Show Raging Floods Deal Havoc in in Inland Empire Lives Millions in Property Are Arc Menaced by Melting Snow By fly Associated Press SPOKANE Wash Feb 27 Flood 27 Floo waters poured out of melting snow snowbanks snowbanks snowbanks banks in all parts of the Inland Empire Empire Em Em- pire today inundating towns tearing at highways s 's and railroad tracks anc and menacing millions of dollars worth o of property Abnormally high temperatures following following fol fol- fol lowing the heaviest snowfall in years caused the floods which yesterday claimed one l life e destroyed homes anc and caused paralysis of rail and highway traffic in many man sections The mercury mer iner- cury eury rose to 70 degrees at and above 60 at Spokane new high records for February GREAT DAMAGE DA FEARED Big BiE Lightning creek above Clark Fork Idaho held in check by a snow snow- slide was a torrent late last night eating cating away highways highways' in its path Residents of Clark Fork feared great damage would be done The hamlet of Masonia near Kellogg Kellogg Kel Kel- logg Idaho was isolated when abridge n a bridge over Pine creek was washed ou out The Thc waters cut a foot 30 channel across the state oiled highway In other sections of north Idaho and eastern Washington business sections of towns were flooded Four to six feet of water stood in streets at Davenport Dayenport Dav Day Wash Two buildings were demolished James Lennon 12 son of a Davenport Davenport Daven Daven- port highway worker was swept away in Cottonwood creek and the body was not recovered A residence at Peach near Davenport was pulled into a torrent and destro destroyed ed Five railroads ru running ning out of Spokane Spokane Spokane kane reported their roads had been softened or washed out in dozens of places causing traffic delays Trains were one to 12 hours hours hours' late Strict load limits were placed on ways was remaining open and scores of oiled surfaced and paved roads were closed WINDS ADD TO IIA HAVOC YOC winds joined with flood floodwaters floodwaters floodwaters waters to tear away telephone and electric light lines cutting of off power and telephones from entire In most streams great chunks of ice were hurled against bridges crushing crushing crush crush- ing the smaller ones forming jams jams' against those more substantially built and sending the streams Nt of ot their banks Dynamiting crews worked all night in many places Much damage to farms and orchards orchards or or- was reported Only a sudden I drop in temperature it was believed would t bring relief relie from the no floods ns as m much ch snow remains in the mountains 13 Lives Toll of West Coast Floods SEATTLE Feb 27 On P PJ On the heels of ot warm Chinook winds and heavy rains western Washington was in the grip today of the greatest menace menace men men- ace from floods and earth and snow snow- slides in years rears a menace which has already taken 13 lives In the mountains of the western Cascades a death-dealing death torrent of water and mud swept away part of the little mUe community of Edgewick Edge yesterday yesterday yes yes- es a afternoon and four women two children and one man were lost The debris was still searched today for two of the bodies The melting snow fields in the mountains in addition to threatening slides and devastation to whatever might be in their path also filled rivers In western Washington the Snoqualmie Green Puyallup Raging Racing and Stuck rivers were bank full or overflowing today RAIL LINES BLOCKED From the Canadian line linc south to the Columbia river highways s 's and railroad lines were blocked by washouts washouts wash wash- outs wire service was handicapped and many families were marooned or fleeing from river valleys alleys to higher ground Tho Those lost at Edgewick when a awall awall awall wall of ot water yards ards wide and 15 feet deep broke loose from a natural basin were were Ira Moore 60 Mrs Moore his wile wife Mrs Elwood Clagett 29 Mrs 1 William Blade and her two children Rosemary 3 and Margaret 8 months Mrs Gust Balder The fhe others who lost their lives Inthe in inthe inthe the past two days were two victims of a flood at High Point three miles cast east of Issaquah George Johnson and his son Gusta 10 and four men entombed entombed en en- by an avalanche of snow in inthe inthe inthe the Skagit River canyon Added to the accounts of lives lost was a report from a railroad work crew crew cast cf of Cedar Falls that six more persons passengers in an automobile were vere carried to death by flood waters The report however could not be verified |