Telegram-herald., 1889-12-13
STORM-TOSSED.
Wlnd and Rain Do Aach Damage
II Various Places.
SERIOUS FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.
FIse D@eliings ~ith Their sieeplng Oe-
sapSnts s~ePt Away several Llses
Lost-work ~ = aurriezGs Ao@x
C4D6rtass CITY. Ied
sEsULr OF a cIoUD-sUBsr.

Sax FRAScIsCo. Cal, Dee l2 The
great rsin-storn which has continued
throughout the State eleven days ap-
pears 70 have been broken ia this oity,
although II Is still raining - msny
points y the interior. The rainfall has
been seventeen inches here. which
Is unprecedented even IN the pEenom-
onal year OF 1919, and the damage
threatens 10 10 large IN bridges
washed away and rich valley
lands overnowed. The Sacramento
ryer is twenty-six and half
feet above the loW-wster mark al
Colusa. and several breaks occurred
there flooding half dozen large - heat
ranches below the town. Thousands Of
acres OF promising wheat are under
water and unless the breaks can oe re-
paired great damage viii be done.
For miles above Colusa, on bo,h sides
Of the river. the Sacramento Va ey looks
like a great lake. with trees and houses
standing out like islands About 1880
Tuesday night cloud-nurst o.
CURED in the mountain csnvon near
Boulder creek, Santa Cruz County,
and 8 food OF water many feet high
came roaring down tho marrow valley.
IL carried along whole trees and logs
and nothing stood before 49, EIve
houses. with their sleeping occupants,
we're swept away ike egg-shells.
The people in the houses were in
led at the time and were taken COM
pletely by surprise Joe Easton and his
wifo occupied one house. The people
on the banks saw them swept by the
torrent clasped in each others arms.
Men ran down the stream in the hope
OF saving them. A quarter Of a mile
below cry for help was heard, and
Mrs Easton was found cHnging 20 the
bank. She had been struck by drifting
logs as she was swept downstream.
She was badly bruised and had been
stripped of her night clothes. She is
nearly so years old and the shock
may prove fatal. She said that as
she and her husband were swept
down together log struck him and
separated them. She did not see him
again. Easton's body was found in a
pile OF drift about half mile down
stream. There were several narrow
escapes, but no one except Easton was
lost.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. Dec. 12.-Reports
from north of this city show that much
damage has beer done by the water ris-
ing in the Sacramento river and its trib-
utaries caused by recent rains. The
river has risen over twenty-six feet
above low water mark at Colusa.
The levee broke below that town
Wednesday morning, flooding tnou-
sands OF acres. Hundreds OF
men are patrolling the levees watch
ing for further breaks. Several wash
outs have occurred, and a number Of
bridges have been washed away in the
vicinity of Marysville, Oroville. Red
bluff and Oregon. Trains are detained
at Marysville.
c. T. Jones, of Red Bluff, once can
didate for sheriff at San Francisco, was
drowned while attempting 70 cross a
small bridge, the high water having
washed away the approach A man
named Jostlett, living near Colusa, is
also supposed to have been drowned.
| PITTsBURGH, Pa, Dec. 12.-Jeannette,
Pa, was visited by terrific wind-storm
Wednesday morning about o'clock.
Several buildings were demolished, and
the total loss will not be less than s10,-
NNO. No loss of life is reported.
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