, 1862-01-09

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VariouSy estimated at from $3'"ooooo K
$j,000,O0O. Hundreds Of families are bcggared
their nj, having bcen sw,ut away. and the los,
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Inc iadies oi san FRANCISCO with their charac
'cristic benevnlence, are actively engaged collect
ING Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers
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thiS source VIII DC to'a'iy ihadeqnateto the want'
Of the many who have lost ali they possessed by
the ruthless flood.
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Which VIC take from the Sah Joaquin hePu0ttcGh
Of December 18th:
The scene in the south mart or Sacramento m
Tuesday morning, where The first fury of the
food was spent. was one of dismal devastation
Scores Of causiz.d houses Law where they had
heen lodged. against trees or other capsized and
topplirr dwellings. great piles of stray lumber
and wood were floating abont. and carcasses OF
drowned cattle. horses and swine. here and there
disfigured the general wreck, amidst which
boats and RATS were piying induStriously filled
with people in search Of their damaged house.
hold effects. On Ninth street, between X and
r, were the bodies of fourteen or fifteen horses
and the loss of property belonging to families
resident there. was es6ecallv large IL Is sti,I
difficult TO ascertain the loss Of lf. by The looj
with anv deeree of exactness. owing 10 tho mnl.
tni, ity of Wild exarperations the still continn.
ing hustle and confusion and the great dificultv
Of Iocomotion, There was a rumor that thirty
dead boJias had been recovered Al Su,tervills
Durinv Monday NIGHT persons, from ono to tbrcs
miles down the river. state that thev saw 4 nun.
her of houses floating by and ther. Is also a
nainI,I renort that in several cases female voices
vainIv calling far helm were heard in the tlnatin1
houses.
Two sections Of Lisle's bridge on The American
river Aoa,ed off Governor Stamford and otLor
gentlemen filled the second stories of their h,;ld.
ings with families. and furnished provis;ons AMI
Blankets. Several hundred women and children
were fsd and proyided with bedding in the pa
viIion bv the Howard Renevolent Socisiv A
nort;on of The nlastsrinc or tbe Pav;lion Gali
nnon some of the neonle while thew were slecn'
mo Hitler 4 AndreTsi three story br;c. ans
Hooker's building, both on j. near Third street.
arc exnected 10 IsII While ,he aood wss r;s;n,,,
snd aiToost AZ ;,s heicht a co,,nIc vrsro 49,,
from 4 drv sno, 10 tbs GatboIIs Tbn-cb IN a hoet
snd there married There were soms orea,
scoundrels about on Monday The Uo;on ssvs .
One man had placed his wife on tbe roof n
his honse. which was already waverino and tot.
ter;no IN The food and We are credibIv ;nforrned
was obIiopd 10 nav one Of these niraies s55 IN
yod bpEore no Tonld take her to n nace NJ s,e,,,,
IN another house n man stood IN tbs ws,s,.
rasrlv M m his Chin baiIiny ! nass;n, ho.tr,sn
uho resnnnded that be wonid land hin for 1Ih
rhe man sad he hod not m ,,ors,, ond N ~
feeI;no Vretch therpnnon rptor,ei arm Iss,,a
vo, to drown then, y And he ala Leave ~
ssntIerrr mi he was rescued bv a bostms1,
WIN was working without nav. n several n.
sisnces men and women were obl;ge,l 10 nav sib
or go apiece for riding IN a boat a biocSk 'aT or
two. The travelling expenses Of young lady
who was taken from somewhere up town 70 2
. house y ~ ~, I street between second and Third
shs s wav a. Il b0.t .monn,s5 Il SsS s,r.n.sr ~, =.
in the city last Monday evening was charged
S25 for boating from the Levee to the City Hotel,
on "A street, ABOVE Ihird. Men VINO would
mus lake aoSanuage Of great puohc calamity
70 exsort money rom the unlortunate, would DC
guilty o. any infamous crlme, and are wholly
unnt lor elvilzed ,iie;
AZ eleven O'CLOCK, MONDAY Sgn1 two women
were ,aNen oy : 1lan e named Seioy, whose ooA'
was already inll, rom the roof Of q house on
Eleventh street, near I, where they mad been
SIX or seven nours unable 70 nn9 ooatman who
woala convey tnem 70 place o. saiety. Many
incidents Of Distressing cnar9cter are related
connected with tne nood Inc front street
levee was tnronged win men, women ana chll'
aron, catue, norses ana nogs, ounng yesterday
many oi whom were sleeping, 70 make up ioi
lost time. lt was reported that one woman
landed a. the ievee 70 tne % afternoon who imme'
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nvea ou. 2 isw moments u AnoIner woman So'
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