The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 16, 1906, Page 1

PAY ONLY ONE CENT EMAND YOUR OHANG ag CENTS PER MONT ‘OF R THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST—Rain This Afternoon, Tonight and Gaturday, Fresh to Brisk ©. to Brisk South Winds. psrenmion| — Sept Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE WAS om Only Panes” ‘ E, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1906. VOL. 8, NO. 217, A STUATION 15 WUGH BETTER TERS SUBSIDING AND POSSIBILITY 1 Conditions, However, Are Bad and| © Many Days May Elapse Before Traffic Can’ be Resumed--Coal Famine Threatened and et Car System Is in Danger of Suspension, ie m seer eeeeerene eee eee eee eee IS AFTERNOON H AlN TONIGHT & SAT. ee TTT ree ee ee oe Sea eatin ae ne aes STAR MAN TAKING eee o'clock this morning the waters that have been the residents of South Park ceased rising, and r loc! this afternoon had receded about four inches | 7 n and Kent and other points in the White River jons remain as they were yesterday, with all dan- and residents moving into the homes from which they en driven. PRenton the waters began to subside at 4 o'clock this and since that time have been steadily subsiding at ‘of about two inches an hour a the valley of the river Stuck, where the greatest dam- | een done by the flood and where several lives have been lost, the situation has passed the point of fur- At 7 o'clock last night the water in that valiey a point go inches higher than any previous mark. hour, however, the water began to fall and when day- this morning, had fallen about four feet.. At noon @ telephone message from The Star's staff correspond- g Smith, reported that the water was still falling E ode the Stuck river valley entire farms have been washed mw, houses, barns and out-houses have been wrecked and ] Human lives have also been lost where | been made to escape. | four persons were seen clinging to a raft that | | ; | MOVING HIS CHICKENS TO A PLACE OF GAFETY-—THE CHICK: ENS ARE IN THE BOX ing carried down with the rushing waters of the Puyal- the harbor of Tacoma. Efforts made to rescue them vain and in the darkness they were lost to sight and ly drowned. B point on the Puyallup river a settler by the name 7 with his wife and child, were seen by a rescuing the roof of their home while the waters lapped the | the house. Fife, where for two days nine families have been im- ‘on the roofs of their homes or in upper stories, the was little improved this morning, although the water | Tacoma Times this morning sent out a powerful | charge of experienced mariners in an effort to rescue family and the people at Fife. Some difficulty in | the marooned people was expected, but it was be- ithat the trip could be made. fhe railroad situation is as it was yesterday The North- | this morning sent a train to Kent, but beyond that | h or east tra‘‘ic is impossible and probably will be days. On the northern division of the Northern afound the shores of Lake Washington, the line is as far as the head of the lake, Along the Sno- fiver the track is impassable. Great Northern eastward is tied up at Snohomish bly beyond that. Northward a train was sent out pornin to Stanwood, at which point traffic ceases. It ; be some days before either the Great Northern mn Pacific will be able to operate transcontinental lancouver and over the line of the Canadian Pacific. [| Union is tied up entirely, excepting to Tacorna, h companies have wires working coal situation grows worse. The Seattle Electric wy is required to rely entirely upon steam for the opera- # its cars and the supply of electric light. Today only elf the usual complement of cars are running and to- | ——— ——o ries Stent A. the situation may become more stringent. It is prob- patrons of the lighting department of the Seattle company will tonight be without light. sound steamers will probably have to go out of use of the shortage of coal. There is a possibil- resumption of traffic on the Columbia & Puget i from Renton, and if this results the coal supply e aione has a wire eastward out of Seattle. That AT TH € FOOT OF THE HILLS AT RENTON. g =a SCE NE ON THE CEDAR RIVER AT RENTON, - _ —| Foster, that part on the low] lands is under water and the) water and the stream bas the ve| locity of a mill race From Foster I went overland to Renton Junction then down the Col umbia & Puget Sound tracks to within two mil of Renton. Her the tracks were under water, b jahining up, a pile reached the |tracks of the Northern Pacific and BY J. BRUCE KELLY }eame into Renton over bare but 3 ” 1 all communication with verside section. a jmotet land SOUTH PARK, Nov. 1¢ 15 | £ | In the Duwamish valley logs are|P. M.The conditions here are get A Veritable Sea. Joausing much trouble, One house ; , P A | jous Ww water rushing r e Oxbow flats became a verit- }was completely, demolished by 8] ince siden oe aa Ceaaaan i ae jlog going directly through it. The)" " eid rthern side of the Duwamiah R Jaudden inrush of water collapsed |that menaces the inhabit ’ gangs of men were yen- |the structure |the Me tyk he sout? : Throughout the Mooded district |ern part n, which protects Peon calmer Pe See men are out in boats some of them|main portion of the including | ‘The boiler room of Charles Pren- ee : - ‘ x Imere dugeuts, but they are serving | the princi as Rect green house, in South Park BY WALTER TYLER { Me patrotte 4 the levees all might | ; 7 =) eet, dp sans their purposes : 4 | Herote efforts or th tof t v ied anlty “ MR Feeidence of ei. |. The Renton bride th of here, |i F & : > eee \¢o umashing against the fooded |r t ft the tow! ' rate ee ¢ ‘ den “tin in @ pre m. Gangs * houses and smash in the sid vunct ‘ t kept th te i ataate, " en ¥ 5 poles In no part of the flooded section | strat 1 b t Seat? Pe Dixon, tarne4 ‘ on s r a jane lare any lives in danger j water b r r rack __ ae ‘ y Bellingham Dam Blown Up neath t tine, i t r Ing freleht BELLINGHAM, Nov. 16-—Lak f this Frank , 1 sot Whatcom I# higher now than tt has] At t f t | The water foi! 4) a & Puget Sound cad Jost nignt, t f Lae 1 ne of the cases OES ‘ Petty ma dry or 1 sae Pepa Si i STREET VIEW AT SOUTH PARK, e ie entirely ia 4 pt ' ‘ f r fee lifficulty at munl h b CONDIT life ahd Dis horase in some manne att ' A ‘ cath reaghedsthe opposite side of the! Using Skiffs in the Streets to a : an ft f the proposed new | FromeDuwamish | hit the trackalare being used to get about th ' ag had be Jown the river te Reverton. At this section also | streets, Many of the residents have break t TACOMA Mov ‘ 1. Raila, hoodreds | surrotinding districts, the conditions | °* ped to the hi ' ad Co Continued to Rise i cee b 4 SA ee an heal are dfwadful, aa far as the ravage eat - bd i * I { n hia mm . | of theswaters are concerned. Hows-| gkagit valley in at r co r t race th ace track course. | ee are floating around at the merey {| Milltow ' “ ¢ . k Walla Walla Still Dark . Fifty the Denny Clay lof the streams, One man was res-| guamist ys are|a t ' LLA WALLA 16.—P BY HARRY DO. KLINE works the water varies in depth|eqed from a floating house last | Pra y one great year “ ity have RENTON, Nov. 16.—1 reached] from two to 17 feet | night by friends in boats. | D e of t . cee mare’ | this olty this afternoon at 1 o'clock | Rescues Woman. At Riverton large gangs of men | Olympia Escapes Force of Storm | vii e ager har oad npr at & industries have suffered | tht Oy ered the entire distance! ©. W: Carr this morning found a /He at work removing the dirt of) og chr ~ y from the flood, The waters | having co the slide across the interurban |!ce has been more or leas de il \ se plants. 1 F P if Georgetown, through the} woman on the interurban tracks In| te Bids h nterurban | ra ling. however, and it ts| from tracks which cover a distance of |'**4 « uugh the Olympia br ing the wate wv slowly receding ‘ Mn ad section olther by boat or onlan exhausted condition. With his |i*or# stance of | . , " ’ ! xt manufacturers will | Mood 3 lg. pe0 feet dows the line, lof the Northern Pacific te still t the dam will tast of power today, The | foot, leaving Seattle at 7:30 o'¢ jock| boat he took her to Georgetown, | 1000 feet town the lt i have been able to move be- [ite 1 t ti t 1 rhness again Jaet|this morning whe ighbors gave her succor} All families whose houses were | tween Olympia and Tacoma without |the fl " S hteed- every l "From Georgetown I took a row| Mr. Carr did not even learn the }ia the bottom lands escaped to the | interruption ic ‘ ak eda. tin weenie: oikann |nout to the Denny Clay works, The} woman's name but from halt ut-|high portions of the vailey and are n seit Kinin fe . stom oe the etty"a RETT. NW 1 Ruttroad |ground ie covered with water from |tered remarks she had been seek jbeing taken caro of by residents ‘“ len ck became. totally” nun: | protecthon Fant ign . rely ote allroad | Broo soven feet, Vegetable gar-ling a sate place on the tracks and| who are out of the reach of th Pubeinich | Set Ore old. eeed and at # ovciock this morning part Ka * . im and « 4 . fe almost shut off, it}dens and farmerg out houses andfhad slept between the ralis all) food. lumina fest 06:@ Northern [the plank road exte eek ee eeREREEREES Ah not be ¢ ing great. difficulty that |barne are half under water night Peter Serine, an Italian vegetable | track has been washed out between | ; ~ * ord oe aie ya re-| From Denny Clay works 1 made) Will Herman started to George-/ gardey owner, reports that 3,000,000 Lene nd Lowell, and &nohomish tn | comp ar Thompson's Trial. * Hietais of 1 Milt yen and ranchers |my way over the inter erban tracks |town faom Duwamish early yestere| pumpkins on the vines tave been | complet ly shut off from the world, | to the hills t * iat of Chester Thomp- * eee ' eae ee in. cteoks and ito Duwamish. The conditions in}day afterndon with « load of Ray washed away Shohomish was in darkness last {from the moorings # son at, Taer was today * tee line south of of Prict are the heavi- the valley are fierce, The race The sudden rise af wathr ca Thia moraing a log Jam formed at | night, the Snoqualmie pewer line Is placed yesterday * changet to Decembe , linfrict are the hea hy y YW x wher 6 from * And came 5 le re, No loss of Ii we tack i6 covered with water 16 fect) hee md ho was thrown into the! Riverton but dynamite was used down and the axiliary giant ts'into several divisic & I uber 10. * me he Inet Fiver parted my and it ie rushing like a mill! mugmte @ape. He esoaped with and the logs were dislodged flooded. varying frdfh a hundred se Wr, CHS RSMO HK RRA ANH ~ * i, *% i ate eu * * @ ° e ® * e a ~ “Cilia © i asinine eantseiitncteeettiiatereacttoan i | | i