The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-16
TOWN Of CATLIN
IS WASHED AWAY
inhabitants Warned in Time to
Escape to the Highlands in
f1 the Vicinity.
WASHINGTON WIRES DOWN
NO NEWS FROM SEATTLE OR
TACOMA.

Portland. Ore, Nov. 15.-Severai lives
reported lost. forty persons said to be
marooned on On island i'm the Cowlitz
river in southern Washington. the town
Of Catlin swept away by the same riV-
II. railroad traffic between Puget Souhd
and Portland at a standstin. the rail
roads of western and northwestern
Washington IN the same condition, the
Union Pacific and Oregon Railway <
Navigation track temporarily blOckadcd
by a muG-slide at Dodson, the tele-
graph and telephone between here ana
Seattle out of commission and wire
traffic to eastern Oregon and Washing
ton almost at a standstill, hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars damage in the ru-
raj districts back of the Sound coua-
try IN the Yakima country and in
southeastern Washington, and as much
more to the logging interests of south
western Washington, briefly summar-
ICES the report tonight of the known de-
struction brought about by the storm
in Washington, the creeks and rivers
of which are laundering torrents, the
result of the downpouf of the past
three or four days
Town Washed Away.
On the COwlitz, which toniSht is tie
most serious menace, the town OF cat
lin has been washed away. happily in
this case the Inhabitants had sufficient
warning TO get to the highlands In
this same district there is rumcr that
forty farmers who had taken refuge IN
an island are in serious danger unless
the Cowlitz stops its rise.
According to passengers who arrived
here today on a train from Tacoma, che
COwlitz valley is a vast inland ocean
for miles, the railroad grade stretching
ike a ribbon across it, being the only
land in sight.
Terrific Rainstorms.
These passengers state that at Seat
tie little or no damage has been dona
by the storm, it being in the rural dis
tricts to the east and north where the
storm has wrought its havoc. Accord
ing to them, from Saturday to WedneS-
day. since when there has been no COM
munication with the Sound, the. rain
poured down as if shot through a pipe.
Ii was accompanied by a heavy wind
which made il hazardous for pedes-
trians TO venture out. They give the
NGrthern Pacific railroad high prais5
Tor the efforts made 10 keep its traffic
moving. Passengers were taken TO Ia
coma by boat and from there brought
70 Portland over the normal route
Even this is now no longer possible
since the bridges at Olequa and TeIse
have been swept away
Returned to Portland.
Northbound passengers who left here
ON this road were unable to get by Cas-
lie Rock and most of them returned 70
Portland.
On the Oregon Railway & N2viga-
TONS tracks a slide at Dodson today
threatened 20 tie up traffic indefinitely
but reports tonight are that its sizs
was greatly exaggerated and that The
Union Pacific and Northern Pacific
trains will leave here on time tonight
over this line.
Telegraph and telephone wires north
Of Portland are Frustrated, there beire
co communication whatever with any
point further than Ralama.
According TO District ForecaStei
Beals of the United States weather bu-
reau the center of the storm has passed
the Rocky mountain range and II IS tht
after-effects which is now causing tia
damage. The forecast for the GistriC
is occasional rain with much lower
temperature, which presages a speedy
cessation of the existing flood.