From Lane Co Oregon

[edit] January

[edit] January 11

The heavy rains last Wednesday and Thursday caused the Willamette to

overflow its banks and completely flood West Springfield. THere was no

damage done further the carrying off fences, wood piles and small out

buildings and causing the families to seek higher and dryer quarters.

January 11, 1907 (Springfield News, 1907), Vol. V, No. 50., p. 5.