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Show SWEPT BY A FLOOD. Washington Mining Camp Sadly Dam-aud Dam-aud by Water, The town of Wllki-aon, Wnnh., wna awepl by li Ik It nt.r Mundny. A Jam of l"K and ill Iff wood formed In tlio creek and an nntiry torrent wna turned Ihnmuti the nlreetn of the town, leaving leav-ing great tren i-k-bly feet long and four or flm Ti et In illiiineler on tho mnln tlioroiiKhfiiru of the. milling vtl-Inae. vtl-Inae. A wnll of wider ennui down thn nioiiiilnlu nl. out 7 o'cloik In tho morning, morn-ing, carrying everything before It. Tho nilnera on the dny idilfl had not yet gone to work In tho nilnen, or tl)erd niuit have been loin of life. Aa It waa Iti o wnler la anld to have flooded tho tunnel of thn mine for half a mile or more, and It In ciihtIciI much tlmn rll be required to pump It out. Hev i. ml luill.llnita n nr the l ank of thn rl renin were nioveil from tlielr foiindii-llonn foiindii-llonn AlH.iit I feet of track la gono near Cnieker. |