Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-05
UNUSUAL WEATHER.
Heavy Shows in Northern
California.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BLOCK AIDE
The Rotary PlOw Plotting DELAYED
Trains Through-The Columbia
River Frozen Up.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERAI

Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald.
SACRAMENTO, January 4.-One of tie
greatest snow blockades ever known In
the Sierra Nevada mountains has at LIST
been raised by the railroad companys
forces and the rotary snow plow. The
plow this evening left Blue CahG,
where it had been stalled for twenty far
hours, and proceeded to Colfax. From
Emigrant Gap the west bound overlatd
trains were able to follow on behind tie
plow to Colfax. From Che latter poht
the plow will return and clear the trak
to Cascade, which will free the sno1-
bound train at Summit. Nothing Will
then stand in the way of the four eat
bound trains now held at Colfax. Tie
first of the released west-bound trainsbs
expected to arrive at Sacramento soue
time tonight. Others will follow as so&
as possible.
AND STILL 1T SHOWS.
SHASTA, CAL, January At has been
showing hero all day, being the second
snow storm for the past week. AT Dead
wood, juet over the boundary line he.
tween Shasta and Trinity counties, tie
snow is sixteen feet deep. The mails
are carried over the mountains In
sleighs.
REDDINa, CAL, January 4.-Com.
menced showing here early this morn
ing, Several inches fell, but melted
almost as fastas it came down. Heavy
sncw in the mountains is delaying ov~-
land trains.
HEALDsBURG, CAL, January 4.-The
first snowstorm here in many years COM
menced this morning, and about two
inches has fallen during the day.
UKIAH, CAL, January Alive inches
of snow fell here since yesterday even.
ing. Still showing.
ST.. HELENA, CAL, January 4.-Six or
eight inches of snow fell here today.
Business is suspended. The population
is snowballing.
ORLAND, CAL, January 4.-Nearly hall
an inch of snow fell here this morning,
but it melted as it fell.
THE COLUMBIA RIVER ICE-BOUND.
PORTLAND, Ore., January The
weather continues clear and cold. The
steamer Bonita, which started for Astoria
this morning, was ice-bound below ST.
Helen, but was extricated after five
hours labor. The Columbia river oppo
site Vancouver is frozen over, and people
are crossing on the ice to the motor line
for Portland. ss.-
COLD WEATHER AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 4.-This was
the coldsss morning of the season. Ac-
cording to the Signal Service record the
thermometer registered 38 degrees above
zero at 5 a. M, which is three degrees
lower than the mercury had previously
gone this winter.
SoNoMA, CAL, January "A heavy
hailstorm set in yesterday about 10
o'clock, and continued all night and to.
day at intervals with snow and rain,
the thermometer standing at 20. Roads
are impossible for vehicles. Over
twenty-eight inches of rain has fallen
this season.
THE STORM AT SAN DIEGO.
SAN DIEGO, January 4.-One fourteen.
hundredths inches of rain has fallen in
the past twentyfour hours, and is still
continuing. No trains have left on the
Santa Fe since yesterday. A landslide
is reported at Delmar, and washouts
about that place. No damage is re-
ported around the city. The total raiu
fall SO far this season is 11.13 inches.