Show Rains Wreak Havoc In Northwest Three Die in Rising Rivers Railroads Highways Blocked Farm Homes Carried Away by Floods SEATTLE April 1 Associated Press Two Press Two days of rain in three Pacific northwest states slates had bad claimed probably three lives today injured one man paralyzed train service in sections isolated communities played havoc with highways washed away f firm farm rm houses and caused farmers farmers farm farm- ers to evacuate their homes The weather bureau could promise no Immediate relief I Oscar F. F Olsen 42 42 of Ore and Rex Brown Perry Ore Ore- were missing after their boat had hadI I capsized in the swollen Willamette river near West Fir Ore Four other oth oth- er men in the boat were rescued Philip Fox 73 73 of Walla Valla Walla Valla Wash died when he fell Into Garrison Garrison Garrison Garri Garri- son creek while protecting his barn from rising waters W. W K Wagner thrown Into a stream near Milton- Milton Freewater cr 10 miles from Walla ValIa Walla Vial Val Ia la when a a. bridge over which he was driving a truck collapsed was In Injured Injured in- in seriously Unconfirmed re reports reports reports re- re ports said Bald three Walla Walla residents residents residents resi resi- dents were missing HOUSES FLOAT AWAY Unoccupied houses In that section floated away and between and persons were forced to protect their stores and homes by embankments embankments embankments embank embank- ments of sand bags Walla Valla Walla Walia streets were covered with about two feet reet of water a r many business men Continued on Page Pace Seven Senn NORTHWEST HARD HIT BY flOODS Continued from learn Pare rase One being marooned in their offices Several Sev eral cral bridges in the vicinity floated away Torrential l rains in north central Idaho paralyzed train service farmers farmers farm farm- ers ens deserted their homes and a passenger passenger passenger pas pas- train was between and Kendrick A log jam lana crushed a railroad bridge and threatened threatened threat threat- ened ned 18 others over Orofino creek north a of Orofino Idaho Landslides obstructed highways and LewIston was almost without train service be because because be- be cau cause e of the record breaking down down- pour Driving rains still sUll were flooding already overflowing streams and up to late yesterday precipitation of 2 IS Inches had had shattered a year old record in Idaho In Oregon gaze gaie rains caused the isolation of Tillamook Pacific City and Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit and floodwaters carried away four our bridges TRAINS HALTED Trains were halted along the Southern Pacific lines into Tillamook by slides bulging streams had cut cutoff cutoff of off all aU highway routes into the city Summer cabins at Brightwood am and were breaking up and being carried away Pa Passengers engers from the he Spokane Portland Seattle railway were transferred to buses in the vicinity of where slides blocked the railroad tracks Damage was reported d to farm lands In many sections |