The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-04

more than year oder than the
Odd Fellows lodge.
A GREAT STORM.
Heaviest Rainfall in Years Nearly
Four Inches in Twenty Four
Hours.
For the past "a bours half of
Benton county has been under wat
er. A rainstorm of great violence
ragged without cessation during the
time with the effect that there is
water everywhere. A rainfall of
! 3.43 inches, according to the col
lege weather Office. was precip1tated
in the "a hours ending at four
O clock yesterday afternoon. 1t is the
heaviest that has occurred in years.
The result, though serious damage
has not been wrought, is that
thousands of acres in Beuton coun
ty are for the moment covered with
water. Mary's river has left its
banks at Philomath and from halt
way to the town to Hairless mill
everything was water. II the
country south of Corvallis wide ex-
panses of farms were inundated.
In Corvallis basen ents, in num-
erous instances were flooded and
fires put out. Water in the col
lege ditch left thc hanks and was
six inches deco on the main walk.
! Fears were entertained fer a time
that many bridges had washed out,
but if there have been such they
are small ones and the damage in
. consequential. Yesterday the
Westside trains were delayed. The
: telegraph wires were prostrated
,, but were restored to duty shortly
: before noon today. The Westside
/, train todav arrived at the. scene Of
5 the late wreck north of town 23
E minutes late but could not cross
: On account o. the high water the
! temporary track is considered un.
i, safe, and passengers, mails aoe
| baggage have to be transferred The
t same process was resorted to yes
f terday. "..t..-
On the Eastside no trains Were
a running between Portland and AL
: bany from yesterday up to noon to
day on account of 23o feet of tract
: washed out few miles north G
3 Salem. The pile driver that ha
e been working at the Corvallis wrecl
3 was sent to the scene last night
$ Trains on the c and E were delay
0 ed yesterday and today by slide
: near Toledo. The wind reached ;
t v4locity of sixty miles an hour a
Newport, and terrible storm ha
. been prevalent at sea and there ar
e apprehension as to the safety O.
j.. small craft.
= A wreck in which an engineer
was killed and a fireman and pas
sengers were seriously injured took
! place so nth of Cottage Grove las
, night. The facts are thus told BY
: the Albany Herald ofthis morning:
,''As result Of the recent heavy
{ rains one of the most serious wrecks
that has occurred on the Southern
q Pacific railroad lines in :, Oregon
{ within the past few months, took
{ place last night about $50 p. m:
when Northbound passenger trair
. No IA, due here at s:35 P. M pilee
up in the, ditch jus. south Of Cot
{ tage Grove. Both Engineer Hew
! lit and Fireman Long are reported
:. t. have been killed, and passeng
' e.: by the name of Montgomery ser
= iously injured. AS far as can b.
; learned last night there were. nj
! other fatalities. -
The accident was the result of
) portion of the railroad track bein!
Z washed out. The wreck occurre'
= between Comstock and Divide, tw
+ small stations few miles south c
{ Cottage Grove. .s,
CAT the local S. P. Office no de
: Etails of how the wreck occurre'
. Ecould, be obtained, as the off
|. Ecials were extremely reticent abou
I, talking :. It. was rumored howeve,
: that when the. engine plunged dow
: the enbankment, the baggage ca
> and one coach were piled alongsid
= and smashed considerably.
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