Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-25
RAIN STORMS
In The Valley and On.
the Mountain.
NAPA CITY FLOODED.
The Russian River Bottom
is Inundated.
MARYSVILLE LEVEES SAFE.
Several WaShOutS Reported Oh the
Oregon Division.
RAINING ON THE SNOW 1T SHASTA.
Destruction of Property and Suffer
ings of the Inhabitants in
Sonoma Valley.
Several WashOats Reported Oh the
Oregon Division.
RAINING ON THE SNOW At SHASTA.
Destruction of Property and Suffer
ings of the Inhabitants in
Sonoma Valley.
UP THE VALLEY.
The Heavy Rain Causes Rapid Raise of
rraalrs ond QfvarS

The Heavy Rain Causes Rapid Kaise OF
Creeks and Rivers.
From the REcoRD-USIoN Special Correspondent.
RED BLUFF, January 24th.-As stated in
my dispatch from, Redding last night, the
lines are all down in the mountains, and
there are no trains running north of Red
ding-not even an engine or supply train.
No movement can be made until the wires
are repaired so I am banked in my en-
deavor to get TO the front.
II has been raining very hard here for
almost the last two days, and the roads in
every direction, even where there is no
snow, are dangerous.
The rivers and creeks are all booming.
The whole country is saturated with
water, and the land will not absorb an
other drop. Cottonwood, Stony and other
creeks are raging rivers. The wind has
been blowing perfect gale to-day. The
stages from Redding to Montgomery creek
hsye stopped running, and stock in that
section is suffering for feed.
Your reporter to-day met man who was
just starting out from Redding to wade and
swim creeks, q distance of forty-fye miles,
to succor his family ard stock.
The north. bound passengers who are not
in hurry TO proceed are quite contented
as they are comfortably housed and fed at
Redding by the railroad company, and
some of them laughingly state that they
will fight it out on that line, for they are
billed for Portland by rail- and by rail they
will go if it takes till spring.
Being unable to do anything further at
Reddlng started for home at 9:15 A. N. to-
day via willows. All along the road to Ger
mantown the country was dotted with
miniature lakes. The land about Tehama
Junction is covered with water. At Corn
ing the water was in the town and about
the depot, being as high as the hubs of car
riage wheels.
Conductor Dave Halsey felt some appre-
hension that at Lyman's Station, three
miles above Willows, there would be
trouble, it being the place where the wash
out took place in December, and his fears
were realized, for when the train began to
slow up a red flag was seen ahead on the
track.
John Green, the engineer, stopped the
train and the crew walked ahead where
men were working. The water was up to
the top of the track on the west side, and
for several hundred yards the roadway was
impossible.
The water was rapidly rising and the
wind blowing SO hard that it was with
difficulty that one could stand on the track.
In such a condition Of affairs the passen-
gers could not be transferred, SO the train
was backed up to Germantown, whence a
telegram was sent to Superintendent
Wright at Sacramento for instructions.
The water is some two feet higher on the
west side than it is on the east of the track
at this point and if an opening was made
under the rails so as to allow the
water to flow towards the Sacramento
river the danger at this place would be OBJ
waited.
The passengers at first felt a little pride
that they were sin the swim" with those
in the snow belt, but when it was whis-
pered about that the train might not be
able to get back to Redding- they did not
| feel SO good at the idea OF being stalled out
on the bleak plain.
There were some thirty people aboard,
and one of them had been tied up eight
days with Colonel Crocker's train, and Of
course cursed loudly and long. L. A,
Epson, of Sacramento, was aboard also
but he took the situation philosophically
Ben Graves, "the peanut butcher, is on
hand with a good supply OF sandwiches
beans, crackers, coffee and plentiful sup
ply of home. made doughnuts, so We wert
in no immediate danger of a famine. We
had comfortable fires on the cars and
passed the time most pleasantly.
After a wait OF about three hours orders
came to put back to Redding, as there was
no possibility of going ahead, the higf
wind dashing the raging waters over th'
track, rendering it more and more danger
Gus. Nothing can be done by way ofre
pairs until the wind and waters subside.
Most of the passengers got off the trair
at Red Bluff and are going to take th'
night. train for Sacramento, via Marys
vile.
Your unfortunate correspondent will b.
among the number, and feryently pray
that he will get through.
The verdict of every one is that the rail
road people are having "sheol of time
this season, both on the mountain AM
! in the valley At this hour, P. NJ, it i