The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-20

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Whipped by the wind. washed
by the rising waters and shrouded
in the gloom of night. Tacoma
CROPPED in darkness last night and
today faces conditions of flood ana
disaster that will mean thousands
of dollars in loss to the people.
The whole Northwest is in the
grip of the elements. Warm
winds are crossing the mountains.
which are giving down great tor
rents of melted snow, out OF the
clouds are pouring yeritable sheets
of water and the already soaked
earth is sending the floods over
the land in disastrous streams.
Repetition of Flood Feared.
Conditions today are ideal for
another repetition OF the great
November flood of two years ago
when the whole valley section was
drowned out and the loss ran high
into the thousands, with railway
traffic blocked and communica-
ton shut off for days.
The weather bureau was utter
ly unable to get word from
Northhead or Tattoosh this morn
ing. All the wires were down. A
heavy wind is supposed to be
raging there.
Leased Wire Goes Down.
The United Press wire into the
Times office from the South was
down this morning and all the
telegraph lines were more or less
demoralized.
The food is doing great dei.
of damage in Tacoma and vicin-
ity. s,
Interurban Blocked.
Interurban trains could not get
through from Seattle this morning
and passengers were transferred
at Jovita where big landslide
covered the tracks. The Point
Defiance line OF the T. R.. & P.
was also put out of commission
by a washout on Pearl street near
North Fifty-first street. Cars were
run up that far and then backed
down to Division and X street Ia
turn.
River Still Rising.
The Puyallup river started on
rampage last night. 1t loome1
up several feet higher this morn
fig than last night and is st II.
rising. The river has broken in
places and several sections Of the
Puyallup reservation are under
water. The whole street railway
system is threatened by the ris-
ing waters today which endanger
the power used by the company.
The company will be lucky IL it
gets through with no serious from
BILE.
Puyallup In Darkness.
At Puyallup last night the city
was In darkness and all motors in
town were stopped by the burning
out of poles at North Puyallup.
In Tacoma today the city Of
ficials were kept on the jump an
swering distress cries. The whole
section around South Fifty-sixtI
and street was one great lake,
Rescued From Homes.
The city had to send wagons
to the homes to take the people
out of the houses.
At Old Town the water came
down the hill streets in rivers and
put tons of loose sand and gravel
In piles at the bottom in the bust
ness streets. AT Ruston the
bridge was reported going out this
morning. There was bad wash
out ON Pearl street, At 1908
Center street a building was be-
ing undermined. Another at Old
Town was settling and in danger.
At South Tenth and Steele sew
efs flooded and houses being filled
mp.
At Forty-fifth and Yakima there
was more trouble and city light
pole started to go down this
morning.
Everything is flooded around
Thompron avenue in the South
End.
Cellars Flooded
A bad washont has occurred at
North Alder and Thirtieth streets,
and all over the city cellars are
flooded
The fire engines were called out
again today to pump out the cell
lar of the Vest Coast Grocery
company and other Pacific avenue
business HORSES that were flooded
by reason OF a cIogged sewer.
More Rain Coming
The wealth erman says 1t looks
like a continilanee OF the rain over
today and tonight. Warm weather
is taking the snow off the noun
tains aud every indication is for
trouble through floods IN the val
legs
The rainfall thus far this month
hiss been ; US inches This is more
than the h ormal precipitation for
e aIbole lmonth which LOB.
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