Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-04

| EVANSVILLE, ItDrud ou-1U a. Ill AS
river rose two feet since the last report, and
is still rising rapidly. Higher water than
last Sunday is anticipated by night. Reports
| from the north say there is no abatement of
| the storm, and the streams are all full. 1t
rained here nearly all night. At this hour no
! rain is falling, but the clouds and wind indi-
cate that the storm is not over. The weather
is warm, the thermometer marking 62'. More
apprehension prevails now of the city's inun-
| dation than on Sunday. The business houses,
banks, etc., are closed.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
MARYsvILLE-2;30IP.M Mt has commenced
raining again. The river is still rising, and
now only lacks ten inches of being as high as
last Sunday. Feather river is not SO high as
the Yuba, but is rising more rapidly. Re-
ports are just at hand from points above US,
giving US no encouragement OF an abatement
of the storm. It is still raining, and the
streams are higher than at any previous flood.
The levees are fully Manned and there are no
signs of weakening, though the test viii come
tonight. A train from Redding is reported
ditched between Nelson's and Biggs Station.
The water is over the track at Gridley.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
MARYsvILLE-6 P. Mt rained steadily
all the afternoon, and still continues. The
river now lacks onlysix inches of being as
high as on Sunday. and is rising about II
inches per hour. The city levees are well
looked after, and are said now to be capable
of resisting the great pressure which will I'M
doubtedly be brought against them before
morning. Feather river has been rising
rapidly all this afternoon but little back
water in the Yuba is reported. The bridge
at Oroville has been washed away. Strong
hopes are now entertained of saving the city
from inundation, although the rise may ex-
coed that of Sunday foot. The Suffer
county levees not heretofore reported broken
are all intact
FOURTH DISPATCH.l
MARYsvILLE-10 P. M.-The Yuba river is
now as high as it was Sunday, and about at
a stand still. The rain has ceased, and the
worst is over. The city levee is intact, and
our people are more hopeful.
FIFTH DISPATCHl
MARYsvILLE-1:30 A. M.-The river at this
hour marks II feet IL inches, and rising.
Hundreds of men are on the grade fighting
the water, and may keep it out. They have
plenty of materials, but are callingfor more
men, and say with plenty of workers the city
can be saved.
Wheatland.
WHEATLAND-7 P. M.-Since the last re-
port we have been visited with another
storm. It has raine1 about ten hours out of
the last twenty-four. The streams are all
high. Bear river has raised several feet. All
the small streams are running very high.
The railroad company are experiencing great
difficulty in repairing the track, owing to the
rise of the water, which spreads out for a
quarter of mile. The suspension bridge at
McCourtney's crossing fell yesterday, while
band of 100 sheep were crossing. The loss
will be in the neighborhood of $1,000.
PlaceryilIe.
PnAoERvILIlT-4 p. M-Ths rivor at Co.
Iona is rising very rapidly. There is large
amount of drift wood. It has been raining
hard for the last two hours, and lightly all
the morning. The river will be as high or
higher than it was the first of the week, when
it swept away Coloma bridge. Thermome-
ter, 56'. The streams in this vicinity are not
so high as last Sunday. 1t is raining now
quite heavily and promises to continue
Courtland.
CoURTLAND-9 A. Mt has been raining
here since A. NJ. The wind is in the south.
Merritt Island is all under. The water is
over the levees for miles. The damage to al
falfa fields and stock will be great. The river
is now two inches higher than in 1868, and
about equal to the 1862 flood here. The river
is still rising, and lacks only few inches of
going over the levees on the east side. We
viii have to work hard to-day to keep it out.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
CoURTLAND-12 M.-Grand Island levee
broke this morning on Steamboat Slough, near
Walkers Landing, near where it broke in
1878. There is no chance of stopping the
break. The damage to orchards and veg
etable lands on the island will be immense.
The vast number Of breaks above and below
Sacramento city, on the west side of the
river, has filed the tule land to such an ex
tent that when the levee on Merritt Island,
opposite this place, broke, the water being
higher in the tule than in the river, caused
the river to rise rapidly here, and there is
great danger of its OVERLOOKING the levee on
this side. If the river continues to rise, it
will be impossible to prevent its going over.
THIRD DIsPATCHI
CouRTLAND-6 P. Mt has been raining
here off and on since A. NJ. 1t has settled
into hard and steady rain now, and looks as
though it meant it. The river is rising rap
idly, and it is impossible to prevent its going
over the leYee on this side. 1t will go over
in few hours. It is up to the top of the
levee here. The damage to orchards will be
great. There are several hundred head of
cattle on Merritt Island standing in water
now, that will be drowned if not taken off.
Farmers are sending for steamers to take
their stock and grain off.
DOwnfeyil;e.
DowNIEvILLE-4 P. h-There was con.
tinuous and heavy rainfall all night and to-
day. The streams are higher than since the
flood of 1861. Durgan Flat brio se was swept
down the river with deafenipg crash at a
quarter past this morning, after the two
main and center piers successfully withstand
ing for hours the ceaseless battering of logs
and the millrace current of the raging Yuba.
The storm still continues. The mercury
marks 54'. The North and South Forks are
filled with wrecks of dams, cabins, sawmills,
and all manner of debris. No loss of life or
personal injury has occurred SO far as known.
Redding.
REDDING-10 A. M.-The Sacramento river
has reached its greatest hight this morning,
being higher than it was in the winter of
1862. Thecable at Reid's ferry, near town,
was carried away last night and all the prop
erty on the low lands has been greatly dam
aged. Reports received from the mountains
say it is a general rain. Total amount of
rain to date, 3650 inches, and still raining.
The river is raising slowly.
Other Points.
SHAsTA-It has rained necessarily all day.
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