The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-21
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Sp-cisl Dispatch Ia the Standard.
Wallace. Idaho. Nov. 2o.-cold
weather came too late Ia save the rail-
roads and towns along the lower part
of the Coeur d'Alen. river. The ore
gon Railroad A. Navigation companys
fright last night reported water dam
gerously high about cataldo. 80
Standard reporter took the Northern
Pacific train for Old Mission this morn
ing. He could only reach Kingston.
where the town was found submerged
the people moved out. and water four
feet deep Ia the streets Only one
house in town Is still occupied, but vita
water On It's iloor.
A hog boom there brok. during The
p-asohs assa-shsusands IL feet of mining
timbers and saw hogs We're carried
away. In the fiat below the town the
Northern Pacific track was washed az
from the grade and the section men
are out In boats stalking II down and
tieing II a. trees The section boss had
been down below Ca,aldo early In the
morning. and found that town ailoat
with the Oregon Railroad A Naviga-
tion company's track badly washed
out. "A hong section standing On the
ends of ties lik. "A picket fence.
a'tVcr 'R'uI " Nlfitf
river between Cataldo and old Mis-
Sion Is I'm great danger. the logs from
the broken boom at Kingston and drift
wood having piled up against II as high
as "a house. IL H. the only bridge across
the main Occur d'Al"nr river. Parties
from opposite Kingston reported the
Oregon Railroad A. Navigation CON-
pany's track washed Out there and
water Ia the houses at EnaVille. Be-
tween Enaville and Cataldo nothing Is
known of the situation, the section
foreman having gone down on The op-
poSite side ~ the river. but the railway
runs ON low ground near the river
where frequent breaks have occurred
in former hoods, 80 much damage Is
probable ihcrr.
Thr Oregon Railroad A. Navigation
company Is now working NJ Cataldo
| aud hope A train may grt through hrr.
| morrow, but Monday II more prob
able. Wiih n strong possibility ~ none
/ hUforr Tuesday or "Wednesday. Moth
ing viii be- done on the Northern Pa
chc narrow gauge untll thr water Is
Qua OF the way, when n badly dam
aged. IL win bc lrfl. as nothing more
was to b. done with n except To haul
away wood and stulls. most of which
has NOW gone down the river.
Nothing H. known of the conditions
at MIs-lon. but everything loose Is
probably gone, as the Hoods arr
usually worse there than at Kingston.
the ground being lower with loss cur
rent. aud water backing up more.
When the tIuln left Kingston at nopu
the water had fallen about an inch. 50
no further damage viii be- done. but
the water will fall slowly untll about
tomorrow morning.
Old residents uf Mission report Que
such food m the fall 81 some 90 wears
ago, hut none mas occurred sluCr until
Just one year age, when the water was
higher than now. The Hoods grow
verse each year. az iu the S,uth Fork
district over halr million tons uf taIl-
I lnEs are annually dumped into q.
river high water sweeping th,m all
; down 10 slack water about Kingston.
whom they commence svttliuE lu the
waller This time most ~ it cam" truW
I lhe North Fork. tl" Snuth Fork MT
Dtlng dangerously hig1.
~ Murray rain f,ll every day this
month. agFrceaflng Nii inrhcs. oyer
siA inches being during the past N-rk
Between her" and hisspula the trJiu
out uf here yesterday morning Was
held by "A Glide near bybprE,a until
noon to-day II t. uuw cumlag back
frpm Mis~nula, hut nothing is known
regarding the sh3p' oi t1y track along
81 Regis. II is hpp"l tJ ct a trJ.a
through Tonight.