Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-02

LEWIsTON, IuAho, March Ike.
ports received from Peck state that
Biz Canyon creek has broken over
It. banks and flooded the town. The
wagon bridge has been carried away
and the mill dam Is threatened.
Mohler. 20 miles from Peck and
Little Canyon creek. Il flooded and
the residents have been driven to
the hills. The water had not reach
ed Peck At midnight last night.
Genesee Is reported Inundated. The
fiat near the Northern Pacific depot
Is lake half q mile wide and from
six TO 12 feet deep. Portions OF both
Cotton and Uniontown are said TO be
under water, and numerous bridges
on the Genesee branch OF the North
ern Pacific are reported washed away.
Reports which continue to come In
from the Palouse and northern Idaho
indicate that the country Is facing the
worst food In It's history. The loss
already sustained by the railroads
and the counties by the washing away
OF bridges win run into the hundreds
OF Thousands.
The middle span OF the Northern
Pacific bridge across Catholic creek
ave miles east OF Lewiston, went out
and the entire bridge IL expected to
SO at any time.
Additional slides and washouts are
reported on the Riparia and Clear
water lines. and LapwaI creek from
culdesac to spaIding is said to be a
river quarter to half mile wide.
Clear Slides ON 81, r. a s.
GoLDENDALE. Wash. Feb. 27.--
Chinook winds and warm rains are
taking the snow on in the Klickitat
valley and the simcoe mountains with
a rush. The g.. p. a 8. has had 200
men on the Goldendale branch clear.
ing slides In the canyon along the
Kliclsftat river to keep the line open.
Streams are high but no food damage
Is anticipated.
Snow Deep nc Oroflno.
oRoFINA. Idaho, Feb. 2s.- The
snow Is going fast under steady
downpour OF rain, which has contlnu.
ed almost necessarily for SO hours.
Snow has fallen to a depth OF is
inches In oroflno, the heaviest in
years. and It is reported that on the
mountain 15 miles east OF here II
was six feet deep.
Three Bridges Out ON O. n. q N.
HOOPER. WASH. March 2.-Three
bridges are out on the o. r. d N. be-.
tween Hooper and La Crosse. A work
train which has been near Hooper Is
here without a auflicient supply OF
coal to continue work but day or so.
The Palouse river Is yet three inches
below high water mark FOR 1909.
Loses Three Miles Of Tracks.
MISsoULA, Mont. March 2.-- Both
the Northern Pacific and the Puget
Sound railways are experiencing Sc
rious trouble with high water east
OF here.
East OF Deer Lodge the Puget
Sound Is reported TO have lost three
miles OF tracks, while 700 feet Of the
Northern Pacific grade Is gone and
much more Is threatened. Just west
Of Garrison water 10 washing over
the Northern Pacfic tracks and dos
perato efforts are being made to
force the water back.
On the Occur d'Alene line OF the
Northern Pacific the grade is serious
~ threatened at Chester, a place 90
miles west OF Mlssoula, where great
streams OF water are pouring down
the mountains, Rain has fallen In
cessantly throughout the entire dis
trict all day aud the warm weather
has started snow thawinE rapidly.
The Puget Sound line on the top and
west side Of the Bitter Root noun
tains has been cleared and IL ready
for trafic. A Northern Pacific west
bound passenger train reached Wal
lace late last night. tho first train to
that place for days.
BeVer hoy browns IN Idaho.
LEWISTON. Idaho. March AVN.
lie Bever. ll-year-old son OF Charles
Bever. a farmer living six miles above
Arrow junction. on the Clearwater,
was drowned while attempting to
cross Pine creek. The body was not
recovered and is supposed to have
been carried into the Clearwater
river.
Two IAboreEs Die In Idaho.
GLENNs FERRY. Idaho. March ,.
Two laborers lost their lives In full
Wow Of dozens OF persons following
the going out OF a suspension foot
bridge over the snake river.
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