - Affected By Ave feet more Of water.
In many cellars. whses pumps have been
kept golsg for several days past. the water
y gaining 60 fast thst the pumps have been
Withdrawn end stAging built over the first
0oo0 In enticipasion AZ % least three
rot visa The 6ood bsosdsns day By day
esd almost hnur By hour. % that Il II i'm
possible - an the enAct limits. AZ 8
o'sloek Last night large boats could pass
over The intsspection Of Fourth and WASH
tngtou streets. The creeping waters we're
nearly mp 70 Washington and Fifth. On
Tisst sSrsst the limls II as Taylor and on
essond q YsmhiiL The intersection OF
6scond and Morrison II covered. but not
suaAcisntly 10 permit boating. Down on
Glissn strsss boats can BE- landed ON Tenth,
and on Twelfth St. vinosnt's hospital
stands n great lake and cannot b
seachsd except By wading or In boats.
The depth Of water on Front street 10
sufaeisnt Tor the navigation Of laggs-sised
rfvss craft. Al Ash street 70 10 seven fsst
four inches, and heavily loaded Cascade
baSgee are toWed down the street With
perfect sasa. One Of these baxgss. par.
tsaily loaded. ves towsd up DAVIS street 20
Sixth. where u nov stands. Small steam
boats and heavy transports msy be seen
IN oil parts Of shs flooded district, e.
peciAiiy east Of Third street. ~ the union
depot . locomotive stands on the track
half covered with water. while two moro
IN the Terminal Company's roundhouss,
under the west approach 10 the stssl
bridge are similarly situatsd. Down in
the freight yard small boats can b rowsd
into submerged box car, and clear over
dat cars.
The situation on the river front II grow
ing hourly more serious. With the in
creased current noticeable In the stream
yesterday. fears we're entertained that
some Of the loosened docks might b car
risd out Viewed from midriver, the out
look u most diseoufaging. Many docks
have disappeared almost TO the caves be-
nsath the muddy water. and are only kept
from floating by the heavy loads Of ma
ehinery, cement, etc.. stored there. Ever
ding h Farrsll's wharf, At the foot Of Alder
street. has raised four feet The nssrehan-
disc stored there up TO Sunday last has ell
heen removed, and Was not nj ali damaged.
The rsmovsi Of 50 great weight released
the building from tts fAstenings, and IL Is
now careened toward the river. The
steamer Telephone company's dock. adj.
Joining. b fioasing and IL bad shape. All
the way down to the steA bridge. and be.
low u, whafves are In about the same
shape. with the exception of the Ash
street wharf, which 10 much higher than
she others. IL 10 ~ yet perfectly firm.
Heiow the Terminal Company's grounds
several eeod-sixsd buildings are afioas
One Of them Was evidently occupied ~ a
dwelling until recently. for on the roof
mar b. seen lot Of furniture and bed
ding. About O'Clock yesterday morning
. large, substantial locking root. vel
shinssed and put together. hoatsd down
stream and bumped up against the Nor
rison street bridge. The draw WAS opened
and IL was permitted TO pass on unehai-
ienged.
Al 6 O'Clock last night the ends Of the
Morrison street bridge draw we're resting
GA the water, and 80 required bot few
All day long men we're stationed along the
bridge with pike poles 10 pick out pieecs
OF driftwood which caught there. The
wash nom passing steamers caused the
nccring TO ereak omineusiy. Already the
piankine at the west approach is torn up.
and IL 10 necessary to cross over on elevated
walks. Ii - anticipated thai the bridge
viii have to be len open today. The vi est
approach 10 the eseel bridge 10 badly torn
and damaged. A box car standing there
Is nearly under water. and on either side
OF 10 tae track il atoas and twisted out of
shape. Much of this Is attributed TO the
wash OF passing steamers. The Madison
street bridge is all rlght. aud although tho
water 10 uneomfortshgy deep on the east
safe.
There 10 . constantly increasing r-os-
recs that many Of the smaller buildings in
the North End viii he lifted from thsir
foundations ana carried INTO she street.
The water - already from four to six feet
In depth there, and in some places reaches
TO the tops OF the first-story windows A
yesterday, the tenants psGine their house
hold eocdx ca raiss and fassaats. and
moving - higher Eroaad. Secona and
Fourth streets from Aakeny To the gfyux
appear ~ ee entirely deserted, and por-
tons Of Sixth and Seventh are ahoa, in
the same tx The hotels and lodging
haGses on Third street are erowded. sa-
loon mea Mo have been driven cut of
their places OF business have built RATS.
and are doans business In The oe~n air
oshers have removed To the second story
where they appear 10 tie dong q thrtvfnx
trade. Ia thai ead Of town may be ssea
sosas OF the most picturesque boats ant
raffs IN the flooded district. and shsy eli
do good tnsiness Among them Is .
genuine mining boat . regular double
decker. which came from noAoiy knoxx
Just where. but is - said frosa tie upper
Columbia