The morning call., 1890-12-05
AFTER THE STORM.
A Delightful Calm in the Cy.
clones Wake.

Yesterday was an Ideal winter day of San
Francisco after a rain-storm. The air was
fresh and wholesome and the mild tempera-
ture exhilarating. With the exception of a
few slight daShes of rain it was a perfect
day. The storm was almost gone, enough
rain had fallen tc satisfy farmers and city
folks and grateful calm followed. During
the previous night and early morning rain
fell heavily, but the weather cleared quickly
and is also clearing along the coast.
The following report was issued at G
o'clock last evening by Lieutenant John P.
Finley in charge of the Signal Office:
| The cyclone has moved southeastward into
Northern Nevada, attended by brisk to high
winds and heavy snow in Nevada, Eastern Cali.
| fOruia and Southern Oregon. Heavy rains have
fallen in Southern Nevada, Southern California
and Arizona. The snowfall ranges from few
Inches to more than four feet. The rainfall
ranges from half all inch 10 more than two inches
weather now embi aces Northwestern California.
Western Oregon and Washington, with brisk
westerly winds IN rear of the STORM The cy-
clone is moving eastward over Northern Nevada
and North ern Utah ana will probably disappear
from The Pacific Coast States In twenty-four to
thiIiy-sM hours Clearing showers, with cooler
predicted. IsAx
The precipitation of rain was as follows
at the various points of the State:
Dali rIduclSCO 90 Oh an men, WOODLAND ,GD,
Orland so Malysville 35, Chico 40. Tehama
.51. ReddiDg 80. Dunsmuir 200, Sisson (balf an
Inch OF SNOWY 1.65, Siskiyou g inches snow .o3,
Sacramento So RockIln LOS, Auburn 20, San
Mate0 Al, San Jose SO, Giiroy Liz, Santa Cruz
.03, Monterey 80, Modesto .51, MERGED II,
Fresno 80, Selma .65. Hanford so, Tulare GA
.23, Los Angeles 2.03, Pomona Loo. AnaGeim
2.1o, Santa Ana 1.3S. Santa Barbara 2.20.
Owing to very heavy fall of snow in the
Sierras the telegraph lines are either down
rid 4
time yesterday, except the one from the
north, which had been delayed by the snow
fall at Dunsmuir.
tw0-siory house in course of construction
on Diamond street, above Twentieth, was
blown down by the storm Tuesday night.
and is now complete wreck.
The stor III created great havoc with the
telegraph service on the coast, particularly
to the wires of the Pacific Postal telegraph
Com; any. This company's cable wires be-
tween here and Oakland were taken up
few days ago Tor REPAIRS and all commune
cation between the two places was by two
wires around tie bay, which worked very
poorly owing to the bad weather. When
the storm came on the company sent It's
corps OF press operators from this city to
Oakland. and all the press reports received
we're brought here by messenger. The cable
was relaid on Wednesday amid the worst of
the gale. During the laying the tug engaged
In the work several times had her iire-room
filled with water, and the scow with the
cable On was nesrly wrecked by the heavy
seas.
Vessels that were just off the coast felt
the full force Of the storm, and those coming
down the coast made long passages. The
steamer Wellington, that usually makes the
run down from Nanaimo in three and a half
days. was six days on the trip. The steamer
San Pedro was 81 hours on the passage down
from Tacoma, while the steamer Greenwood
was 4S hours coming down from Whites
bor0 instead of IS. The steamer Humboldt,
which was due yesterday IRON Eureka, had
not arrived up 10 midnight.