Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-12-14
Another FIood-Great Loss Of Life and Des-
truction of Property.

or TO learn the exact number of lives that have
been swept into eternity by the maddened wa
tcrs. sickness of heart seizes us as we pen this
article. Several of our acquaintances aud friends,
in their attempts TO save property, and brave the
perils OF the food to deliver news, have pershed.
The river in places where it was confined, raised
seventy feet above low water mark in other pla-
ces where it was wide the banks caved and car
ried away we'll cultivated ranches 1t became
an ocean, spreading from mountain to mountain
sweeping in its furious and resistless current
farm. houses, miners cabins mills, men, women
and children in very truth all that was animate
and nanimate. All that the food of last week
week spared, this one swept away. Every single
mining Improvement on the river for one hun
dred miles, has been destroyed, and more than
one half the bar and river miners are utterly ru-
ned. Not single ranch on the river bank has
escaped damage, and many have been entirely
swept away or ruined by the deposit of sand and
talings,
Below we give the items of damage and loss,
as far as known to us in another column the loss
of life and some incidents Of the food (:
From Bates ranch up tue Trinity we have no
intelligence this week.
Bates & vanMatre's property is sadly damag-
ed The river opened a channel through the
ranch, taking fences and fruit trees. The report
that the house and barn bad gone was untrue.
The old MONEYS ferry house, occupied by Mr.
Huot and family, was carried away.
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last summer, is almost destroyed.
The remainder of Phillips bridge, the corrals
and out. buildings connected with his hotel are
gone Crows store, Howe Boger's saloon, NJ
Williams & Co.'s house, and the whole of China
town, swept away. Crows ditch is ruined.
The remainder of Lowlen's bridge, excepting
portion of the new pier, went down. A ferry
boat will be in operation in a few days
The Poker Bar ditch is not to be seen. Part of
it supposed to be on the other side of the river.
The Trinity river saw-mll and all the fumes
are gone. The ditch is much damaged.
Smiths bridge, and three houses on Kanak a
Bar, were swept away entire.
The wheel, bridge aud fumes of the Turner
Bar Co. are gone. Loss not less than $4,000.
The Red Bar wheel and all the rest in that vi
cinity were destroyed.
Hardly vestage of johnson and Vostagen's
high fumes, at Browns creek, remains
At Evans Bar nothing remains. Feick * Co.'s
wheel was last to 60.
The water finally reached and carried away
Giveen q McCampbel's works. Their loss is
in tba Of
wheels at Arkansas dam went.
Sturdevant's bridge stood until the water had
raised thirty feet, and then went the way of all
other bridges His farm was much damaged,
fruit trees uprooted,' and the " Arkansas House"
entirely submerged.
A ferry boat is running at junction City for
the accommodation of those wishing to cross the
river at that point.
A friend who lives on this side the river, (oppo-
site Raab,s store,) sends us the following memo
randa of the destruction in that neighborhood on
Sunday
Daylight-Thc whole of Raab's bridge gone
water up to the store; goods all removed to Con-
roy Il Fretz cabins. Hocker's garden fence part
ly gone A portion of Sturdvant's bridge has
just gone by.
Eight O'Clock. k.-Water washing into the doors
and windows (Which have been removed) of
Raab's store.
Nine o'clock-Water has reached Raab's dwell
lng-house rising every minute.
Ten o'clock.-Men are removing Raab's mer-
chandise from the cabins to the middle of Hook
er's ranch. brandy Jack' has removed things
from his cabin. Raab's dwelling house has be-
gun to SETTLE
Eleven oclock-Water running through the
cabins of Conroy, Fretz and "Brandy Jack."-
McGillivray's bridge is gone, and the wheel OF
the Portuguese Co. Two hundred feet of Par
ker's Bar fume has just gone. The water at that
point is fifteen feet higher than at the last freshet
The river is breaking through Egan's ranch
Pat Murrayis house is surrounded with water
he is preparing to remove. Water running di-
recty through Hockers ranch. The whole fume
from Nicholas house down is gone.
Noon.-Water still rising.
Two o'clock.--Moving Raab's goods to Hook
er's old store. Raabs house is moving.
| p S-Raab's stable has just left.
! 7. S. S.-Raabs dwelling house is dancing
polka back of his store. Hocker's fumes and
bitches all gone to-the ocean.
Every thing from Raab's store to North Fork,
that was within one hundred feet of the river be-
fore the food, is washed away.
Bilay's cottage and garden, at North Fork, is
all gone. About 800 yards of fencing on Fish
er's property, washed away. and the orchard was
entirely under water. The North Fork Brewery
barey escaped. le.aN
Every dam Oh the East Fork, and every fume
except McKenna d Co.'s gone. The damage on
that stream is not less than $4,000,
Mr., Hugh M'Graw, who arrived from the low
er Trinity yesterday furnishes the following in
formation:
AT Big Flat, Sam Ashworth's fume, rebuilt
last summer, was carried away. Loss, $1,000
| Jno ~ Weavpre whnol Of tho haad of fha Flat