Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1894 — EIGHT PERISH IN THE FLOODS. [ARTICLE]

EIGHT PERISH IN THE FLOODS.

Fraser River, in British Columbia, a Racine Torrent—Houses Submersed. The Frazer River, in British Columbia, has become a raging torrent and is dealing destruction and death at every point. The surrounding valleys have been submerged, house-; and outbuildings of ranchers have b°on swept away, and where a few days ago waving fields of growing grain met the eye is now a waste of water. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep have been drowned and whole village j on the banks of the stream are flo iting. So far e’ght human lives are kn wn to have been lost. At Langlcv the ontira town is flooded. The whole of Langley prairie is now under water and the Island cn whi h : s the Indian reservation is entirely submerged. Four Indians who were trying to'tow some cattle from a ridge 6n the island behind their canoes to the mainland were capsized and three of them drowned. The dead b dies of three men and a little girl were found on Hatztic prairie entangled among floating trees. Many other bodies are reported as hayiiig been in the stream in other localities, but so rapid is the current that all attempts at rescue were iutile.