The San Francisco call., 1904-03-11
MANY DWELLINGS DAMAGED.


had a narrow escape from drowning
{ while trying 10 save the latter craft
MANY DWELLINGS DAMAGED.
! DR.. Crumpton's residence. near the
water front was badly demolished
and his garden and outhouses were
I entirely washed away. Many OF the
| handsome houses on the hill were
| badly shaken up and piles of lumber
md wreckage slid down the steep. in
: cIines. making IL dangerous 70 pass
near the brow OF the hill
The schooner Anna Maria lost her
rigging and anchor and drifted down
on an unknown English ship. The
latter IS said 10 have been badly shak-
en- up By the collision and the Anna
Maria IS in dilapidated condition,
/ besides having lost nearly all her car
go Of cordwood.
A boathouse az New Sausalito was
7 entirely washed away, together with
recently been installed. The storm
/ simply wrecked every ark in the Vi
cinity Of Sausalito which was not
amply sheltered. Many Of the occu-
pants were forced TO fee for their
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their homes IN arks are now home
less.
The work OF cleaning up the town
will be inaugurated at once and it will
I be several days before the place pre-
sents anything like its former appear
ance. Wreckage and debris is scat
tered in every nook and corner of the
+ village. Fences were blown down in
7
rooted up and flower gardens entirely
carried away.
The clubhouse OF the san Francisco
Yacht Club marvelously escaped dam
age. though many valuable rowboats
were either dashed TO pieces against
the rocks or carried away entirely
f There is scarcely a wharf or float
along the whole water front that has
not been damaged TO some extent by
+ the storm
On Mount .-amalpais the velocity Of
( the wind reached 106 miles. No dam
age occurred on the Scenic Railway.
At CCrte MADEIRA three two-story
I houses in course Of construction and
nearly completed. owned by William
/ Jackman Of San Francisco, we're blown
+ down and viii have to be entirely re-
/ built
I Traffic on both the North Shore and
/ the California Northwestern was at
/ standstiu for many hours. No trains
/ have gone north or arrived from GAIA
+ dero on the narrow gauge. owing to
washouts above San Anselmo, while on
the California Northwestern the up
/ country trains did not leave Tiburon.
/ and the San Francisco bound passen-
I gers cannot pass Petaluma owing TO
+ landslides in Sonoma County.
/ San Rafael commuters who attempt
/ ed 10 go TO San Francisco before 10
/ O'Clock this morning were stalled on
/ this side of the bay. The North Shore
+ ferry boats were operated after 9
o'clock and ran on time the balance
/ OF the day. The ferry-boat Tiburon
+ in crossing had her rudder damaged
and put back TO San Francisco. The
/ Donahue was sent out to take her
place, but was delayed an hour by fire
+ being discovered on her lower deck
( The prompt action Of the officers and
crew made the damage very slight and
/ she was not laid up for repairs.
! At Lime Point and Fort Baker there
was considerable damage, especially at
the former place. The quartermaster
road running from the wharf to the
/ Lime Point lighthouse was washed
away for long distance. The seawalI
+ Just completed by the Government was
undermined by a back wash and broken
/ in several places
/ Hundreds of acres of land between
/ Ross station and Larkspur are inun-
dated.
/ The rainfall for San Rafael and vicin-
F ity is 24S inches. while at SausaIito it
f was 4.75 inches since Wednesday at 5
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