The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
ALL HIGH WATER MARKS
BROKEN BY SACRAMENTO
Thousands of People Are
Menaced by Storm
Swollen River
APPEAL FOR RESCUE
Levees Collapse and Flood
Covers District Sixty
Miles in Width
APPEAL FOR RESCUE

SACRAMENTO, March 2L-Frorn all
downriver points comes alarming news
that the Sacramento River is higher
than ever known and that the situation
al along the levees is appalling. There
are already several breaks between
Freeport and Courtland, whence cry
for help comes. and every able-booieo
man is assisting against the water that
is pouring into the branches and inun-
dating thousands OF acres Of the hnest
farming land IN the State.
Special dispatches from Freeport
Courtland. Walnut Grove and Frank
lin say that the river has reached the
highest stage ever recorded and II is
predicted that the terrible scenes which
were witnessed during the. HOODS OF
1904 will be paralleled II not surpassed.
Standing on the levee near Courtland
one may look for sixty miles 20 the
southeast across an unbroken sea OF
water, which extends clear TO STOCK
ton. Thousands OF cattle are being
sheltered on top OF the levees, as there
is no other place for them
Above Courtland the situation is In
tense all the way from the Ross Moore
place on the Freeport road "a the Hol-
lister estate, a distance OF six miles,
there DGluR three DlGdhE III LIZ i've
levee through which the water is pour
ing. Everything is being swept before
the food and the only livestock saved
was that which was got 10 the top OF
the levee before the breaks occurred
The river at Courtland has touched
the 2lS foot mark, two feet higher
than ell previous high water records.
Randall Island is In danger OF being
swept away. and the Pierson district IN
which Courtland is located, is threat
ened with inundation- The Randall
island pump whistles were blowing all
evening and all the men who could get
70 the scene were aiding in building
up the levee with sacks filled with
earth
.ne telegraph operator at courtland
at o'clock tonight said that the peO-
PIE there were preparing for the worst
He expected communication with this
city TO be cut of at any moment and
since that time no word has been re-
ceived from him.
The blockade on the Southern Pacihc
lines was made complete this morning
when the line to the east was rem
dered helpless by a washout OF ZvV feet
OF track at Applegate, but during the
afternoon the situation changed for
the better, when with the report that
the Appelgate washout had been re-
pared came dnOlleE message hldllu&
that II was expected that the track
would be opened through TO Stockton.
The Placerville line is in commission
again. but no trains are operated on
the Marysville branch farther than
Wheatland. It viii be many days be-
fore trains can pass TO San Francisco
by way OF Davisville and Suisun.
On the Portland line no trains are
running beyond Redding, the tracks
being cut at Keswick, Campbell and
Kennett, and II is not expected that
travel can be resumed beyond Redding
for al least ten days.
TonOpah and Goldheld are isolated
on account Of the washout between
those places and Reno.
A special tonight to the Union from
CourlIand, thirty-five miles down the
river, states that the levee there is
broken and that II VIII be impossible
20 save Brannan Island This island
Is between Courtland and Rio Vista on
the Sacramento side.