Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-06 | Page 5 | Town is in Peril; Wires Are Down

TOWN IS IN PERIL f WIRES ARE DOWN 1 r l Ore March 6 Ef 6 Ef Efforts forts were continued today to get pet in wire communication interrupted interrupt d by storms with Gold Beach regarding earth larth slides endangering the town to-nn of ot Wedderburn opposite Gold Beach at atthe tho the mouth of ot the Rogue Roue river Heavy rafn rain fell throughout yesterday adding to th the towns town's danger Last reports from Wedderburn stated that the slides had carrle large portions of the hillside near the town and that many houses were threatened with being carrieA into the theder river er er Numbers of residents had taken refuge at Gold Beach or had fled to to the hills The at Wedderburn for the thelast thelast thelast last thirty-six thirty hours was reported to have been eleven Inches C Coastwise vessels which arrived yesterday yesterday yes yes- from the north report having weathered gales of hurricane force A woman passenger on the steamer Sea Foam was reported to have leave died in the storm of heart failure caused by terror ter ter- terror and a seaman was washed overboard overboard over over- board from the steamer Roanoke and drowned and several other members of the crew were badly injured Mrs Carrie Miller of Point Arena Cal CaU was the w woman man victim of the storm A great wave crashed on the theS S Sea a Foams Foam's deck and Mrs Miller who was In her stateroom with her daughter daugh daugh- ter fell to the floor dead