Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-02
Humboldt River Changes Its
Course and Floods DevaS-
tate the Country.
CONDITIONS ARE ALARMING.
Three Large Bridges GO Out
Stampede From EIko Fol-
lows Warnings.
Looks as Though Il VIII be Week
Before Through Traffic win
BE Restored.

AAH Aht'HNDFfNs
Tine Southern Pacific has anuuiIed au
trains and at tho general offices IL IS
stated that &c viii bs az least three
! days before through traffic on that line
! win be- resumed.
Tho Oregon Short Line. disrupted by
floods between Glcuns Ferry and Noun
.niu Home Ida. may resume through
traffic tonight
the Union Pacific. running almost 20
! the edge Of the food zone. IS operating
freely and The Denver g. Rio Grande
reports uo trouble whatever. with AN its
trains running ou schedule time
Damage to railroad property mount
.nr into the hundreds OF thousands Of
dollors stalled trains and IN some In
stances The complete isolation Of towns
I along tho railroad lines Is the story of
/ the floods throughout the west during
tho past few days Two roads dealing
directly with salt Lake. the Oregon
short Line and the Southern Pacific.
/ have suffered the latter being the hard
est hIt
Between NIonteuo and Wlnncmucca.
| New. on the Southern Pacific a dis
lance of close Co $50 miles. and embrac-
| ing the region Of the high water in Ne
vada, the latest reports give series OF
! over 10 washouts Including stretches
/ of track and bridges The most eori-
| Gus damage is lu the vicinity OF Hum
| boldt. from where IL is reported that the
| Humboldt is raging at the greatest
! height over recorded The forenoon re-
] ports that the river Is stiu rising gays
added concern % the railroad OFFICIALS
! From Palsado New. this moruins. II
was also reported that the eastern an
| ptoach of the steel railroad bridge
there had gone out. and that further
damage 10 the bridge was looked FOR
! Although the details OF the extent
! of damage suffered by the Southern
! Pacific company IN the flood resion are
{ stu meager they have been sufficient
! TO cause IT, abandonment OF any at
! tempt go traffic for several days. At
I Moutello there are three trains tied nm
! the fast mail No O. OF Tuesday No.
| of Tuesday and No. 1 OF Monday. AN
west-bDund These will Doe returned
/ to Ogden this afternoon and sent ON
| 90 their destination OF san francisco
| by way of Portland. or
The oregon Short Line suffered ln
the territory between Glenns Ferry
and Mountain Home Tho dar,,s,.. mo-
more of the nature of aoo5oJ tr,,l's
! than Washouts. ANA "a telegram from
General Supf Davis MAO IL D., 49,.
-uu4f direction III me- ,,15i. tff- nm
ing stated that fba limo womb g.
cleaned Tor traffic This lets,r.,,5
some idea of ths volume of ,.,f.r
pouring down the mountain sIdos nm
/ be- gained from the Informatfop semi h.
the head offieae that ara near sunry-
| sido Tdab, Tyle ,5-,tc, ba.5 s5,r,.J i,,..
| "a l7 lrs r.1rT, ft.. niles ,.fJ. ma ss,...,
1r ai.ft mile f,no- rb, ,,.,terl ,ICT,s.
the rIr. ,f fb. short line I'm idaho a.,
e.rdipp f, Drar.p sb.rf ip. s5,,i,..-
are now raraiirr and thr Situation
/ tbera Be- eypeeted T., r.f5rr D., tbs 1e-.
mai within a day or tyu
ogden. t-tah. March Yesterday ;ns
[ southern Pacific officials looked for-
W. 0,,5ep yyI,l'g "a f..yr , ta5s I tbey
3dpif thnt me floods fr the Humboldt
,4rfas So. 4r. aa sy.r,,bsImIur sni
,.iI.surg4d In their d.4frurtfyrness
trsf Id win De- "A ,yaat before any
.tsIl bI4ure of "a restoration of traffi.
v.u ba aftaiu1Hla Three large br.dqes
I me- out I'M p3U-ade canyon. 800 miles
y...st ~ of4ap and b.f,ya.p Tterns,-
ma CIur, in Ten-lTla CANYON the
lgfIlbaIIf river has changed IFS course
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