The San Francisco call., 1906-11-15


TRAIN SERVICE ABANDONED
The Northern Pacific Railroad has
given up attempting to run any trains
except those TO Portland. 1t is able 10
maintain this latter service, but for
how long this will continue is not
known. as one or two short messages
from the southwest state that the
waters have broken telephone and tel
egraph communication southwest of
Olympia.
Advices received at the office of the
chief dispatcher of the Northern Pacific
state that the water in Green Canyon
is two feet higher than during the
foods of 1903. when the railroad was
tied up for two weeks. Innumerable
washouts are reported from ali parts
of the country and as far as can be as
certained at least four bridges have
gone down-one at Buckley. one at Hot
Springs. another at Lester and the
fourth across the Stuck River near
Auburn.
RAILROADS ARE TIED UP
Despite all efforts to get into COM
munication, what has occurred east of
Auburn and west of the slopes of the
Cascades can only be conjeetured That
great da mage has been done is plainly
evident from the fact that the streams
are bringing down lumber. piIing.
houses livestock and household goods
All wires between Hot Springs and Au-
burn are down and what damage the
flood has done in that section of the
country viii not be known for couple
Of days.
Every railroad in the Northwest is
tied up. and though a few trains are
being run, no attempt is being made
at schedule. The tracks of the Mil
waukee. Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have been washed away in
places. but it is hoped to have the dam
age repaired in a few days
Apart from the washouts, numerous
landslides have descended upon the
tracks blocking traffic. The Northern
Pacific made an attempt to reach Sum
nit Junction, but failed A third train
was run from Seattle to Auburn this
afternoon, but since then il is re-
ported that 600 feet of track has been
washed away.
At midnight rain is still falling
heavily in this city.
GREAT DAMAGE IN VALLEYS
Not in the memory of the oldest In
dian of the Puyallup reservation has
there been a food to compare with the
present disastrous freshets that have
tied up traffic and done inca1eulable
damage to property and in many cases
seriously endangering life in the river
valleys east and west and south of Ia
coma A sea of water three or four
miles wide extends east of Tacoma,
covering the entire rich Puyallnp VAL
ley Mills and factories on the tide
flats are shut down on account of being
inundated. and the water is still rising
Great damage has been done in the
valleys of Black White. Stuck. Puyall-
up and Nisqually rivers. where farms
are inundated. horses and cattle In
many instances drowned and houses
flooded until families have escaped on
hastily improvised RATS by narrow
margins The course of the Puyallup
River has changed in four different
places near Tacoma and is now cutting
wide channels through rich farms. At
several points the river has entirely
forsaken the old channel. and houses
that were on the stream will hereafter
be Isolated. The same is true of the
White. and especially the Stuck and
Milwaukee railroad grade between here
and Sumner has been badly DANA ged
by the floods. and in some places the
embankments have been entirely oblit-
Grated
STORM THREATENS VESSELS.
ASTORIA, Nov 14.-What is con-
sidered the worst storm that has ever
visited this city and surrounding coun-
try is raging tonight. and as q result
the wrecked ships Peter Iredale and
Galena are fast breaking to pieces
and consequently spelling all chance
of getting them out of their sandy
beds. Not only has the storm greatly
crippled shipping, but it is also doing
much damage in the city tonight
Much fear is felt for those vessels
leaving here this morning. Vessels
arriving here today from coast cities
report the sea outside strewn with
railroad ties. No vessels have taken
a tie cargo from here recently. and as
one has lost her cargo. she is prob
ably from the Sound All arrivals here
today report very severe weather but
say that they have sighted no vessels
that appeared 10 be in distress. It
was rumored here at $50 o'clock this
evening that another vessel is ashore
on Clatsop beach and that the pilot
schooner has run into the jetty. This
has not been confirmed, but tugs will
be sent to investigate.