The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-22
IRISH OF WATER
IN THE VALLEYS
nood Conditions in California
Grow Worse Owing to Re-
cent Storms.
SITUATION VERY SERIOUS
-ueoueR TRAINS STILL ROUTED
OVER SAN PEDRO ROAD.

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49, New. Jan. H--Otticlals OF
,bs Southern Pacific report ' Ia =
+uN5si;5e a few miles last o. Apple,
halsII ti,e Sierras has delayed all
gaus - trains indefinitely.
eas-. ~ track cIeareTs have been dis
+P @sei,e and snow is falling in the
. E2l.'sbss been falling in Reno for
= he-h ,-,-ertv-four hours. Late to-
. ue the rain turned to snow, &C
t-e-.nanfed by a bitter VINO.
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rr,nrisco. Jan. 2l.-Nith railroad
,a. virtually suspended on some lines
- schedules badly demoralized on 9TH
80 telegraph and telephone wires
-.-..o5 and communications only fit
IN, maintained in some sections in the
r,,o,,in and Sacramento valleys vast
-, california has within the last TWEEN
w. - hours experienced one OF the
49, stcru1s i'm a quarter of a century
'-crinr an area that extended from the
o-.gon coast to San Diego. At various
'Isees the rain al times reached the pro
r,rton Of a ctouGbuIst anu was o0O0'A
5suisd By a fierce gale.
V-bfe the downpour has ceased tonlgflt
"A sbs barometer is rising, the district
s,-e,sgters predict showers Tor the en-
~, rtafe tonight and tomorrow ana tiis
- "a the storm waters from the noun
tsin streams. swollen to the proportion OF
,iyers will not reach the dangerous po ,ni
p ~ Sacramento and San Joaquin val
~ mail after midnight. Weakened py
r. rre,-ious storm which prevailed LOT
..,r Ss,s il is feared that many OF the
80 that so far have withstood the
,fessgre. will break tonight.
Serious at Stockton.
r-.. ,o,st serious situation exists at
st,otfou on tire san Joaquin. Wnere ths
ssb,,rbs If the city have been inundated
- The encroaching waters are beginning
T., enter the business districts lnuicattoils
- mat nv midnight the high water VIII
eausi the flood Of two years ago Wheh
-l,e streets Of stockton had 10 pc naNlsat-
"a nv bosts. The loss to the merchants
~ .t.t cit, macy of whom did not have
fine IN remove their goods from base
pents. will be heavy. The entire country
~, several miles around Stockton IS a
,sst sea Of venowish. muddy water. Raii-
road traffic is still being maintained out
may have TO be suspended before h'oin-
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rain fell during the last twenty-four
hours. while at santa Barbara an unpre-
cadented fail of eight inches for the same
period were recorded, and at Ahgels
Csmo. at the eastward of Stockton 2
wall of water six feet high swept through
the town. carrying away thirty-fiVe houses
and drowning several children
Venice islaEd. at the confluence OF IN.
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers SWEEP
hv the flood waters today. inundating sev
eral thousand acres Of rich farming lands
Trains Stalled.
Trains on the Shasta division of the
southern Pacific which were stalled
al Redding by numerous washoutS
and the soft tracks, began &c
move slowly tonight. temporary re-
pairs having been made, but later trat.
ne to the north was completely cut OF
By the washing out of a bridge at Er-
lsnd. Trains from the south arrived IN
San Francisco twelve hours late
Southern Pacific officials said tonight
that the time Of resumption OF direct tram
service with the east over that company S
central route via Ogden. was still very
uncertain. All trains are still being de-
toured via Moiave and DagEett for salt
Lake over the San Pedro road.
As yet no approximate estimate OF the
damage can be given with any degree OF
accuracy. butt hat il will be large IS indl-
Gated by reports that are being received