The record-union., 1891-02-23
An Unusually Heavy Storm Pre-.
walls Throughout the Coast.
THE SACRAMENTO RIVER REPORTED
RISING RAPIDLY.
Prospects for Prolonged Dovnpour-
Little Damage Done, and the Farm.
ers are JoyfuI-No Doubt it is the
Heaviest Storm of the Season.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

all over the coast show stormy weather
and continued rainfall
The Signal Service reports show the fol-
lowing rainfall for the past twenty-four
hours: Olympia, Is of an inch; Portland,
u; Winnemucca, .26; Red Bluff, LA; Sac
ramento, LILO; San Francisco, 80; Fresno,
40; Los Angeles, 1.94; San Diego, .94
Yuma, .04.
The signal officer says: 'Rain or snow
will continue in all districts during the
night, and probably Monday will also be
stormy in Northern California. Rain
will continue on Monday in Southern
California and Nevada, with snow in the
mountains, accompanied by high south
erly winds. During the present storm in
California the winds. have varied from 30
to so miles per hour, with marked in
creaseof the coast"
The furious rain storm from the south
east, which set in Saturday morning,
continued with unabated severity all
Saturday night and Sunday. Rain fell
IN torrents during frequent squalls, and
the barometer continued falling. The di-
rection of the wind in the bay changed
from southeast this morning to south and
increased in velocity until at 5 P. NJ. it
was blowing at the rate of seventy miles
an hour.
Out on the bay the water was compara-
lively smooth, occasioned by the direc-
ton of the wind, but strong tide was
| flowing and this, with the heavy wind,
made navigation difficult.
No accidents of any moment We're re-
ported, although small vessels moored to
the docks received a severe shaking ND.
a barge on the Mission Flats, loaded
with lumber, was capsized by the strong
WIND and her cargo was strewn around
for some distance. No one was on board
at the time.
Ships at anchor in the bay held their
ground pretty well, although they re-
ceived the full force of wind and tide.
There were only two arrivals during the
day, the steamer Corona from San Diego
and the steamer Acapulco from Panama
The ferry-boats made all their trips on
time, but there was very little travel
either way. The high wind played havoc
with the lumber piles on East street.
Towing was dispensed with during the
day, various movements being postponed
until wind abated. The departures We're
limited to three steamers.
DETAILED REPORTS.
DUNSMUIR, Feb. %. - After twelve
hours of heavy showing the storm
changed to rain at IL p. NJ last night.
Since then it has been heavy and con-
tinuous rain. The north-bound Oregon
ON PiCFo atli4NCti lO-ufly oll bl1llb, DuU Is
still held here on account of a rock slide
a mile above here. Two work trains are
at the slide with a large force of men, and
doing all possible to clear the track. They
expect to let the, south-bound express
down this far tonight. when the north
bound train Will go on up. There are sew
eral slides below here so the train for
San Francisco will be delayed. The snow
is melting with the rain, and the river and
streams are rising rapidly.
SIssON, Feb. 22.-The snow changed to
rain this morning. There has been a
heavy rain all day, with strong wind.
Snow-shovelers are in demand at 81 an
hour. Slides are again occurring in the
canyon belIy Mott, delaying the trains
several hoqs
NEVADA CITY, Feb. %. - The rain.
which began falling yesterday noon, has
continued increasingly. 1t is still snow
ing at most points north and east of here,
excepting at Downieville, and as the
temperature is falling at the latter place
snow is expected there hourly. The
streams in this vicinity are booming.
NORTH SAN JUAN, Feb. 22.-The past
week has been cold and clustering. Yes
terday morning the rain commenced
again, falling lightly all day until night,
when it developed into storm, contin-
uing all night. There are no signs of ces-
sation. There is a heavy fall Of snow to-
wards the summit.
SONORA, Feb. 22-There has been a
heavy rain in the last twenty-four hours.
The wind is blowing gale, and there is
a prospect OF this being the heaviest
storm of the season. There is a heavy
snow in the mountains.
RED BLUFF, Feb. 22.-The storm con-
tinues without any indication of stop
ping. No material damage has been
done here or in the country. Over five
inches of rain had fallen up to 6 p NJ. to-
day. The river is rising slowly, but is
only up to the ten-foot .lnark. Trains
from the north and south are on time
CHICO, Feb. 22.-The rain storm still
continues. The Sacramento River is
rising very rapidly at this point, and will
probably overflow the lower lands again.
, No damage has been reported thus far,
however.
MARTINEZ, Feb. pa furious gale has
been raging here since last night and
still continues, accompanied by heavy
showers. As yet it has not done damage
to any extent. Railway traffic is stopped
and Port Costa. The slide will probably
be cleared away by morning.
SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 22.-It still continues
raining here. The prospects for heavy
crops were never better in this county.
The storm gives no signs of abating.
GILRoY, Feb. 22.-Rain fell in con-
stantiy-increasing quantity last night,
and continues to-day in heavy showers,
with but little prospect of stopping. The
precipitation east of here, in the Santa
Cruz Mountains, has been very heavy,
and the streams are running bank-fu1l.
There are some fears of repetition of the
floods of last winter, but no damage is
Yet reported.
SAN BERNARDINo, Feb. "a heavy
rain has been falling ever since yesterday
afternoon. The rainfall is over three
inches. The total for the season is over
fourteen inches. a telephone message
from Bear Valley reservoir shows the
rainfall there nine inches in twenty
hours. The rain is warm, taking the
snow off the mountains. The rainfall at
Riverside is 2.40 inches. The wind is still
: southeast, and it is raining hard, with
prospects for continued Storm
All the streams are rising rapidly Lit
tie Creek washed out the motor bridge,
this side of Cotton. The Santa Ana
River is high and rising. A break in the
railroad at Cajon Pass prevents the Santa
F'e overland from coming through to-
night. 1t is the heaviest storm of the sea-
son.
WIRES ALL DOWN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-This CITY has
little or no telegraphic communication
with the East tonight, the storm having
broken all of the wires.
sacramento was in about the same fix
last night. The wires We're down on
all sides, which accounts for the incom-