Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-24
FLOOD DANGER over
CLEAR SKIES and COOLER Wealth.
ER BRINGS RELIEF.
RAILROADS RESUME THROUGH
TRAFFIC AND TRAINS ARE
RUNNING CLOSE TO SCHEDULE
20. G. w. is WORST SUFFERER
AND MUST DETOUR TRAINS TO
CENTRALlA

| With the clearing skies and sun
shine Of yesterday came relief in
the flood situation that has held
Grays Haybor country in it's grasp
since last Sunday and no further
trouble is feared at this time. Dur
ing the day, announcement was made
at Northern Pacific headquarters that
the line between Hoquiam and Mo-
clips had been repaired, and train
service was resumed through to the
seaside resort. The marooned train
that has been tied up at Moclips
since Monday morning, came through
! this morning. 1t is stated that full
ly 600 feet of track at Bergs slough
was washed out by the foods OF Sun
day night and it has required large
force of men working night and day
damage resulted on the Northern Pa.
cific line
With the Oregon G Washington,
however, things are different. The
landslides between Cosmopolis and
Elma have been cleared away ana
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound train has been keeping quite
close. to it's schedule for the past few
days. All o. & w. trains, however,
must be detoured via Rochester and
the N. p. line into Centralia and will!
continue to be SO operated until the
bridge at Centralia is repaired.
Conditions Tuesday
| The Oregon & Washington is the
greatest sufferer among the railroads
The roads bridge over the Chehalis
river near Centralia, which was re-
! ported safe on Monday night, went
out early Tuesday morning. effectu-
ally tying up traffic on the line be-
tween Portola and Centralia for weeks
and possibly until spring as railroad
men declare that it will be next to
impossible to replace the bridge ow-
ing to the erratic actions of the river
during the winter months. While the
river was considerably higher than
usual Monday night. no great rise
was looked for, but the water came
Unexpectedly, it is said. and in few
hours had assumed the proportions
OF an angry flood sweeping every
thing before it and driving an i'm.
mense quantity of logs, snags and
driftwOod against the structure which
it was unable to withstand and the
bridge collapsed and crashed into the
river. 1t is stated that the bridge
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railway, near Rochester where
so much trouble was experienced last
winter, but which mas been built on
a permanent and substantial basis
is absolutely safe and in no danger
! Ii the latter bridge holds, it is proba,
BILE that the O.. & w. will operate
its trains from the Harbor into Cen
tralia via of the Milwaukee from Por.
tola to Rochester and the Northern
Pacific to the main line. Numerous
landslides have occurred on the line
of the o. & w. east of Melbourne
and it will be several days before
trains can be operated over the road.
Up to Tuesday night nothing had
been heard from the marooned North
ern Pacific train which left Aberdeen
Sunday afternoon for Moclips. Wire
communication with the seaside re-
sort is interrupted and it is supposed
that landsldes or washoutS have pre-
vented the train from leaving Mo-
clips. In this extremity the railroad
officials can give no information re-
garding the probability of the resump-
ton of traffic.
LowIands Under Water.
Reports from the upper Chehalis
and Wishkah valleys state that the
lowlands are under water but that
the rivers are not rising and the
worst is supposed to be over. The
floods have not done much damage to
private property and no considerable
loss to loggers has been reported. The
rainfall, for the past few days, al
though heavy, has broken no records
and does not approach the precipi-
tation accredited to last November
preceding the big flood.
kNIEEn IN Sal OON BOW