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Eleven Lives Claimed By by Northwest Floods Missoula, Mont., Dec. 23. OP)— ] The last means of travel between this' city and Spokane, the Clarks Fork highway, was closed today when a highway bridge over the Thompson! river near Thompson Falls collapsed and was washed away in the flqod. By the Associated Press. While the list of known dead 1 mounted to 11, thousands of persons] have been reported driven from theii homes, property damaged t tent of millions of dollars, railroad and motor traffic held up, water traffic harried and telephone and telegraph communications disrupted in one of the worst rainstorms ever to visit the northwest. The states ofi Oregon, Washington, Idaho and west-! ern Montana and the province of British Columbia were caught in the flood. drowned in the rain-swollen Yp.kima; river near Granger, Wash., last night( when thfi ! . a as theyj were attempting to retrieve groceries from their inundated home, abandoned last week. Edward Bennt, who heard their cries for help, swam out to their assistance and tied a line around Mrs. Wojciechowski's waist . but the rope broke. At Thompson Falls, in northwestern Montana, a mother and her 4- year-old child nearly drowned when their automobile skidded into a swollen creek. The father, Ed Hart-1 man, saved his wife and their child after they had been swept 100 feet down the creek. The road, which parallels the creek, was undermined! by the flood and collapsed, sending1 the Hartman car into the creek. Communication between Thompson ! Falls and Sandpoint, Idaho, was Impaired when a telephone line was broken. Washouts caused power line trouble in that district.
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Original index title | Northwest History. State History. Box 1. Accidents. |
Newspaper | The Spokane Chronicle ; 1933-12-23 |
Title | Eleven Lives Claimed by Northwest Floods. |
Description | Eleven Lives Claimed by Northwest Floods. |
Subject Keys | Clarks Fork highway; Thompson river; Thompson falls; property damage; flooding; water traffic; water supply; homeless; torrential rain; William Dail; Green river; motor traffic; Columbia river; Columbia gorge; Chehalis river; Grays Harbor; rainstorm; Joe Wolciechowski; capsized boat; Edward Bennet; Ed Hartman; power outage |
Date.Original | 1933-12-23 |
Resource Identifier | nwh-s-1-8-13 |
Subjects |
Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th Century United States -- State History -- Accidents -- Northwest, Pacific |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Source | Northwest History Accidents Box 1 |
Language | English; |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. |
Full-Text | Eleven Lives Claimed By by Northwest Floods Missoula, Mont., Dec. 23. OP)— ] The last means of travel between this' city and Spokane, the Clarks Fork highway, was closed today when a highway bridge over the Thompson! river near Thompson Falls collapsed and was washed away in the flqod. By the Associated Press. While the list of known dead 1 mounted to 11, thousands of persons] have been reported driven from theii homes, property damaged t tent of millions of dollars, railroad and motor traffic held up, water traffic harried and telephone and telegraph communications disrupted in one of the worst rainstorms ever to visit the northwest. The states ofi Oregon, Washington, Idaho and west-! ern Montana and the province of British Columbia were caught in the flood. drowned in the rain-swollen Yp.kima; river near Granger, Wash., last night( when thfi ! . a as theyj were attempting to retrieve groceries from their inundated home, abandoned last week. Edward Bennt, who heard their Water Supply Out. The city's water supply at Wallace was destroyed and scores of buildings inundated. Hotels were taking care of 300 persons made homeless and the loss was set at $100,000 last night, and growing hourly. At Kent last night, William Dail, 28, fell from a trestle into the j Green river while hurrying home and .One other storm death yesterday at Portland brought the week's toll/ to 12. | In Oregon the torrential' rains and) rapidly melting snow threatened the Willamette and lower Columbia river valleys with the most serious flood menace in years. All motor traffic to Seattle was shut off by slides, floods' and washouts. Both the lower Columbia River[ highway and the one running inland through the Columbia gorge were Cowlitz Rampages. In Washington state much of the' city of Woodland was still under wa-' ter, Kelso and Longview, with 250 houses already inundated, saw the Cowlitz running at the 26.1-foot level stage last night with the flood stage at only 19 feet. The Chehalis river, was still two miles wide In places and| a number of communities up and down the valley were more or less flooded.' A third of Kelso was in danger of inundation early today. Six hundred persons were homeless in Cowlitz county, 200 of them at Woodland. In central Washington, Wenatchee was cut off completely from the outside world, both train and highway, and Yakima was in slightly i better ' Aberdeen and -Hoquiam, on Grays [ Washington, however, at Walla Walla, Everett and Bellingham, flood waters were receding, although leaving widespread losses in their wake. I |
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Original index title | Northwest History. State History. Box 1. Accidents. |
Newspaper | The Spokane Chronicle ; 1933-12-23 |
Title | Eleven Lives Claimed by Northwest Floods. |
Description | Eleven Lives Claimed by Northwest Floods. |
Subject Keys | Clarks Fork highway; Thompson river; Thompson falls; property damage; flooding; water traffic; water supply; homeless; torrential rain; William Dail; Green river; motor traffic; Columbia river; Columbia gorge; Chehalis river; Grays Harbor; rainstorm; Joe Wolciechowski; capsized boat; Edward Bennet; Ed Hartman; power outage |
Date.Original | 1933-12-23 |
Resource Identifier | nwh-s-1-8-13-01 |
Subjects |
Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th Century United States -- State History -- Accidents -- Northwest, Pacific |
Resource Type | Text |
Genre | Clippings |
Source | Northwest History Accidents Box 1 |
Language | English; |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. |
Full-Text | Eleven Lives Claimed By by Northwest Floods Missoula, Mont., Dec. 23. OP)— ] The last means of travel between this' city and Spokane, the Clarks Fork highway, was closed today when a highway bridge over the Thompson! river near Thompson Falls collapsed and was washed away in the flqod. By the Associated Press. While the list of known dead 1 mounted to 11, thousands of persons] have been reported driven from theii homes, property damaged t tent of millions of dollars, railroad and motor traffic held up, water traffic harried and telephone and telegraph communications disrupted in one of the worst rainstorms ever to visit the northwest. The states ofi Oregon, Washington, Idaho and west-! ern Montana and the province of British Columbia were caught in the flood. drowned in the rain-swollen Yp.kima; river near Granger, Wash., last night( when thfi ! . a as theyj were attempting to retrieve groceries from their inundated home, abandoned last week. Edward Bennt, who heard their cries for help, swam out to their assistance and tied a line around Mrs. Wojciechowski's waist . but the rope broke. At Thompson Falls, in northwestern Montana, a mother and her 4- year-old child nearly drowned when their automobile skidded into a swollen creek. The father, Ed Hart-1 man, saved his wife and their child after they had been swept 100 feet down the creek. The road, which parallels the creek, was undermined! by the flood and collapsed, sending1 the Hartman car into the creek. Communication between Thompson ! Falls and Sandpoint, Idaho, was Impaired when a telephone line was broken. Washouts caused power line trouble in that district. |
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