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Show Pacific Northwest Prepares For Second Damaging Storm PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 4 trP The Paclfle northwest, shaking off the effect of a four-day gale which spread destruction from British Columbia to southsrn Oregon, Ore-gon, braced Itself today for a new southeasterly blow. Three deaths were attributed to the storm. The federal weather bureau reported re-ported soulhweeterly winds shifting shift-ing to ths southeast and reaching gale force on the Oregon and Washington coasts today. Tha last gals, which reached a velocity of 40 to SO miles an hour, died Monday night, but heavy wave swept over seawall and created havoo, yesterday In Sea-aide, Sea-aide, Cannon Beach, Marsh field and other Oregon coastal points. British Columbia repair crewa dug up highway and repaired telegraph system damage after the heaviest rain and wind storm In year struck Vancouvsr Island. In Seattle a house was blown from Its foundations. Bridges were smashed along the Oregon coast. At least 50 summer cottages and homes were damaged. dam-aged. Tidea, pushed by a strong wind, rose to unusual heights, swamping street and endangering endanger-ing buildings with floating logs and driftwood. Near Salem. Ore., a cyclone wrecked a barn and chicken house, killed 200 chickens and swept two cows 40 feet In the air only to deposit them unhurt In soms mud. Lightning destroysd a house near Marshfieid during an SO-mile gale. Three deaths were listed from the storm. Andrew Johnston, 43, waa killed by a falling electric power line at Campbell River. B. C; Frank Richardson, 30. a lineman, line-man, was electrocuted near Walla Walla. Wash.: Mayland Gill. 14, drowned In the Chehalis river when a rowboat overturned. Highways were flooded or blocked by debris in scattered section sec-tion of Oregon and Washington. Washing-ton. r |