The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

resumed today and the srs. rnsn tn~
Gays was received here The rrarL -
l<en repairef In the Cascades near ue~e
sssu ~ 1iokane. The Great Northern La
me u r. 4 N. h open
sultan Bridge Goes out.
Sprcisl Dispafcf 10 the Post Insess,xsnc.-
.. ssH, Nov aDs-Ths water in
.ne river commenced 10 fall slightly Dur
ihg tae night. but II falls Slowly IT..
wAsef came up more suddenly ana wen,
uoNu quicker than a year axo hat IN.
.uice was Tar greater and more dex.rr,s-
uon vas wrought. The big cribs which
the monte crfsto railroad buff, along srs
.lns ana niied with rock were moved ab3u,
iney held together. but wers
moved 80 as to sometimes cause q cutting
protect 'N'A' u
Ine sultan county bridge f. reported
washed out The county Commissioner
TINS IAN let contract TO build buIkheaas
I0s It's protection. The contractor was
go" about his work and, as q result. the
than $7,00o 'e7'
stfii ssorminK ut Port Townsend.
PORT TOWNSEND. Nov. u.-A ter
Lnc wind storm has prevailed here for
the pass eighteen hours, but 80 far no
damage 70 shipping has been reported
Win tne exception OF a few hours. the
wind mas blown very hard for the pas,
npe days. In which time heavy rains have
fallen. ''A''
skagft Was ON q Rampage,
opec,ai DISPATCH TO the Post-Intelligsncer
ANACORTES. Nov al-The train tha,
lett here this morning encountered = eoos
yust THIS side CT Sterling and had 10 re-
tuIn- Inc Skagit Is on a rampage 4. Ia
reported seventeen inches higher at Se.ro
than during the food Of last season.
:. water In overlooking the banks at ster-
ing ana taking short cut to the Sound
down through the Olympic marsh coun-
Try. 1t Ia also reported to be e,,.tsnp
across country from Avon. and II this Is
true the northern part OF Swinomish fats
will be flooded.
superintendent Andrews. OF the Seattle
q northern railway, sent the mail through
on handcar 20 Wooiiey. He fears thar
tomorrow the train will not get beyond
Avon. but he will try to get the mali
through by handcar service
shsht washouts have occurred. but for
tuhateiy nothing Of serious nature
Lumber Schooner Ashore.
SOUTH BEND. Nov. Ca terrific gale.
Whfch began Tuesday night and ragged for
thirty-six hours, cut South Bend off from
all Geographic communication until to-
DAY. For two days steamers were unable
to cross Willapa bay In the wilIapa
eept to county bridges. two Of them. the
Lilly and Stauffer bridges. being carried
away by the flood
Early Wednesday morning the lumber
schooner Jennie Thelin. which was an
chored on North Cove, dragged her an
cnors and went aground on Empire spit.
Flash signals brought out the North Coye
lie crew and the men and the vaIuables
on the ship were transferred to shore All
day Wednesday she pounded on the splt
put Thursday morning. to the surprise OF
the crew. she was safely riding IN the
North Cove channel, having worked her
self across the spit. She Is now beached
at South Bend for repairs
Another Storm Brewing.
ASTORIA, Or. Nov. 20.-The wind is
blowing forty eight miles an hour tonight.
and 1t Is feared another storm Is brewing.
The bark Oakland. Capt. Whitney. from
San Pedro for Portland, Is now out thir-
ty-three days. and fears are expressed
that she has met with an accident during
the rough weather.
skokomish Up, hut No Damage Done.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
UNION CITY, Nov. a.-Nine inches of
rain have fallen here In the last three
days. while the very warm weather
Thursday morning melted the snow I'm the
mountains. causing the Ekokomish river
to overflow her banks. The water was
not as high. however. as last year by six
or eight inches. or as the year before by
ten or twelve. that being the highest
known.
AS far as heard from but little damage
has been done. except that a boom hung
by j. McReavy near the Skokomish
bridge. to catch saw logs that should
come down on the first freshet broke
letting all the logs go into Hood canal
The Skokomish bridge has stood well.
fart ba
have not been heard from. as all commun-
fcation with them Is still cut off.
slides and Washouts.
Special Dispatch to the Post-fnteliigencer
SPOKANE. Nov. 2o-Reports from Kal-
ispell are Of great slides and washouts
and that IL is not expected the track will
be open for a week. Reports from the
Occur d'Aienes are that the railroads are
In worse condition than ever before Five
feet OF snow laS on the hills when the
warm rains began falling. New slides
take place as fast as the greatly increased
section crews can clear the first slides
away. Cold weather tonight Is expected
10 help the situation.
Vessels Weather Bound.
Special Dispatch TO the Post -Intelligencer
OCOSTA. Nov. GA storm of unusual
severity has been raging for the past four
days. No special damage has been done
Twelve lunher-ladsn vessels are IN the
bay opposite this place waiting for calm
weather before going TO sea.
Logs and Bolts Adrfft.
PORTLAND. Nov. 20 News has reached
here that boom containing aoe0 0tn feet
of logs and 500 cords Of shingIc bolts broke
loose at the mouth OF the Cowitx river
Thursday during the high water. Two
steamers were sent after the scattered
logs, but large portion OF them have
fioated into the Columbia river and viii be
lost. The logs were owned by J. II. Hart
ley and Charles England
Foar Feet ef Water in Kingston.
WALLACE. Idaho. Nov. ao.-Fron the
North Fork. an immense volume OF water
is now sweeping through the country.