The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-28

gether on the highest point, and as
the water continued to rise Sunday,
it began to creep higher and high
er on their legs until their bodies
were reached. When the river was
highest, they were in two to three
feet of water, and in the midst of
darkness. None of the animals
were lost.
South of Corvallis, there was an
other lake, a mile wide and two or
three miles long. It reached as
far southwark as the Thompson
house on the state road. It was
two feet deep or more in the county
road, and in many places was over
the tops of fences. It was high
enough at Oren's for two hogs to
swim out over the top of their pen
and subsequently drown. Mr..
Oren said if they had stayed in the
pen they would have been alright;
but the fools swan out and got in
deep water and of course perished,
There was two or three feet OF
water in F. P. Morgan's basement
and frewood was floating about in
his door yard. There was two
inches of water on the floor of
Victor Hurts house, and four inch
es of the floor of the warehouse at
the Fischer Mills. Sunday night
while the water was encroachinp,
500 sacks of wheat there was re-
moved to a place of safety. The
flood lacked but three inches of
entering James Horning's house,
and a few inches more of touching
the floors Of August Fischer's resid-
ence. The sidewalk, built aboutsev-
en- feet high for just such emergen.
cies in the vicinity was aaoat and
anchored here and there most Of
the day Monday.
The lower end of the south ap-,
proach to Mary's river bridge was
afoat all day, and had swung about
four feetou of line. During Mon
day a gang of men were busy with
block and tackle in an effort to
prevent further damage to the
structure. Most of the little bridg-
es in the vicinity were washed eth
er out of line or picked up and car
ried off their foundations altogeth-
Ier.
To APPROACH Corvallis from the
west OF north was almost as diff
cult as from the other points of the.
compass. Dixon Creek was so
full Of back water from the river,
that it covered the railroad tracks
north of town to the depth Of sew.
eral inches. The back water in
|Oak Greek SO filled the low place
this side Of the bridge on the Phi
1omath road that access to .Corval-
lis from that direction was. impos-.
sible, save by boat. The water
entered cow barn at the John
Wells place and a pig pen at the
Hays home. 1t lacked but a few
inches of passing over the decking
in. the middle of Oak Creek bridge.
There was no current, the food be
| ing back water from Mary's river
and the Willamette. It had so
subsidized by noon yesterday that it
was easy to reach Corvallis from
that direction.
There were practically no farm
ers from outside districts in town
Monday, save a few that came in by
small boats. About all the towns.
people did during the day, was to
watch the rushing waters, and
compare the stage Of the river with
that of former floods. The men
whose statements were eagerly
sought and listened to with utmost
respect were the few who had look
ed on the mad river in the terrible
] flood of 1862 when hundreds o1
homes were carried away, wher
scores of human lives were lost and
4 thousands worth of property des-
troyed.
At two O'Clock yesterday after
I noon, the Willamette had fa11er
about seven and a half feet, an6
was at the twenty foot stage. I
was then falling at the rate of five
or six inches an hour, and gave
promise of soon subsiding within
! ifs hanks.