The record-union., 1895-01-22
THE ELEMENTS ARE STILL RAGING.
A Steady Downpour of Rain, With
HowIing Winds.
Enormous Snow Deposits in the
Mountains and FreshetS In All
the Valley Sections.

There was no cessation of the storm
Yesterday, not even for an hour. The
morning dawned with the wind blowing
gale, and the rain coming down stead
ily, but not very heavily. The air was
more chilling than the thermometers
figures would indicate, and good heavy
wraps were necessary to the comfort of
those who were compelled TO be out.
The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been $50 and 450, with
high southeasterly winds and stormy
weather prevailing.
The barometricaI readings at A. NJ.
and P. NJ. were 30.03 and 1904 inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 5S0 and 460,
with 10 of an inch Of rain, and one year
goto-day $50 and 430, with IA of an inch
of rain.
The rainfall yesterday was 20 of an
inch, making 1886 inches for this season,
as against 9.05 inches to corresponding
date last year.
The river has fallen from % feet to "a
feet, and was standing steady at that
point all day yesterday.
The wind was blowing from "a to 30
miles per hour during the entire day, ac-
companied by high aud steady barom-
eter. This kind OF a season must make
the minds of the old pioneers revert back
to the early days of California.
Rainfall comparisons of this season
with last, according to Weather Bureau
reports:
1898 -94-September O.22 of an inch Oc
tober, OH; November, 2.92; December,
-. 4 ol a
lS94-95-September 0.S0 of an inch; Oc-
tober, l.06; November. 0.4S: December,
$50; January, to 2Ist, 7.2S. Total, 1886.
The total amount for the whole of last
season was 1855 inches, and for the pres
ent season to date 56 inches, an excess
TO date over the whole OF last season of
2:2l inches.
ALONG THE RAILROADS.
Yesterday was one of the worst days
ever experienced by railroad men on the
mountain divisions. The snow fell heav-
lily all day, and was blown in ever
increasing drifts from Gold Run to True
kee on the Central Pacific line, and from
Delta to Ashland on the Oregon line.
necessitating the constant running OF the
rotary plows between these points.
However, the railroad officials, by eX-
ercising constant vigilance, were enabled
to keep the road clear and the trains run
ming.
Yesterday morning a large force of
snow shoVelers were forwarded to those
points where there seemed to be danger
of blockade from snow slides, to be in
readiness to avert any serious difficulty.
The overland express, due here at $40
A. NJ. was over four hours late, and the
Portland express, which should have
arrived at 6:20 A. NJ, on Sunday, was de-
tanned at Red Bluff and did not reach
here until late hour last night
The latest official reports received show
that during the previous twenty,tour
hours the snowfall was as follows:
Truckee, ) inches; on the ground, feet
s inches.
Summit, "A inches; on the ground, 20
feet inches.
Cascade, so inches; on the ground, Is
feet.
Cisco, 20 inches; on the ground, 10 feet
3 inches.
Emigrant Gap, 12inches; on the ground,
Is feet.
Blue Canyon, Il inches; on the ground,
s feet 9 inches.
Shady Run, II inches; on the ground,
10 feet.
Towle's, inches; on the ground, 6 feet
3 inches.
Gold Run, inches; on the ground,
feet 10 inches.
Colfax, inches; on the ground, 10
inches.
The river marks a feet, fall of nine
inches since Sunday.
A BIG SNow-SLIDE.
1t was learned at the railroad Office last
night that an enormous avalanche had
occurred in the vicinity of Soda Springs
on the Shasta Division of the Oregon
line.
The slide started near the apex of
high mountain and carried everything
before it. Trees, brush and huge
powders. mixed with frozen snow, are
piled forty feet deep on the railroad track
Tor distance OF over !, 200 feet.
The debris entirely filled the bed of the
river and acted as dam SO etfectually
that the channel below was entirely
empty.
All the available help procurable is
peing hurried TO the spot. and Division
Superintendent Cooley expects to have
trains running by this evening.
he states that the slide is one of the
largest that has ever been known in rail-
road annals on this coast.
A TRAIN HEMMED IN.
a telephonic message from Woodland
last night stated that a work train had
been caught between two washouts near
Dunnigan's Station and could go neither
way.
The sloughs and streams IN Yolo are
all nigh, and raiIroading is kept up under
great difficulties.
MORE SLIDES FEARED.
At midnight last night rain was falling
between Towe's and blue Canyon, and
the railroad officials were afraid that
snow-slides might occur.
They can, however, soon dispose of
such bodies Of snow with the rotary
plows, provided there are no powders IN
the way.
HIGH WATER ABOUT THE ISLANDS.
Mr.. Stewart OF Grand Island reports by
telephone that the water down that way
Is within eight inches of the hight it was
at the last high water. ii the storm con-
llnues 1t will test the levees in ell direc-
tIons. warm rain on the mountains Of
snow would bring a greater body OF
waters on the valley than in lS6l-62.
TROUBLE IN LISBON DISTRICT.
Last night large NUN Der SSof sacks
were sent down to the Lisbon District, on
the olo side, near ClarksDurg, where
the levee was threatened.
These bags are to be filled with earth
and placed in weak spots along the bank.
LADIES insist on having DIR. Prices be-
cause it makes cake, biscuit, pastry, grId
dle-cakes lighter, sweeter, whittier and
more wholesome than any other baking
powder.