Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-17
THE sroRM-wArER, SNOW AND TRAINS.

The clouds which were dispersed late
Wednesday night gathered again yesterday
morning, and for while threatened to re-
peat the copious performance of the day be-
fore, but only light showers fell in the morn
ing, though it is yet partially cloudy. The
Sacramento river rose steadily all day, and at
midnight marked 20 feet IL inches, rise of
inches in "a hours. The water back of
Washington, on the other side of the river,
backing up from the tules, still covers the
dirt road for some distance to the depth OF
three feet.
A number of men We're at work all day try
ing to build up Todhunter's ranch levee,
mile and half up the river from Washing
ton, to prevent an overflow, but it seemed an
almost useless task, and a break was expected
during the night, which would submerge the
grain fields and allow the water to run into
the tules. At the "point " in the main levee
Just above Washington the levee has been
giving way and falling into the river, until
but half of the bank remains, and if current
was running against it, it would soon be de-
molished
The American river at Folsom was falling
yesterday, and will probably be lower here
to-day. The rains from up the Sacramento
valley reaching here to-day will probably
prevent any falling of the river, but as it is
not raining on the snow at any place, no
greater rise need be expected at present.
The sDow-storm on the mountains con-
tinued all of Wednesday night and has not
et,ceased, though it has somewhat abated,
with indications of cessation. Wednesday
night, when the west-bound emigrant train
about three miles east of Emigrant Gap
in the sheds a slide nearly three hundred
feet in width came tumbing down the
mountain side, and crushing through the shed
roofs, struck seven freight cars, which were
nearest the engine, and threw them from
the track, but did not iniure any of the
passengers or employees. 1t was narrow
escape, however, for had the slide struck the
coaches serious injury might have been in
hicted. The train, of course, was blockaded-
could not go forward or return-and there it
stayed, all day and last night. Provisions
and supplies were sent to the passengers as
soon as possible and their interests looked
after. Yesterday morning, as a train of
eight engines were pushing a pillow down
from Summit to Cisco, at full speed
through the sheds with eighty men on board,
the engines left the rails and ran some dis
lance on the snow and ice, throwing the
pillow entirely out of the shed. Strange to
say, no one was injured, and the engines were
SUM iuh DaSh upon 1hc anu pun W eci-
vice. The snowfall for twenty-four hours
ending at II o'clock last night was: at
Truckee a feet, Summit 3 feet, Cisco 4
feet inches, Emigrant Gap feet inches,
Blue Canyon feet inches, Alta 2 feet.
The road is clear from Cisco to Truckee, and
from Sacramento to Emigrant Gap, leaving
but about four miles where there is trouble.
Superintendent Pratt and Master Mechanic
Cooley are just east of Emigrant Gap.
where the blockade is and expected if moth
ing serious occurred during the night, to
have the road entirely clear at o'clock this
morning. The trains bound west have
stopped at Truckee. The trains west of Alta
have been running to and from that point
from Sacramento ON regular time. If the
road was cleared by this morning the over
land trains from the East will probably ar
rive this evening.