The Nevada Democrat., 1862-01-16
The Flood nt sncrnmento.

From the account of the food at Sacra-
mento. given by the Union, itwould appear
that the statements made by the Auburn
Advocate, published in our last issue, were
greatly exaggerated. The Union of Monday
says:
On Friday morning, January 10th, at eight
o'clock, the water in the lower portion OK the
city was not so high by four feet ten inches as
the hight attained on the evening Of December
9th. The following figures will show the rate
at which it rose hourly through the day. lhey
we're carefully noted at the corner OF Seventh
and p streets: From to 9, l3 inches; rom
to 10, 3 inches, from 10 to ii, inches; from ii
TO u, 5 inches; from II to l, Ga inches; from
to 2, 8 inches; from to 3, llA inches; rom
Ito A, II inches, from to 5, inches; from
to &. 81 inches; from to 7, Ia inches. twill
be seen by these figures that it rose most rap
idly between three and four o'clock, and that
the aggregate rise Of the day was sixt-nine
inches or five and three-quarter feet. IL hao
risen during the night previous about three feet,
making an aggregate in twenty-four hours OF
nearly nine feet The hight attained was twenty
inches above the high mark of Dec. 9Th, and
about equal to twenty-four feet on the city
guage BY ten o'clock in the evening IT had
fallen some two inches, and by eight O'Clock
the next morning some eight inches. during
the night we had steady and heavy rain, from
the effect of which the water rose again during
the afternoon and evening within two feet OF
the highest mark. During Saturday night and
Yesterday it continued to recede, and by ten
o'clock last evening had fallen nearly three feet
| from the highest mark.
At about six o'clock yesterday morning
portion Of the east wall of Carpenters building
on Front street, between NJ and N, together
with the division foundation wall, and a por-
ton of the floors, roof, ETC., fell with terrific
crash to the ground. This building is occupied
by Campbell & Sweeney, grain dealers. The
first floor contained large quantity of grain,
chiefly barley.
We hear Of four deaths from drowning by the
late food, and time, it is to be feared, will re-
veal others. A Mrs. Carr and hired man who
resided on the Coloma road, fourteen miles
from the city, were drowned from raft with
which they were endeayoring to reach land.
Mrs. Carr was an elderly lady, and had kept a
public house for several years at that point. A
Frenchman, whose name we have not been able
to learn, is said to have been drowned at Twelfth
and 0 streets on Friday evening. His body has
not vet been recovered. A colored man known
by the name of Judge Kelly was drowned on
Saturday night at Frank POwells stable.
| We regret to record the fact that about one
thousand feet Of the brick wall surrounding Ag-
ricultural Park has fallen to the ground within
the past few days. These walls were built last
Summer, costing, together with other improve
ments, between fifteen and twenty thousand
dollars. They we're fourteen inches thick and
twenty feet high. The length Of the entire wall
was about four thousand feet.
Norris bridge on the American river some
four miles from its mouth, which withstood the
food of December 9th, gave way on Saturday
afternoon to the still stronger torrent. AT about
half-past four o'clock two sections Of the struc-
ture were carried off and foated and lodged on
the north bank Of the river, short distance
from the starting point. There is now no bridge
standing on the American river that we are
aware Of except the railroad bridge of Folsom.