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Show SLIDES FORM NEW MENACE; 23JWLLED Family Of Four WioerJ Out In Slide; More Rain, t Snow Predicted PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 26 (U.R) Avalanches spread a new terror today in the flood-stricken flood-stricken areas of the northwestern north-western states, where unl usually heavy rainfall and high tides spread death and :lestrtiction over Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The list of deaths attributed to storm conditions reached 23 when four members of a single family were killed near Clatskanie, Ore. A torrent of mud, logs and boulders, boul-ders, swept along by O. K. creek, crushed the home of Robert Allen, 50, and killed the owner of the house and his three sons, George, 30; Robert, 12; and Donald, 7. Mrs. Allen and two other children chil-dren escaped injury. Donald, whose body was missing, miss-ing, was seen trying to rescue a pet dog before the slide carried him away. An earlier landslide on tho Maple Valley road south of Seattle Seat-tle buried two women and injured two men. Weather forecasts for rain and more snow during the day brought little cheer to 5,000 refugees refu-gees whose homes were in the inundated in-undated areas of Washington and ; Orgeon. Flood waters reeerlta somewhat at Aberdeen and Ho-quiam, Ho-quiam, Wash., but an ovrrflow of the Spokane river in Peaceful valley val-ley drove 50 families to higher ground. Kelso, principal sufferer from high wa ter, was still inundated inun-dated in the southern section. The firs', transcontinental train to reach Seattle since last Thursday Thurs-day steamed into the city with a cap-icity load Christmas day. Freezing temperatures added to the discomfort in the Couer D' Alene district of Idaho, where the water level in Lake Couer D' Alene was higher than at the time of the 1894 flood. Many residents resi-dents evacuated their homes and moved to higher ground. Property Proper-ty damage in the Wallace and Kellogg mining sections reached an estimated $5,000,000 damage. Railroads and communication companies suffered heavy damages. dam-ages. Governor Ross issued an emergency emer-gency order permitting the employment em-ployment of all CWA. men necessary neces-sary to arrest flood threats and prevent landslides in the stricken strick-en territory. DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Dec. 26 (UiHi Heavy damage was reported re-ported today from one of the most severe storms in recent years. Winds reached hurricane force in unroofing buildings and tearing down telephone lines. |