Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
FIRST SNOW IS HERE NO SIGNS OF AbAT|NG
Real Flakes Come Down Thick Prevalence OF Heavy Storm
and Fast in Pacific Northwest.
BUT SOON MELT AWAY PROPERTY DAMAGE LARGE
Under Foot and Loss Timber in Single Raft Es
So Beautiful. timated at 100000
WILL CLEAR TOMORROW FLOODS OVER RAILWAY TRACKS
What Garriott
andA a velocity-Vessels
Coming Collision.
Prevalence of Heavy Storm
in Pacific Northwest.
PROPERTY DAMAGE LARGE
Loss of Timber in Single Raft Es-
timated at 100000.
FLOODS OVER RAILWAY TRACKS
Wind at Norfolk of Forty Miles an
Hour Velocity-Vessels
in Collision.

PORTLAND. Ore, November 24.-The
unprecedented storm that has prevailed
in the Pacific northwest for two days
shows no signs Of abating. In Eastern
Oregon and eastern Washington the rain
is of secondary Importance to a wind
storm, (which has caused considerable
financial loss. So far as reported, no
lives have been lost. No damage to ship
ping is reported, except the stranding of
the schooner Mary Winkleman. near
Port Townsend.
In northwestern Washington the Sock
terday. began to rise again. The ranches
roads have lost number of bridges.
Train schedules are demoralized.
Streams Overflow Banks.
Along lower Puget sound the streams
are all out of their banks and flooding
the lowlands and destroying bridges and
railroad tracks. The Great Northern
railroad, which crosses the Cascade east
of Everett, is tied up. Several trains are
being stalled in the mountains.
In the Gray'S HarbOr country the
greatest loss has been to logs, one raft
alone valued at 100000 being swept
out to sea.
IandsIides have put the railroads out of
business temporarily.
In the Willamette valley all rivers are
torrents.
At Oregon city the water is sixty
three feet above low-Water mark.
Locks have been closed and all the
mills shut down.
The false work to the new Southern
Pacific railroad bridge at OSwego has
gone out. and at Portland the water is
n onk nd Sfi CT mo-
Havoc in Cascade Mountains.
SEATTLE, Wash, November "a re-
lie train bearing passengers of Great
Northern train No. 3 due in Seattle Mon
day arrived last night. The passengers
told of the terrible havoc of the floods
in the Cascade mountains. Walking near
ly a mile, climbing over rocks and tenn
po:ary foot bridges, they reached the re-
lief train. Shortly after the arrival of
the train message was received here
stating that the railroad bridge over the
Skyhomish river had gone out. The pas
sengers of three other great northern
trains are marooned between the Cascade
tunnel and Tonga, ninety miles east of
here. 1t is feared damage to the great
northern is SO great that it will take
weeks to open the line.
Wind Velocity at Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va, November GA Sc
we're northeast storm with wind velocities
ranging from forty miles an hour at the
Virginia capes to forty-four miles off
Delaware bieakwater. and fifty miles an
hour at Hatteras, n. c., swept the
Virginia, Carolina and Maryland coasts
today. All shipping ready to sail from
Hampton roa0s was today storm bound
there. Many coasting schooners caught
in the gale off this coast hurried into
the roads for shelter.
During the storm the Old Dominion
steamer Mobjack and the Baltimore Steam
Packet Company's steamer Virginia were
in collision at the 1atters wharf off
Town point. The Mobiack had her
wheel smashed and was lowed in for re-
pairs. The Virginia had her flagstaff
and some joiner work broken, but will
leave as usual for Baltimore tonight. The
severe wind is declared to have blown
the Mobjack into the Virginia.