Show THE FLOODS CREEP HIGHER I 1 I 1 awful destruction throughout the northwest I 1 REACH MILLIONS traffic Is carried on an to by y boat beat the th street a axis aro burin nir streams scores 0 of f houses hoire floating down to the ocean IN Zino str cavo mica of T IT orthoria pacific track under water V it fabulo boat service 11 it r I 1 Zor or rune june i 2 tho the floca conf I 1 tf e ties to come and there 11 1 no indaco il ors ot an improvement la in the situa V alon at 6 this evening the wa V ter IT SOA 1 feet above low water and the meager report received receive f from the upper columbia show t that bat the ilia siver river ana til its tributaries tributa ries are arc still nelll arising V telegraph wires tire prostrated along the columbia which makes it impossible to get sit at the true state stale of affairs the loss will undoubtedly foot up into the lal lUona of 0 dollars when rek i ports porte from all the th flooded districts are received hundreds Hun drea of people living on the lowlands low lands have been driven drive n irom front their homes and scores of 0 houses can be see been n floating down to the lo 10 the union flo to sent out the steamer harvest queen which will attempt to ascend the falls at the cascades Cosca dea the railroad on both sides of 0 the river at the cascades Is under water and communication with the upper river to Is entirely cut oft off in this city this evening a violent thunder and rain storm accompanied by high wind adds to the already demoralized zed condition of 0 things the th first floors of hundreds of business houses are covered with water ind and many concerns doing business busl on front aront first and second streets have opened temporary offices on uptown streets false falm sidewalks on elevated platforms have been built up and down the flooded streets but owing to the necessity for or Ite steeping liec pinK tile the street TOM ITOM I insa inge clear tor for tile the passing of 0 teams it I 1 impossible to reach any stores ex pc IDL it in boats gum boots are of no avail in a large portion of the sub district labere the witter water Is too thorl ai p or wading in many places there Is a a strong undertow which renders dangerous even where the water has not list reached such it a depth ile good nature with which the populace takes the inconveniences of the hood flood la Is surprising business men anille at the rapid submerging ot E their go tores and appear to 10 see me a humorous side to it the consequent low loss by damage to their Is tock stock free boats beats between converst lent points and front and datt street stores have been provided by the proprietors tor for the use of 0 their customers 3 argo forces of 0 men are kept busily enco encased ged in n removing stocks ot cot andese dh se to higher elevations rained platforms plat etc |