| Show BY WA biers pendleton ore and walla walla wash submerged by rushing torrent enormous damage done but no loss losa of life reported one third of the people temporarily homeless many taking to the hills rond rendle leton tou oie one third of the people of pendleton ale aie either temporarily pora rily ho homeless or else have been driven into the upper aloois of their residences by the rising waters of 0 the Uni atilla aler which Is now a lacing acing lorient ton cut sweeping bridges fridges and dikes beffie it all titer over tile the affected parts of the county the water vater is ia still steadily illy rising fed by the incessant rains nom every hand comes he news e s of bridges swept away tion lion dams and flumes blumes wrecked roads roada boin up and aashel out fields inundated and chops obliterated hoering sti canis are sweeping through lover loiter main and court streets and all the business houses are flood ed in that district while the stock in Is submerged communication with outlying dis Is but the steady rise of the I malella shows that the floods are still increasing IN ash walla walla city and count vi is experiencing one of the worst floods in many deais al d del e I 1 sticht one ot of the plin principal cipal bust bus nea ness thoi Is flooded to a depth of three left feet and several of tile the residences are filled with J water ater ahe in tile ine city have been wished out and dirce ethels are in great danger ahe dam of the he walla walla wain power company on walla bialla alia river fifteen miles from the cit went ent out cutting oft off all lights an aal I 1 power otner streams in the county ale aie outsole outside their bar banks ilis and in many places wheat and other farm arm produce has been washed as lied out ot of the ground A number of bridges hate hao also al so been cairned away aay portland ote oie A special to the Ore oregonians oregonian gonian fiola ilee water ore F a s m 11 place about thirty miles south 0 of f walla walla naab ash stites st ites that the rains of the past few das dais hive have swelled the little walli walla river and that BOO people have sought bought refuge inthe in the belh f |
