The record-union., 1899-10-12
Storm Covers Nearly Entire Country
West of Rockies.
All Sections Of the Slate Visited With Rain,
Heaviest in Southern California.
Much Damage to Grapes and Hay
in the Vicinity of P1easanton,
But the Precipitation of Benefit
in Most Sections Visited.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.-Weather
conditions and general forecast: Rain
has fallen generally over the Pacific
Slope The storm covers nearly the
entire country west of the Rocky Noun
tains. The temperature has fallen
from 10 to Is degrees over Eastern
California and Nevada Snow has fall
len in Sierras, and temperatures below
freezing may be expected Thursday in
Nevada. The following maximum wind
velocities are reported: Winnemucca
thirty-four miles per hour from the
east; Yuma, twenty-six miles from the
northwest.
The following rainfalls are reported
up to 3 o. M: San Francisco .02. Sacra-
mento .02, Red Bluff, trace; Fresno,
.0S; San Luis Obispo, IL; Los Angeles,
80; San Diego, .01
RAIN IN THE INTERIOR.
STOCKTON, Oct. 11.-Stockton was
visited by the first rain of the season
shortly after noon to-day in the shape
of a thunder storm. The fall as meas
ured by the guage, did not amount to
much, though the ground got a good
wetting. Table grapes are damaged
somewhat by the cracking of the skin.
PLEASANTON, Oct. 1.-THE first
rain of the season began falling here
shortly after midnight, and continued
up to 10 o'clock. Prospects Indicate
more rain Just now it will do more
harm than good as thousands of tons
of hay are still in the fields and grapes
are not all picked The rainfall now
will do this township thousands of dol
lars damage.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. ia gentle
rain began falling here at Il o'clock
to-day, and the indications are that
the fall will continue. A good rainfall
is greatly needed here. Sources of wat
er supply for irrigation and even for
domestic use have suffered greatly
from a long dry spell.
AUBURN, Oct. 11.-Auburn was vis-
tied by a hail storm to-day. The mer-
curry remains low, and snow is re-
ported only a few miles away.
VISALIA, Oct 11.-Rain has been
falling nearly all day All prunes
have been harvested save about 80 900
trays. These were stacked last night
No damage resulted to any fruit ex
cept raisin grapes, and only a few OF
these are grown in the northern part Of
the county.
PLACERVILLE, Oct. 1.-THE first
rain of the season commenced failing
here at 1:30 this morning. Thirty hum
dredths of an inch fell to-day and the
storm still continues. Five inches of
snow has fallen a few miles east of
this city.
SAN MIGUEL, Oct 11.-Much grain
large quantities of wheat have not
been threshed.
SALINAS, Oct. 11.-Rain began fall
ing here early this morning, ard for
about twenty minutes. in the neighbor-
hood of : o'clock, there was a perfect
downpour. 1t is feared that much un
threshed grain will suffer. Conditions
are favorable for more rain.
SANTA CRUZ, Oct 11-Heavy
showers have been falling in this vicin-
ity since midnight, and have quenched
the forest fires which have been rag
ing in this vicinity for the past two
weeks, doing immense damage.
MONTERREY, Oct. 1.-THE first rain
of the season has been falling here to-
day, and already nearly half an inch
has been registered. The rain will do
some harm to grapes and hay, but 9TH
erwise great good will result, espec-
tally if the forest fires which have been
raging in this vicinity are cuenched
which seems probable.
RIVERSIDE, Oct 11.-Rain began
falling here at p. m, and continued
for some hours. The precipitation
amounted to 20 of an inch.
inch of rain fell here to-day; at
Hueneme 80 fell and at Springvilla
and Los Posas a trihe less. No DAM
age to Lima beans or the beet crop will
result.
SAN DIEGO, Oct II. - The light
showers which fell this afternoon
turned into a steady rain about 6
o'clock, which continued for several
hours. Indications are for more rain
Reports from the interior say that the
rain there was lighter than on the
coast.
FRESNO, Oct. 11-Up to 5 o'clock
this evening 10 of an inch of rain fell
About o'clock there were several
brisk showers. The rain did little dam
age, as the vineyardists were expecting
it, and had covered their raisin trays.
SNOW IN NEVADA.
RENO, Oct. 11.-Western Nevada got
it's first snow storm of the season last
night This morning there We're three
or four inches of snow on the ground,
and present conditions Indicate a con-
tinuance of the storm.
RAIN AND SNOW IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Oct. ia cold rain
prevailed in this city and surrounding
country last night and this morning
Further in Eastern Utah and West
ern Wyoming snow fell to a depth of
eight inches, doing considerable dam