Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-01

4 NN-N-'NA~NSt
which ceased last e7ening was the heaviest
known in this city for many years. Break.
ages in sewers are reported in all parts of the
city, and great damage has been inflicted in
every direction by the flooding of cellars.
Contrary to what might reasonably have
been expected, the damage along the water
front to the wharves and shipping has been
very slight. no loss or accident worthy of
mention having occurred. The bar, during
The storm, was extremely rough, and no
vessel dared cross it, although there were
over forty vessels lying at Black Point.
waiting.
EVANSVILLE.
MARYsvILLE.-The river has fallen over
| foot and is still recediDg slowly. It now
stands 16 feet 2 inches. The weather is warm
and pleasant. A careful survey of the entire
| length of the levees finds them IN good condi-
| ton, but there is considerable damage to the
railroad track Immediately north and south
of the city. In addition to the breaks be.
fore reported, large volume of water is run
ming through the break in Hedges grade,
south of the city, which will impede stage
travel temporarily. The broken levees in
Suffer county are all below Yuba City. The
| levees above town are all intact It will
probably take several days before any trains
can run.
MARYsvILLE, III P. M.)-The Yuba and
| Feather rivers have been falling very slowly
all day, undoubtedly caused by the great
volume of water in the Sacramento river
holding it back. The Oroville train trans
| ferred its passengers and mail tonight at
point three miles from this city, from whence
they were brought in small boats The
steamer G. M. Small, which left Sacramento
| of 1910 d n fiaA nm Of Ninnlc1r- fn- tba
| night unable to proceed The farms lying
| in the flooded districts of Suffer county will
undoubtedly suffer considerable loss. Re-
| ports from there are meager, travel being cut
off by the water.
| WHEATLAND.
WHEATLAND.-Th storm seems to be over,
| although Bear river still keeps very high.
| There have been no trains running for the
past twenty-four hours. The railroad COM
pany have large force repairing the damage
to the track and bridges. Around Nicolaus,
in Suffer county, the country is badly flooded.
The levees on the north side of Bear river are
all reported good.
RIO VISTA.
RIO VIsTA-Parties Just arrived from Seven
Mile Slough report the break about fifty feet
long and from four to seven deep. The re-
pairing force has exhausted all the material
within reach, and cannot complete the work
| until fresh supplies arrive tonight. About
| 1000 acres of seeded land have been SUBJ
merged, omprising portions of Andrus and
Brannan Islands. No breaks are reported
from other quarters.
STOCKTON.
STocKToN.-Th slough is higher than for
| years, from the overflow OF the Calaveras
river. No damage is reported, and the river
will fall as rapidly as it rose. The trains To-
day were all on time. Three culverts were
washed away Saturday on the Stockton and
Copperopolis road, near Peters, but were re-
paired Immediately.
BENIcIA.
BENIcTA-Since Friday night Benicia has
occupied an isolated position, consequent
upon the late storm. The rainfall has been
nearly three inches. Considerable damage
| was done the railroad track on both sides of
| the S5raits but all has been repaired, ex-
| cepting the big sink between Goodyear's
| station and Suisun, there being three feet of
water over the track this morning. On the
| Port Costa side the trains are again running,
the track having been cleared of land-siides.
| Trains will run over the track on this side
tomorrow morning.
NAPA.
NAPA.-The stone. bridge over Napa river
| fell this morning Loss about $40 900. The
railroad bridge has moved fourteen inches
down stream. The railroad below town is
still under water. The damage to streets and
| private property from sediment and destruc-
ton of fences will reach nearly 500, 600. The
damage to the railroad is not so great as last
year, as during the summer new rails have
| been laid which are connected with the fish
! joint, which keeps the rails joined The
damage to the railroad and bed will reach
nearly $40, 600.
PETALUMA.
PETALUMA-No further damage has been
done in this section by the freshet since Satur-
| day. There has been no railroad communica-
| ton north of here since Saturday morning, and
none from any other section since Friday.
Repairs on the road have been going on since
| Saturday morning, and the track between
here and Donahue is now in good condition
Great damage has been done to roads and
bridges throughout the county and to bridges
| about Petaluma.
SANTA CRUZ.
| SANTACRUz.-Nothingi being done repair
| the damages on the Santa Cruz and Watson
vile Railroad. The President, +. A. Him,
is in San Francisco, and nothing win BE- done
till She comes back. Work is being pushed
| on the S. p. c. r. r and the Superintend-
ent i. reported as saying that he will be able
| to transfer passengers, etc, on the road in
| four days. All available men are at work.
OTHER POINTS.
| KNIGHTS LANDING.-Two thousand acres
of wheat are oVerhowed and the grain de-
stroved. The levees are perfect. The over
flow is from Cache creek and the slough,
where no levee was built.
ORovILLE.-No rain since yesterday morn
| ing. At II o'clock last night the water was
| fifteen feet above low-water mark. 1t has
| fallen about three feet since. Five and thirty
| eight hundredths inches OF rain fell during
| the last storm. The thermometer marks 65'.
| The snow is nearly all gone. The cars have
just arrived with the mails, the first train
since Friday night.
IoNE-Jaokson, Suffer and Dry creeks
have been full for two days, and overlooking
their banks in low places, washing away
limited amount of fencing and sanding a few
fields. About 200 feet of filling in the rail-
road was washed away, cutting off railroad
communication since Friday. l have heard
of no great damage anywhere.
SANTA RosA-Two bridges on Santa Rosa
creek are gone, ami one on Mark West. All
the other bridges both county and railroad,
were greatly injured. Great damage has
| been done.
| VALLEJo-The railroad to Napa will be
rep aired by to morrow afternoon The break
at Bridgeport was repaired for the passage of
overland trains at noon to-day.
CAsrRovnLE.-The railroad tire tle-work
across the Salinas river was carried away by
the high water this morning, this being the
second time this winter.
MODESTO rainfall for the Doth and
30th was SO Of an inch. Total for the sea-
son, 5.S5 inches. The Tuolumne river rose
to q feet, but no damage has been done so
far as heard from, except stopping the ferries.
MERGED -'rhe mountain streams are all
bank full and OVERLOOKING. The San Joaquin
river, opposite this place, up to last night mad
risen but slightly. So far as heard from no
material damage has been inflicted by this
storm.
FREsNo.-The heavy rains raised the rivers
to an unprecedented hight. The water was
up to the timbers of the Kingsburg bridge
this morning, and it is rumored that Suther-
lands bridge at Kingston has been swept
away.
| HANFoRD.-Kings river is overlooking its
banks. The water has washed around the
headgates of the Peoples, Mussel Slough and
Last Chance bitches, and in some places is
spreading over the country.
BAKERsPIELD.-No rain has fallen in this
vicinity. Yesterday it rained heavily in the
mountains. Kern river rose five feet, and
this morning the water is running round the
bridge.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo.-A steady rain set in