The herald., 1895-01-05
A FLOOD OF
Rain and A
GALE OF WIND
Northern and Central CalifOr-
fornia Storm Swept.
Railroad Travel in All Direc-
tions Blocked.
MANY TOWNS INUNDATED.
uOs Angeles Freight Train Wrec ked
in q Tunnel.
Wivers and Streams Running Bank Full =
Stories of Snow-Bound Passen-
gers in the Siskiyou
Mountains.
MANY TOWNS INUNDATED.
uOs Angeles Freight Train Wrec ked
in Tunnel.

By THE HERALDs Leased Wine.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 4.--The city was
flooded with water and swept by wind
today, bursting score Of sewers. up
roofing trees in Golden Gate park and
blowing down several buildings. Two
bridges across College creek were swept
away. and roads in various directions are
impossible. There was no direct COM
munication with Oregon all Gay.
Ths seven wires controlled by the
Western Union between San Francisco
end Chicago are down. A large force OF
repairers were dispatched to the noun
tains in the vicinity OF Truckee and Sis-
cons.
LOS ANGELES FREIGHT WRECKED.
The Los Angeles freight due in Oak
land at $40 was wrecked at the Altas
mont tunnel near Livermore this after.
noon. The engineer was killed and the
fireman seriously injured. Their names
are not known here and the railroad
people refuse to give any facts about the
washout. The accident has caused a
blockade between Oakland and Tracey.
A wrecking train was sent out tonight.
1t was reported at West Oakland, to-
night, that it was the Los Angeles ex-
press that was wrecked and that many
had been killed, but railroad operators
profess to know nothing about any
g. ,praoiE -svhatsver. Washouts are reported
from various points. A washout at Port
Costa has prevented the Sacramento
and overland trains from leaving the
pier tonight.
Alvarado 10 nearly all under water.
The narrow.gauge track between Mount
Eden and Russell station has been
washed awav. Reports OF dam being
washed away come from Rodeo.
SPEEDY WIND.
ASHLAND, Ore, Jan. 4-Demoraliza-
ton of traffic on the Shasta division OF
the Southern Pacific by continued heavy
storms of She past two or three DAYS
seems TO be mostly over this evening,
and trains are moving again, though
considerably behind time. The north
bound overland, which left San Fran
cisco for Portland on Wednesday even
ing, reached Ashland this afternoon,
nearly "a hours behind time, after being
blockaded in the snow for 20 hours seven
miles north of Sisson. Passengers ar
irving on this train tell OF fearful storms
that ragged in the Mt. Shasta section. A
gentleman talking with an Associated
Press representative stated at the point
where the train was stuck the wind blew
80 miles an hour, and drifted the snow
until the train, or some of the cars,
were completely buried.
TWELVE EN- aINEs HOOKED ON,
The railroad people exerted every on.
ergy to clear the tracks, and IL engines
were unable to move the train, and it
was not until the company cent rein
forcement of 100 men to the scene to
shovel the snow away by hand that it
was possible to bulge the train. Two
chains were brought into use until
Hornbrook was reached, when two
hours' additional time was lost making
board to heat the care, but the railroad
company had to forward food supplies
from Sisson aud Dunsmuir TO beiated
passengers. For long distance along
the line in Northern California the pas-
Hengers in She train arriving today re-
port that the snow was almost on
level with the Car windows as tho train
moved along. The train due from the
south this evening is reported eight
hours late at this time. No trouble has
been experienced on the road over the
Siskiyou mountains yet, though heavy
storms have prevailed there, too. No
snow at ali has fallen at Ashland 10
date. Trains on the north end were do.
layed by land slide in Cow Greek
canon, near West Fork, today for four
hours.
GREAT SNOW BANKS.
The blockade will remain open prob,
ably only for few hours, "a the snow is
falling fast. The day has been rainy.
The train that was showed under at
Black Butte Summit yesterday WAS
pulled out laet night. one car at time,
and hauled ahead to siding. The cars
were completely covered, and but for
the plows that followed and the rotary
ahead they would have had to dig prua-
pect holes to find the cars. Superin-
tendens Cooley says it is the deepest
snow and fell the fastest ever known Oh
the road. Today's train from the south
got here five hours late, but is still here.
All the engines have basn in use on the
plows and snow trains. An effort will
be made tonight to move trains But
for the rotary the road would ba block
adad solid for weAks tn coma as fha old
push blows could not move this anow.
The south bound train is marked five
hours late. but it is hardly possible for
it to get through tonight.
RAILROAD SERVICE CRIPPLED.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. A. Railroad SER
vice into San Francisco is somewhat