Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
FLOODS ARE
PLAYING HAVOC.
Storm OF Unprecedented Severity
Raging in Southern Cal
ifOrnia.
MANY VINEYARDS DESTROYED.
MANY VINEYARDS DESTROYED.
Kings River Out Of It, Banks and the
San Joaquin Near the Dan
ger Point.

Fresno, Cal, March IA storm Of
Unprecedented severity has been raging
for the past so hours, and the region
between the San joaquin and 'Nngs
rivers Is threatened with the greatest
flood In years The fall Of snow IN the
mountains exceeds all records, and
great damage may result to fumes and
power plants.
Telephone adyices from Pine Ridge,
which is at 5000 feet altitude, say al
ready over ~ feet of snow has fallen,
and at the summit the depth is over
20 feet. Wildwood, the headquarters
Of the big Eanger Lumber company,
there Is over 10 feet ana II is stu
stOrming.
Both the Kings and the san Joaquin
rivers are at the danger marx III
spIte of the immense amount OF water
that the bitches built of late years are
diverting,
Big Dry creek which flows north OF
Clovis, is higher than ever before, ana
the whole country to the northeast
of Clovis is "A sea of water.
The residents OF the Garfield vine-
ward district, northwest Of CLOVIS
worked all night IN binding ram
building levees, but their work went
for nothing when huge overflow wave
went sweeping through that district
this morning,
Fancher creek, flowing south OF
Fresno into canals Of the Fresno lrri-
CATION Canal company Is beyond con-
trol, and Is laying waste valuable Vino-
yards.
Already miles of land are covered
with five feet OF water. After night
of terror the 500 people Of Laton, on
Kings river, this morning moved IN a
body to the grade Of the Santa Fe rail-
way. The leyees about the town, which
are six feet high, We're beginning To
overflow, and adyices from the noun
talns were 10 the effect that still great
or floods were coming.
Already the Kings river is over its
banks near its delta and great Hoods
are flowing south towards Haniord,
and the Tulfare lake basin.
AT noon water was beginning to APP
proach on both north and south sides,
and fears are entertained OF a HOOD,
the first since 1887.
Numerous bridges are being washed
out In the northern colonies and the
water Is threatening the cemetery.
From all parts of the county come
reports OF great damage and still rap
idly rising water The ore shipping
sheds of the Mountain Copper COM
pany, ond the Polasky branch of the
Southern Pacific. are under water
Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pa
cihc report numerous washouts anc
train service Is demorallzed.
At noon the town of Clovis was two
feet under water and 20 families had
left their homes.
work train that started from Fres-
no this morning to repair the tracks
on the MERGED division Of the South.
ern Pacific railroad was thrown into
the ditch three miles north of Berenda
this afternoon. Engineer Shattuch
was pinioned under the cab and burn
ed by escaping steam.
The other four men of the train
crew were uninjured A relief part,
sent from MADEIRA river rescued the
men. The bridge across the Maderi
river is unsafe for trains to attempt {
crossing.
The accident was caused by th'
spreading OF the rails.