The record-union., 1896-01-20
AGAIN TEE RAIN COMES down
The River Pouring Into the YOlO Basin
Near ElkhOFn.
Rideout's Fine Levee in Sutter Broken
and Thousands of Actes Of
Land Flooded.

After such delightful weather on Sat
urday and during the greater part of
yesterday it was hoped and believed
that a period of sushine was in store for
the people who had been housed during
the week by the big storm.
But this hope received a dampening
last evening by a renewal of the rain,
which fell copiously and increasingly,
though not accompanied by such high
winds as prevailed during the preced-
ing week.
The river at this point has not shown
much increase since Friday, however,
end had the storm not been renewed
the freshet would soon have subsided,
but as last nights rain was quite gen
eraI throughout the valley and in the
mountains and the streams may be ex-
pected to keep up for some days to
come.
Reports from along the Central Pa
cif1c Railroad were to the effect that
rain was falling at all points as far
east as the Summit, where it was snow
ing. It was also raining along the Ore
gon line.
RIVER DIVERTED.
Frank Burns, the well-known hunter
and fisherman, who came down the
river yesterday, states that great
volume Of water is pouring through the
old break in the Yolo levee, about six
teen miles north of here, in a perfect
torrent. Above that point the stream
was about four feet higher than on
this side.
This shows that the river is being
largely diverted into the great Yolo
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filing up. The water is now up against
the railroad embankment from Wash
ington as far west as Webster Station,
in the direction of. Davisville. It can
do no damage out there unless it rises
higher against the grade and severe
norther should set in, dashing the
waves over the track, as it did a year
ago, depositing masses of tule and de-
bris on the track.
RIDEOUT LEVEE BROKEN.
Word was received at the railroad
office yesterday that n. D. Rideouts
costly levee on the Feather river in
Sutter County had gone out for a dis
tance of several hundred yards, near
Chandler Station, and that the high
water of that stream was pouring
through.
claimed land had already been inun-
dated, and the water will cover a wide
extent Of the low lands along the
Feather. The people there have been
subjected to an enormous outlay of
money for years past to save their
lands from inundation, and of late they
had begun to hope they were safe.
Hydraulic mining debris, however,
has been filing up the beds of the
streams faster than the people of the
valley could construct levees to keep
out the water, and it looks as if the lat
ter's day of deliverapce from this great
evil is yet far off.
A wASHOUT
A considerable portion of the railroad
track between Knights Landing and
Marysville was washed out yesterday
forenoon, obstructing travel over that
branch of the road for several hours.
About noon yesterday a construc-
ton train and a force of about fifty
laborers were sent out from this city
and before evening the damage had
been repaired.
The railroad officials had expected to
be able to resume traffic to-day between
Marysville and Oroville, but the re-
newaI Of the storm will serve to keep
the streams up and flood the track.
The result is that travel over that road
will probably be deferred for several
days yet.
RAINFALL HERE.
The Weather Bureau reports for this
city show the highest and lowest tenn
peratures yesterday to have been 90
and 81 degrees, with fresh southerly
winds and cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. m.
and p m were 30.06 and 29.97 inches,
respectively, which does not look en-
couraging for a cessation of the storm.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 40 and AZ
degrees, with 02 of an inch of rain, and
one year ago to-day 80 and SO degrees,
with a trace.
The river is 20 feet 2 inches, a fall Of
three inches since Saturday.
The rainfall during the twelve hours
from 8 p m. on Friday to 5 a. m. on
Saturday was the heaviest during this
season, there having been la inches
measured. This makes 4.56 for the
storm land the month";, while the sea-
sons precipitation amounted to 9.17
inches, as against 1915 inches to an
equal date last year.