The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-13


 has occurred ln Alaska was thot or yos- tcriay. Maddcuing torrents of water doshod down thc valley. a soothing. foam iug mass. carrying destruction in its very wake. Thrcc bridges were disabled. Che roldhod or tho railroad was washed away In places. and residences from Che shops and thc waterfront between Broadway and Che bur were inundated Homes for tlme along tho skagwoy river wcro .u Imminent peril but with Che falling of thc water hopes ran high again.
 sk1cw1y was not thc only place that f,it thc effects of Che storm and frcshcts. The storm extended from this city Co Caribou. and yesterday Che tau end spent .tsoIr 1t White Horse In mild downpour Tho railroad from here Co Pennington suffered Resides three bridges being dis- lbled and roodbcd washed oway along Che river slides occurred on Che moun- tain sides. and Che track on Che other side ,f thc summit wcrc covered with water. The big slide occurred near Pennington. and win melu many hours of hard work befarr Che trucl, win hc rc1dy for trains Tho snow sheds Just erected ou Che road wrrc wrecked also. Three days is Che minimum timc that win plss before trains cvcu can bc moving ou part of Che ro1J Tho losscs Go personal and rail' road property win easily foot up Go il5, oo1
 THE FIRST REPORT.
 For Che past three days skogway and vicinity hos been douscd with rain. Snow uu tlc mountains. which had fallen pre- ylously. was melting fast A Chinook sprune up and torrents commenced Co como down thc mountain sides.
 Frday. c1rly n Che forenoon. and cone uuuur mtU midnight Che rain fcll cone stuuuv and steadily 40 9 o'clock ycs- t,rlay morning Che wind came up and Increased ln velocity Rain tcll faster. md by o'clock yesterday 70 storm swept sk1gwly and up into Che mountain plssea Is perhaps never before witnessed u thc autumn months
 THE ALARM IS GIVEN
 The skagway river increased its ra- p.dty. and soon swcIcd by thousands of torrents from thc mountain sides. bee cam, rE.ne mass of flood water Al Q o'clock ycstcrday morning word came from tho shops that Che river was rising rapidly and that thc railroad bridge was threatened. also Che city driveway bridge.
 Omc.1ls were quickly summoned, and Superintendent Rogers and Chief Train Dispatcher Wauck quickly hastened up to Che shops Section men were sum mon,d and soon everything was a hub- bling with excitement. and work was Doe gun fo prevent destruction.
 BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY
 At ..n o'clock crash came from thC north end of Che shop railroad bridge Iu a tvinkuur two vents were washed away tbcn Che mass of floating debris struck thc foot bridge. and one span was completely washed away.
 The river chen presented a turbulent mass Timb,rs. logs and other debris came Hoauur down. then it was noticed th1t tho t.mbors woro bridge work. sus- pIciou scented chat tho second railroad br.lr, had ulso been washed away. which later proved correct
 EN.ruuu- woro then put forth hy thc trlnmeu Co prevent Che collection of dc- brs 1euInst Che railroad bridge, and men with p0kc poles began their work
 lI th.s tune Che water was gradually rising and Increasing in dcstrctivencss.
 RUSH TO THE RIVER SIDE
 Word quickly spread down town by GeD that Che bridges had gone and 'h' river bid fair Go overflow its banks Pre- vious Go thls Che mad noise made by th" river aroused those ulong Che sides and fhev Instantly realized thcir d1ngtr
 People began rushing Co Che river sides and corps of men with shovcls began Co throw up entertainments ot every possible vantage point
 At N.a0 Mayor Woodruff wos notified of Che possible danger or skagway b'.n- flooded. and hc. with others quickly has, tened Co whore they knew would hr Che weak placc-Sixtccnth street.