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named Troddeu There was no trace
of them. In Napa the fire department
and scores of others set to work as
rescuers. There was eight feet of
water in Spanishtown. The Southern
Pacific tracks were out from the Napa
dryer to First street.
RAILROADS TIED UP
The Calistoga branch of the South
ern Pacific was tied APP, as was the
Napa Valley Electric line. Napa juno
ton was flooded. Calistoga, with nine
inches of rain in "a houxs, was in bad
shape.
on the Northwestern Pacific trains
Between Santa Rosa and Healdsburg
were held UP by a washout. The cleo
tric car service from Santa Rosa TO
Sebastopol was demoralized.
In Santa Rosa. piling under the
electric lines bridge was washed
away. The and Main streets
bridges were. saved with difficulty.
From Santa Rosa to Petaluma the
country was under water.
The Russian river was at its high
est fer 20 years
EAST PETA9.UMA FLOODED
East PetaIuma was reported flooded.
hundreds of men working TO save the
factory district.
The Southern Pacific line from
Santa Rosa was tied up.
The Southern Pacific kept patrol
on it's tracks through the Yolo basin.
where the water was near the top of
the newly raised entertainments. From
Sacramento to Sparks ii was raining
hard The first washout reported was
near Midas and all trains We're run
on a slow schedule.
The Southern Pacific had difficulty
because wires were down. The sta
zion AT Palermo was flooded. and bad
conditions were reported around Oro-
vile.
INTERIOR RIVERS RAGING
In the interior every river was ris-
Ing fast. The levees were kept under
constant patrol. In many places they
were strengthened by emergency
crews of volunteers.
san Francisco itself suffered dam
age Wires were torn down, trees
and poles overturned. signs. chimney
pots and fences turned into debris by
the heavy wind
Marin county and the peninsula
were severely buffeted and in places
flooded:
W
While trains We're run on the sub
urban electric branch of the North
western Pacific. at some places the
tracks were under water. The post
Office at Ross was four feet under
water On the county road Is autos,
stalled. We're tied to trees to prevent
their floating away on the high tide.
The waters began TO recede today,
but fears were felt for the high tide
at S .. m.
A hundred families or more left
their inundated homes.
ROSS MARSHAL REsCUEs WIFE
One was that of George Ryan. dep
uty marshal at Ross. who carried his
Wife out, wading waist deep.
Lagunitas creek. usually carrying
four feet of water at this season, had
IS at Ross.
Near San Anselmo a bridge was
washed out.
Larkspur and Ross were isolated
telephone wires being down.
The Northwestern Pacific trains on
the main line We're affected by wash
outs above Santa Rosa. The Guerne-
Vile branch was stopped.
Traffic on Ell Canine Real down
the peninsula was halted when two
big palms in front of the Burlingame
Country club were uprooted. Tele-
Hillsborough We're in darkness last
night
SAN MATEO FLOODED
Small buildings were damaged. The
streets of East San Mateo were food
ed and the swamp lands became part
of the bay.
Wires were badly tangled in the
east shore communities. Underground
eonduits in Berkeley were flooded,
and many crossed wires started
trouble. Trees were uprooted, es-
pecially in Piedmont and the hills be-
yond. At Tenth and Webster streets,
Oakland the wind smashed a big
plate glass window
On the edge of Contra Costa county
traffic on the tunnel road was tied
up by landslides, which snapped off
eight or nine telephone poles. Double
repair crews were put on the job.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
The telegraph wires along both the
Santa Re and the Western Pacific
railroads Were broken down by the
heavy winds and rain, and crews were
working hard today to open the wires
again. Poles were swept down and
wires broken and grounded on the
santa Fe down the San Joaquin VAL
lev. The Western Pacific suffered
most in the mountains near Portola.
The Western Pacific officials here
had reports of mudslides and rock
slides over their tracks in the noun
tains last night, and train service has
beenu temporarily broken off. Pas
sengers are routed owe rthe Southern
Pacific around the distractions. The
full nature of the damage was not
learned because of the broken tele-
grahp wires.
SHIPS AT SEA IN DISTRESS
While things were sent hurting on
land, the stress at sea was even
greater.
Whipped by the gale, the steam
schooner Pomo. disabled. was picked
UP by the big lumber steamer Adeline
smith. according to wireless informa-
ton sent in early in the day.
The deckload on the Pomo had BEEN
washed away and her crew of 20. I'M
der Captain LilIeland, as well as her
passengers, were in distress.
AT the Office Of the owners, Swayae
e. Hoyt. 1t was said that the number
of passengers was probably six or
seven, though the passenger capacity
is a. The Pomo's lumber capacity is
100000 feet
Later advices announced the Pomo
az due late in the afternoon from Al
n bion. She was picked up 20 miles of
Point Reyes.
SECOND RESCUE BY OLSEN
Thes rescue of the Pomo is the sec