Show BY RUSH OF Pendleton Ore and Walla l alia Walla Wash Submerged by Rushing Torrent ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE NO LOSS OF LIFE SO FAR FARAS AS REPORTED t t 4 t 4 4 6 4 4 Portland Ore May A special 4 to tM the Oregonian from Freewater 4 Ore Ote a small place bout miles south of Wails Talk Walli Valla Wish W 4 states that the rains of the pat past few 4 da days have swelled the Little WaIls TIJa 4 Walla Walia river rier and that If people 4 ha have sought refuge In the hills hUls 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pendleton Ort Ore May of r the people of Pendleton are either tern teM teMporarily homeless or else Elte have been driven into the upper floors of oC their re residences by the rising waters of the Urns UMa tills river which Is now a r racing sw bridges and dikes before fore It All AJI Allover over the affected parts palt of the cou ty the water ater Is stilt sUIi steadily risi rising fed by bythe y the incessant rains From rom every hand haK conies comes the news of oC bridges swept t dams and flumes flume WI roads torn up anti and washed out fields Ia undated and nd crops obliterated Bridges Washed Out The big w wagon on bridge a mile above aboY Pendleton ton has ha been washed Shed out and the wrecked span has piled up against net the Oreg Oregon n Railroad 1 Navigation company nys bridge threatening tf to either overthrow It or cut a path through the levee and flood nood the town A large force fOlce of m mand men and teams are at work ork repairing the levee as fast as It Is cut away and preparations are being made either to dynamite the wreckage lod against the paa or 01 orto to dislodge it by the use of the wrecking machines The levee leee below the town ha already brok broken n which will allow some of the flood in the town to subside All trains are tied up and lind will be for forme some me time The bri bridges ea both above sad and below Pendleton are cut The train which started last night for Is HI HIat at Echo stopped by the flooded and aM us tracks Raging Torrents in Streets Roaring streams are re sweeping lower Main and Court streets and aM alt all the nea houses are flooded In tt that din while the stock stored in Is submerged Communication with outlying districts Is uncertain but the steady teady rise of the shows that the floods are still Mill Increasing The rain Is fal falling steadily and the people f th the main part of GC Pen d have moved their families to the hills on either side fearful that the levee on the he I one side of the valley aIleY already Will burst and let Ute the M sweep the town LIGHT LIGHT AND POWER CUT OFF OFF Walls Wall Walla Wan by Di Dja Flood Spokane Wash Vash May 38 Walta Wails Cit City and county Is experiencing one ot of the worst floods in many years yearL Aider reet one of th the principal thor is flooded to a depth of three feet and several of the residences axe are filled with water Tb bridges bridge In the city have been washed asbed out and three others are in great dan danger er The darn of tile the Walla Valla Walls Po Power r company Oft on Waits ana Walla river fifteen en miles front froM the city went out this morning cutting CUlling off all lights and power Other streams In the county are an outside their honks banks a and in ia ninny places whet antI and other farM farni pro dun duce ha has been n washed out of ef the ground A number of bridges have haye also been car carried ned ried a away Preparing to Use Dynamite ctt City officials are prEPAring to dy dynamite the tte Fifth street bridge e which offers great reat resistance to the ru rushing waters cau causing ng them to back up into the bu heel I Iness ness section of th the city where great damage is being done The flood waters have invaded the basements of oC some of the largest stores and warehouses in Ute the city and In places plaS the Water is over a afoot foot deep and lind rushing madly through h the city threatening the destruction of some of the principal buildings Rain has been falling in this section since ince Monday noon and Is ig stilt still falling The danger Is In Increasing increasing creasing No o lives have hae bf been en lost so tar far as mon known hut but a as wit with outlying territory has bet been n cut oft off tM the extent of da damage t in the country cannot be learned but it must be great It Is 18 known from the character of the debrIs Is being washed down th the river that houses been swept away The carcasses of cattle are floating down don with the flood and it is 15 feared that some lose 1058 of human life liCe has resulted |