The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-20

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ground near the river.
LATHRoP. Feb 19-The heaviest rain
storm of the season is still in progress. 1t
Is estimated that inches has fallen dur
Ing the twelve hours ending at O'Clock
Tonight. The total fall for the season IS
1875 inches. No damage is expected TO
occur.
YUBA CITY, Feb. 19.-It began raining
saturday evening with heavy wind. Inc
rainfall Tor the storm is inch and 1or the
season 1882 inches. The storm continues
and the rivers are rising.
AUBURN, Feb. 1e.-The hardest storm
IN years is raging in this section. over
three inches of rain fell last night and to-
day the snowplow wreck near Truckee and
slide at Clipper Gap have caused all the
trains to lay at this station.
SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 19-It has been rain
ing here the past twenty-fOur hours stead
lily. Reports from other parts of the
county are that some damage has been
done to bridges and in great many places
culyerts have been washed away. making
the roads impossible. The total rainfall
Tor the storm is 2.72 inches and for the
season 2326 inches. Trains have not been
running regularly on the North Pacific
Coast Railroad to-day. washout oc-
Cured between Rose and Tamalpais sta
lions. The passeng gers had TO be trans
ferred over the w&shout in order 10 get to
or from San Francisco. A gang of bridge
carpenters have been at work all day and
trains VIII be able to go through to Sausa-
Ito tomorrow morning.
CLoVERDALE, Feb. 19.-The heavy rain
OF the last twenty-four hours, amounting
TO 2.90 inches. melted the snow in the
mountains north of here, causing Russian
River to rise above its highest mark. The
track of the San Francisco and North Pa
ciic Railroad is badly washed out above
Hopland. cutting off through trains at
Hopland. Great damage is reported In
the washing of many acres of land. All
travel across Russian River at this place is
cut off by the approaches 10 the bridges
being washed away. The rainfall for the
season is sc. 81 inches.
SoNoMA, Feb. 19.-The heaviest storm
OF the season has been prevailing here for
the past twenty four hours. SOnOma
Creek and many of its tributaries were
running bank full at p. NJ. TO- day. A
great deal of damage has been done TO sew
eral of the iron bridges which cross So
mona Creek near this place, and for time
it was thought that the iron bridge be-
tweenSOnOma and FL VeranO would surely
60 down the stream.
The water suddenly subsidized, however.
and the bridges are safe for the time be-
ing. EN- barcadero, Shellville and the val
ley surrounding those places are under
water. The rainfall during the present
storm is simply tremendous. The effect
of this storm will be to greatly retard
planting pruning and cultivation of the
orchards and vineyards.
WALNUT CREEK, Feb. 19.-The heavy
storm which has been raging in this vicin-
ity has caused considerable damage to
public and private property. San Ramon
Creek has overlooked its banks. The
bridge at Danville has been swept away.
The one known as Cox bridge went down.
The town of Pacheco is under water.
TRACY, Feb. Bone and sixty-seven
hundredths of an inch of rain has fallen
in the past twenty four hours. 1t is none
too much for the west side.
ST. HELENA, Feb. 19.-The heaviest
storm OF the season occurred last night
and this morning. Nearly five inches
of rain fell Streets, yards and walks are
houses. The total rainfall for the season
is % 55 inches against 80 inches last year
UKIAH, Feb. 19.-Tbe rainfall for the
past twenty-four hours was 375 inches,
for the season was 1896 inches.
SEATTLE, Feb. ia storm OF unusual
severity prevailed over the entire sound
country since O'Clock last evening. Snow
has fallen steadily, but not in large
H. 4
wind. Less than four inches of snow has
fallen here, but at down sound points the
fall was much heavier. Overland trains
on the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cifc are reported late. Streetear lines
here are kept open by great effort. On
the sound such gale was blowing this
morning that steTn-wheel boats did not
venture out on regular runs. The Flyer
got the full benefit Of the storm on her
way from Tacoma this afternoon. Heavy
seas struck her on the port side and tore
away part of her cabin and smashed the
windows. Telegraph lines have suffered
heavily to the north. At o'clock the
storm abated.
TACOMA, Wash. Feb. 19.-The severest
storm in years is raging throughout the
State. The wind blew sixty miles an hour
for four hours this morning.
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. 19.-The heaviest
blizzard known here for years took place
last night. The stiff northerly gale rose
10 a hurricane. and the result is lot of
freezing. lays occurred on car lines
and on vessels coming into pert and every
one indoors and out is seriously discom-
flied.
STOCKTON. Feb. 19.-The rainfall here
up to O'Clock tonight measured inches
for the storm. The fail to-day was the
heaviest the people ever saw here during
twelve hours and amounted 10 nearly 3
inches. The total for the season up TO the
measurement taken tonight is 11.96 inches,
as against 12.3 "a inches last year. The fall
for the month has been % inches. Many
people predict freshet tomorrow when
he water which fell In the mountains on
the low snow reaches here. The streams
east Of Stockton are rising fast, but unless
the water comes with a rush the channels
should carry 1t. Reports from the foot
hills are that the rainfall was very heavy