Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-01-31
From the Sacr amento Daily Union.
TERRIBLE FLOOD OF SACRAMENTO.

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From the Sacram Daily Union.
TERRIBLE FLOOD OF SACRAMENTO.
1t is our duty to record this morning
the fact that our city has been visited
by the m,st extraordinary food ever
known since the settlement of the State by (
Americans We mentioned yesterday
that the American and Sacramento rivers
had risen to point about eighteen feet
above low water malk--a point never be-
fore attained 50 early in the season. The
rains of Sunday afternoon of course melted
the SHOWS in the mountains which is the
probable cause of the disaster from which
our city has suffered incalculable injury
At about eight o'clock yesterday morning
it was announced that the levee had given
way on the eastern boundary of the city
was being rapidly flooded The report
was treated by many, at first, as an idle
rumor but within an nour the fact become
generally known that an immense volume
of water was steadily advancing from the
direction indicated. 1t appears that du-
ring the night the water had overfowed
and broken down the lcvee of the Amerl-
can river east of the city boundary, and
had flooded a large area of country south
ward from that point. An immense vol
ume of water collected in the angle north
of Poverty Ridge, and east of the levee
which runs diagonally from R and Seven
teentn streets to the vicinity of Sutter
Fort. The water commenced to come
through the openings of this levee before
six o'clock in the morning, but as the pro-
gross of the current was entirely choked
by the embankm ent of Their. street Rail-
road, such mass accumulated in the
angle and along the line Of the eastern
levee that at about eight o'clock it COM
menced to flow over the top, nearly all
along the line from r street to the fort.
and at various points north of the fort.
All the streets of the city south of were
flooded by nine o'clock as far west as
Eleventh and Twelfth streets and many
; of them as far as ninth and Tenth streets
The tendency of the destructive current
seemed to be along the southern section of
} the city--the r street levee damming it
, up and preventing its natural flow towards
| Suttersville Residents of that sectien Of
t the town, even when notified by tber
, friends, seemed unable to realize their
danger until their houses were surrounded
5 by rapidly rising current. Before nine
\ o'clock many women and children in one
| story houses were entirely surrounded and
| hemmed in east of Eleventh and Twelfth
: streets. and in many instances their calls
f for assistance we're distressing There
f were at that hour no boats in service, and
the only means of Transporting this class
!, to dry land was by mules, horses, wagons
c etc. AS early as nine o'clock there was
. very general movement among stock
{ owners and livery stable keepers, to drive
. out of the city, horses, mules, cattle, hogs
: etc. All efforts at exit on the east wer,
s unavailing, and throughout the day large
quantities of stock were driven across The
G Yolo bridge and down the levee towards
Suttcrville When the water at ten and
r eleven o'clock reached the low portion o.
: the city, at Fifth and Sixth street, north
!, Of the railroad, its depth was so great as
: 10 set aHoat and turn over u large number
i of houses in that vicinity. From very
many of these houses, for the space o.
: from one to two hours, women could bt
seen from the railroad at doors and win
$ dows calling for boats, or any means o.
n transportation to the higher portion Of tht
}, city. Boats were at first scarce, and fol
Q some time it seemed as though many
Hives must inevitably be lost. All The
!, boats al levee were soon brought int