The morning call., 1895-01-25

Thrilling Incidents of the Flood at RAJ,
sen and Gambia.

Thrilling Incidents of the Flood at Rum
seq and Gambia.
WOODLAND, Jan. 24.-As there are neither
telephone nor telegraph offices at Rumsey,
in the Capay Valley, the details of the late
storm were not received until to-day. The
rain poured down in torrents for forty
eight hours and the water was two feet
higher than ever known before. The Rum
sey bridge across Cache Greek, which was
considered impregnable to the highest
flood, was carried away, and the settlement
known as East Rumsey is cut off from all
communication with the outside world.
Cache Creek will probably not be fordable
again until late in the season and the
bridge was the only means of communica-
ton afforded to the settlers on the east
side of the creek in the west end of the
valley.
An incident of the flood, which came
near resulting fatally, occurred just before
the bridge went out. Walter Redfern and
L. Plat were on the west side of the creek
and crossed the bridge to their homes on
the east side. Platt was on horseback and
got over safely, but Mr.. Redfern had
thrilling experience. He was walking and
leading horse on which was strapped two
sacks of -four. At the east end of the
bridge the water was deep and the current
was so swift that both Redeem and the
animal were swept from their feet. The
horse swan ashore without much difficulty,
but Redfern did not get out of the food
until after he had drifted down the stream
about thousand yards.
The news from Gumba is also of a sensa-
tional character. John Whipple's place..
a short distance below town, was under
water all day Tuesday. The only occu-
pant of the place was Mr.. Powell, late of
Madison At o'clock Tuesday afternoon
Powell was compelled to take refuge in an
oak tree which stood near the corner of the
house. He could be seen by the people on
this side of the raging torrent, but they
were powerless to render him any assist
ance. Late on Tuesday the waters receded
sufficiently to permit him to escape.
/ J. B. Everett was compelled to move his
family from his house to the home of J.
w. Hughes and the water was deep enough
to run in the wagon-bed in which they
were moving.
Many fences were washed away, orchards
were flooded and cattle on the hills Jared
very badly. Advices from Knights Land
ing are to the effect that on the Suffer side
there is no land to be seen except the tops
of the levees. The water has invaded many
homes. The levees on this side below town
are still standing and the water that threat
ened the. reclamation district is receding
under the influence of strong north wind.
The railroad company is constructing a
side track to the bed of Buckeye Creek to
tap gravel pit to be used as ballast for
the tracks where they have been weakened
by the foods. The railroad situation is
still very bad. A force of fifty men is
working on the break between this city
and Yolo, and there is construction train
on both sides of the break. Under the
most favorable conditions trains will not
90 over it before Saturday. Aforce of men
is also at work on the breaks in the Knights
Landing branch, but it is very uncertain
when the company will be able to run cars
over that line again. The entire grade is
gone in places and the work of laying the
track will necessarily be very slow.
The track between Woodville and Davis
vile is in good condition and no further
trouble is apprehended.
Between Davisville and Sacramento the
water has reached the top of the grade in
several places and the high wind splashed
the waves against the car-windows as the