Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-22
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ILAsr NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIox.l ]
CALIFORNIA.
The Great storm.

CALIFORNIA.
The Great Storm.
MENDooINo, December 2lst.-The storm
for the last few days has been one of the
severest for some years, driving heavy seas
on the shore, and thus exposing the ship
ping and moorings in the harborS along the
coast TO severe test. At Mendocino har-
Dor only the schooner Alfred was in, and lit
is supposed will ride out the storm in
safety. Though having pulled out q post
on the shore to which one line was at
| tached, she still rides safely at the biz
mooring. AT Navarro, at Il quarter 10 s
o'clock on December 18th, the schooner
Howard came ashore on the south beach
She had been lying Mt the mooring. nearly
loaded with lumber, since the beginning of
the present storm, and had two lines
to the southwest buoys, which parted
at the above hour. Her energetic crew
rapidly won't to work, hoisjed the jib and
slipping lie IdOOring chain. Steered Tor the
beach, Where she srGct, &. the most favor
able pla,,, her sails Steddymg and keeping
her on the beach. At midnight she lay
safely, anu had not made much water.
Yesterday morning 4 gang of men were put
on board 10 ihrow oil the deck load, and
lines were run from the vessel to the rocks
inside the mouth Of Navarro river. An
effort will be made at high tide 10 get the
vessel in the river, with every prospect of
success. The damages appear to be only
slight, so far, and it is expected 10 have her
repaired and afioat in short time
AT Cuffey'S Cove harbor the southeast gale
has been increasing in violence during the
last forty-eight hours, and eliminated yes
terday in carrying away 2G0 feet of the
newly-erected wharf OF the Greenwood
Creek Mill Company, together with the pile
driver donkey engine and other working
materials The damage is about 81 600
The Hannah Madison, lying in port at
Cuffey's Cove since Monday, broke Friday
morning three stern lines swing
ing around in the trough of the
sea. Yesterday morning, of all the lines
only one was left unbroken. Measures
however, are taken TO secure the schooner
by additional lines The wind shifting
toward the northwest and the sea subsid-
ing, makes the prospects fair to save the
vessel. AT Caspar there are two vessels, at
Little River two schooneTS and the steamer
Yaquina, and AT Whitesboro three schoou-
ers-all safe, so that we hope to have no
other disasters 10 report.
LATER.-The schooner Howard, at Ma
varro on the beach. is not much damaged
The Mendocino Mill Company got about
12000 logs TO their booms TODAY. The
wind is strong from the southeast 1t is
raining hard, with every appearance of Il
severe storm.
TRUcKEE December 21st-The storm is
unprecedented in the history of this sec
ton. The rain still comes down in tor
rents Three feet of snow has fallen at the
Summit, and two feet at Donner Lake
All the logging camps have stopped, and
the mill men are praying for snow instead
of rain.
PLAcERv1LLE, December 21st-More rain
fell here last night than ever was known in
the same length of time before the gauge
showing $40 inches for twelve hours.
Hangtown creek was a raging torrent, eight
and ten feet deep. 1t cut out and carried
away bulkheads, wood sheds and every
thing in its course Since last Tuesday
night 1914 inches of rain has fallen. max
ing a total of 1886 inches for the season.
The thermometer has been 52o all day, and
the storm is abating although it is still
raining tonight.
GEAss VALLEY, December 21st.-The
storm stfl continues. The rain for the
past twenty -four hours has been falling in
a steady downpour, and the storm as yet
shows no signs of abating. The wires
We're down last night, but communication
was restored to-day.
PETALUMA December 21st-The rain
throughout Friday night was light and con-
tlnuOus. Yesterday ii stOrmed heavily
throughout the day, the rain-gauge scoring
1.10 inches III eleven hours After night
fall the wind rose to gale, and the storm
continued unabated until midnight after
which time there was a lull in the storm
up TO noon to-day. Since that hour light
rain, amounting to little more than a mist.
has fallen, and the indications still point to
rain. The rainfall for the storm to date is
4.12 inches, and for the season 5.33 inches,
ST. HELENA, December 21st.-The rain
fall here to-day has been quite light The
weather is not yet settled, and the general
belief is that we shall have plenty OF rain
daily for two weeks to come.
SAN JOSE. December 21st.-The rainfall
for the twenty-four hours ending at
O'Clock this evening was % of an inch
The sky is reasonably clear and the atmos-
phere sultry.
RIO VISTA, December 21st-The rain
guage marked sc inches for the twenty
four hours ending at s a. NJ, showing 267
inches for the storm, and 4.30 inches for the
season. A strong southeaSter prevailed
here during the early part of last night
The mail steamer for Sacramento did not
reach here until II NJ. to-day. The weather
is still cloudy and threatening more rain.
The farmers have all they need at present.
LATHRoP, December 2lst.-The rainfall
for the past fifteen hours was 10 inches
for the season, 2.10 inches. The weather is
cloudy.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, December 21st-The
rain which set in on the 18th, and which
has continued steadily since, has shown
no signs of abating till this afternoon
Three and thirty hundredths inches has
fallen for the storm, and for the season to
date COB inches. The farming and dairy
ing interests will take new life with the vine
and fruit interests, which are increasing
rapidly in this county. The many immi-
grants from other counties, who have re-
Gently purchased on the Huer Huero, east
of the mountains, are going largely into
fruit planting as well as farming and stock
raising.
VIRGINIA (Nev.), December 21st.-It is
still raining heavily with a falling barom-
eter tonight. Such a rain-storm was never
before seen here at this season. The pecu-
liarity of the storm is that the wind has
constantly blown furiously.
The Mayfeld Mystery Cleared Up.
SAN Francisco, December 21st.-The
somewhat noted Mayfield mystery has
been cleared up. Detective Silyey returned
from San Jose to-day with Shrofer, who
had been arrested in that city on a warrant
for grand larceny. He was identified as
the man who hired the horse and buggy in
this city, and finally confessed, but claimed
to have been drunk at the time and says
he remembered nothing until he found
himself sitting in the midst of the wreck |
l,o 4Ia ,ff
He walked to Menlo and took the train to
San Jose.
Gashed with a Razor.
SAN Francisco, December 21st.-A colored |
man named John Warnack. a bootblack |
in Montgomery-street barber shop, was
terribly cut this morning by razor in the |
hands of his assistant, named Fred Reed, |
whom he had reproved for being late to |
work. Reed struck but once, but Warnack's |
face was divided from brow TO chin, between
the eyes splitting the nose and both lips |