The record-union., 1892-12-01
HOWLING WINDS, AND RAIN.
The Severest Storm Ever Experienced
in This Vicinity.
Railroad Travel Interfered With-The
Rivers Rising Fast-Folsom's
Iron Bridge Gone.

From l o'clock until yesterday morn
ing occurred the tiercest storm ever ex-
perienced in this city and the country
surrounding. 1t was, in fact, but con-
tinuation of the southeast gale which set
in on Saturday morning last, but the
fury of the wind exceeded that of the
gales which prevailed on Saturday, Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Indeed, the storm deserves to be classed
as a hurricane, for at times the wind
reached velocity of upward of seventy
miles an hour, and kept up its lick" 50
long that not a few persons feared 1t
would sweep from the earth every struct-
ure short of brick buildings.
Trees were bent to the ground, fences
torn down and sent flying in fragments
through the air, windows blown in, she'd
roofs carried away and stanch frame
houses shaken as if in the throes of an
earthquake.
And all the while the rain poured down
as if the clouds above had been rent
asunder by some monster explosive.
Driven by the terrible force of the wind,
the rain found its way into every crack
and crevice; 1t ran down the sides of
chimneys and through holes in roofs, de-
stroying the plastering and papering in
many houses, and flooded yards and
Easements that had never before shown
even a small puddle of water.
AS nobody makes it his duty, appar-
emily, to look after such matters, the
sewer-grates became choked with leaves
and other debris, causing the water to
stand almost knee-deep in cutters and at
street intersections.
A l. 1,N
here, much to the relief of everybody in
the city, but reports received from other
places were to the effect that the storm
still ragged.
While the gale was at its hight it blew
down a number of ornamental trees in
Capitol Park, but the big pines, expresses
and redwoods, although whipped by the
wind until they bent and groaned under
the punishment received, held their
ground-or, rather the ground held them.
Many large and heavily-laden orange
and lemon trees were uprooted, and
others which escaped that fate had their
fruit scattered about the gardens.
The store of the Jos. Thieben Crockery
Company was deluged yesterday fore
noon in consequence of the roof-drains
having become choked. About Sl00 dam
age was done.
a portion of the car stable at Oak Park
was unroofed during the gale, but no
other serious damage was done.
The schools were poorly attended in
the morning, and in the afternoon no
sessions were held.
During the hight of the storm yester-
day morning about daylight a flock OF
wild geese mistook the public street at
Fourteenth and g for morass and settled
down there. The first pedestrian that
came along, however, caused them to
leave.
THE RIVER.
At IL o'clock last night the river had
reached the vicinity of the twenty-toot
mark and was still rising. If the storm
along the American ceased last night it is
possible the bulk of the water from that
stream may get past here before that of the
Upper Sacramento comes down; but the
choking up at CarquineZ Straits may, by
backing the water up, cause the river to
rise considerably more.
The logs from Folsom were passing
here in great numbers late last night, and
men were out gathering them in.
Word came from lsleton yesterday
that dredger was needed to protect the
levee of one OF the islands below there,
over which the water. backed up by the
unusually high tides, was flowing
Which particular island was affected
could not be ascertained.
a HEAVY Loss.
The heavy and incessant rain and snow
storms had begun to tell severely on the
rivers by Tuesday night, when the Sacra-
mento, at this pOint-as stated in our
weather report yesterday - reached a
hight of l6 feet. The American, however
rose to much greater hight in the mar
row gorges beyond Folsom, where it is
walled in by mountains of granite.
Down through the canyon the turbu-
lent waters rushed, and early yesterday
Ahn rs1foI,txr
carried away the nearly completed steel
bridge opposite Folsom, together with the
temporary bridge that had been used
during the summer months.
The frame false work. had not been
detached from the iron and when the
water came down against it the wood
work gave way and carried the iron with
The bridge was to be completed by the
10th OF next month, and it was only a
week ago that the Supervisors inspected
the work and were so well pleased with
it that they paid the contractors the san
Francisco Bridge Company $4,000, or
one-halfthe whole cost of the structure.
OF course, the loss falls directly upon
the company, but incidentally the acci-
dent will entail severe loss also upon
residents and persons doing business in
the northeastern end of the county, as it
is possible the contractors will not be
able TO resume work on the bridge before
next summer.
At $50 o clock P. N. yesterday the gauge
IN front OF the prison near Folsom regis
tered q feet, and the report was that
higher water was expected.
Is THE BOOM INJURED?
1t was reported from the prison last
evening that great pine saw-Iogs were
passing that point, which might indicate
that the American Land and Lumber
Company's boom had bursted. No word
could be got from there, however, and it
is hoped that such may not turn out to be
the case.
WEATHER BUREAUS REPORT.
Barwick Says the Rainfall Is seven
and One-IIalf Inches to Date.
The Weather Bureaus report shows the
rainfall for the II hours, from p. NJ on
H.