Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-16
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SACRAMENTO, EN- MAssE, DOES HOMAGE
TO THE RAGING RIVER.
The Creyasse Continues to Widen, and
1t is Thought the Channel will
be Changed.

Old Sol was out in all his glory and brill
fancy yesterday, dispensing the oppressiv.
gloom that has for the past fortnight over
cast the country.
The day was beautifully clear, and tht
blue-tinted sky made it. barring Sigh
chillness, all that could be desired. The
day of rest, the first since the raging and
| turbulent waters of the Sacramento spent
/ its force, was taken advantage of by thou.
sands of the people of the city, in viewing
with curious wonder the condition of the
now mighty stream.
1t seemed as if the entire population had
turned out to do the clay-colored river
homage.
All day long there was a continuous
stream of people crossing the Yolo bridge
and down the levee to the break at Payne's
ranch. The break was the objective point
for every body, and Washington never be-
fore was honored by visit from so many
people. At the break there was seen the
mad rushing water leaping in great vol
umes through the crevasse, and as far as
lliC eye COulu IcdCu d sea Vi wafer WAS dll
that could be seen.
The break is widening and the current is
becoming more violent. 1t is impossible
for steamers to tow barge up the river
past this place. The San Joaquin No. 8
attempted it yesterday and the barge came
near being drawn into the break. 1t is
feared that the break is causing the forma-
ton of a sandbar reaching to the other side
In that event navigation will be impeded
for some time. 1t is thought, too, that the
channel will be greatly changed.
CONDITION OF THE RAILROAD.
The railroad between Washington and
Davisville, running through the tule basin,
is being patrolled throughout its entire
length day and night. The water does not
appear TO have affected the land south of
the road, but on the north side the water
encroaches almost to the top of the en-
bankment. The road has been banked
with sandbags on that side for several
miles. In some places along the road the
water is twenty feet deep. In the distance
windmills about four feet out of the water
can be seen. A number of carcasses of an
imals are floating in the basin.
Yesterday afternoon in a special train
George Croker, G. B. Alexander, OF
New York, General Superintendent ]. A.
Fillmore, Division Superintendent Wright,
and others, inspected the road Mr.. Wright
says that the road is in as good condition
as could be expected under the circum-
stances, and that no danger of the wash
ing out of the road was apprehended unless
there was heavy wind.
OCCURRENCES IN GENERAL.
For the relief of H. s. Moddison and fam
lily, who lost their home and almost every
thing they possessed by the break, a con-
trlbution box was passed around among
the visitors who went to the crevasse, and
neat sum of money was collected, as
many of those who could gave their mite
In the lower portion of Washington
where the backwater flowed, the services of
of boats are required to carry persons to
and from their homes.
On the Yolo levee. in the morning, q
Chinaman was cruelty knocked down and
beaten with a board by two men. The
Monaghan remained at Constable Tod
hunters place for several hours, in hope
that the two men would show up, so that
he could point them out to be arrested.
The forty head of horses on the Tod
hunter ranch have all been taken to places
of safety.
The men who saved the lives of the
Cinnamon who were in Payne's barn when
the leyee broke, were promised a reward
by the heathens for their gallant life-saving
work. They have not received their reward
yet, though they have asked for it. and
they now intend to bring suit sgainst the
Chinaman who agreed TO pay the rescuers
for their services.
John Cummings, who was thought to be
in Moddison's house when it was washed
away, turned up yesterday. He was at
Antelope at the time of the break.
On Saturday man called uncle Ben
ME-" a member of the Salvation Army,
was in a duck-boat rowing to his house,
opposite Curtis place in Washington, when
the boat capsized. He was in the water
about three hours before he was rescued by
William Harms and another man.
R. s. Carey was at his Yolo ranch yes
terday. He says his cattle and horses are
all safe, and that he did not lose any. He
had them removed from the island upon
which they were three weeks ago, and
they are now in comfortable quarters with
plenty of feed.
A few miles from Washington, on the
south side of the railroad, three horses
who were in the flooded districts in Yolo
county, have taken refuge on knoll pro-
jecting from the water
A telephone message to the RECORD
UNION from Freeport, last evening, stated
that the back levee in the Lisbon District
on the Yolo side of the river, had broken
and that many head of horses and cattle
were in danger.