Show TELEGRAPHIC BIGGEST BLIJiW Eyer Known in Orecon Lar e Destruction 01 Properly San FrancicCl 13 co Telegraphic communication com-munication with Portland which has been interrupt fir a week was restored today Dispatches state that on tho 9th instant middle Portland was visited by the most severe storm known since th settlement of the country The direction of the wind at the commencement of the storm was southwest but later it vearcd to the south But little rain accompanied the gale though heavy clouds rolled over head during its entire progress The damage to property in the city will not fall short ol 75000 The steeple of the First Presbyterian Church was prostrated pros-trated seven small houses blown down many roofs ripped offincluding the roof of the court house and a potion of Newmarket Theatre and signs and awnings awn-ings were blown broadcast Tho Willamette Wil-lamette River was rougher than ever before be-fore but little damage resulted to boats and shipping While the gale was at its height Bremen Hall a large twostory wooden building was prostrated Four men were caught under the ruins Jack ODonnell sustained very severe injuries and Harry P Hinrich was instantly killed In East Portland the now Catholic Cath-olic Church was prostrated and reduced to a complete wreck A number of buildings build-ings in the same place were blown down or unroofed Reports from tho interior indicate that the storm raged with great violence It is not possible to estimate the value of properly destroyed but it ilI nnrfninltr Tic vmnf finfl ttin rtliatrliO n J u u U u 1 lion of roads will in many localities for a time stagnate business Owing to fallen timber and the damage to railroad bridges railroad trains h ve been delayed cevesal days 1 ho lines between htre md Dalles are buried under fallen timbers tim-bers to deep that new lines will have to be constructed At Umatilla much damage dam-age WM done The gale for n time attained the velocity of ogbty miles per hour A number of houses were Blown down So far as I know there has btcn but little loss of life from the storm Great numbers of cattle were reported killed from CIting barns and trees Two men nam > d Mason mid Kundle were frozen to death on Saturday night near Young Station on tbo N P R It At Tacenter Washington Territory a trf was blown against the schoolhouse dc molishing it Twenty ehildicn wero in tbe bui ding A son and daughter of John W Bartlett were instantly killed and another daughter was dangerously injured There was no damage to shipping I ship-ping at Astoria At Vancouver scvcra houses at tire garrison were prostrated No lives were lost There was much damage at fcalem A portion of the roof of the state house was torn off also the Academy of the Sacred JJ art The body of Jacob Swanger aged 60 years was found horribly mutilated in i his cabin Washington County on Friday day morning lie was evidently murdered mur-dered with an axe for the money ho was supposed to have in his cabin San Francisco 14 Delayed dispatche from Victoria and points on Puget Sourd to tho 8th inst report a heavy onion storm all over that region Some dam ago to buildings from tho crushing 01 roofs under the weight of snow wbicl lies from two to three feet on the level |