Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-04
WESTERN DISPATCHES
FLOODED CALIFORNIA.
The Continuous RaIn.pour and In.
creasing Floods = Sacramento
and Aarysville Probably Sub
merged. .

San FRAScrsco, February S.-Rain
continues to fall throughout the north
srn and central portions Of the State,
extending from the Sierra Nevada to the
Pacific pecan. The rainfall increases as
the storm continues. Dispatches from
the mountain counties Of Ell Dorado,
Placer, Nevada and Sierra state that the
thsrmems,er ranges bstwssn hfty.hvs
and aity-siI degrees. The rain 10 heavy.
In Shasta today rain fell to the depth Of
nearly n inch an hour. Several cloud
bursts occurred In that county. doing
considerable damage, but fortunately no
lives were lost. In Shasta county this
seasons rainfall amounts to seven and Q
half feet. II 10 needless to state that
there are no dry spots In that vicinity.
No approximation OF losses can be
made ct present. The people OF
M~arysvills expect to be flooded some
time tonight, % both the Feather and
Yuba rivers have been rising this
afternoon and the water at 0 P. II. to-
day was only one foot from the top
Of the lsvse. Dispatches from Sierra
county say that both the North and
South Forks Of the Yubs river are
unprsosdsntly high for the last twenty
four hours, and the freshet will resoh
Feather river some time tonight. The
situation at Sacramento Is critical. and
tomorrow may see that place under
water. The American river Is rising fast
and the Sacramento slowly. and a. the
country all around Sacramento City IL
already under water. the immense floods
now coming from the Upper Sacramento.
Yuba and American rivers will, 1t 10
feared, be enough to overflow the lsvees
that surround that place. A dispatch
from CORTLAND at 6 p. n. says that SEQ.
ton will be flooded tonight sure. This
10 the last levee district OF any size along
the Sacramento river from Colusa down
to the mouth that has withstood the
waters. It 10 0 rich orchard and veget.
able garden section and the damage will
be immense. Some damage 10 reported
from the high waters along the upper
branches Of the San Joaquin river, and
the main stream 10 high. It has been
raining on the San Joaquin Valley this
afternoon, which 10 expected to raise the
river somewhat; but NO apprehensions
OF Q flood are felt In the lower portion
OF that stream. It has been raining in
Ban Francisco and vicinity since noon
today, at times heavily.
M~IRYsvrLLE. February Sit has COM
mencel raining again. The river 10 still
rising. It now lacks ten inches OF being
a. high az last Sunday. The Feather
river 10 not so high as the Yuba. but 10
rising more rapidly. Reports Just at
hand from above arc giving rs no en-
oouragsnent Of the abatement OF The
storm. It is still raining, and the
streams are higher than at any previous
food. The lsvees are fully manned and
show NO signs OF weakening, though
the test will come tonight. A train
from Rsdding Is reported ditched be.
tween Nelson's and Biggs' station. The
water Is over the track at Gridley.
CouRrLANp. February 3.-The Grand
Island lsvses broke last night. The loss
will necessarily be very heavy.
The Grand Island leves broke on
Steamboat Slough, near Walkers Land
Ing. near where IL broke 10 1878. There
In no chance OF stopping the break.
Il has been raining here Of and on
since 8 A. NJ, and has settled into o hard
and steady rain now. The river 10 ris.
ing rapidly. It Is impossible to prevent
Il going over the lsves on this side. 1t
will 20 over in Q few hours. It Is up to
the top Of the levss here. The damage
to orchards will be great. Several hun.
dred head Of cattle on Merritt Island are
standing in the water. They will be
drowned II not taken Of. The farmers
arc sending for steamers to take their
stock and grain Oh.
PLAcrsvILLE, February 3.-The river
at Coloma Is rising very rapidly. II has
been raining hard for the last two hours.
The river will be % high or higher by
night than II was the frst OF the week,
when Il swept away the Coloma bridge.
D~owNIEvrLLE. February ga contin-
nous and heavy rainfall occurred all
night and today. The streams are higher
than since the food Of 1861. The Dur.
gan Flat bridge at Downievills was swept
down the river this morning.
REppISo, February 3.-Ths sacra-
mento river has reached its greatest
height this morning, being higher than
II was In the winter Of 1852. All the
property on the lowlandshas been greatly
damaged. Rsports from the mountains