Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-31

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2.25 inches; for the season, 13. % inches las
year to date, 7.03 inches.
:. KING hts Landing Thermometer, Sc rain
/ fall, 90 inches for the season, 10 Sc inches
8 last year to date, 7.21 inches.
E Dunnigans-Thermome 50': rainfall.
inches; for the season, 80 inches; las
year to date, 6 40 inches
acknowledgements, 55' rainfall, 4;
g inches; Tor the season, 1166 inches las
year, 6 90 inches.
Dispatches last evening report rainfall a.
various points as follows:
/ At Alta, during the storm. u inches
At Coitax, during the past "a hours, 4.0t
inches; for the season, 80 Is inches last
year to same date. 10 81 inches
AT Auburn. for "a hours ending yesterday
!; morning, PAP inches; for the season, %. Il
inches; last year to date, &c. IS inches.
AT Rocklin, during the "a hours ending yes.
terday morning, 2.31 inches for the season,
IA 20 inches; for last season to same date,
Is II inches.
At Red Bluff at o'clock last evening. no
rain had fallen for eight hours The barome-
ter was still low, wind in the southeast, and
weather cloudy.
Dispatches from Oregon at same hour re.
ported continuance of the storm in
southern Oregon, and clear weather in the
northern part Of the State
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ing the storm to the amount of inches, and
everything was flooded. The railroad draw
bridge was submerged, and worllmen did not
dare venture upon it. A dispatch received
by Superintendent Pratt last evening stated
that the water had sufficiently receded so that
an inspection of the bridge could be made,
and 1t was found that one end of it had set
tied about two feet, was out of line and the
approaches to it were washed away. a large
building had also been carried down against
It, and considerable work will be required to
correct the present condition.
The track between st. Helena and Calls
toga was badly out of order, by reason of
washouts and settles in many places.
Along the Napa branch of the California
Pacific it was yesterday one sheet of water
from Napa Junction to Oak Knoll, a distance
Of twelve miles.
The bridge south of Thompson's has been
swept away.
There is a washout two miles south of Cor
| della, at Lemons Point.
Three pieces of track are gone west of FL
mira, with total length of 140 feet A SUBJ
sequent dispatch was received in relation to
this place, to the effect that the water contin-
ued to rise, and had taken away the work
which had been done to repair these breaks
and 100 feet more of the track
The action of the rain and high tide caused
about 400 feet of the track to wash away at a
place three-quarters of mile east of Army
! Point, and about two miles from Benicia.
| Two breaks also occurred short distance
west of Goodyear's. One of these is about
125 feet and the other about so feet in length.
| At Teal Station, on the marsh lands be-
yond Suisun, the track has sunk about two
| feet below the grade, and for a dis.
lance of about one'eighth of a mile.
There were on the Vallejo branch two breaks
! just west of Suisun, each about 300 feet in
length.
A large force of men were employed yes
terday on the line between here and Benicia,
and last evening a dispatch was received
stating that the road was again repaired, ex-
| cept where the high tide covered the track at
the sink aforementioned, and that trains
could pass by running slowly. As a mat
ter of caution, however, no trains were
sent over this line last night. This morning
about 8 o'clock the tide will be out, and
| the exact condition of the track over the space
where it has sunk can be ascertained and it
| is expected the trains will make their trips
that way as usual to-day, should no further
! breaks or damage occur. No trains have
| gone over the road since Saturday morning,
and all communication by rail between Sacra-
mento and the Bay has been over the West.
ern Diyision-by way of Stockton.
The earlier train on Saturday took the
route on that division from Tracy, by way of
Antioch and Martinez, but landslide near
Port Costa ditched several freight cars, and
caused delay of several hours, and all SUBJ
sequent trains have gone by way of Liver.
more Pass and Niles. The Western Division
| by way of this portion of the line has con-
tinued unobstructed and without delays.
On the Northern Division the track has
washed away north of Willow Slough, be-
tween Davisville and Merritt's, and the pile
bridge at that place has been carried out of
| lire. Also washout of three hundred feet
OF track occurred between Black and Dun
ming. Another took place at the old break
between Arbuckle ard Berlin, and still an
other near Maxwell These are all of such
nature that they viii be quickly repaired and
! trains resumed.
! On the Oregon Division the greatest dam
! age reported up to last evening was in the
vicinity of Bear river, where considerable
destruction to property has occurred. At an
early hour yesterday it was known that at
least one bent Of the railroad bridge across
! the river was gone, and about 10 feet more Of
| it carried out of line. Just this side of the
bridge about half mile of the track is gone.
The water remained so high as to prevent a
later approach TO the bridge, and its real con-
dition last evening was not known.
| A report was received here at noon
| yesterday that the Yuba river bridge
at Marysviile was gone, but subse-
! quent dispatches showed this to be q mis-
take, and that it was not injured. The track
between bridges No % and 20, near Ewing's,
was considerably damaged for distance Of
three or four miles, and the water from Coon
river, near Sheridan, took away the ballast
and washed away the grade fer about quar-
ter Of mile, leaving the track settled down
and carried out of it's line.
AZ about II o'clock yesterday Mr.. Pratt
received the following dispatch from Marys-
vile: 1.-THE Feather river bridge is all safe,
| but the track between here and that river
| is all covered and both levees bursted.
! The bells are Just sounding the alarm again.
More trouble somewhere. No. train is in
the water near Yuba bridge. Everybody in
Marysville are getting things into the upper
stories and securing their stock"
Another dispatch was received from there
at 1 o'clock P ". TO the effect that the bridges
were all safe and that the river was falling,
by reason Of break in the Browns valley
| grade above the city. by which the water
| flows across into the. Feather river. and the
Yuba was falling. Another break had also
| occurred below AIarysville on the other side
of the Yuba.
a dispatch from Cottonwood states that a
/ slide has occurred in the big cut ten miles
north of that place, which blockaded the
track, but that if the storm ceased it will be
| cleared tais morning
AT TWO O'CLOCK
This morning the sky, which during the after
noon and also during the early part of the
evening was clear, had clouded up, a dense
bank of clouds slowly crawling up from the
southeast and moving around to the north and
west, leaving only few stars overhead visible.
! The outlook at this writing is for more rain.
| The barometer has not changed perceptibly
from the s P. NJ report given in the Signal
! Service table. The wind is still from the
southeast. The river at o'clock this morning
stood at % feet inches, showing rise of 8
inches stree p. NJ. The American, which at
P was at a standstill. had fallen slightly
at S o'clock last evening, and the indications
! are that it is steadily falling above, but is
| held back considerably along the west levee
here by the high water in the Sacramento.
On the Yolo side the levees were all secure
last evening. The new works at Washington
Point were intact, and the new levee at the
! Todhunter break presented perfectly secure
appearance. Between Washington and the
| Todhunter break the water was within less
than two feet of the top of the levee, but the
spurs constructed of brush last fall are pre-.
venting any cutting or current at the levee,
and no trouble will ensue unless the river
rises high enough to go over the top of it.
At the point the river had reached at l
o'clock this morning there was less than
foot to spare before Washington, and that
section would be again flooded unless the
embankment could be raised in time to pre-
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