The record-union., 1896-01-18
CLOUDS STILL WEEPING.
1t Rains, and the Wind is Never
Weary.
The River is Rising Rapidly Railroad
Track Above MarsysVille
Submerged.

The rain still poured down all ThurS-
day night and part of yesterday, and
about o'clock in the afternoon started
in again, falling quite heavily last
night. The prospects at late hour
were that the backbone of the storm
was not yet broken, as there was still
considerable wind.
Farmers in this county are well sat
isfied with the quantity that has al
ready fallen, but in some of the adobe
counties the land is not yet sufficiently
wet down to suit the farmers. The
river rose very rapidly yesterday, there
being a rise of six feet in eighteen
hours, but as it was very low at the
start it lacks many feet of the high
water mark, and is not at all likely to
reach anywhere near it.
There have been. some landslides on
the Oregon division, but they only
caused few hours delay to trains.
There was a heavy precipitation of
rain at Truckee, with the temperature
yesterday morning at Al degrees. At
Summit Station twenty-five inches of
snow fell and at Cascade fourteen
inches. There was 400 inches of rain
at Colfax in the twenty-four hours
preceding Z a. m. yesterday, and at
Placerville there had been 800 inches.
Crystal Lake overflowed its banks
yesterday, about two miles from Cisco.
from the melting of the snow by the
five inches of rain there, and carried
away nearly a hundred feet of track
and $50 feet of snow sheds on the en-
bankment across the canyon below it.
The road was temporarily blockaded,
but a force of men was sent up and
the chasm cribbed. 1t was expected that
the trains would be able to cross it
about o'clock this morning. The
overland train that arrives here at 4:50
.. m. was held at Truckee till the break
could be repaired. Part of the sheds
were recovered in the afternoon at the
Yuba River bridge, near Marysville.
The road between Oroville and Ma
rysville was impossible yesterday
evening. Over 500 yards of the road
north of Marysville was submerged and
all trains tied up or sent by way of
Willows. A large force of men went
over to Putah Creek, between Davis
vile and Dixon, under the direction of
Resident Engineer w. S. Palmer, and
took over 500 sacks with them to avert
any possible trouble.
A dispatch from Princeton, Colusa
County, to the Record Union" last
evening says: 'sThere has been a pre-
cipitation of three and one-half inches
for the present storm. The river is slow
Iy rising, but no trouble is anticipated
The weather continues warm and crops
of all kinds are growing rapidly. The
farmers are Jubilant."
The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 61 and 90 de-
grees, with brisk to high southeasterly
winds and stormy weather prevailing.
The wind reached thirty-six miles per
hour several times yesterday.
The barometrical readings at a. m.
and p. m. were 2995 and 29.91 inches
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 40 and 40
degrees, with .6S of an inch of rain, and
one year ago to-day 40 and 40 degrees,
with 50 Of an inch of precipitation.
River, 10 feet ] inch.
The rainfall yesterday evening up
to 5 D. M was % of an inch. making
for the storm and the month 1856
inches, as against 5.S4 inches to an
equal date in January of last year.
The rainfall for the season is 7.S7
inches as against 17.74 inches to and
including January 18th of last year.
The barometer rose very rapidly be-
tween midnight Of Thursday and a.
M. Yesterday, but began again to fall
last evening. This rapid fluctuation of
the barometrical condition of sthe at
mosphere shows it to be in an unstable
state of equilibrium, and indicates an
unsettled condition of the weather.