East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-06
STORM DAMAGE IS
HEAVY IN STATE
Coast Cities Suffer From Rain and
Many Rivers Are at Flood Stage
Portland is Hard Hit.

PORTLAD, Ore. Jan. 6.-The
storm which prevailed since Saturday
subsided ef rly today
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 6. - The
rainstorm which had ragged since last
Friday over the northwest moderated
but another one is forecasted by the
weather bureau, and warnings for
small craft are again out.
The Willamette river at Portland
has risen three feet within 3s hours
and is still coming up fast with a
heavy current. Eight hundred sta
tions of the Pacific Telephone & TeIe-
graph company. covering the entire
district for three blocks on East Side
Of Broadway from Yamhill to Mar.
ket and including the city hall. coun-
ty court house and city fire alarm
switchboards, are out of service as
the result of the flooding of the un-
derground conduits.
Heavy slides in the hill residence
districts above the city created great
damage. Many filled streets have
quilted out, and sewers have caved in
In some districts.
Rail communication between TiI,a.
NOOK and Portland has been cut off
by heavy slides at Enright. As miles
west OF Hillsboro. where the track Is
covered with a mass Of earth. trees
and rocks A dock at Garibaldi, on
Tiilamook Bay was swept away by
waves Sunday night.
SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 6.-Four
days of incessant rain have sent riv-
ers In western Washington bank full
but as yet there has been no serious
damage to property. High water in
Cedar river near Renton, 12 miles
east of Seattle. washed out 60 feet
Of track on the Columbia and Pu.
get Sound railroad, short line con-
meeting Seattle with the coal mines In
the mountains. The Chicago Mil
waukee & st. Paul railway. which en-
tiers Seattle over the tracks of the Co.
lumbia and Puget Sound, is sending
Its overland trains across the noun
tains on the Northern Pacific tracks.
Other railroads reported slight de-
lays caused by small mud slides but
these have been cleared away prompt
ly.
Low temperatures and light snow
rail- in the mountains have saved the
railroads from trouble in the higher
attitudes.
TACOMA. Wash. Jan. "a slide
In the bank of the famous Stadium of
the Tacoma High School covered the
tracks of the Northern Pacific which
parallel the waterfront, carried two
steel cars over the bank, and broke
down the poles surrounding the DOW.
er line of the city light department
and the Tacoma Railway & Power
company. Further slides in the sta
dunn are expected unless the heavy
rain of several days abates.
Flooded easements, street washouts
and many accidents due to the rain
were reported from all parts of the
city
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 6.-An-
other storm. accompanied By the
heaviest rain in years, reached the
mouth of the Columbia river yester-
day morning and swept over the
western part of Oregon and Wash
ington. The precipitation in Portland
for the "a hours ending at S o'clock
last night was 1869 inches, and from
many surrounding places reports told
of damage done by floods and fears
or further damage unless the storm
abates
Independence Is Flooded.
Independence. Ore. is flooded The
sewers are unable to carry the water.
due to the rains, and easements are
filled. The rain was reported to have
abated there during the day
Reports of heavy damage came
from Chehalis and New Augum val
leys In Washington. The Chehalis.
Satsop and Wynooche rivers are out
of their banks and the county bridge
across the Satsop river is in danger Of
being swept away.
TfIiamOOk Line SuSpcnds.
The Tillamook line of the Southern
Pacific is out of business on account
of floods, 1t was only a few weeks
ago that an upheaval resembling a
tidal wave put It out Of commission.
The road doubtless will be out Of bus
mess this time for two weeks.
Until the rain ceases and the
floods subside little effort will be
made to repair the road and make II
waterproof The track went out in
sections and in some places the rails
are said to have disappeared alto
gether.
The O.-W. r. & n. company had
trouble with its tunnel under the
Peninsula yesterday morning and il
was necessary to send some of its
Seattle trains over the North Bank
bridge.