The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-30

xsc oreAk yesterday. A bridge sarp<n.ey
named AcIavish who vas xarxinr In .
bost along With several other men ~ss
lost by the capssxing of the craft The
others escaped. Mission bridge ssili sssnds
bat its condition. 10 % dangerous that n !
company viii not ssnd trains scros. IL.
The train TO Whatcom vas easoeled this
morning. just . few minutes before due 70
lsava
The 6oodgsto in the dixie as Riverside.
cpposass Msssion. gave way this mornins I
and vasef - pouEng through this gar and
the break made IN the dixie yesterday
morning with tremendous velocity Tners
- no possibility of the damages beinx re-
paired and u viii only Be . matter of Q
few hours until the inundation Of the
praifses will reach the level Of the river.
The prairie covers over q, ,o00 acrea
This afternoon Westminster msrchants
began removing goods stored in the ware
houses on the vhafves, the water being
danesrousiy nesr the flooring. with the
outlook Of several Of them being flooded
A dispatch from Mission ~ $50 p. m.
says the denth Of water on Aatsqui prairie
has increased to six feet
The steamer Gladys arrived down from
up river points at { o. clock. and some par
ticuIars Of the food were obtained. AZ
Chilliwaek Landing the water 10 over the
banks and stretches inland nearly to Gen.
terviiie village. Ii the water rises another
foot the village will Be flooded. Only two
patches Of Nicomen island are cut OF
water. and the settlers are ali living in the
upper stories of their housea The Gladys
tried to save DO head Of cattle on an
island, bus could not. and they will Be
ioss. ~
Vedder creek Was never % high before,
and immense damage has been done along
iis banks At one place the stream has
cut its way through six acres Of land.
The lover part OF Langley village il
completely under water. Al McDonaid's .
Landing the water is mp 10 the top Of the
windows Of the houses, which are all de-
serted
In al parts Of ths. country along the
river bridges have been swept away, and
the desolation every where il heart-rending
IL 10 impossible to estimate the damage,
but il will BE- immense.
A Yale special says: The water rose
eight inches last night 1t is still ten
inches below the 1852 mark. The weather
10 warm. and the wafer u likely 10 rise
higher.
Mt. vKasos, May 9.-(Special The
water In the Skagit river receded twelve
inches today. IN addition 70 four inches
yesterday. Less than half Of the streets
are clear Of water yet. and big streams are
still running through the lower part Of the
city. A work train came down from
Fairhaven today. but could not get below
this city, owing 70 the washout between
here and Fir. The first mail in fivs days
arrived today.
EvxRrrr. May 99.-Ispsciai. THE water
In the Snohomish river u st stand with
no further damage. Trains on the Everett
d Monte Cristo railroad we're not inter-
rupted 70 any serious exten.
SPOKANE May 9-Ths Spokane river
has besn At . standssiil all day. There
has been no further damage here from
high water. Reports from the Csur
d'Alenes are that the rivers there are
slowly falling. At Lewiston the Snake
and Clearwater are higher than ever BE-
fore known and are still rising.
WExArcHEx. Nay 2A-.Sneeiai. 1.-The
Column bia and Wenatches rivers are higher
now than ever before during the June
freshets. The Columbia 10 rising nov ~
the rate Of two feet day. The Wenatches
river bridge. between OksnoRau and Kitti-
tas countiea. went ont last night with .
crash that could bs heerd for miles. This
bridge was constructsd two pears ago by
the two counties at . cost Of several thou
sands Of dollars The railroad track ut
Mission - completely submerged. and
wess-bound trains 60 only ~ far ~ We
natches. Pebble lising In housss on the
banks of the Columbia have become
alarmed and are preparing to move ont.
The situation has really become alarming.
There are heavy SHOWS IN the mountains,
and If this weather continues for . few
days longer the lower part Of our town
will b under water.