Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-05
ing. The river is very high, and there is

ing. The river is very high, and there is
some danger of food
PAso RoBLEs.-It has rained here sixty
hours, and still continues to pour. The rivers
are higher than any previous year since 1862.
The prospects of good crops have never been
better.
SANTA BARBARA = The storm which
! commenced on Thursday morning has con-
tinued without cessation ever since The
wind is still from the southeast, and there is
no sign of the storms abatement Up to
the present hour (10:3O A. NJ the fall since
| Thursday has been over inches !; for the sea-
son, 25.91 inches. The mails are all de-
layed. The stage which left here yesterday
for Newhal got no further than the Ventura
river.
VIRGINIA (Nev. 1.-The storm which COM
menced early Friday morning continues, and
is the severest of the season. Snow falls rap
| idly and melts about as fast as it comes, but
snow slides are likely to occur further up the
mountains.
RENO (Nev. THE weather for the last
week has been extraordinary. The wind
| blew fearfully at first, and yesterday it
showed and rained by turns. This morning
it showed heavily and melted as it fell
TRUCKEE.-The storm has ragged with una
bated fury for tbirty-six hours. A slide &C.
Cured above Emigrant Gap last night, but a
| large force OF men were at once set to work,
and the road was cleared in about seven
{ hours. Train No. was delayed by an acct
dent. The snow falls steadily, accompanied
! by strong wind. Railroad men are doing
all in their power to keep the track clear,
and deserve great credit for the manner in
which they are fighting the snow. Train
Dispatcher W. r. Watson has scarcely had
an hours rest since the storm began. Great
| fears are entertained that the overburdened
sheds will be crushed by the masses of damp
snow accumulated on the roofs A slide is
rumored to have occurred near Secret Town.
Train No. Z is near the summit, about four
hours late. The road is all clear eastward
The snow-storm extends above the State line
A fierce gale prevailed at Wadsworth this
morning. 1t is PROFESSIONALLY the hardest
storm Of the winter, and the hardest ever
known on the Sierras in the month of April.
4P.M -Seven hundred and fifty feet of
snow sheds have fallen at Emigrant Gap. 1t
will take forty-eight hours to clear the track
All trains will have to be abandoned. The
storm continues undated. Telegraph wires
are working badly.
TRUCKEE, April 4th About $50 men, in
charge of G. f. Mcclellan and H. C. Stand
ish, were engaged all last night in removing
the wreck of the crushed snow-sheds at Emf
grant Gap. These men were concentrated
from all points between Truckee and Sacra.
mento. Superintendent r. H. Pratt was
present throughout the night, personally
directing operations. The plank and timbers
forming the sheds were broken into frag-
ments and tightly wedged into the closely
packed snow. Despite the intense cold aud
darkness the workmen performed marvellous
feat, and during the night cleared away the
$50 feet of crushed sheds. Passenger trains
Nos. l and lay at Colfax last night, and No.
at Truckee. During the day no further
accidents have been reported, and tonight the
trains are running regularly. Snow squalls
have occurred at intervals during the day,
and it is raining slightly this evening. At
stations west of Summit heavy rains are re-
ported. Rain is far more to be feared at
present than snow. From four to fourteen
feet of fresh fallen snow covers the Sierras,
and rain would precipitate thousand slides
against the overwhelmed sheds. At many
places the sheds are already cracking beneath
the weight of snow pressing against their
roofs and sides, and any additional pressure
would prove disastrous. The railroad men
are completely exhausted, and in no condition
to begin new storm battle.