Los Angeles Daily Herald

REEDING WATERS.

Heavy Damages in the Wake of the Oregon Flood.

Portland, Ore., February 8.—The situation in the railroad blockade remains practically unchanged. Superintendent Brand, of the Southern Pacific, said today: "There is absolutely no telling when we can get our through trains in motion." The Southern Pacific between here and Roseburg will probably be running in a day or two, but south of Roseburg the road is in a terrible condition. It is reported that two linemen of the Western Union Telegraph Company were drowned in Oregon City yesterday. The water is now receding rapidly. Several corporations have already reported their losses by floods, of which the total reaches $151,000.

Ashland, Ore., February 8—Now that the waters have receded, it is possible to approximate, at least, the losses by the overflow of the different streams. The losses to the county bridges will reach many thousand dollars. It is estimated that almost one thousand acres of Jackson county's richest soil has been carried away and replaced with worthless gravel. This loss for land alone reaches in the aggregate of about one hundred thousand dollars.

Albany, Or., February 8—The receding flood discloses the fact that the high water in the Willamette has caused the river to begin to cut a new channel opposite and above the city, which threatens to destroy much valuable land and injure the city's water front. Nine thousand bushels of wheat stored by the farmers in Wells' warehouse, nine miles below here, was damaged by the floods.

Roseburg, Ore., February 8.—The damages by the flood are not so great as anticipated. The loss to bridges amounts to about $80,000, so far as known. The loss to farmers is estimated at $20,000. The railroads down the big bend of Cow creek are swept away. The water was five feet deep in parts of the brewery, and reached the second story in Rasts & Criebzer's mill. The woolen mill and machinery are filled up with drift.

Oregon City, February 8.—The principal mills are safe from floods. The pulp and sulphite mills are standing, and are perfectly solid, with the exception of a boiler which was carried away. The Willamette Falls Excelsior Company's warehouse went out with a number of other buildings. All were light and not well fastened down.

McMinnville, Ore., February 8—McMinnville was today the terminus of the west side line of the Southern Pacific. Three bents of the railroad bridge across the Yamhill river had gone out, but tonight a construction train crossed, which tomorrow morning will proceed to Derry, Polk county.