The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-21
EVERY STREET
A SMALL RIVER
Water from One to Six Feet
Deep All Over the Town
of Stockton, Cal.
DAMAGE WILL BE IMMENSE
WHOLE COUNTRY ADJACENT IN
UNDATED.

stockton Cal. March 20-Water is rum
ming through the streets of this city like
O mfTIracc In some places it is six feet
deem while in others IL varies from one
m three feet. the latter being the mean
average All business is suspended. as
most of the business houses are flooded
and the people in many parts of the city
are afraid To- leave their homes. No por-
zion of the town escaped Main the prin-
ainaI business street Of the city, is the
1iyb noirt and even here the water aV-
sr5ras nearly "a foot i'm depth. All the
,rIlar- ana many Of the first floors Of
tho business houses were submerged and
tho loss Do the city alone will run into
hundreds of thousands of dollars
Worst Is Over.
The flood started at about o clock yes
to-day afternoon and the highest point
-,.4. reached at midnight. since when il
has rerpdad slightly and il is believed the
worst is over. The Sky IS still overcast
rim occasional showers and should an
other storm break at this time conditions
will be more serious.
Whale the best residential portion of
IN. rfr7- is under water. few of the houses
have been Immersed as high as the first
floor and in most cases they are several
feet above the street level
Railroad and street car traffic is at a
staudsuH and this morning conditions are
me CITY viii be UnwateTed.
Whole Country Inundated.
The telephone system is badly crippled
aud an the long distance lines are out Of
commission. thereby cutting off all news
from outlying districts, the country for
many miles on all sides of Stockton being
inundated
Most Of the gas mains are full of water
and the gas supply is suspended
The Southern Pacific railroad tracks
running through the city from north TO
south were caught bTOadside and the
roadbcd and rails have been twisted out
IF shape by the force Of the raging wa
rsIS Tt Will require many days of work
10 put the track in condition for traffic,
even after the water subsidies. The Santa
Fe railroad Jared no better and no rail-
road communication will be had with the
outside world for at least a week.
IL is feared that in the southwestern
part of the city, which is low, and the
residence section Of many laboring men Of
the poorer classes, many have been
drowned. The police patrol took many
ont last night and the court house build
ing was a place of refuge for dozens.
No Longer a Joke.
There can be no exaggeration of condi-
tons here. At first il was little more
than a Joke, but when the water contin-
ned TO rise and submeTge the entire city,
the stern reality Of the thing began TO be
realized.
Outside of man who fell into a hole
last night, and another who was killed by
a train while guarding a railroad bridge.
there are no authenticated reports of IA
talitieS.
The water has been reCeding all morn
M. though slowly. 1t is feared. however,
HAT additional heavy rains in the noun
.ains viii send another freshet down this
Uav and more high water is looked for.
The afternoon papers are not trying To
get out their regular editions, as their
plants are crippled and the men cannot
get 70 work.