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Show Floods Mence Northwest Portland. Ore. flood waters of a dozen rain-swollen rivers are pouring pour-ing thro igli the lowlands of western Oregon and southwestern Washington menacing farm and city property, rail- ' road and wira communication and scores of miles of paved highways. One person at least is known to be dead as the result of the rain which has fallen persistently for nearly a week. An unidentified man was Cound crushed to death underneath tons of earth and rock in the Columbia Colum-bia gorge. |