The record-union., 1893-03-25
CUT AS THOUGH WITH A KNIFE
Dangerous Break Three Miles North
west of Lathrop.


Dangerous Break Three Miles North
west of Lathrop.
LATHRoP, March PA break occurred
on the ranch of Andrew Meyer, three
miles northwest of town, and five miles
down the river from the San Joaquin
bridge. The break is 200 feet long, and
the levee for its full hight of six feet has
been cut as though with knife.
The water is rushing southwark, back
toward the San Joaquin bridge, with a
terrific current, and extends mile back
from the river toward the town, and
flows toward Stockton at rate that will
soon merge it in the flood-waters there.
On the Johnson ranch at o'clock the
stock was being forced back to the high
land by the rising flood. The water has
not yet reached the home place, but it is
due there before daylight.
Meyers place, of course, has suffered
most. The water at the San Joaquin
bridge is holding its own with steadi-
ness that BODIES i'll for this section.
BREAK AT ROBERTS ISLAND.
STOCKTON, March 24.-The piledriver
commenced working in the break in the
Roberts Island levee to-day, and will be
run day and night until the crevasse is
closed. The men in charge say they will
have the break closed by Sunday night,
and thus save some of the crops and pre-
vent the flooding of the lower division of
the island, which contains 1000 acres of
fine grain and fruit land. The water is
falling in all the streams, and no further
h1a isf faaraI
Hope tonight that the Mol elumne River
has fallen twelve inches and that section
is safe. There is no break in the main
land levee, and the break in the Staten
Island levee is being closed.
BRIDGE IN DANGER.
SANTA MARIA, March 24.-Fears were
entertained during the late storm for the
safety of the bridge across the Santa Ma
ria River. The storm, however, did
more damage to the land than to the tres
tlework. and unless efforts are made to
keep the water in the channel great loss
will ensue to the settlers. The driving of
piles down instead of up stream was an
engineering blunder, and is loss to both
the company and the landowners.
DEsoLATE SCENE.
SAN DIEGO, March 24.-The Tia Juana
River was subsiding to-day, though three
houses in the lower valley were sur
rounded and undermined by water, and
are expected to collapse at any moment.
The scene presented is desolate in the
extreme. Thousands of dollars worth
of property have been destroyed, and,
what is worse, several ranches are so
covered with sand and debris that they can
never be reclaimed. The direct loss
from heavy rains is small, however, COM
pared with the immense good they have
done to crops in general The Tia Juana
River is still running too high to cross
with safety. The Otay is again confined
within its banks, after flooding the Otay
bottoms and playing havoc generally.
sTOCKMEN GREATLY BENEFITED.
YUMA (Ariz.), March M.-The heavy
rainfall during the week throughout
Arizona has been of great benefit to live
stockmen and farmers. All streams and
arroyos are running banks full. The
Gila River in the upper valley has risen
seven feet and is still rising. The Colo
RADIO rose two feet, and to-day has risen
at the rate of an inch per hour. There
are no fears of flood or overflow, although
the Colorado bids fair to be big river
for i've months to come.