The San Francisco call., 1897-11-19
STRANDED AT
THE MOUTH OF
UMPQUA RIVER
1omeward Bound From Tillanook, the
Steamsr Truckee Is Lodged on
the North Spit by Wind
and Wave.

the snow in the foothills, causing rapid
rise IN the streams. Tne storm played
havoc with trees, billboards, awnin.s,
signs and electric wires in the city to-day,
aud the telephone and electric service was
seriously Interrupted.
message from Yaquina Bav says a
heavy storm is raging there. The GUS
tom house was blown down and the rec
ords of the office lost in the bay. The
telephone wires are prostrated and consid-
erable damage has been done to small
craft on the bay.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.-A heavy wind and
rain storm has prevailed over the Puget
Sou nd region Tor the past forty-eig h
hours. Up to o'clock tonight the ram
fall had exceeded four inches. Owing to
the crippled condition of the telegraph
and telephone services, only meager re-
ports have been received from adjacen,
points. The reports received Indicate
that if there is rot a sudden drop in tenn
perature serious floods will result. The
White and Black riyers are rising rapidly,
and will soon be out of their bounds
The Duwamish, Snohomish, Skagit and
Stillaquamish are all raging torrents.
OLYMPIA, Nov. 18.-In the last three
DAYS, ending at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon the rainfall was 5.3 inches; for the
last twenty four hours ending at the same
time the fall was 282 inches. This record
is very unu >ual. A landslide on the Port
Townsend Southern Railway al Tullwater
somewhat delayed trains to-day. No
damage IS reported in this locality.
ASTORIA, Or, Nov. 18.-One of the
worst storms ever known has prevailed
tor The last thirty-six hours. At the cape
la It night and this morning the wind was
blowing at the rate OF seveuty-four to
eigEty-four miles per hour. The gale was
from the southwest and the mouth of the
river was obscured by thick fog. The
storm increased in. fury after midnight
and reached hurricane at O'Clock this
morning. Little Information can be OBJ
tanned from North Beach, as the wire is
down, but the steamer Ilwaco returned
and reported no great damage done there.
A man was sleep on wood scow which
drifted away from its moOrings and has
not yet been found.
The British ships K!nrosshire and Nor
ma dragged their anchors and were blown
on to the sands. About five miles of the
postal telegraph line is down.
The Gamer State of California, which
was due Tuesday from San Francisco. has
not yet arrived. AS no vessels have ar
rived or departed since the storm COM
menced there is no anxiety as to her safe
ty. 1t is believed that she has been II
the mouth of the river for two avs anu
is simply waiting for the storm to SUBJ
side.
TACOMA, Nov. 18-Chinook winds
and rains are playing havoc throug hout
Western Washington. Telegraph lines are
down in all directions. rivers and small
streams are swollen. railroads are suffer
ing from washouts and flooded track.
The Government telegraph wires went
down between Port An ,eles and Tatoosh,
Cape Flattery yesterday, and have not
been raised.
All telegraph wires reaching from
Tacoma to Eastern Washington along the
line of the Northern Pacific went down neal
Lester yesterday afternoon. but have been
raised again. The wires on the Grays
H Dor and the South Bend went down
yesterday. Trains are delayed by wash
outs on the branch lines.