The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-18

were answered by Observer Pague to
the effect that the river could be-ex-
pected to rise for 20 hours yet. 1t rose
tenth of foot in 21a hours Tuesday
morning.
At Albany there was rise of seven
tenths of foot in three hours Tuesday
morning. The stage of water there is
2S.1 and there has been a rise, thought
to be local merely, of feet since 5
o'clock last night. Several residences
in the lower portion of the city are
flooded.
The morning report from Eugene
shows that the river is falling there,
having gone down oyer a foot.
At Salem in was on stand for five
hours from sunrise Tuesday morning.
1t is 27 feet there, and is three feet
higher than Monday.
At Oregon City, the Cldckamas is be-
ginning to recede. On the fiat between
that city and the Park Place the
two feet of water, and the fires in the To-
comotives of both passenger trains were
put out when coming through, the
south bound train barely pulling
through so the fire could be rekindled.
The trolley cars have resumed running,
though somewhat irregular. The Will
annette paper mills resumed operations
Monday night.
/ The Yamhill river has not been on
such tear for years. One hundred
feet of the Stayton bridge over the
Santiam has been swept away. Re-
ports from Silverton say that Silver
creek is out of it's banks and has done
considerable damage. The abatement
of the waters was looked for, beginning
Tuesday evening.
The railways are. among the greatest
sufferers from the great storm. The
Northern Pacific will probably sustain
the heaviest loss by reaeon of the inter-
ruption to traffic and the damage to
bridges and trackage.
AS all wires along the Northern Pa
cific were down Tuesday. nothing as
suring can be told until communication
lis re-established: Assistant General
Passenger Agent Charlton said this
morning that he hoped to bring in the
delayed Grau opera company and the
Sound mail and passengers late Tuesday
afternoon.
The train which carries them has
been tied up somewhere between
Ainslie and olequa. 1t is the train
which left Tacoma on Sunday night for
Portland. It was stalled by the Ainslle
washout, and had to return. The trans
fer of Portland passengers and mail foi
the north was made at Ainslie. It is
proposed to get the opera troupe past
the washout, and if they can reach
Castle Rock they may be brought to
Portland by boat in time for a show
Tuesday night. &
i Between here and Spokane and Mon.
ltana points the Northern Pacific has
lhalf dozen disrupted points. Trestlet
and bridges have been carried away. and
travel on all branch railway lines had
to be stopped.
+ On the o. r. & N. travel has not yet
been interrupted. The chief dispatches
said that the main line of track and wires
were still open. The train from the
East, was 216 hours late this morning
Local trai9s to The Dalles are running
/ and freight is moving all right. The
Occur d'Alene branch is blockaded by
water and by washouts. The branch
lines in Idaho are tied mp.
On the Southern Pacific trains ar,
moving. The through express, over 1:
hours late, came in via. Albany and Cor
wallis this morning at 2 80 o'clock. TIL
! south-bound express was sent out at it