Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-16
,housands Of People Between
Seattle and Tacoma Are Camp
ing in the Foothills.
GEAR WILL Be OVERWHELMED.
Men Working to Prevent Log
Jams to Save Residents Be-
low, Lose Their Lives.
,,., Many Families Have Lost Some
ucmbcr win Not be Known for
Some Days.

e,aels wash, Nov. l6.--Homeles'
soA suffering from hunger and ex
,os're and in hourly dread that Tho
,lspr waters win overwhelm them
,housaads Of residents of the fertile
,aley yng between Seattle and Ia
eoml are camping today in tha foot
sol, near BY with what few provisions
and Effects they could carry in hur'
ned fight. Six deaths have been thus
tsy chronicled as due TO the floods
which have followed the rapid rise OF
me liver IN the King and Pierce coun-
M Three Of the men who met death
| n he foods were trying their utINost
10 wYcnt log Jams that would cndan-
M the residents OF the towns further
down the river, f. w. Killmer Of Au-
barn vas the first to lose his life while
working on a jam In the White river.
Two other loggcrs who were working
or The Decker Lumber company, who
,ese trying to break log jams, were
towned IN Green river, three miles
hm Auburn.
Black, White, Green, Cedar, Stuck.
;loqualmle and other streams having
heir source in the foothills OF the Cas-
. iie mountains have risen over night.
| and have flooded thousands of aces OF
| had and caused incalcuable damage.
How many farmers families have lost
some member through the rapid adj
.anna af IN. fa.=x, ,,,fif
not be known until the waters subsidc.
All the valley towns are under WA
ir the depth ranging from eight TO
= feet Railroad communication has
hen cut, and the towns cannot be
rached except by message over the
mg distance telephone wires. With
" water already standing on the
pects at such depth that II is no
Gger safe for residents to remain IN
q first stories Of their houses, the
VI are organizing In each town and
slar removing the helpless ones to the
I'D stories or carrying them away
zNees Of safety.
4 RAINS HAVE CEASED.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 1.-THE rains
the past few days have ceased, the
ahook has turned colder and the wa
n In the upper part of the White
her valley are slowly recedng. The
hatest danger point at present Is at
nalh Park, suburb OF Seattle. near
ae mouth Of the Duwamish river. As
ne Hood sweeps down the valley to
glget sound. the water Is steadily rrs-
az THIS point. Wednesday night
We dyke protecting the lowlands at
'oaih Park was carried away and the
DNn with a population of about 1000
people IS at the mercy of the waters.
.ss' hlent residents were preparing to
nee 10 higher ground. From Yellow
spae park, a small tract on the north
nle OF Duwamish, Just opposite South
ralk comes the report that house
wnlalning several persons was swept
aoWn the river yesterday afternoon.
CONDITIONS IMPROVED.
Renton, Wash, Nov. is,-Conditions
a Wv O'clock Wednesday night in
malon were greatly improved. The
rsNF mas fallen eight inches and,
Aane the White river has backed 10
my the lower part of the town, only
= Jew families were obliged to vacate
her homes.
o. seaf the junction of the Black and
ssuar rivers Is the gravest danger, for
"sle the water has risen and flooded
@S $50, zeal Of property. From present
,SsAuniQhs u does not appear likely that
Wv situation here will become any
yise' Late Wednesday the county
crlase at Maple Valley, known as the
t ny bridge, went out In the floods.
AZ bridges at Benton are safe.
Az point about a mile and a half
coI, maple valley the tracks OF the
y s,d,nVA q Puget Sound Railway were
NJ GIsNe1 out a repair train is now at
ral, polht and crews of men are re-
psMIllng the roadbed.
d.. men are believed TO have been
h sued al Orillia, They are John We
q ! LII e,ol'ractor and Patrick Callahan,
ANA. ,1sI night was cold one and the
WIND had the effect OF lessenIne
M hgW or the water but IL brought
~. u untold suffering for the hun.
4 VII ia people In southern Washing
A. WI were exposed to It's rigors.
~ '1ilerlhgs Of the homeless and $50.
49, people, deprived OF shelter, COW
~ and IN many Instances tho
~ n 81 fire must have been great.
my enects Of the cold weather unon
Al. young and the weak and sIckIv
and cor S1.ounu Tor serious apprehension
soma ~ IL VIII be days before
snd m ehe homeless viii be rescued
Acted !, me meantime they will be sub.
canno, 10 exposure and prlvation that
sanoa. out prove fatal IN some in
SSioh :, With mllder weather, OF
pls Vii, mere Is indication, many peo-
ia, ,in contract sickness and disease
adS VIZ ultimately end I'm death and
esn,aS lne sum total of the disasters
''u oy this great flood.
NEWS HARD TO GET.
soo SS''and' Or. Nov. ls.-News q, tho
70 obtsi.s uatlon this morning Is hard
4 hssp'll Telegraphlc communication
borisrt Interrupted and but one i'm.
.atsS pomt. Kelso, can be communal.
I'M "'th oy telephone and a is difi.
,fp,d md out lust what ms han.
Ihat since last night. II Is cAr,aIn
q destrn S,y5Wlita river is still demon
ogs ana es ea' carrying houses, barns.
8ridges u.ner drift down the Hood
ire IN r na,e been washed out. Others
loweyer' sru The crest OF the aooa
nd new seems TO have reached Kelso
gin DOM DOM mat the Cowlitz is falling
'olnts y Sor, soon be received from
north OF Kelso. W. iio'''
Igeds ~ helso and Castle Rock hrn
i9meless people have been rendsred |
oIrte es ~ and many families ar seI III ah
hslr ere s.' having saved hut few ~ |
hsir retres, a , put few provisions in |
The on r.et from the aoed waters "
" Of the s o,,os,, Of trains north seems |
NJ train. question ara y. az this time. Sew.
~ ~ some esfor, ', u',,, along the route |
fcrt , ~, there ia little hone , ~ move ,
an thai attain affair success. and il Is c .ne
va Puget NY railroad communicat alton
Northern paos sound points over The
ANY days, c VIII not be had Tor |