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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1890)
T=r— EXTRA. w.tv «su* COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY, 14, 1890. ■5J ■ quickly through the land-slide* and roads aril! te&rb M in thuus- there i* no télégraphié com ni uni- The water* are rapidly roads will be run around the ob and« o f dollars, thoy will not ap- cation. T hb D ai '. k , F eb a —The mil- C r î struction* temporarily.’* pruaeh ths losses saakaAneu in tbei Following is the list of the dam- road between this city and Port- Cow canyon, where the immense washing out and dentructinn of ape« here: T j # Spuugticid bridge land is blockadad all along the Une slide occurred which dammed the rich bottom lande. The richest aomsi the Willamette, waa washed and it will take two or three weeks water and formed a lake ever the Inode in Rogue ¿ogee $ »ve» valley, valley end oaesioc a k«s* of tlü.000; before the road will b* opened. track three miles long and from prohaMy as pw stw ilN as any one span of the Fuge ne brtd The agent is paying #150 end fifty to seventy-6 ve feet deep, sem- where, are n situated *k »g the creek and its approach are gone, 1 board per day for men to kf A plainly »xm-rhig tunnel No- t). Is )y>,éÉsame , amj »mi I A rn* ■ filetti has,i#0û0: the Long Torn budge, al> W’aet o f The Dalles in placee the between Roesborg And Ashland. played aed havoc with handr«»d» Duckworths, and the Coast >ast Pork*t Fork * roed 1* entered hy On the Uoiou Pacific line be o f sores of thiwa k ids over the bridge « « gone; the approach to loug distances. tween here and The Dalles ak.ut Connty. Mohawk bridge, aerose the felac- Tb* steamer Harvest Qvsea two miles of all ies have occurred. It is estimatevi that almost 1000 ksnais, and the bridge across the leaves The Dalles every day for Tit* tm Whwt If W m | mostly in the riemity of the ('aw- acres of Jackson souuty’s ncl.e*.» M »hawk are gone, loss several Portland, carrying passengers sad m\ Flaw I nm p.__________ Many freight In s few days two boats F ed neuday we were favored rith cades. A large force o f uisn is soil has been cart i*-| «way « u l r«*- thousand dollars cacti. a eo;»y of the Sun.by <'u_uow ttt wor>c clearilJK tllto ro*l. and placed with wortlde*» gravel, «mailer bridges are gone and the will be on the roete. The heavy of Ftbrnaty 0 through the kind *** 9la •*** that trains will arrive1 Hus lose for lenti wkme rescues iu roads are damaged. There is Hoods in the Willamette valley m s* of Mr. Alien I'rquhart aud ! DeXt At present passen- ; the aggregato ab ..* #100,OHO, and great loas in the river bottoms of have pulled ths wires down in al gers and mails are sent by Itoat . it is sea th which c,nn U be re live stock, w.*od, fences, lumber, most every direction Nine per from it we get the following oon- ainl transferred at the ('ascadea. placed. log«, farm utensils and housvs, sons »ere killnl by the socidsnt mug the floods outside: A dispatch from Uoscburg dated 8u|*erintendert Pratt, with n t»ut no loss <W human life. near tlie hekw and siiteew wounded. UoeEfiURo, Oregon, Feb. 8 . - It the Gtb says: The damage by the Urge track eoan.tg f-wce •• ex- The oompasy is doing everything Kngcne 1« a)M)ve hi^h water ei- 1 - estimulnd by the railroad offi H. sh I is not 8.) great as at first an i-»*i-l«d to reach %-hlasd -morrow cept in low places and is not dam- I *** relieve the wounded. Kxtrn cials h«*r«» that it will take 150rt ticipated. The loss of bridges morning from the rJiniy,.*- T h e y nge*l. The damage down thè »al- exertions are being made to opsn men one month to repair the ru motilità to ut» «ut 980,U00. As far have clea*| the soiwt of tt«a road ley is greater Ht Oregon City, ths road. load track injure«! by washouts a» knowL thè u>;«s to far mere u *«u the Si-aiyou >«o4U tio, Out a t bout thirty bouses an<] the Clnck aud slides throng’) Cow creek can A B ilk . —A gennine bilk bailing estimateli ;it #*J0.i)0Q. The rad anowploa getti < the track «mas wag.n bridge are g.>ue, The yon. The track was washed awav under the name of McDonald has roail down thè Pig [»end of C.«w this Rirwniug hit r**l tbr rorreas #50000 bridge at Suieiu was » ’so completely from the suet It end of gone do« n the citasi after getting cte**k « m swept e way by wst r. of their ’ r-iiD 4 rt-u h. thev s » t p t away tunnel 2 to Kifle creek, a ini <» f ir lu his w.vrk in Cnrm eoouty. We «Inch ami live feef Jeep in Uast's * il! sli m -tra., o u. 1'ka.l.ii tiier soatu. S \ l.KV. Feb. 8. The tit» d of \\ h hear of his work on the hnv: I t.rew* ry *n 1 reachtaj tfiij a**coj;d .-erti i- ■< i-th ». r\ a. I »A. |>»1 in lie vv illaïueiSs \nltwy of bss roMnag Mr.! weut>-< gbt inndre«t f.-ot of otui . in li u«t L Crite* *r’s ru il I Kr.i r»!\rj, Febrosry 8. Commtl- (•aasod into hr-C. v a- the ati^i die gHHO He jumped bm tmard ths bank slid in«o the valley, c *t . T<» ■ ••.Hilen miti «uich’ nery «:u nicati.'i. could U luti by rail U< Matrons ev. r etp’ r; wce,l oa tue ia this pines aud want to Kaa- ♦ring tbs tr.iek fi>r ‘'OH ,,n.l filled tip »liti <ir|ft iti. drv li xi •« >■ * ifiljr for the cava m “ •W tlolpli and Hy am«K>th talk got Mr. sitemiing haeksrar.i toward ths I hmi . w w»v» eair.ed aWM> «Suadav tu • “ ’• • ..<*> u a v»crk . •t1 ttir>»agh which bvs tVrsbHahcf intersntsd ta tbs i mmintam SOPO *««• more TF* fi.ig h t i r e rt-urtw » wilt tate »so time to fia HI slide oomplstelv iiiicked np (J«>w biack mud and ba* mii<e«i ranch ,1 b # tar., . : .i»e w h ,4 - m U lT M M r w s s m b s it j i d r e ^ w .s U . ^ „ el^rww o f .m s o f t r»ek on the night of February 4 > |l4[1 | ; being boti..in side rhe wc ith- j limbed for the flrst tints, claims a lt>ggm¿ eampa. Being and held tlie water back until next -i is le irhtful prominence equal to that «>f the „¡,h Mr. P he learned tbs day, whan it b*oke through carry - ! The 1 KTkLl M v, Feb. i Itia.-itiu.a U**l s*c fieaWt ,.f t!-e fi-t ar j got up ti»e other night log everything before |L | A LB \ NY, Oregon keb S receding of the flotad iliac!« to* tbe ted that the damage . ( . > ia this , ( tis fbw v«t..uic .»f .eter ,>iw-o the -tore end getting , rWr l b s depth of the water above fact that the high vater bus caused Oonaty by the reewnt sfc.rm will ,u Uie W illamette at its bighset »,|,nkeU, etc ato# a bsw aa.1 ran ths railroad track loside the dam the Willamette river to begin to reach ^350.^«, 0( »hieb »Uge Tuesday wa« p.ohably laiger I down hi Bandos. Tbrra be stole was saveuty-five feet. A measen- cot a new channel opposite aud w for nw.U and bndgw, tuar, wUu lt WM ftt ,u highest in a home ai d pr< ger warostl ths people throughout above tbs city, which threatens to , C ol.lix. Peb H- fb s river is lflfll. aithocirb tbs he or ht of the oe»ich till ths sninial gat *U ths valley, who escape«! from the lsstroy much valuable land amt U » «tdi falling dowly. le.» ali the land W Rter was probably tw«> f. ot less ,|l# . ,.nirv ssnds where be II rti >. .1 it t 1 injure the city's waterfront Nine j between here aud (’ bn*»» » y«t ia- The ouwt di-aatrous re*o!t I au<i w#nt Ml ' Tbs railroad bridge aooth i thousand bushels of wheat stored ui»dnted. the Brnsl. so far as Salem . is con- gotten «»ut and taken lions* by _ . , ^ , . -, ° * * * *** rkisad forty feet I fartn<»r# lD W ell'« warehouse, Yesterday the * •»* brotlvsrs osrne.1. was the wastnog aw.vy of „,*¿1 carrier. Parties bave alxvve tbs track and left hanging nine milea below this city, was cama Jowo fr,.en ti*wr ranch. twen ib«* big l.riJue, ooo-tructwl iu 1886, totÄ,i ^ r c h ftIMi ue will be i - n th.’ monntain atda. Another J,|Dagpd by the Hood. Ths loss ty-two milee north rs# tiers, in • ' at a cost o f #50,000. Tba cenur |;,.IKjÄj -Never trust a at slide is breaking loose a long dis- , will fall on tbs farmers ,__ , . t aa.l boat, traveling «H tbe way over ,„er quivered, sud iu a m meut ' is about tbs only way In get noe back in Ins anona tains, and O reoon C itt , Oregon, Ft>K 8 — »beat Hekla, feacea, *sW*a, ets the big bridge was wrecked and these days, as hard aed ‘ Ü ! b T t th* p" * k « ■ W “ » I » ' T k . p rioou -l m ill, ."r» « f . Tb, - « McMia- . M i . - «.siting «I’Mvn tbe stream. Salem that seem*. M. M ib n u l m , Í F U v A R a — o mated. Ht »^ n on 4, foor pa!p aodsulphite mills are sUnd- ville was today tbe tormina* of 1 ¡„ dajiog.-d the etteu: of sevsr- L ater . — Won! cases up sa of track is washed away, and ¡nR tod are p. rfectly aolid, with ; tbe West H*d# Ime <J the foath - ! a| tboauand dollars including loding tho day that Mrl-Kmaid had bee« between hers and Ashland ktl»e exssption o f thè killer ns.TU. erH Pacific. inre* l«*»uta «d thè washing awav of both ita dock and lured and was in tbe bauds of miles of track is gone. uLieh w u carrie.1 **ay. Th«» railrrad brtdya scwws Ihe T aw i fl «erwial re»i,ieucee. The electric Hindoo deputy ©. W il lamette Falla tie rlsu r contpa* titsr bad g» es out aad unti! ye»- light aud water works bad to sh u t, W o 0 ij ^ tri* j *>-d.y. PoWTLAlTB^ February 8. The uy's «arabouse. conlaining aixty teiday notbieg oosto he dose t*>- d««wc. and there have been no , -• — ■ — « -» aituaWoe ia tbe railway bkwkade tons of excelsior, weut out. with a ward r» »^inog it bsssoae nf bigh team* for a w«»ek. and there is no i * remains practically unchanged. naralier of other building«. AU water, out to-etgha w<rk wa* snm- pnmpect of say for several days , A call ia bersby mads fur primar Ha peem ten.lent Brandt of tbe were light sud no| weii fasUeved p eted sud tbs oaflstructaxi traiu Kort'inatvlv there was bo loss of ics of tbs I ’ nioo parly to bs held H«>atb*rn Paci fle said t«»-day: t4,-dav: * W’ down. The Willamette Falls Pulp |cr<«s««d wbsV to-»orvv»w m<wutng in sash precinct oa Tuesday, Feb lifa have fo a a i a W uterine, and there arKj I’ q e compauy'a mills stoixl w ll p n eset to Devry. >*olk c»«waiy, The wif* «,f Willi Miller on ruary 18, 1890, at 10 o'clock a ns, to is shanJutely no telling when we the strain of the flood, though i t 1 where a:i «< ec sofl more s*r tb* islsiid gave birth tu s child elect delegate* to the c-onoty oow- cas gat oar through trams in mo ceiling con a Ul crab la damage, I'be ; s t» tout be* Tkt* will I daring the flood 8be waa swang veution to Im holden at Coquille on tiva. Our facilities fet securing oompauy rx[XH'L, to reeonie work take two « r thiww days to bridgu , q n hammock from tb* rafters aad Thursday Feb 20.1890. st 1 o'eiock detailed rtfvort* from tbe wracked ID ten days W bat -41>»« obatae'es tb«rc are to m i feet o f water waa all around P- ** which nomiaatities will ba portions of the mad are yo iaade- made for coanty ticket, and dele an «pen raid batwton this p»mt (|f>r <|'i«te that w» i ’ iio m I aay in just A shland . Or*von, Fsb. 8 — N°w aod C«>rv*llu «* not yet known. A Chinaman flouted down aatmle H« ?»*<• »D attead the sUto what condition the road ia, but I that Uto waters have iec*^led and bach precinct is #u- K r o n e . Feb fl Tbe W dism tbs roof of bis eabiu. ba» was res- convention. sea sere it ooold har dly be worse we have au opportunity to gaiu nned l ^ b of stork wee drowned ,0 {w° dclegal«m to tbs ©nuu- etta river bere last T w w i t ; n mvu “The S«vathern Pacific. Ivetween sou)** information of the Work <>f was twcsty-twi, fest and oae inch ( >oo live c<>w fl-«nt«* 1 down on a ^1 or>»«Teti*H>o, and tbs frivsds i f bsrs sud Rosabarg, it u thought, th« fitMal iu varioaa section* «>í aho»to '.rtw wsier, being two fart burn fl«**r, taking the trip o«*r*lly n,*w F*ir,F urged to a ir t will ba ru s s ia f ia s day or two, Jack-on oionty. it is pow*ii»«e t-> bei.is »he gre«u fiend of JsBoarv A man paased Indepeudeu'to on a AO<l el«»ct *eeL a» will lie ears In bat south of 11 wsburg tb« mad is api r.>ximau« at least the l »w*« by .8, ¡toil aad «wie tuet, ulwv# tk* raft *t midnight toil the p*»«) ««• **Hnd la |*vrs n ia a lam bì# esuditiou. Fulas* the overflow o f the different Tb# wsrv anat4et>> aaswer s.« sp «aais ( ^ 1 iXOM I »U W bile tk d of January 13, !• * ! treatise aad bridges will bs pat in sire/ ms over tfcs >*uei) » « • if* a for help a* 'bsjr bad so »stall bosta. c han man sad « bare eats eaaoot bs made tb« I «sees to the county of bridges river fell tan few* t o From the Outside. and Blockades. J bk n t il VA f tiiV /> • t u 'a wsaiAli f nr\ » 4 ■ n., Kul tu AOIW ■ » . 1 , 1 f . — ■ — --------A 1 _ ra m . . . . . » -