Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-01-06
Severe Storm Raging Three
Days Raises Rivers and
Damages Railroads
SKATING RINK IS DOWN
Floods and Washout Isolate
moclips Where Serious
Damage is Feared

Harbor have experienced in several
years was still on last night. The
downpour has been almost continu
Gus since Saturday morning, and in
that time. up to 5 o'clock last night
o.92 inches of rain had fallen. The
WIND at times reached a velocity es.
timated at close to so miles per hour
Up to last night practically no dam
age except to railway lines, power
and telephone wires had occurred.
The rains on Grays Harbor and
lower Sound railways have caused a
number of landslides which greatly
interfere with traffic. On the North
ern Pacific between Gate and Olym.
pia big landslide occurred shutting
OFF traffic, and another slide is report.
ed between Roy and South Tacoma.
a small washout is rported between
Montesano and Elma and a number
of trees have fallen dangerously near
the track in many places. 1t is be-
lieved by railroad men that train
service will be resumed between
Gate and Olympia on Wednesday and
on the main line at noon today. The
roadbed has been weakened in many
places, which necessitates slow run
ming orders, thus delaying trains for
several hours.
An unauthenticated report comes
that the storm of Saturday and Sat
urday night did considerable damage
at Sunset and Moclips, the heavy
seas washing away much of the shore
land, destroying bridges and highways
and putting railway, telegraph and
telephone lines out of commission.
The highway ffrom Moclips to the
Quiniault Indian agency has been al
most irreparably damaged the Mo.
clips river bridge is gone at the north
end and there is no mail service and
no wire communication to the outside
world.
The high seas have done some dam
age to both the north and south jetties
and number of vessels are bar
bound and cannot enter port until the
storm subsidies
The high water is causing trouble
along the Northern Pacific line be
tween Hoquiam and Moclips, the
tracks being under water in many
places with culverts out, bridges in
jured and road bed damaged to such
an extent as to make it impossible
to run trains
No particular damage was done in
Aberdeen aside from the telephone
and light wires being down for a
short time. The big skating rink
tent, on West Heron street suffered
the greatest damage. 1t was blown
down Saturday night, and the the
skating floor is probably damaged be-
yond repair.
The Rivers Are High
A report from Montesano last even
says the rivers are still raising and
it was still storming, if anything
worse than at any time during the
last so hours, during which it has
rained almost continuously.
The water is getting close to the
high water mark and old timers are
expecting that mark to be reached at
high tide tonight or in the morning
Even if it should stop raining
now they say the rivers will continue
to rise for the next IL or Is hours,
unless there should be a sudden cold
snap
The road to South Montesano, near
the bridge, is under water four or
five feet deep, and the only connec-
ton is by rail.
Two families living near the shin
gle mills on the South Side have
been forced to move out.
| At about o'clock in the morning
the water in the Wynooche, Satsop
and Chehalis rivers showed the high
est mark in two years.
A jam of logs formed just above
the Northern Pacific bridge on the
Wynooche river yesterday afternoon,
but big crew of men and railroad
crane broke it this morning, and end
ed danger to the bridge.
The Satsop is a roaring torrent.
The telephone lines up the valley are
down and it is impossible to get much
authentic news.
All day Sunday Commissioner
Wilson. Engineer Shorey and crew
of men worked to save the bridge on
the Olympic highway. The river
there was spread over the valley with
a considerable current in an old char.
mel that crossed the Smith field and
under a wooden structure Of the road.