Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-17
FEARED RIVERS
MAY RISE AGAIN
Washington Indians Driven From
The LoWlands. Hungry
And PennIess.
WHOLE FAMILIES NARROWED.
Fenced In Cattle Caught Like Rats in
4 Trap-f'lood Highest In
Six Years.

Spokane. Wash, Nov. ia special
TO the Chronicle from North Yakima
states that the waters OF the Yakima
river are receding slightly this morn
ing. II is raining and grave fears are
entertained lest the rivers again rise.
Five bridges in this county have gone,
The Indians OF the lowlands have
been driven from their wigwams and
many have reached Toppenish hungry
and pennlless. A number OF white
families along the Toppenish river are
now surrounded by water and cannot
be reached as there are no boats. cat
tie IN the lowland pastures that were
fenced with barb wire, were caught
like rats In trap. Coffin Bros. of
this city lost 5000 sheep.
Ellensburg was reached by wire fo'
a few minutes last night. Tales of
suffering were received. The upper
I<lttitas valley north OF Ellensburg y
n lake of water miles wide.
Reports OF drowning Of people have
been received all day but cannot be
verified. II IL thought several families
OF missing Indians are drowned. IL y
rumored that n mail carrier named
Miller and a man named Johnson were
on the Toppenish bridge when it went
down. Both are missing.
Losses I'm the Yakima valley are estl-
mated as follows 1900.
Northern Pacific Rallroad. Noo0oo'
North Yakima and Valley Railway
10000: Northwest Light and water
,ompany. 10000; Cascade Lumber COM
pany, $4,000 Yakima county pr ao gon,
s95. 900, KIttitas county bridges, $4,000;
individuals. 100000: canal companies
$40. 000 total, $S45,oOo.
HIGHEST FLOOD IN YEARS,
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 1.-THE water
a. RAPIDLY rcceding after the highest
food known in six years, the precipita-
ton being i.22 inches In three days
10 "Wednesday night, coupled with
chinook winds which melted the snow
on the mountains.
The hume Of the electric plant az
J.lectron was washed out and both
Tacoma and Seattle had TO resort 10
sts am to plants for the operation OF
their street ear and electric light
plants. A scarcity Of fuel intensified
the situation. The interurban electric
line between Tacoma and Seattle sur
fered heavily in washouts and slides
and will not be able 10 resume for
several days. Industries along the
Puyallup river in Tacoma were put
out OF business for a few days. At the
city Of Puyallup the water system was
cut out by the main pipe being dis
connected on a bridge over the stuck
river. Numerous wagon and railroad
bridges are out. Hundreds OF North
ern Pacific passengers are being cared
for here, transfers are made by steam
er between Tacoma and Seattle. rail-
~. hrlH ra 20 hpino
washed away.
Many trains are stalled east of the
Cascades. Fifteen hundred feet of
trestle went out at Olequa on the Cow
litz river between Tacoma and Port
land. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure steamer transfer between Olequa
and Castle Rock. but the Coflltz river
Is raging torrent and many of the
stanchest Columbia river steamers
could not be chartered TO attempt the
service. Passengers will not be sent
forward unless it is absolutely safe.
Bridges at Lester and Weston on the
Main line of the Northern Pacific
through the Cascades were washed out,
hut 1t Is hoped to get trains through
Monday or Tuesday.
The Northern Pacific has opened its
line to Ravensdale and brought 40 caIt
OF coal into Seattle lat night. MIX
trains are resumed from Auburn and
X ent to Seattle, and from Sumner to
Tacoma. The Northern Pacific is re-
ceiving freight for the Grays Harbor
country, and hopes TO get q train
through to the coal mines at Wilkeson
today. Much of the damage In King
and Pierce counties has been caused by
the White river, which has changed its
course, and Is now pouring into the
Stuck river. flooding "A wide stretch of
fertile land Two Japanese gardeners
on the Tacoma tide fats are believed
90 have been drowned. That is the
only loss of life IN this vicinity.
WATERS RECEDING.
Seattle, Wash. Nov. 17.--All through
out the western part OF Washington
the waters of the most disastrous flood
in four years are rapidly subsidng
and danger from further losses over
Railroads, both steam and electric, tel
ephone and telegraph companies are
making strenuous efforts to bring order
out OF chaos which the flood has caused
but 81 will be several weeks before
things are adjusted TO their former
state.
As yet II is too early to make possible
a complete estimate Of the damage. but
II IL conservatlvely estimated as
amounting to fully $i000.000 In King
uounty alone. II Is probable that five
deaths is the limit OF fatalities In King
county. The destitute are being cared
FOR by friends and there IL no necessity
for any action on the part of the state
toward relief. With the exception of a
few spur lines no trains are moving so
far, but II IL hoped to have some sort