Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-03-14

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Letter From Dan D. Qui1IS.
'iF siIvxa CffY, January. 1001so
FURTHER NEWS or rHs GARAr sroRHs on rms
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We are still cut off from California. ,we
have no nmunication BY mail sr express
md have had but very little by telegraph !;
the line is almost continually out Of order
About the only reliable accoint Of the food
in Sacramento received here il that published
In the Folsom, Telegraph Of the 14th. One
Of tho editors was in that city during the
overflow, He says that the Sacramento riv-
q was higher than any previously recorded
marks, tho whole valley was covered with
water, presenting the appearance Of : sea-
Leaving Sacramento City, for his home in
Folsom, he was tossed about on the sea forty
hours before MndIhg safe in his own town.
The water rose to such ! height ii Sec
ond street that persons standing in boat
could touch the floor Of the balcony Of the
Orlean Hotel with their hands. The water
was FIVE feet deep on the first floor Of the
St. George Hotel, situated on Fourth street.
On looking through the city all seemed q vast
lake, excepting little patches Of land on !
street. An was a-sca Of water on the west
to the coast range 81 mountains. Some two
thvussn@ prseons were huddled, vet and
half famished, in the St Geeage bot1 sthe
greater part being womeh and ehildrsns-
0therhotels were also flied with thbse wfoSs
homes wero swept away, Framed buildings
we're crashing, brick ones leaning and ,tllmb-
ling down-doors bursting, floors swapping
and cracking, valuable property floating n
every direction, and bn, all hands scenes and
cries Of distress. Hundreds Of houses Aoated
out of the city, and hundreds more jainmed
from their foundations and heaped sgaihst
each other. Tall brick ediiices were ealing
into the midst Of these, adding to which tHe
gloomy waste of waters and their sullen roar,
IA % have fS;nt n;ct,,rc ~ tho sca,n
snre.H haSore ths tho,,sands &c bo,nisss S..S snS
Sesrcraant c,t;,ens dsr;nc thoir fasrs,,i ~
nndat;on n thc lover mart of the c;tv tho
a.i1r kaot,ers 4, tlr;r d..ena;r hss ,,,c ;,tt.-.
H. rocllsS1 sThev mn nnant;t;ss cfsthSir n
a,,css INA Kosf9 sh;rs1 hands ~ ,,,s;c;.ns
and sailed about singing and shoutinr rerard.
less Of the horrors of the scene. Tho walls
Of the new State House. which were we'll mn
der way teward compilation. have fallen. TIE
I.ec;slatnre has ad;onrnci "a smaot ~ Gan
Frsrc;seos This ~, will .coma tls::r hs;,o
the d.sth blow a. etSScr,mento--it win ~ 81.
most imnossible for thcm ,to retain the Can;.
All. II IS imnossiNiS q undertake to cav nov,
Inauv llvea Sata ,heen lost Nv th;s acca =,
Sacrsmsnto alona--hundreds m.,st hsvs -. =.
ishcd. The Aood mnst have cvtcr,iadr I'll
over saliforn;e, flrrrcn - 49,,
the ticysslation ca,,scd - tho f,rsf and sscord
inundations, this one must unayoiiablv have
ton to. lie and propertv ON the Pacific Coast
BY this food is doubtless without precedent
inthe annals of American disastsgs; il is al
most beyond computation. San francisco
suffered severely, such torrents Of rain fcll
as had never before been seen in that city
Tho entire south h-castern portion Of the city
proper was Inundated. Houses in various
parts Of the city have fallen, being under
mined by the wearing of the water in the
cutters. The Mission railroad is broken up
in many places by the washing away of the
embankments. Hundreds Of acres Of Garden
are destroyed; many poor people are living
an houses partly under water. The prices Of
every asticls Of Afood have nearly doubled,
owing to the destruction Of grain, -four and
stock by the flood and the additional tax Of
war duties. Onthc Iftaa iire broke out and
consumed number Of tenements and the
large s'nc building known as Sarsficld Hall,
uscd g lodging house. The scene was
one OF the most dreadful ever Witnessed in
San Francisco. During the fire furious
gale prevailed and the rain fell in torrents.
Some mtsen persons were burned to death
and killed by leaping from windows. The
fire is supposed to have been the result Of
accidcnt.s 81 s>
ss AvALANcHEs. ka ne
9 Beware the awful avalanche. - ssys flons-
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