The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-17

day the San Diego River was a bed Of sand
last night it was nearly mile wide and
from one to fifteen feet deep.
The Tia Juana River has now spread
back to Tibbetts place, which was themark
reached bv the high and damaging food
in 1890.
Tuesday morning f. Waideman crossed
the he'd of sand in the evening when he
returned his horses were compelled to
swim.
The railroad bridge at Lakeside, on the
Cuyamaca and Eastern, is gone, and the
road is also under water in CaJon valley
this side so that it would be unsafe TO run
trains. One train is tied up at Lakeside
and another at Foster. --.--z---.-z-.-
The county wagon-road at Lakeside Is
also washed out and the entire valley IS
flooded. and some people have been COM
nelled to leave their homes and take to the
highlands. The destruction in nearly all
the valleys in this county will aggregate
large amount.
Los GATos Jan. 16.-Los Gatos has Deen
in the throes of a big storm for the past NJ
teen hours, in which thunder and nShV-
ming, hail, high winds and terrific down
pour have been jumbled together. Inc
precipitation of the present storm Is nearly
three inches. For the season 1t IS nearly
80 inches.
A big Landslide occurred this afternoon at
Rock Ledge on the line of the narrow
gauge railroad, delaying the trains seVeral
hours The distractions were removed ny
means of giant powder
SAN MIGUEL, J an. 16-A whirlWlnd started
a half mile north of here at 2:3O p NJ IL
was two hundred yards wide and was tun-
mel shaped, and was moving eastward A.
J. Hughes house was demolished; Citizen
fields outhouses were lifted hundred feet
into the orchard; Robert Kirk buggy was
overturned, and he had two ribs broken
and his lung pierced by flying tree. The
Parkfeld stage was overturned; the pas
sengers had to lie on the ground to escape
injury. The Western Union wires ana
polls are down. The rain, thunder ana
lightning still continue.
SIssoN, Jan. 16.-This vicinity was visited
last night by another very severe snow
storm. The fall amounted to about twelve
inches The snow was accompanied by
very high wind which drifted it consldera-
ably along the railroad, necessitatlng the
rushing of the rotary pillow from DunsInulr
to Edgewood. So far trains are running OH
schedule time.
ARROYO GRANDE Jan. 16.-A genuine
southeaster, one of the heaviest gales OF
the season, swept over this section last
night. accompanied with heavy rain, hall,
thunder and lightning. 1t moderated
early this morning with light wind ana
showery weather.
NApA. IAN. 16.-The rainstorm last night
was very heavy, one inch falling during
the night. 1t has rained very hard again
this afternoon and high wind is blowing.
Some fears of flood are entertained by
those having places near the river.
VIsA1IA. Jan. ia heavy windstorm
blew this morning. 1t rained all day, the
streams were full, and there was great
danger of flood here should the slx-mlle
levee be weakened A special dispatch
this morning to the Delta from Monson
saws a wild storm this morning tore OH
fifty feet of the roof of the grain warehouse
of the S. Sweet Company, exposing 1oOO
sacks of wheat to the elements.
CARSON, Jan. 16.-Six inches OF snow
fell here by noon to-day. 1t is still snow
| ing this evening and the snowplows have
| been put on local trains.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 16.-The rainfall up to
Q o'clock was 1.37 inches. The total for
the season is 14.44 inches. The total last
| season to date was 5.53 inches.
STOCKTON, Jan. 16.-At this hour it looks
as if Stockton could not escape flood.
Rain has been falling in torrents, and all
the streams are bank full and rising. Rain
is falling heavily at this hour.
| Should the weather turn cold or the rain
cease in the mountains the danger might
pass, but it is more than probable that
| Stockton will be under water before noon
| tomorrow.
The western part of town is partly under
| water now.
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