There was no train service for six months and Pacific was virtually cut off from the rest of the world.

Several homes belonging to the railway were flooded out but fortunately there was a large work train at the station as well as some spare coaches which helped to house the people who lost their homes. The McCubbins had a small empty house to which they moved a prospector who lost his shack.

They were able to get food from Terrace by means of a rowboat with an outboard motor. And more important, the men were able to obtain their tobacco and snuff which got pretty scarce for a time.

Fortunately the McCubbin store was up high enough above the river to escape the flood, though the store at Doreen was not as lucky as it was surrounded by water.

The bridge across the slough at Pacific was washed out so Jack had to get busy and build a new one.

The store sold goods that had been sitting on its shelves for twenty years, including old fashioned boots (pointed toes) and hats and shirts and the customers were happy to get them. It was no time to be fussy.

Jack and Edward Anderson did a lot of fishing so there was always fish when meat was scarce

The horse, Molly, got stranded on a grassy knoll during the flood so the men had to push the cart down to the supply boat to load up and then pull it up the hill to the store. That was real man power! When the water receded, they had to swim Molly across the slough and had quite a time getting her out of the water and up the soggy, slippery bank.

The square ended boat in the picture was built by the Bridge and Building gang who were working to repair the flood damage to the tracks and it was a very busy means of transportation.

This, indeed, was a disaster that will always be remembered by the people of Pacific.