The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
BACKBONE, OF
GALE SWEEPING
COAST BROKEN
Weather Man Says Bits of Sun.
shine VIII Be Interspersed
With Showers Today
Heavy Fall of Snow Scheduled
in Sierra and Red Bluff
Has White Blanket

The thermometer idled between 40
hno - degrees yesterday during the
colo rain that smart south wind drove
through your storm coats, but today
1rotessor McAdie promises moments of
cheer, for the storm that has swept
down the Oregon coast viii be break
lhs ana the sun viii shine every once
IN while. There will be rain today,
however, alternating with the sun
beams
Yesterday was rendered still more
gloomy when Professor Meade an
nounced that % OF an inch of rain
had fallen during the "a hours. The
WIND was south all day. beginning with
oluster but ending the afternoon with
qulte a gentle breeze. The barometer
stood 29.8s
There is q inches Of snow on the
ground AT Summit now, and more
coming. All the Sierra are scheduled
70 receive heavy fall of snow, and
some CT it probably viii get as far
Gown as the foothills rising from the
sacramento valley. II was showing
at Red Bluf last night
southern California viii get wet to-
DAY. too, and a 40 TO so mile southerly
WIND Is hownng Up the coast.
Car Driven by Wind
lSpeeial Dispatch 10 The CoilI
STOCKTON, Dec 6.-This city and
surrounding country felt the heavy
storm Saturday night and Sunday
morning, and today reports have come
Ia Of sheds, fences and windmills that
We're blown down. Several trees in
the city parks also failed 10 Withstand
The onslaught Of the wind and were
UproOted.
II rained early in the morning, and
although the precipitation did not last
long Il came down in torrents. The
gauge at the state hospital shows "a
Inch for the storm. The total rainfall
for the month is lis inches and for the
season So inches. as compared with
2-36 inches for the corresponding sea-
son last Year
The Coast range mountains back of
Tracy are covered with snow. as also
are the Sierra TO the east. Reports
from the hills are TO the effect that the
snowfall was heavy.
one of The most peculiar frea ks of
storm ever reported in this part OF the
state occurred in Stanislaus county A
lone freigltcar at Mount Pelier, %
miles above Oakdale. was started Sat
urdav night by the wind and as ii pro-
Ceeded down grade gained velocity
Until ii Travelled at the rate OF fully
IS miles an hour. The car passed
through Hickman. Waterford and down
IL Oakdale. where IL struck and de-
1nolished d WelIs-Fargo truck Pass
ing on through Oakdale IL continued
Ialf a mile farther, when it reached the
upgrade approach 10 the Stanfslaus
trestie anc stopped, after having trav-
eied over p miles.
Stage Stuck in Snow
REDDING. Dec with snow IS
inches deep throughout Shasta, Trinity
and Siskiyou counties as a result OF
saturdays storm. a snowstorm Of
greater intensity began al o'clock this
afternoon
Accompa MED by wind and drifting.
tie storm viii cause trouble on the
railroads and stage lines. The stage
From WeaEerVille is stalled in the
snowdrffts west Of French gulch.
Wire trouble from Saturdays storm
j. rot ended Heavy damage has re-
suited between Redding and Red Bluff,
crossarms being broken from the
weight Of snow, wires snapped and
even poles felled.
Not single wire, telephone or tele-
graph, worked south OF Redding from
saturday evening until Monday noon.
only a few are ia service now, and they
are congested. The present storm is
adding TO the difficulties.
Snowstorm Continues
GRASS VALLEY. Dec. 6--The heavy
snowstorm which began last Saturday
stin continues throughout this section
with damage TO all electric wires and
still worse conditions are feared. Snow
is falling here with an apparent prom
ise OF keeping up all night, while under
foot it is packing hard
The telephone line 10 Marysville has
been down since Saturday and it may
be several days before repairs are made,
p though the line which extends directly
south 10 Sacramento has been opened
after a hard struggle by inemen
through the deep snow. The telegraph
wires. which have been piled with snow
and out Of commission. are now open.
again.
Il is feared that the heavy fall has
affected the sources of the, city water
supply and hindered the working of
various mines in this section.
Wind Blows Ninety Miles
BAKERSFIELD. Dec "a wind
vi,