The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
Sacramento Near Danger Point,
and Big Force of Men
Patrols Levees
Towns Are Flooded and More
Railroad and Power Dams
Are Swept Away
Considerable Track Is Washed
Out and Sections of Snow
shed Destroyed
s. DI.eeLeh . TLs caIIl


- ACRAaIENTO, Jan. 15.-Continued
heavy rains throughout the valley
and in the mountains. with the
temperature above freezing In the
higher attitudes Of the Sierras, is send
iag every stream and river throughout
= the entire Sacramento river watershed
b. ont OF its banks. and tonight at this
:. point the Sacramento river is rising at
the rate OF six inches an hour At s
clock the gauge showed 26 feet. This
IS several feet below the food stage for
Sacramento city. but. TO guard against
90 any possible danger, a force of men is
patroiing the levees along the American
river north Of the city. River levees
win stand rise Of four or five feet be-
fore there is any danger 10 this city.
Men Watch the Levees
r. The Southern Pacific company has
several thousand bags Of sand to throw
iato any break in the levees. Condi-
lions above this city are worse at many
points than two years ago Biggs is
under two to four feet OF water.
AT Gridley two women and five chill
dren were rescued in a small boat from
.. raft in the overflow.
At Oroville a dredger worth sI15.0oo
belonging 10 the Indiana gold dredge
company was wrecked.
At Forest IIiI, on the American river.
r. dredger belonging TO the National
-%goId dredging company was overturned.
.< Escaped From Stalled Train.
!. The first passengers, 20 in number, TO
'arcach Sacramento from the belated
..0ferland limited No. 1. stalled at Rose
*lll~ 10y the high waters which swept
!. away the American river bridge at FL
vas. arrived at Z o'clock tonight. Leav-
ing the train. which could proceed no
farther than Ben All, they took auto
mobiles sent out from here, and, riding
10 the Northern Electric track, COM
s bleted the journey TO this city on that
Zine, 26 hours late. Train No. 1 was
+ due here yesterday at o'clock, but
was cut of by the rapid rise of the
American river and had to pull back
10 RoseviIle, where the party spent the
might and day.
During the stop q meeting OF the
.: passengers was he'd. and Harry G.
Martell, a wholesaler, Of San Francisco,
and II. Z. Peterson. a mining man, Of
Berkeley, were appointed general su-
pervisors. With IS others they came to
Sacramento and arranged the details
for the journey 10 the bay. A special
train was given them, and the entire
list OF passengers bound for the bay
left at g o'clock. Those who first ar
rived here were: Mrs. Clara r. shank
.eiapd. william 7. Kent, ". ]. Davis, A.
II. Seep. Ben Hager; A Monida, con-
tractor. and wife; Philip Eichorn. I.
Rohstad, G. ". Pratt and wife. L. r.
Lennoz and wife. II. Bishop and wife.
and oscar Rolsen OF New York.
all bound for San Francisco, and H. E.
Peterson and +. B. Norris for Oakland.
Philip Eichorn is an assemblynan from
Port Huron, Mich.
= VIII Be Switched South
Overland train No. Of yesterday is
now at Blue canyon, half way over the
mountain. and train No. ! Of today
reached Roseville tonight. Tomorrow
trains I and 5 from the east will be
switched at ogden and sent on the
san Pedro and salt Lake route to Los
Angeles.
The track between here and Davis
withstood the food waters The
knights Landing and OroviIle branches
are impossible because Of washout
AZ Msrcuse and Niger Jack. The line
by way OF Biggs to Red Bluff is i'm
passable on account Of a washout on
Bear river near wheatland. Trains 15
and I6. the Portland limited. are going
by way Of willows on account Of the
AIarysville washout