Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-27

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OLD HILL. , ! HOLIDAY. JULY a7. 1874
HE cLouD-Bunsr NEAR CARSON.
The recent startling and disastrous
,henomena Of cloud-bunts or water
which have occurred in various
Of Nevada, have led to many
'peculations regarding The comets con-
TO the earth. The possibility that
lis tail has uuns IN contact with our At
and aavants are specializing
and phApsephiins SthsssoA 70 their
great delight. We have no thsory % I'D
vance upon the csusss which have led 10
these remarkable conditions Of our at
mosphere. and the occurrence Of these,
happily somewhat rare. phsnonsna-
The effects Of the recent cloud-burst In
Eurska sre not yst fully known here, but
that its destruction Of life and property
has been terrible, we have already been
informed. sar oSudeSoIRauaa.
1t issomswhat remarkable that within
tw~enty-four hours from the time
Of the Eursks catastrophe. our neigh
boringtovncftos Don was visited bya
similar phenomenon, which, had that
town been sisnAtsd Hke Eureka, In .
canyon, would have resulted, perhaps
far more disastrously.
To the west Of Carson City there are
two largo and a number Of smaller
canyons, reaching up into the Sierra
for several miles. The largest OF these
are Kings Canyon, on the southwest
through which the Lake Tahoe Toll
road passes on It's way up the mountains
and on tho northwest o. nearly west 4
smaller and o gorge known a.
Gregory Canyon. About three miles
from Carson. up Kings Canyon. a deep
and insr1or b gorge. ~clsaves the noun
tain. running directly west and nearly
parallel with Gregory Canyon. lying
some three miles to the northward. Be-
tween the two canyonsarsseveral smaller
ravines. and back Of all the mountains
rise into . pinnacle or backbone. Upon
this. and distant perhaps eight miles
from Carson City. cloud burst oe-
CURED between four and Ave O'Clock p.
N. on Saturday last. An immense vol
ume OF water was discharged. which
rushed down 10 the eastward into the
two canyons mentioned with frightful
force and startling M well as disastrous
effect. The gorges were filed with
water. n column OF which not less than
fifty feet in height, came blowing down
and out OF their mouths bearing with ii
trees. timbers. rocks. earth and all man
ner Of debris. and spreading it for miles
ovsr the ranches at the foot Of the noun
tsins back OF the town. Before reach
ing the suburbs. however. its force was
greatly spent and the debris which it
bore had nearly all been left by the
way. To realize the cforco Of this
tremendous body Of water, n must
view its effects. We visited Kings Can
yon yesterday and were astonishsd at
the spectacle. The country for a mile
around looked like some deserted Dig
gings. save that is covered with i'm
msnss boulders. some weighing twenty
tons. scattered and piled in heaps as II
Just cruptsd by volcanic action. The
toll road is covered for two miles with
debris Of all kinds, and in some places
gouged out in narrow chasms TO a depth
Of from three or four feet. Trees grow
ing in the valley are swept away or bent
down and covered with rocks and trunks
Of trees. A vast volume Of gravel. mud
and bark vas swept over the ranches
lying next the mountain. burying grain
and other crops under from n TO three
feet Of refuse. The damage at GRECO
ry's Canyon was principally to the fume
and railroad tracks at its mouth. In
fact there is no doubt but the number
of railroad tracks at the mouth Of this
canyon and which run at right angles
thereto. saved the ranches. and perhaps
several buildings in the course OF the
descending flood. We have not space TO
20 into details Of the losses sustained.
Tho owners Of the Lake Tahoe Toll
Road are probably among the heaviest
losers. They estimate their loss at ST.
200. The aggregate destruction Of
property win probably not fall short Of
$40, 000-it may be much greater.
As we said in the outset. We have no
theory to advance concerning these phs-
nomena. II is o singular coincidence
that they have occurred in so many
parts Of our State, at so great distances
apart, and at so nearly the same time.
II Ii also somewhat startling that these
atmosphsrical conditions exist just at
the time when, by the theories and cal
culations Of scientists, we are in close
proximity TO n Of those erratie visitors
whose advent in times past was re-
gardsd a. the precursor Of evil, and in
modern days has formed the subject Of
study and curious speculation. We may
say in conclusion. without hesitation.
from our observation OF the visible ef-
fects Of . oud.burst that IL is not by
any pleasant or profitable to re-
side within the limits OF its direct path
way. i.lI .Ill-l .ll
>Osr Charley Spires, a man Of vera
city, tells the Raese River R<r<lk that