The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-17
COAST TRAINS DELAYED.
Traffic on One N. r. Branch Tenn
pOrariIy Suspended.

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 15-According to
reports received by the weather bureau. the
storm is rapidly moving eastward. Portland
was directly in the storm center yesterday,
and the thermometer fell during the day to
| "a degrees Fahrenheit. an almost unprece
IDENTIFY low temperature for this time of the
year. The rainfall during the twenty -four
hours ending at o'clock was 266 inches.
A number Of wash-outs are reported the
! line Of the Northern Pacific between this city
and Tacoma. Passenger Train No. l. which
was due Saturday noon. was delayed by
break in the track this side of Linnton and
| did not reach Portland until this morning at
o'clock. AS the rain has evidently abated
no further trouble along the line is looked for
as the result of the present storm The
Oregon Railway & Navigation passenger train
due in Portland at $780, was delayed two
! bridge across g small mountain stream was
carried out. The passengers were transferred
to train sent up, from Portland. and ar
rived at 2:15.
In Portland the storm did considerable dam
age. Sewers and cutters proved entirely in
adequate to carry the great volumes of
water which swept down from the hills back
of the city and passed through every street
| The several street car lines were seriously
interfered with in many places, where the
water surged over the tracks, clogging the
! ties and rails with wreckage, but all lines
| managed to maintain a moderately regular
service throughout the city. The telephone
companies kept their linemen out all day un-
| tangling the tumble into which the wind
| blew their wires. The tunnels which carry
| the wires underneath the streets became filed
with water, and required the constant serv-
ices Of men with pumps to keep them clear.
Tacoma. Wash. Nov. 16-The Puyallup
| Stuck, White and Black river valleys be-
| tween Tacoma and Sea- tie are flooded caus-
| ing such danger to traffic that the Northern
| Pacific has abandoned it's entire service ON
the Seattle branch. Only one wire out of
seven is working between Tacoma and Seattle
making particulars of the food hard to get
as the railroad Is using the single WIRE Last
night a log jam formed in the White river
at Kent, and 1t was reported that the rail-
road bridge would have to be blown out to
prevent an inundaion of the town and
valley. later report says that the bridge
| has gone out. 1t will probably be several
! days before trains to Seattle can be resumed
! Falling trees have prostrated wires in all
directions The Postal lost all it's wires north
and the Western Union all but one The
! Western Union Eastern circuit, comprising
nine wires, went down, and but one wire
| south Is in use.
The storm, which abated for time last
/ night began again this morning and during
most of the day a heavy, wet snow has
| been falling over the entire Northwest In
| some localities two or three inches of snow
| cover the ground, but at most points in
| the valleys of Western Oregon and Washing
ton it has melted rapidly and caused all
streams to overflow their banks Damage
| has been done to railroads and telegraph
wires In the Willamette valley the South
! ern Pacific has encountered many washouts
/ and at points south Of Salem and between
Salem and Albany, a bridge has been carried
| away and as result no mails have been
| received from the South today.