The Nevada Democrat., 1861-12-12

eral persons. The man and child were in a
wagon at Ninth and NJ streets, and the horses
plunged into cistern-the lid OF winch nad
foated off; before assistance could reach tnem'
passengers and horses were lost. 1t is greatly
To be feared that the lives Of women and chill
dren have also been sacrificed, as in many in
stances they were hemmed in IN one story
buildings without any means of getting on to
the roofs of their houses. During the greater
part of the day the only dry portions OF the city
were street, the river front, the Il street levee
and Poverty Ridge. In the evening many boats
were occupied in taking passengers to and
from the very few restaurants and hotels which
were able to furnish meals to customers. Inc
most Of them had their fires extinguished, and
were therefore unable to do their usual cooking.
The cars for Folsom failed to go entirely through
At anv time during the day. The morning
train went out beyond Poverty Ridge, passen-
gers were carried a half mile in boats, and a
second train carried them the remainder OF the
trip. The railroad Is carried away In many
places. The road to Sutterville and Camp
Union by way of Che river was passable during
the most ofthe day., but toward evening the
column of water from the city had washed
oway the embankment between lower and up
per Sutterville, which cut off the passage. Du-
ring the early part Of yesterday, the water at
the city guage stood Fl feet above low water
mark. AT sun uOWIl IL udu IdlSeu SlA VI SiShh
inches above that point. At ten O'Clock last
evening the water in the city had receded an
inch or two. The events Of yesterday will rem
der it one of the most memorable in the history
Of our city.
At Marysville, the food was scarcely less
disastrous. The most of the city was sub
merged on Sunday night. and the water
continued to rise till Monday noon, when it
stood four inches above high water mark of
the memorable spring of 1853. The Ap
peal Of Tuesday, says:
Z About daylight on Monday morning, the
outer side wall of ]. l.. Eaton's store, on the
Plaza, fell, with a tremendous crash, the foun-
dation having been completely undermined by
the water, which had now risen to such an ex-
tent as to cover the whole of that part of the
city, except where the street was higher than
the adjacent lots. Mr.. Eaton's family reside
in the upper part Of the store, and they were
hurried out at once, in their night clothes, and
taken to the Merchants Hotel, around the cor
ner, on First street, and in about ten minutes
after, to the horror of every one, the floors of
that building gave way, and great portion OF
the interior of the hotel was precipitated IN
ruin, the whole of the cellar supports being
which rushed in. The alarm which prevailed
was frightful in the extreme, for at that early
hour but few were up in the house, and the in
mates, among whom were many families, were
still abed, and came rushing out in their night
clothes, and barefoot, i'll the rain aad water.
To add 10 the terrors of the hour, other brick
buildings began to crash, a large brick store
house, in the rear Of the Merchants, falling
with tremendous noise. Then the interiors
Of all the stores on the upper side Of First ST.,
around the corner to Lennox K ElwelPs, on
the Plaza, fell one after another. The fire
alarm bell now rang, and numerous citizens
went to the rescue with teams and skiffs, and
began taking people and goods to places of
safety. Rev. ID. Deal, of the Methodist Church,
living near the slough, was awake all of Sunday
night, and before the Merchants Hotel fell,
heard cries Of distress from the west side of the
slough and, ringing the bell of the Church,
brought boats to the rescue, and some families
were taken from the roofs and upper stories of
their houses, half under water, and when morn
ing dawned the entire fiat which lies below
Sixth street, on the west side of the slough,
was one sheet of water, numerous small houses
floating around, horses, cows and hogs swim
ming for dear life, and roofs covered with af-
frighted pigeons and poultry.
OF the damages in Marysville and vici-
nifty, the Express says:
We have heard many estimates made of the
amount Of property destroyed in this vicinity
all made without much true knowledge of the
losses-and we have heard no person put the
figures at less than 100000. The loss in the
neighbOThood of the Merchants Hotel, which
docs not by any means comprise the larger por-
ton Of destroyed property in the city, cannot
fall far short of $25, ,000 But the losses in the
city are but small compared with those met by
some of our other Yuba and Sutter county
friends. One ranchman we are acquainted with,
living but a few miles from Marysville, has lost
$4,000 by the freshet, one item being one hun
dred head of excellent milch cows; another has
lost $4,000; a third, $1,000, and several others
much larger sums. The most important losses
have been to stock owners, although the dam
age to houses, barns, orchards, fences, ETC., has
been exceedingly heavy. No accurate estimate
can be made Of the amount of injury done by
this great food until the water falls, at which
time we will more keenly feel its disasterous
effects, and probably find that the destruction
has been greater than any person at present
supposes it to be.
The farms along the Yuba and Feather
rivers were all submerged, the stock nearly
all drowned, and many lives are lost. A
man coming iato Marysville Sunday after
noon, was drownednear the Quintay Ranch,
and woman was carried off in small
wooden house from the fiat between Marys-
vile and Feather river, while boat which
had rescued her children, was gone to town
with them. At Long Bar large number