Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-26

Cloths inches, was running over, and
consequently it is impossible to calcu-
late by it. One at Pillarcitos Creek, on
the Spring Valley Water Company's
works, is claimed to show a. fall Of 0
inches, but this is probably o mistake.
Tennent's gauge showed a fall of %
inches on Thursday evening in just two
and q half hours, or at the rate of an
inch an hour, something almost beyond
precedent and hardly to be believed.
Taking Tennent's gauge US a guide we
find a total fall, this season, of G:97
inches to eight A. NJ, December goth,
which, added to the 1850 inches of the
following t~wenty-four hours, makes a
total of l4:47 inches, which is within n
fraction of an inch Of two-thirds Of the
annual average. The fall for the twenty
four hours ending Friday, December
2lst, ut eight A. NJ, will be seen to be
considerably greater than the total fall
of the previous eight months.
EFFECTs OF THE o R
It is as yet impossible to calculate the
extent of the damage done in the city
by the rains and winds, but it must be
extremely heavy. The injury to private
residences by the rain driving in through
the sides is very great, much more than
by auy previous storm for years. The
streets are in many places torn up by
the torrents which have flowed through
them; sidewalks are undermined, cob
bles washed out, sewers broken in, and
fences and garden walls thrown down
all over the town. The cellars and
easements below Montgomery street,
are in a majority of cases flooded, and
much damage has been done to goods
slowed in them. The North Beach and
Mission cars and the Omnibus Railroad
cars run only rs far north rs the corner
Of Union and Powell streets, owing to
the damage to sewer and caving in OF
the tracks towards North Beach. AT
South Beach, near the foot Of Third
street, where there is a deep cut, the
damage is extensive, and the cars do
not run out the end Of the track by
some blocks. All the roads leading out
Of the city-the Point Lobos turnpike
alone excepted-are more or less dam
aged or under water. A nan coming
into town from the Spring Valley Com
pany's fumes, south Of Laguna del
MERGED, on horseback, relates IN incl
dent which illustrates the condition of
the country. He had %Houndered through
the creeks and submerged as. far as Is
lais Greek, on the San Bruno road,
when he overlook n milkman coming
into the city with his wagon. The
milkman remarked, "follow me and |
will pilot you through. know the
road, and if you keep close to me you
will be SAFE" He took the kind advice
and was soon in almost up to the POM
mel of the saddle. Just then he looked
up and noticed that the milk wagon and
horse had disappeared, and the milk
man himself was swimming for dear
life down stream. He went back and
took a different route to- the city. We
notice the frames Of q block Of new
houses belonging to VIM. Simon, on the
corner of Union and Hyde streets, lying
fat on the earth this morning, and in
numerous places partially finished brick
buildings have suffered badly by the
walls being saturated and falling wholly
or partially down before the winds.
Business in town is virtually at a stand
still, and all communication with the
country is practically suspended; even
the retail trade has failed for the time,
through the the inability of customers
to get out on the streets. The town
therefore presents anything but a life
like or inviting appearance.
THE SAN JOSE RAILROAD.
The damage along the line of the San
Jose Railroad is extensive, the whole
country being flooded, and embank-
ments washed away and tracks over
flown at short intervals all the way
from this city to San Jose. At San
Jose, that part of the town near the de-
pot is flooded, and the Guadalupe
Creek, this side the town, has become a
river like the Ohio at the ordinary
stage. The Railroad Bridge, which
must be ut least 20 feet above the bed
of the stream, is submerged up to a
point above the track, and the structure
has only been saved from being swept
away bodily by being secured with
ropes and ballasted heavily, and by
knocking OF the boards at the sides so
as to allow the torrent to rush through
unopposed. Near the Shell Park, San
Mateo, a large section is completely
submerged, and the Park itself is all I'M
der water.
FATAL ACCIDENT-Two MEN KILLED AND
FOUR OTHERS woUNDED-oNE FATALLY.
The storm has caused at least one dis
a~strous accident resulting in loss of life.
On Thursday evening, about 8 o'clock,
a construction train, in charge of Mr..
Bronsdon, the Roadmaster, was working
up this way from San Jose, carrying a
large number of ~workmen, who were
repairing the track as they came along.
When about half way between San
Mateo and the Seventeen-Mile House she
train ran into an opening in the track
where a culvert had been swept away,
the road being hidden by the water SO
that it was not possible to foresee the
danger. The train went down with q
crash, and is now so burild in the mud
and water that il cannot be extricated
until the waters subside. Patrick Crow
ley and John Murray, workmen on the
train, were instantly killed, and another
man, whose name is unknown, is rel.
fatally injured. Three more were
injured, but not dangerously. Mr..
Bronsdon himself was slightly hurt, but
not 80 severely as to prevent him going
on with his work as usual. AS soon as
the news of the disaster reached the
city by telegraph, the Directors of the
Company fitted out a train with some
seventy-6ve men, and Mr.. Newhall, the
President, accompanied bn DR.. Bowie
and others, started for the scene Of the