The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-11-25
HEAVY RAINS
CAUSE DAMAGE
TIE UP COMPLETE ON MONDAY
q. r. \ \. Freight Piles Up in WaShOut
Mt. Hood X. II. Washed Out
bridges Gone.

The heavy rains which came Sunday
night after brief respite from the
downpour OF last week, have caused
the biggest floods which have been
experienced 10 this locality for several
years. On Monday Hood River was
completely tied up without railroad,
telegraph or telephone communication
with Portland and the Test OF the
world.
The regular train on the Mt. Hood
railroad went to Dee Monday morning
but washout prevented 1t from get
ting back iuto town In the evening.
Two wagon bridges are out In the
vicinity of Mt. Hood. EARLY Monday
morning a west bound freight on the
o X. Il N, hit a washout near Bon.
Heavy rains fell last week until
Saturday which was clear day. San
day afternoon the downpour started
again with renewed vigoI and by Mon
day morning much damage was done.
Pretty heavy rains continued Monday
and since the time, light showers have
been the order and the streams have
subsidized.
At five o. clock, Monday morning
west bound fast freight No. 30 ian
into a washout at Wsrrendale y miles
west OF here. the engine and nine cars
piling up killing engineer Thomas
r. Rogers and injuring fireman }. A.
Nesbitt and brakeman W. L. kurlong
Three wrecking crews were busy clear.
ing the track all Gay and it was early
Tuesday morning tetore track had
been laid around the wreck which
woold allow the trains to get
through. All mails and east bound
traffic was thus held up
Hood River was on rampage all
day Monday and is still running
high. A force of men was busy all
day Monday and Monday night put.
ting in sacks of sand and bouldeIs to
keep the approach TO the new wagon
bridge from being washed away. 1he
crib work above the hridge Was wash
ed out leaving the bridge exposed to
the swift current which carried along
logs and other drift. In the debris
which was carried down the river
Monday was the partially decayed
carcass OF dead horse. The upper
subsidiary power plant of the light
company was flooded and put out OF
comm ission. The intake for the Pow
derdale plant was plugged up with
drift and the swollen waters made 1t
impossl bic to clear the opening. The
result has been that partial darkness
has reigned throughout the city and
lamps aud candles are in great de-
mand.
The bridge across the east fork on
the site of the old toll bridge south OF
| Mt. Hood was carried away completely
and the bridge near the school house
half mile west of Mt. Hood is 80
badly damaged as to stop traffic. This
tied up traffic in the upper valley
pretty badly. The log boom at the
mill OF the Oregon Lumber Company
at Dee broke away and the high water
made 1t necessary to close down the
mill. The tracks OF the Mt. Hood
railroad above the power dhm we're
washed out for several hundred feet
and it will be week before trains
are running through on thar road.
The passengers and mail are being
transfer d around the washout but
no freight is being handled.
The telegraph and telephone lines
were all out between here and Port
land Monday. The railroad wires
we're working again pretty soon and
the other lines are being gradually
put into shape but good service can
not be expected TOR several days. The
telephone lines into the valley suffer
ed some damage but not much trou
ble was encountered except in the up
| per valley,