The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-14
Fierce Winds Rage ALI Over the
North Pacific Coast.
TeLEcaApH WIRES ARE DOWN.
Mile m Hour Breeze
-Barkesttne Katie Fiickinger
Pats n Here for safety-Ne Dis
ast~rs Are - Vet Reported.
-Teiephoue wires SAFER Mach.

One Of the s.ifrsst gales ever known in
THE Eastern Pacific s. raging OF the coasts
OF Oregon and Washington. and ii Is feared
that vessels on the way 10 and from Cali
forrai& VII he wrecked. A repoSt from
Fort Cagby al the mouth Of the Columbia
river. received hast Night said THAI the
wind WAS blowing there at the rate Of
segeEsy-two miles an hour. Only the
slaunchest vessels are expected to with
stand such Storm. The Pacific Coast
Steamship companY's steamer Wa.la
Wal.a, due today, is expected 10 bring
news OF the extent OF The gale OF this
coast.
The storm extended far inland. playing
havoc with telegraph and telephone lf5as--
The Western Union wires between Port
hand and San Francisco arc working SLOW
~. THE Port Townsend line went down at
Al 0se5ock d. M. and last night nothing
furthes than Port Madison could be
reached. Al ] 20 everything went out be-
tween here and Vancouver. b. g. A du-
pfex was recovered TO that point at
o'clock, but Victoria Is still shut out.
TIE Postal wires north of Woolley De-
came crossed IN the afternoon, aud the
Port Townsend wire went down. blocking
that point against all speedy cosnmunica-
Elon- But u train ana a commercial wire
were in good condition TO Vancouver last
night. and Victoria was reached from there.
Special advicex received from Vancouver
last night said that terrific wind storm
ragged there all day. blowing down several
A dispatch from Tacoma was as follows:
The wind storm reported from down
Sound vas not felt here 10 any great de-
gree. Al about lf:io a. III. a southwest
wind began, apparently the forerunner Of
q hard blow. but an hour iase- il had died
down. No damage is reported 10 shipping
In the bay.
There has been 40 storm whatever
here" read dispatch from Olympia.
Teis phone communication with East and
North Seattle suffered much from the wind.
st.srsa
came crossed in Latona and Queen Anne
districts. The long -distance service. how
ever, worked well south and as far north
Botheii. this side of Everett. but early
In the afternoon the wires beyond Bothei
grounded.
One Of the hardest soutaerly gales known
on the sound within several months came
up yesterday morning, and ragged with con-
siderable fury until late In the afternoon.
The sweep OF the wind across J.
WAS too limited 10 admit OF any great
seas IN the harbor, but outside, where the
hay wi3eils into the sound proper, there
were waves thrown on the west shores
that sent clouds OF spray far inland. The
gale WAS o. sQ1aiIy nature. at times
moving I'm gusts that threatened TO tear
out the mssts of vessels lying IN the har-
boz.
The barken,.n. Katie Fiiekinger, under
tow OF the tug Rabboni. bound 20 Ta-
coma for lumber. was unable 10 proceed
up sound. and when on Aiki point was
forced 10 head about for this port AL
though the Rabnoni is a strong towboat
she could not make headway against the
stifr gale The tug Mystic was summons
ed from the harbor. and the two brought
the vessel 10 safe anchorage The Flick
niger IL OF rs net tors register and was
butt In Seattle in is76. She VIII 20 TO
Tacoma ae soon as the storm subsidies.
Local sound BOATS We're frequently late
yesterday. but all got into port nearly on
time They reported extremely vicious
winds down sound.