Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-07
THE STORM KING.
PLUyIUS MORE GENEROUS THAN
CONSIDERABLE.
A Renewal of the Storm Yesterday
Damage to Crops-Snow
On the Hill.

Up to o'clock yesterday morning the
sky was clear and the stars shining, and
there was no indication of the surprise that
was in store for the people who were
shortly awakened from their slumbers bv
the whistling of the wind and the heavy
downpour of rain. The barometer was
reported rising on the preceding evening,
and people retired for the night to dream
of bright and sunny day on the morrow.
But the Storm King was stirred from his
lair, and arousing himself proceeded to
open up his batteries anew on defenseless
people. Hour after hour the rain de-
scended and the cold southeast wind blew
almost gale.
1t was May storm long to be remem-
bered, especially by the farmers and or
chardists, whose crops have suffered Sc.
verely. People who have come into town
from various parts of the county report the
grain. crops as having been laid as flat on
the ground as if passed over by heavy
rollers. The grain was high and heavy,
and readily yielded to the combined infiu-
ences OF the wind and rain.
In the city fruit was beaten from the
trees by wholesale, and the fear is ex-
pressed that untold damage has been done
among the orchards in the country. Shade
trees were Frustrated in manv parts of the
city, and at the Marguerite Home, at
Seventh and Q streets, one large one was
blown down, falling across and demolish-
ing span of the iron fence.
TALKS WITH FRUIT MEN.
T.
reporter yesterday afternoon, Mayor Greg
DRY, who IS one of the largest shippers of
fruits in this section, said he feared that
great damage had been inflicted upon both
growers and shippers of early fruits. The
cherry trees, he said, had been almost
stripped of their fruit, while the early
peach crop was probably injured for ship
ping purposes. There was danger that the
moisture would affect the quality of the
fruit, and it was beyond question that the
supply would be limited in consequence of
the fruit being beaten from the trees,
However, he hoped for the best, and few
days OF soft, warm weather might repair
the injury that threatens such early fruit
as remains on the trees.
Postmaster Stephens, who is a large
grower and shipper OF fruits, was seen as
he was about to depart for the Bay. He
said he had just come in from his orchard.
and did not seem to be at all depressed
over the outlook. Headmitted that great
deal of fruit had been knocked off from
the trees, and there was danger that injury
would result to that which remained. but
the damage to his orchard was not very
great, and he had hopes that the general
result OF the untimely storm would not be
as bad as most people feared. Undoubtedly
the grain cropsin some localities. especially
on low, rich ground, had been almost ru-
ined, but there is so much land that does not
produce crops of heavy growth that great
deal OF grain will be harvested ANYHOW.
The present strawberry crop, however was
no doubt practically ruined within the
storm area.
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Railroad men who came down from the
the summit of the Sierra Nevada yester-
day report the storm as most severe all
along the line of the railroad. It was rain
ing heavily as far up the hill as Alta, but
beyond that it was showing hard. Upwards
OF four feet OF new snow has been deposited
at the Summit, and close upon TWO feet as
far down the other side as Truckee. All
the snow-plows had been called into use
and large force of men was required to
handle the fast-falling snow. So far no
uctcItOuo Adi OCCuTIeU, ana trains were
running on time.
The renewal of the storm had given a
new boom to the mountain streams. and a
large volume of water was rushing toward
the main waterways in the valley.
The effect of the freshet was made mani
fest at this point Yesterday afternoon, when
the Sacramento began to rise quite rapidly,
gaining an extra hight of nearly two feet
before night. The main body OF the water
from the upper Sacramento will not reach
here, however, before some time to-day,
and when it comes considerable rise is
looked for. The freshet will probably ex-
coed that of any time during the past
winter.
Yesterdays RAINFALL.
The Signal Service records show the rain
fall in this city up to o'clock last evening,
to have been ~ of an inch. The barom-
eter was falling up to p NJ. yesterday.
The total rainfall, up to 5 o'clock last
night, was for this month and this storm,
3.14 inches, making total of 10 80 inches,
which is the same as the average seasonal
rainfall as deduced from a record of 40
years. The highest and lowest tempera-
ture yesterday was Coz and 47o and for the
same date last wear il was -6o and ago