Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-02
STORM REPORTS.
Further Details Of the Damage
Caused by the Freshets.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REooRD-uslos.l

SAN FRANCISCO, February 1st-7:45 P. NJ
We have had frequent light showers since
o'clock P. NJ. The wind is now southeast
the right quarter for another storm.
EVANSVILLE.
MARYsYILLE.-A light rain has been fallin
since 10 A. NJ, with good prospect of con
tinuance through the night. The river ha
fallen nearly four feet. The new leve
reclamation district, extending along the cas-
side of Feather river from its junction wit
the Yuba to a point nearly opposite tn
Hook farm, broke in several places stimuli
taneously on Sunday, flooding many farm
and the valuable orchards of Millar Bros
and Webster Treat. Messrs. Brewer, Barry
Lazier, Millar Bros. and Tregand Treat ar,
among the principal sufferers Nearly al
the farmers in the flooded districts of Yub.
and Suffer counties have suffered loss O
live stock to a greater or less extent, anC
many prospective crops are seriously dam
aged, if not entirely destroyed The Cali
fornia and Oregon Railroad is so badly de.
moralized south of us that trains will not be
likely to run for a week.
NIcoLAUs.
NIcoLAUs.- river still continues high,
and has fallen but little since the day before
yesterday. The levee in District No. 2 broke
Sunday afternoon in two places near RANT
Iie's cabin, and the water ran through tie
streets Of Nicolaus six inches higher than
ever known before. The steamer Ceres left
at l P. NJ to-day en- route for South Vallejo
with the barge II. G. Miller, laden with S. 500
sacks of wheat from the Nicolaus farmers
warehouse.
YREKA.
YREKA.-The rain ceased Sunday evening,
but black clouds prevailed overhead all Of
followed by another rain.storm this
morning, with prospects of long continu-
ance. Scott valley and Shasta valley have
been flooded extensively, and the snow is very
deep on the high mountains, with the large
streams too high for safe fordage Great
damage is reported along the Klamath river
through this county, and also in Del Nor;e
and Humboldt. The Klamath at Martins
ferry, the junction of Trinity river, rose 80
feet above low-water mark, and the wire
crossing at Saints Rest, near Orleans Bar,
has been carried away. Scott mountain is
still blocked with deep snow, but the stage
company is working hard to get through.
No through mail has been received by the
Sacramento river road for the past two days.
Pit river being too high to cross. The new
bridge on the Oregon road at Shasta river had
q close call Sunday. and if the present rain
long, may take a sail to the ocean.
The ground is thoroughly water-soaked, FL
ing the mining claims and cellars, and caus-
ing slides m the mountains.
YREKA.-A warm, light rain has fallen al
day. which has melted off all the snow in the
valleys. Mail communication with Oregon
continues, but none from the sJuth The
streams are still up to the highest point, and
there are no signs of clearing up.
coLUsA.
CoLusA The river here last evening was
twenty five and eighty hundredths feet above
low water. This is the highest water.
The water in the tules east was two feet
higher thaa ever before also some higher on
The west. So there was more water passing
down the valley than was ever known be-
fore. The river fell nearly two inches last
night. but none to-day. 1t is now az N.Y. rain
ing. The levees OF District No. TO- on the
Suffer side, six miles below town, gave way
aud did immense damage-un-
ioubtedly to the extent of $500, 600.
The stage from Marysville to Colusa yester-
day was on the road when the rush of water
came after it and drowned two of the horses.
E. A. Harrington, President of the stage
and Sam Davis, the driver, were
the only persons on board, and would have
been drowned had they not been rescued by a
boat The mail, express box and two horses
were rescued. AS we are comparatively shut
in, it is hard to get particulars of breaks, etc.
We have had no San Francisco mail since
Friday.
GRIDLEY.
GRIDLEY.-The food in this section has
been quite general, the greater portion of the
damage being done east of the California and
Oregon Railroad and between it and Feather
river. the east side of town was flooded by
the overflow on the Feather at 2 o'clock yes
terday morning. The water was from two TO
four feet deep until this morning, when it
began to recede. Many dwellings have been
injured By the cellars caving and foundations
giving way. Several families were compelled
to hastily remove, and a large number OF
ranchers living on the lowlands near Feather
river and tributary sloughs had to vacate
their homes. The damage is very great, and
cannot be estimated at present. Sundays
express train south over the Oregon Division
was detained here until this morning by
damaged culvert half a mile south of town.
4 large warehouse belonging to Boyles &
Evans, containing IA 900 sacks Of grain col
lapsed this afternoon, the foundations hav-
ing been destroyed by the high water. The
damage is fully s., 600. Should the rains
continue the loss will be greater, as there is
no place to remove the grain to. As seen
with q feld-glass from the roof of the depot
the country west of here appears to be an in
land sea thirty miles wide.
CORTLAND.
COURT AND. The baclzwater is still rising
or the east side Of the river, and the orchards
ia this vicinity are submerged. The liver
lacks only six inches of going over tie levee
in several places on he Yolo side. A mes
senger from below has just arrived, and says
Brannon and Andrus Islands are both sub
merged The levee 10 broken in several
places below and the river rising one inch
per hour. The weather is foggy.
OTHER POINTS.
SHASTA The storm still continues. Rain
fall to date, S14 inches We have had no
mail communications for two days. The
damage done by the rain is very great.
AUBUCKLE.-Cachec creek and Sand creek
are oven lowing their banks, taking railroads
and everything before them. No trains run
ming since Friday.
COLUMBIA. This is by far the severest
storm we have had this season. 1t is raining
hard now with no signs whatever OF clearing
uo. Travel by stage has been interrupted.
There has been no mail or express for two
days.
AuBURN.-About half of Birdsalls dam,
on the American river, has been washed
away, ard his bitches in many places are
damaged but no correct estimate can now
be made of his loss. No other serious damage
reported.
MERcED.-The MERGED river yesterday and
the day previous was at a very high stage,
OVERT 1wing the banks and suspending all
travel across that stream by damage to the
ferries. TIE Coulterville stage yesterday,
hnnnd 70, Merced cnnnectad with the nag