The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-16
FORTY MILESANHOUR
Hardest Storm Of Wind and
Rain This Season.
VESSELS ALL SEEK SHELTER.
Steamer Cascade Wrecked - Wssheafs
and IandslIaes On Railroads nasty
wexsssr or the Cape.


this cossi Sunday night. and Was con-
finaed yesterday. accompanied By the
heasist RAIN and the highest wind OF the
season. tire latter reaching = velocity Of
thirty-eight miles an hour between and
5o'etock yesterday afternoon. The rain
caused nashouts and Isndsiides along fse
railroads. while the wind crippled tale
graph lines and caused more or less havoc
among both steam AID sailing vessels.
All the sailing vessels svailcd themselves
OF the neares, harbor 20 lie up antii the
rough weather has passed. No seIegeaphsc
reports have beer received from tae
Gsraits, as is usual in such weather. the
wires 20 that point always being the first
20 go down. Il has canle TO he an axiom
In the weather bureau on this coast that
wheueyer the Tatoosh line goes down
look out for storm. Tugs coming In
from the cape report very NASTY weather
there. Capt. sprague. OF the tag Sea Lion,
brought in the British ship stroass yes
tertsay aud reports a large number If yes
sefs waiting for the storm to cease. lie
dsd not expect any ship would venture
into the Straits. and sent outside In thu
hope OF finding vessels. But the Ssrousa
had 4 coast pilot in Capt WeeIen and
but was glad TO meet the tug. Capt.
Epragae reports the ships coaBmodors.
Potter and Domlnio a. anchor in ClaIiam
bay. the ship Two Brothers and bark Kate
Davenport st Port Angeles. where he
thought che schooner Gov. Anes and ship
J. b. Thomas would also stop. a. they
were on the say out yesterday.
Besides the accidents reported Of the
steamer Minnie NJ. o. Bellingham bag.
and the collision between the schooneFs
Fannie Du,ard and Norway caused by the
storin, report vas received here yesterday
OF the destruction Of the steamer Cascade
on Saturday near Clinton. She vas COM
manded by Capt. Mccoy and was towing
scow load OF hay from samish TO Seattle
After coming out of Saratoga passage the
boat got the full force Of the wind and
being encountered With the scow OF hay
her mead could not be kept 10 the wind
The scow was cut \ drift but the Cascade
was forced ashore and yesterday was re-
ported all broken up The scow went
ashore on Gedney island where IL Was
picked up by the Anna N. Pence on Sun
day and brought here. The Pence was
towing seow OF her own at the time and
when of Four Mile rock the wind came on
10 fresh that she could not handle the two
srcws and blew signals OF distress. Capt.
With. Of the Lydia Thompson. was for
tunateIy near the place and helped the
Pence and her scows 10 West Seattle,
where they remained over night.
The Cascade was owned by Can't. r.. A.
Swift. who bought her at United States
Inarshnl's sale last summer for Ss7a. after.
ward expanding $50 for repairs. She was
uninsured aud is supposed To be total
loss. Capt. Swift left for the scene Of the
wreck yesterday.
The ihirty-elsht mile wind recorded be-
tween 4 aud o'clock was the highest
velocity reported here since tho establish
nient of the weather station. the next
highest having been October II, when the
Wind blew thirty-four miles an hour II
was a perfect bowler. but despite the wind
quite a crowd gathered along the water
front TO watch the effect The harbor was
the toughest in many months and old cap
tains said IL was years since the wind blew
80 hard. IL came up suddenly and there
Was much scurrying about to get the
numerous craft more securely tied up.
The steamer Greyhound had started for
Everett a little while before, but was seen
making her way in the opposite direction
from Five Mile point toward Aiki point
The spectators guessed she did not like 10
turn In the trough OF the sea, aud the boat
kept on until she disappeared hehind Du.
vanish heal, only 30 reappear a short
time aiterward headed the other way and
make her way slowly TO her dock 10 wait
for The wind TO die down,
Tue steamer City OF Seattle, which has
been anchored at the head of the bay all
summer, dragged her anchor and was soon
oat a the haFhor opposite the Commercial
dock. All the boats coming in felt the
fierce of the wind aud many were DELAYED
Cutie number were laid up, il being
Monday and the captains were cnngratu-
iating themselves on not being ont The
lighthouses aud smal. craft along the
water Front pitched about good deal. but
were net damaged. Light, loose lumber
was tossed about and everything had 10
he msdc fast To prevent ITS blowing away.
The damage 10 telegraph lines was indi-
Gated yesterday morning by the fact that
hardly any reports from coast points were
received at tho weather office. and last
evening the situstien was worse still.
The telegraph blockade was the worst in
nearly six years. The Western Union and
places near Black River Junction bv
falling trees The ginemen we're un-
able 70 work at repairs owing TO
deep water. and waited for daylight.
There was danger of their drowning in The
dark. Al wires so the north were hone
iessiy broken. The line 70 Port Townsend
was also down. All these breaks will.
however. be repaired before business hours
Ioasy.
The hart rains Of sunday aud yesterday
again played havoc with railroad cuts
along the hillssdes The Great Northern
being the newest road, was. Of course. the
sNoFst sufferer. and its line between here
and Everess has been hlockaaed for tao
Jays with one slide after another coming
down. There IS also some trouble on The
main line, 5ut its nature and location
could not be asccrtainei IN this civ YES
tegday because the telegraph wires we're
also down. Tho iyatr dae here Sunday
night from the east las not got in vet
sad hat NOS Ieft Spokane as o.lock YES.
,enlaY afternoon. Il - presumed. there
fore. taAs the ROAD Is having trouble Ia he
Rockies also. TIE train which lest here
SUNDAY evening fog ,he east over the
Lake Shore road eoald so no further
tAsB Sgykomish. landslide {as,
beyond that pelnt hlocksdlnx ths line IL
took Al, Gar - clear she road. bet a. there
also a sll1e east az the summit near
l.eavras Sgsh the train wss ordered back
- Seattle without having made eoaaee-
tioa Nth the west.hound train. L. get
back here az midnight over the LAKE
Shore rosd. and IN an koar Aftersari
again started lar the hast Ii Is the in.