The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-09
MANY DISTRICTS
ARE INUNDATED
Melting Snow Does Damage /;
Slides Imperil Seattle
Folk
FIND BODY OF VICTIM


Danger OF rayaging floods stlll
threatens the Northwest. according
90 the government observations
announced by Weatherman Sails
bury Wednesday. United states
and county engineers. however,
think tho flood danger ls over.
Heavy rains and an east wind. In
the vicinity OF lioquiam. have melt.
! ed tho snow fast enough TO flood
all streams and do slight damage
by flooding ranch lands. Water
has covered tho Olympic highway
for two miles. and blocked traffic
Many telegraph and telephone lines
/ ara down.
Heavy snow started In at nellinF
ham Tuesday night and later turned
| To rain. Street car and railway
traffic has been resumed there
Farmers have reported a serious
shortage OF grain and feed for live
/ stock.
| Snow near wenatchce II still civ.
/ ing trouble to the railway lines. and
two derailments were reported on
Great Northern branch lines Tues
/ day. No one was injured.
The thaw II threatening floods In
Walla WAlla.
Tho thaw that has gradually
/ taken away the snow from Seattle
has hardly made an impression in
higher attitudes he said There
Is still grave danger Of floods.
Snow Is heaped high in the noun
tains and has hardly started 10
/ melt"
The temperature in Seattle. he
/ said. was "a az o'clock Wednes.
/ day morning and had not changed
after four hours The temperature
remained ut IS about all day Tues.
| day.
/ Rain Wednesday might and
! Thursday. with strong southerly
winds. was the forecast issued
Wednesday. Tho wind. according
+ TO Salisbury. IL not n chinook.
DANGER OVER, SAYS DENTON
/ No fear OF flood damage In King
county IL entertained by County En-
gineer Denton.
Il believe that the danger OF
flood damage to King county prop.
erty IL over" he announced. Wed.
nesday.
lie said that slight freezes had
been reported in the outlying dis.
tricts. and that they would retnrd
the probability OF food damage.
Port Commission Engineer West
- a that no reports OF flood dam.
+. age had been received by him.
II Floods. N they become serious.
will raise Lake Washington and
may affect landings nut they wont
do any damage We haven't heard
Of any Abnormal situation vet"
/ AL CARS RUNNING
Il For the first time In week.
service on an Seattle Electric
lines was resumed Wednesday
/ morning
Tn. orders went thru at II
o'clock Tuesday night
Il About the same hour. a week
ago Tuesday night. the snow storm
began To- blockade street chr traf.
/ fic
Il II took seven days for the com.
| pany 60 dig itself out.
ENoiNEERS OPTIMISTIC
II United States engineers said
Il Wednesday that no floods have
been reported TO them. and that
the only danger would be to the
Lake Washington canal gates. II
the water should rise rapidly.
II City Engineer Dlmock thinks the
snow IL disappearing in the best
possible way for the city and that
there II little danger Of further
damage" No reports OF high water
have been received by him
Tho water In Cedar river has
risen but six inches in two days.
according TO word received at the
water department. and total flow
Il Of rs inches OF water is pouring
over the dam there The dam will
hold. I, vas said. no matter how
high the water goes
II The only flood danger is to the
Hght departments rock and timber
dam at the upper end OF Cedar
/ lake. n II should break the big
new masonry dam would catch the
water. But there Is no immediate
danger. II was announced.