The morning call., 1892-01-27
WIND AND RAIN.
Damage Caused by the Storm ON
Monday.
Tbs Downpour Was General Over the State
Fears for the Safety Of Coasters.
Casualties Reported

The storm on Monday was severe one
and was felt far up the coast Grave fears
are entertained for some Of the many coast
ers that were at sea during the storm. The
steamer Newsboy from NOvarro reports
having experienced a strong southeast gale,
with very high seas. She passed large
amount of lumber floating around and the
probabilities are that some of the lumber
laden craft are minus their deck loads. At
times the wind blew with velocity Of fully
sixty miles an hour, while torrents Of rain
fell. Up to daylight yesterday one inch Of
rain had fallen in this city, and that San
Francisco did not have all the moisture was
proven by the fact that all trains from the
north were several hours late, having been
delayed by numerous washouts at points
along the road.
1t is feared that at least three lives have
been lost by drowning, in addition to those
killed and injured OH shore. Thanks 10 the
precautions taken early in the day no very
serious damage was done to the shipping at
anchor in the harbOr or lying at the wharves.
The fury of the wind dashed The surface Of
the bay into one mass OF foam, and raised a
nasty sea that etfectually put stop 10 bay
travel in any open boats, and several ships
boats that came ashore early IN the morning
were forced to remain until late at night
make their trips on time, as the gale taxed
their engines TO the utmost to enable the
big craft to make any Roadway against the
storm.
CASUALTIES REPORTED.
Besides the loss of life Occasioned by the
storm which swept over the coast on Mon
day, and the other casualties on the bay
several losses upon shore were directly
charge eble to the UnrulY elements. AVN
ings in many parts of the city were COM
pletely demolished, and in one or two in
stances caused slight Injuries to passing
pedestrians.
The scaffoldlng around the Croker Build
ing came down with crash, but fortunately
without injury TO any one; fences in eX-
posed locations suffered considerably. and
the coping of a building on Stockton and
OFaTell streets t0ppled over, to the COM
pete ruin of the telegraph poles and wires
below. In addition TO these minor accl-
dents a house on ID street and the Park
road was twisted off its foundations and
badly damaged, the roof being almost COM
pletely wrecked.
The biggest disaster of TIE day, however,
was the total demolition Of a new building
on Broderlck street, between Ridley and
Tilden This was being put uD as a resi-
dcnCe for John Galley, and was well along
toward completion. 1t was a substantial
structure too. the contract price being
S9000 but lacking the support of the paTti-
tions which were not yet up, it became
mere toy for the wind and was ground into
spllHlers. No lives were lost, but the con-
tractors are losers to the extent Of $4,000 by
the catastrophe.
THE RAIN WAS GENERAL.
The southeastern spent its fury within a
few hours after its first appearance, and
was followed during the night by rain,
which seems to have been pretty generally
distributed over the State.
In this city the precipitation amounted to
inch, Glen Ellen A., PlRcerVille 80, Sac
ramento 10. Redding 1.07, Stockton 35,
Gilroy "a, Soledad 30. TempletOn .3S. Mo
desto .43, Hanford 49, Los Angeles %. 1t
will be seen by these figures that the heavy
rainfall was confined to the upper portion of
the State
In the Sierras the snowfall was quite
heavy. AT Cascade 9 inches were re-
corded, at Gold Run 2, Alta s. Blue Canyon
8, Emigrant Gap 6, Cisco 7, Summit and
Truckee 2. AT Dunsmuir inches fell, at
SissOn II and at EdgewOod Is.
Leather coins with a silver nail driven
through the center were issued in France
by King John the Good in 1906
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Sailed.
TUESDAY. January 26
stmr Bonita, Leland, San Diego.