Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-22

lone, April 21st.-A drizzling rain set in
here Monday, and continued until last night,
when the wind commenced to blow gale,
blowing all night. This morning the rain is
coming down in torrents. The back part of
town is flooded from the hills. Sutter creek
is rising rapidly, and will be out of its banks |
if it rains few hours longer. The Odd Eel
lows of lone have postponed their celebration
of the 26th of April, on account of the |
weather.
LATER.-Since 10 o'clock Sutter creek has |
run over into town, but is now receding The |
clouds are breaking away. Several hundred
feet of railroad has been washed out near
Mule creek.
Alameda County.
NnEs.-Alameda creek began to rise this
morning, and at the present time is higher
than has ever been known before. The water
is spreading all over the valley between here
and Decoto. Much grain will be damaged
A camp of Indians for several years have
lived on an island in the creek. Their houses
have fioated away and they have taken refuge
in the sycamore trees. No assistance can be |
rendered them until the water goes down. |
The railroad and county bridges across the |
creek so far are all right. The wind is still
in the south, with indications of more rain.
LEAsANToN.-During the past "a hours
we have had the heaviest storm of the season
two inches of rainfall and the snow in the |
mountains melting at the same time. The |
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Several small washouts on the railroad have
occurred between here and Livermore, but
men were put on watch of the track and the
breaks were repaired as soon as discovered |
Trains passed the breaks with but little de-
lay. The creek burst its banks just above
Main street, rushing down through the center
of our town in torrents, taking with it fences |
and small buildings and everything that was
loose. Some families were driven into the |
second stories of their buildings The whole |
country below this place is one vast sea of |
water. This will do great damage to the
crops on all the low lands. Rainfall to date, |
1880 inches. The water is falling. The |
weather is now clear, with the wind south.
ALAMEDA levee at Crandalls slough |
broke this morning giving vent to a large
body of water from the Alameda creek
Where it crosses the county road, between
Centerville and Alvarado it is FIVE feet deep.
By this break large amount of grain land
will be nearly total loss About thou
sand acres are under water The track of the
South Pacific Coast Railroad for nearly three
miles, commencing at Halls, is under water,
and some of the track is said to be washed
away. One passenger and one freight train
are locked at Newark in consequence. A |
hand-car with Martin Carter and six men
started to cross, but have not been heard |
from yet.
Butte Comfy.
CHIco.-The high water expected from the |
late rains was visible in this section this I
morning, and all the streams were full, car
rying away many bridges and impeding |
travel 1t is impossible to get to the river
from Chico, but as the rain ceased this morn
ing the fall in the water has been very rapid.
Nearly two inches of rain fell in the past
twenty-four hours. There is more snow in
the mountains than for many years at this
season, and more high water is expected.
The most damage done to grain is on Butte
creek.
ORovILLE.-The weather is clear here now,
with the wind south. Thermoketer 56'. 1t
is still storming in the mountains, and
heavy rain last night and o-day on the snow.
The river fell about two feet since last even
ing. Communication between here and Ma
rysyille by railroad is cut off by high water.
At Honcut a small bridge gone. No trains
either way to-day, and no mails from below
tonight. The mail arrived from Laporte
tonight. No mails will arrive over any
other mountain roads for several days.
Calaveras County.
MMToN.-For the past three days we have
had nearly continuous rains. All the creeks
and gulches are full. Calaveras river is very
high. The San Andreas stage was not able
to pass to-day. The stage from Sonora, com.
ing in to-day, upset in Rock creek, near here.
The passengers and horses were got out with
great difficulty. The driver (Gibbonl in try
ing to get the horses, mail and express out of
the creek, was overcome with the cold. and it |
was with the greatest difficulty that he was
got out The stages leaving here for Sonora
and Murphy's were obliged to return. On the |
Calaveras river bottom good deal of grain
is overhowed, but it is not known if much |
damage has been done. Trains on the Stock |
ton and Copperopolis Railroad are running
all right. No bridges are broken, and no |
washouts have occurred near here. 1t is still |
raining hard from the northwest 1t blew |
very hard here last night.
COlusa County.
CoLUsA.-One and forty-ive hundredths |
inches of rain has fallen since noon yesterday, |
6 inches for April, 3.92 inches since Monday
morning, and 1870 inches for the season. |
The river is within three inches of the high |
water mark, and rising. The weather is now |
clear, with the wind southwest.
WuLIAMs-The heaviest rain-storm oc-
CURED Monday and Tuesday ever known |
here at this season. The ranches north of |
town along Freshwater creek are overhowed. |
-Four hundred acres of grain on Big ranch |
and the grain fields of Ash and Harris are
under water, and will suffer much damage |
The Bartlett Springs stage, which left here
Monday, and was due last night, has not
been heard from, and is probably water
bound by Cache creek. Owing to wash-out
near Woodland the Sacramento train could
not arrive to-day.
Contra Costa County.
MARTINEZ. - The storm has been very
severe, flooding She low lands and injuring
many fine grain fields. Pacheco is badly
flooded. Some bridges have been carried
| away and communication interrupted. The
railroad in most directions on this side is all
| right. trains coming through on time.
n Dorado County.
| GEoRGETowN.-The hardest rain of the
season is falling here now. Over four inches