Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-02
CHINOOK TIES
UP RAILWAYS
All anscOntinental Lines are Out
Of Business

1 SPOKANE. Wash, March with
no regular trains east or west on the
Great Northern. entire suspension Of
through trafic on the o. r. & N. and
with disastrous washouts ON the Nor
thern Pacific Imminent, the railroad
situation in Spokane yesterday was
the worst OF the week.
For more than week the crew
OF this train, with the passengers OF
the other train. have been compelled
to forage around the country for
food. with their chief reliance in the
hotel at Scenic. Although wire con-
nection was down beyond Leaven-
worth the railroad ofhcials seemed
confident that no serious catastrophe
had resulted. or they would have
heard OF it via Seattle. Ten miles OF
track In the Cascades is said to be
covered with slides averaging 10
feet in depth, and there seems little
prospect Of travel being resumed In
the next week or 10 days.
G. n. Train Turned Back.
Train No. AS on the Great North
ern. due in Spokane at $40 a. m,
was so late that It was turned back
at Whitefish to run east on its own
time. No. A was made up in Spo-
kane and dispatched east to Kansas
City, while the other trains from the
west over the s.. p. 4 S. were due
in Spokane about 10 hours late. All
the trains from the east rested all
day behind snowslide at Kalispell,
Mont. including the Oriental Limited
and the fast mail, although hope was
expressed that they would be in Spo-
kane in the early morning.
No trains on the Northern Pacific
arrived from the east during the
day. although No. 2 was expected be-
fore midnight and No. 6, No. and
No. 8 were all looked for, provided
no further slides occurred.
One thing is certain" said one
official, with the temperature as It
is. with to 10 feet Of snow in the
Cascades and three feet of snow on
the level in the east we can not ex-
pect the conditions to improve
The tracks on the o. r. & N. were
two feet under water in many places
yesterday. At Tekoa and Colfax a
bridge and trestie were washed out
and the station at the latter place
was flooded. A train with $50 work
men was sent out at noon yesterday
to start the work of repair. Two
pile drivers and spikes and ties were
sent on a second train. There is lit
tie possibility of any through travel
being resumed on this line for
week, at least. The only service at
present is via the s., P. 4 s. to Port
land.
MaroOned SO Hours ON O. r. & n.
Several travellers who we're ma
rooned for SO hours on the o. r. G n.
near Moore arrived in Spokane yes
terday over the s., P. & s. They had
many amusing stories to tell of their
experiences. Many of the women put
on improvised aprons, went into the
baggage car and cooked the meals,
which consisted, for the most part, OF
fish and cream, which the men in the
party took from the baggage car.
Relief was finally had after two
nights and a day. when boats were
secured and the entire party OF SO
was transported across the Snake
river, where connection with the s.,
p. & S. road was made. Although the
Experience was a hard one the rail-
road officials declared that there were
few complaints. both men and women
making the best of their privations.
As usual the trains on the Cana
dian Pacific, the international and
the Idaho q Washington Northern
we've maintaining a schedule of from
few minutes TO two hours behlna
the regular time.
The railroad situation has COM
pletely demoralized the mail service
Some Of the coast mall IS stiIl in the
Cascades and has been there 3 week.
while practically no eastern mail has
arrived since Monday morning.
Girls Body Floats In Greek.
FAIRFIELD. Wash. March 2. =
What came near being q fatal aeci-
dent occurred near town today when
Miss Grace Darknell. daughter Of
George Darknell. . pioneer, drove
ahere with her father, Mr.. Darknell