Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-14
THE RECENT STORM.

THE RECENT STORM.
The Waters Have Been Very High, Still
but Little Damage is Reported.
SAN Francisco, December l3th.-ln
spite of welcome sunshine the weatherwlse
saw the storm is not yet over. There was
heavy rainfall last night in the San Joaquin
valley and in the southern counties, while
in the mountains there was heavy snow
fall Early to day north wind was blow
ing, but later 1t veered to the east.
No rain of consequence fell in the upper
Sacramento valley last night, although at
Sisson there was light snowfall. There
were heavy showers last night in the Los
Angeles region, and dispatches tell Of COLI
tinued rain there to-day.
The Signal Service reports that 3,7S
inches of rain fell at Los Angeles IN the
twentv-four hours ending at A. NJ. The
following Southern Pacific record is tor the
twenty-four hours ending at A. NJ. to-day.
Rain was then falling at San Miguel. Tenn
pleton, Merced, Selma, Hanford, Tulare,
Los Angeles. Snow was falling at Cisco
and in the mountains east. At Summit
measurements early to-day showed the
snow to be ten feet on a level. At Truckee
there was forty inches on the ground and
at Cisco it was nearly seven feet deep.
ooLUsA LIED ABOUT.
CoLusA. December 13th.-Eforts are be-
ing made to make a sensational story OF the
overflow of this section. While the losses
will be considerable, there is no ground Tor
tbe exaggerated statements sent abroad by
those who evidently have been employed
to make as "big thing" out of the levee
breaks as their assisted imagination can
picture.
At 3:45 P. NJ. ii is hard to estimate the
losses by the flood. 1t is estimated thai
there are flooded on the east side OF the
river in Colusa county 1000 acres. All thl;
will not be drowned out, and much OF the
land can be re seeded.
In Butte county, east of Butte creek
adobe lands will be drowned out to the ex
tent of from $4,000 to 10000 acres. 1t Il
hardly probable that this will be re-sown
ON the west side of the hill the waite
will drown cut some of the low lands aboyl
Colusa. but this loss will be nominal. Al
of District los, in which Senator Fair
ranch is located, containing 10000 acres
will be flooded, and mostly total loss
but the owners count on being oroWne
out as often as two years in i've.
What damage the Tolman break Will d
for the higher lands of Grand Island, onl
time will tell. The loss in District Seventy
in Sutter county, will be heavy, owing
the fact that it contains many homes.
The river is falling slowly. The river
standing q feet 6 inches at Knights Lane
ing.
UK1AH, December 13th.-The rain hi
ceased, and we are having pleasant, sum
weather.
MARYsvILLE REPORTS NO LOSSES
N.Rvsv111E. December 13th.-No dar
c.-. .bo Ao0d is ren0rtPl from al
mart of Yuba county, with the excepu'
of some injury to the public roads by MI
water in the creeks and sloughs The col
naratively low temperature lnsures L
fowaring of water in the tributary strear
tn the Sacramento river. Owing to t
late heavy rains farming work will be 81
pended for several weeks.
The general effect of the heavy ralnf
crops will probably be beneficial, though
vet the acreage sown is not large. Mu
blowing for winter sowing remains to
5one No further news from Sut er coun
II is learned that the levee ct Meridli
Sutter county, on the Sacramento NV
broke at late hour last night. This wol
Aood a norton of Reclamation District
20 hut not so much as hail the dlstrlct-
A man lust from the flooded district 8
+beIavee on the Feather river is not broE
and his land is not overfowed. Prevl'
reports to the contrary are incorrect
NIcoLAus AND VICINITY.
N1coLAus, December 13th.-Men b
worked for two days fighting water on
north side of Rideout's, recently reclaim
and have held the levee so far. AT II
fba water was three inches from the
and has fell since. The heaviest lo'
will fall on the dams Of Humphrey
Bossen ard NJ. Marcuse. About Z uVo az
are covered, including wheat land, ORR
and pear orchards. DEFINITE parucu
cannot be obtained, as there IS no comi
nioation across the river.
LATER FROM MARYsvILLE.
MARYsvILLE, December 13th.-Owin1i
fhe food in the Sacramento HyeI ana
Sutter tule basin, mail between TINS
and Colusa is carried by wa. OF %
,nento the sssge communication ma
been suspended. ,., =, +.
toinad from the flooded lands IN 81
county owing to the lack OF tscllltle
con,Dsunication. From \. d Roe
who went down to-day to Nelson POM
fbe Feather river, by means OF sp
s1eine over the Knights Landing ez
sion il is learned this evening that
Ievae on his land bordering on the es
river has not broken and the land l.
Hnaded The 900 mead OF i've stoNA Su
,lace Is also safe. BE says the leves b1
IN the Bossen place have Hooded OF
small part of the Bossen rsreh.
The Marcuse leTee IS broken on the
side. admitting water from the t9iss.
Eron, other parties ii is learned tha
,s-es If the Satter County Land ComI
borSering on the east side OF the
t,IIe basin. is endangered By hooa-
or bes heen rising in the tuie
though falling in the rivers.
There is no longer any doubt thst {
mat;on District No. 70, in Sutter coun
flooded. and this district jpcie1ss .Iss
scres of very fertile Iand-one OF the
productive grain districts in the Safe.
loss in this district alone has beer
mated as high as $4,000, aithoagn1,
the water subsidies il will be IMPOSE
say how great proportion OF the u
grain has been destroyed.
The Yuba and Feather rivers mere
fallen about three feet in the last TWO
wHEATLAND Is ALL o. K.
WHEATLAND, December 13.h.-Afte
day of partial sunshine it is again
ening. The rainfall of the storm
inches; for the season, 1855 inches.
water in all the streams. There is n