The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
FLOODS IN THE NoErHwEsf
Water In Many Sire. ms Higher Than Ever
Known Before.


Seattle; Wash, Nov. liza Post-In-
tellisencer special from Mount Vernon
saws the present food IN the Skagit
valley is the worst in its history. The
whole valley Is under water and great
damage will ensue 10 the farmers in the
destruction of hay, stock and fences. At
Mount Vernon the water is fifteen inch
IS higher than ever known, and the town
has been saved only by great exertions
of the citizens TIE dykes were manned
al Of last night~and 1t was not until
this morning that the flood began to
recede.
A special to the Post 1ntelligencer also
says the Cowlitz river Is higher than
ever and still rising. Millions Of feet OF
logs are lost. The loss to the farmers
will be large.
Not railroad train left or reached Sc
attic yesterday, but the railway manag-
ers claim that they will be able to get
lItrains out soon. West-bcund trains on
the Canadian Pacific were reported last
might as getting through. Superintend-
ent Riton, of the Great Northern wired
here that between two AMI three miles OF
track was under water near Sultan No
estimate Of damage can be made until
the water subsidies. Reports from all
| points on the Northern Pacific snow that
1.-The rains have ceased and snow is taking
its place. There were four inches of snow
this morning. The conditions are re-
garded as favorable. and railroad men
are hopeful
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 1.-THE Cana
dian Pacific is the only one moving thus
| far, but it is claimed that the Great
Northern railroad will push its coast
line train out tomorrow morning and
tof Northern a.
cific Overland will probably be in to-
morrow night, but this is hardly thought
possible. The rivers are all still very
much swollen. The steamer City OF
Champaign came down Skagit river last
night from Mount Vernon and arrived to
| day. The captain reports that during
the night the steamer was forced by the
current out Of the river over the dyke
and went floating over a deuta ranchers
farm The steamer was got back amid
| drift into the stream again and reached
| the Sound without mishap. The news
reached Seattle today Of the drowning
at North Yakima Of Martin Feildestadt
and William Davidson, in Yakima river,
! which stream is also very high. The
men were attempting to save two COM
panions when they lost their livse. The
storm has reached its limits and the
waters are at a standstill. Before night
the streams will all be subsiding.
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 1.-THE city Is
still isolated from the world. as far as
railroad traffic is concerned. Up to
noon today not a train had left or ar
rived. An attempt to get passengers
through to Portland was abandoned last
night when the train which LETT Taco
ma yesterday returned. Inc wasnour az
Winlock prevented even a transfer and
other washouts farther down the line do
not permit trains from Portland to reach
that point The White river bridge on
/. the Seattle branch is still down and NJ
trains are running on that line. All
travel between this city and Seattle is
carried on by the Sound steamers. On
the line to the east several washouts
east from the mountains prevent trains
from running The crews are at work
constantly and with cooler weather and
subsiding floods, the promise is held out
that traffic will be resumed tonight. No
eastern mail has arrived for three days.
only letters coming from local points by
boat
Portland, Ore, Nov. 1.-THE storm
which prevailed over the northwest for
! three days past has abated and tonight
the weather is clear and cold. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the damage by the
| floods 10 railroads. numbering interests
and farming lands which has resulted
from, Southern Oregon to British Column
bia, but it viii undoubtedly be many
thousands of dollars.
TIE Oregon Railway and Navigation
company and Southern Pacific have re-
stored connection and trains are run
ming again, though the Southern Pacific
is compelled to use the West Side road
on account of damage to the bridge over
Salem river at jefferson.
The Northern Pacific is still block
AIDED at Winlock, Wash, but 1t is expect
ed that trains will be running Thursday.
The greatest damage appears to have
been done on the White and Black river
valleys and in Skagit and Snohomish
counties, Washington, where the rail-
| roads run through low lands.