The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-19

rived here last night. having left there
On SUNDAY evening and walked tn. sixty
miles. eays the most damage done BY the
food was the wreckins Of Cleveland Z
kIein's saloon and lodging house. About
O'Clock Sunday morning k}ein became
alarmed AZ the food The house is built
over the stream He went rp stairs and
called he uaer. some seven or eight. and
they had scarcely left the house when II
began TO sway. and presently collapsed
in the whsrIing waters. with safe. cash
boz. furniture and everything In the
wreck. The rooms were well furnished.
and the loss viii probably Be IT least
8. no
one bent h zone ont Of the railroad
bridge this side Of Monte Crfsto. the turn
table II considerably damaged and the
or less damaged.
Superintendent Foster and force Of
nfty men working east from Snohomish
expected to reach Robes tonight The up
per end Of the Shoe Fly. where the rail-
road makes q sharp curve vest OF Gold
Basin. 10 badly washed out The roadbed
between Lowell and Ebey slough comes
out hsttes than expected. though much
Of the track sioated out and lodged
against the telegraph poles.
On the lire OF the Great Northern. be-
tween Everett and snohonaish. much Of
the track lies upon edge against the tele-
graph poles.
The Everett paper mill energies from
the food all right, but the yard Is In some
disorder from the floating debris II viii
be impossible for the mill to resume oper-
atoms until the trains can bring In the
supply OF wood from the camp of Irving
4 Ford, near Hartford II takes about
eighty cords day.
has YarNdQd ff0m the
marsh above Lowell. the farmers are siz-
ing up sae situation Mr.. Carlson lost
one cow and all his hay for wintering
thirteen head OF stock. Mr.. Berry Lost
ore COW. James Vance and wife stuck to
their house 20 the last, and finally had to
take to their boat from q second-story
window. Morgan Williams had water in
the second story OF his house. N. Jack
man and family remained until they had
to get out by boat from the second story.
In the midst of the serious aspect OF
the food there were many instances OF
devotion and pluck. AT Thomas Wat
sons place the water covered the kitchen
floor, but one Of his daughters put on a
pair Of rubber boots. cooked the meals
in the kitchen and carried them upstairs
to the family.
Mr.. Kiser. who lately arrived here from
Nebraska. saved two horses by swim
ming them a mile and . half behind q
boat The horses were badly chilled.
Some cattle stood for thirty-six hours In
water up to their backs and were fed by
their owners from boats.
Peter Bast. who occupies Sam Woods
place. had q lot OF pigs that took to u
hay stack. and as the water rose the pigs
climbed. Their ark proved to be all
right.
A big pile OF straw. about twenty tons.
on the Rucker farm sought transporta-
ton and landed plump on the Great
Northern track.
air. whitman. opposite Everett. saved
most Of his cattle By driving them upon a
hay NOV. One COW was driven or by the
others and. perished- He also lost ten or
A. J. Wessland saved a man and his wife
and two children from the second story
OF their house on Sunday.
Much credit Is due Capt. Hill, of the
Florence Henry. for his efforts in rescuing
ranchers.
Great Northern Passengers Arrive.
Five sraveiers from the overland train
on the Great Northern road which was
hung up near Wellington. AZ the western
end OF the switehbaSk. on Sunday morn
Ing. arrived here by the early boa: on the
snohomish river today. +. II. BrowneIl.
. weii-known attorney. was among the
number. He was cut on q duck hunting
trip At Moses lake IN company with w. q.
Swalweil. Il. ]. Rucker and A. J. Agnew,
of this city. and left the lake on Thursday
night ahead OF the rest OF the party. They
are coming home by way OF Spokane and
the Northern Pacsic. When Il was found
that the train was blocked by the wash
outs. Mr.. Browneil and Ave others deter
mined TO push through on foot. There
were forty-n.ne passengers on the train,
including seventeen women and children.
The party left he train on Sunday morn
Ing. II was slow travelling. as the snow
was from six to ten inches deep. They
walked 10 skykom.sh. fifteen miles. that
night. and found the bridge gone. II was
nearly noon on Monday before they could
ge, across the river. whsnce they con-
,inued their walk to Index. eleven miles.
Tuesday noon found them al Sultan.
where they hired a couple OF Indians TO
take them to Snohomssh in q canoe. srriv-
ing there on Tuesday night. ard In Ever
EFT by the early boat this morning.
They confirm the report that $50 feet
Of track has been washed away between
Salmon siding and Index. Many houses
were wrecked through the valley. Mr..
Eiweii near Sultan. had fifteen acres OF
bottom land completely ohf.terstea. One
man lost ffty-ssx head OF cattle. and the
dead esrcassHs Of cattle and hogs are
ssrewn along the valley.
WORK train With strong crew OF hfty
or seventy-sive men Is at work near Sui
tar repairing the track. bat IL appeared
20 Ne the opinion OF the party that IL
would take ten days or two weeks TO
make the read passahse fer trans.
The scax plank road leading from Ev-
eresi avenue 10 the bluffs, althoug h
ascat. keeps ss nnoorsngs al right A
team drove over II yesterday.
All the nails along the river front are
cleaning up from sas food aud ind very
little damage done.