The San Francisco call. [volume], March 24, 1907, Page 40, Image 40

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The heavy storm of Friday night and yesterday added much to the gravity of the flood situation in the
interior. Stockton fears another Inundation before morning. Reddin g reports a torrential downpons
which the swollen streams cannot carry off. In the river districts, with their fertile farms, disaster steps
imminent on every hand. The railroads are about overwhelmed and at best only a few trains will be
running for several days.
Stockton Awaits Another Big Flood
and Populace Is in Wild Alarm
Above arc the first photographs of the Orovtllr flood received la San Franclaco. The upper photo shown a scene In
the resldenee *cction. where houses were floated from 30 to 40 feet, turned around \u25a0 and twisted out of
«h«pr. The middle photo Micmn the condition In front of the Union HoteL Senator Boynton Is at the extreme
i left of the picture and former Senator A. 1". Jones on the extreme right. The bottom photo «hon» Montgom
ery street, the main bualness thoroughfare of the town.
Grave Fears Felt for River Districts Where
the Lives of Many Farmers Are jn Danger .
STOCKTON*. March 23. — This city is
in a state of alarm tonight because of
the fear that it will be flooded again
before morning. Preparations arp be
ing made for a repetition of last Tues
day's Inundation. Rain has fallen in
torrents in the foothills and at 8 o'clock
this evening the river at Linden was
reported to be within one foot of the
mark when it broke over and descended
on Stockton earlier tn the week. The
flood was still rising at that hour and
there seems to be no chance for this
city to escape.
The street department has ordered
all merchants and business men to dis
continue pumping out cellars. It is
considered usHess at this time. The
waters of the San Joaquin are at fu^li :
a, high stage that in all of the chan- !
nels passing through and into Stockton ]
they have begun to bark up into the \u25a0!
streets. The police have already beon !
called upon to rescue families from in- !
rushing water.
The island district" are now oxperi- !
eriflng the crisis. The transportation !
companies "have discontinued regular!
service and all boats are doing relief !
work. A number of Italians and Mexi
cans are reported to be in danger of
drowning on the islands and attempts
are being made to rescue them. Sev
eral river gteamers attempted to reach
them today, but the water in the San
Joaquln was so swift that the efforts
were futile.
It is 'doubtful if the levees will with
stand the strain and widespread dis
aster is probable.
REFUGEES IN TREETOP
Two : Men Have Clung to Branches
MARYSVTI..LE. March 23. — High
wind nnd hravy rain visited this s«o
tlon last night and snow fell on the
Yiiba River watershed. The river ;
rained four .inches today. It was re- :
ported, this morning that two men had;
bfcri'BPeii in tree tops far out in the
Yiiba USvor bottom^ six miles east of
MaxysVille. with distress signals dis
played. TJiey must hnve been perohed
in the trers since last Sunday. A
party will start out to rescue them.
Rain is still falling, but the floods
in {surrounding sections are subsiding.
There have been vast losses' of live
stock. '-'•}."
TRANSPORT ADRIFT
Law ton Breaks From Moorings in
• the High Wind
VAL.L.EJO. March 23. — The transport
I..n\vton Itroko from lier moorings curly
this morning and drifted toward the
yacht clubhouse. A tug was s«nt to
rescue her. Several houses are tsur
roundi'd by water in the -residence dis
trict. It is still raining at 10:30 o'clock
tonight. ;
Win:* arc down in many directions.
Lake Chabot, three miles f,rom here., is
m-ar the overflow point and many
ranches are endangered.
PRUNE CROP DAMAGED
Wind and Rain Cause Great Damage
in Santa Clara
SAN JOSE,' March 22.— The heaviest
rain of, the season fell'here this morn- 1
Ing,. 1.20 inches coming xlown in two ,
hours. Many l of the streets weretem-.
porarily flooded and- the. Los Gatos;'
Guadalupe .and Coyote Creeks, „ which ;
run through, the city, are higher than
they,, w«re. during 1 . the. recent - storm^
Th9i country below here- Is "flooded and
trains are held up. In the Santa *Cruz
M/iuntaine many ' extensive - landslides
came down last night, covering the
county roads.
Colonel Philo Hersey. president of
Hie Santa Ctera County Fruit Ex- ;
change, is authority for the statement
tbJLt the present storm, coming on top i
of the preceding one, has destroyed j
half of the prune crop of the valley by
washing the pollen* from the blossoms.
A large warehouse in Milpitas be
longing to William Osterman & Co. j
was blown down early this morning.
FLOOD IN SANTA CRUZ
San Lorenzo River Overflows and
Residence District Suffers
SANTA CRUZ. March 23. — As a re
sult of a terrific storm last night
the Sun Lorenzo River, which flows
through the center of this city, over;
flowed its banks and all the lower
part of the residence district is flooded.
Bridges at Brookdale and Boulder
Creek were ew«?pt away by gigantic
redwood logs that came down . the
stream.
ONE HOUR OF SUNSHINE
Clouds Gather Again and Redding Is
Drenched Once More
RELjJIXG, March 23.— After an all
night storm the clouds cleared away
this morning for an hour. Then they
quickly gathered again and a terrific
wind and rain storm is now In progress.
It is snowing, heavily In" Siskiyou and
Sacramento Canyon. Snowplows are
hard at work. .A big slide occurred. at
Cantara last nlgrht and tunnel 9 Is cay- i
ing In. Conditions could not be much
worse along the upper route.
BUFFALO ALMOST ASHORE
SAN RAFAEL. March 23. — Marin .
County was visited by a high south
west wind and an exceedingly heavy
j downpour of rain last night and today.
I Telephone and electric light wlres«were
| blown down and one of them set fire
Ito the fence and sidewalk In front
iof Supreme Justice Angellotti'a resl
j dence.
The United Statfcts auxiliary cruiser
i Buffalo, lying off Sausallto, dragged
(both anchors and was obliged to U3e
j Uer" engines to prevent her from going
ashore on Belvedere, A two-story
dwolllr.g in Homestead .Valley was
razed by the high wind. A large wash
out, sixty feet wide and five feet deep
on the main line of the Northwestern
Pacific, just north of Ignacio, prevented
the passage of trains for Petaluma and
points north. Tliree inches of rain fell
UIO VISTA I'XDER WATER
RIO VlfiTA. . Marcb> 23.— With the '
greater part of the town under water
and the Sacramento lllver a raging
torrent, the situation here is regarded
as very grave. Most of tfie surrounding
country and the islands In . the river \
are^flooded. The levees on Ryer Island
gave way yesterday and thousands of
acres of farming land are submerged, j
The streets of Rio Vista are filled With
livestock rescued from the islands.
OROVIIiLE FEELS SECURE
OROVILLE, March 23.— This section
Is being swept by another heavy storm.
The Feather River has risen again,
but no -apprehensions are felt.
LOSS IS $1,000,000 •
COLUSA. March 23."— The storm that
began, here a week ago fstill continues,
with no-indications of clearing. "The
Sacramento River has receded rapidly
since ther big breaks at\Sherman and
Twltchell islands. . The . water from
these 'breaks flooded a vast' area of
THE SAN FRANCISCO QALL, SUNDAY, MABOH 24, 1907.
farming land and will cause a loss of
a million dollars.
.- TItAIN" GETS. THItOUGH .^
SAXTA ROSA. March 23.— An inch
nnd three-quarters of rain fell here
today, following last night's heavy
southeast wind. No damage has been
reported, although much of . the low
country is flooded. The Southern Pa
cific got its first train through at 8
o'clock tonight from Suisun.
WATER HIGH AT SALINAS
SALINAS, March 23— Landslides are
reported at Logans, Aromas, Chittenden
and Newria, between this place and
Gllroy, apd no prediction can be made
as to when trains can come through.
Danger from high water is reported
from Monterey and Del Monte. All
streams in this vicinity are very high..
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yet It liold« the rupture safely nnd firmly with-
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SUir*lialJ, 311 cli.
FEAR THAT THE CREW
PERISHED IN THE STORM
Schooner \ Mystery Is Found
on Her Beam End in ,
San Pablo Bay
VESSEL^ ABANDONED
Captain Espanosa and His
Daughters Operated
Little Craft
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SAN RAFAEL, March 23. — Fears are
entertained for the safety ,of Captain
Espanosa of the scow schooner Mystery
and his wife and four daughters, .who
generally constitute the. crew of the
vessel. It is the impression tier© that
they met death in' storm-tossed San
Pablo Bay Friday night The Mystery
is lying on her beam ends, her hoisted
sails preventing her front turning tur
tle, on the west side of San Pablo Bay
two miles north of McNears. A launch
set out from McNears this morniny,
but could not get alongside the schoon
er, owing to the heavy seas. .The ves
sel was deserted. " Captain Espanosa
and his family either left, her 'in a
leaky skiff or perished in the bay. The
launch cruised along the shore, but
could find no trace of the skiff.
Captain Espanosa employed no men
on board the Mystery, his daughters
serving as the crew. The captain of
another schoner that was anchored in
the bay last night says the storm was
the roughest he had ever experienced.
The. Mystery is supposed to have been
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that is why the prices have been cut to nothing. This is one of
the greatest opportunities to buy furniture in the History of San
•Francisco. This firm's misfortune gives you a rare opportunity to
buy this stock for almost nothing. This is a genuine creditors' sale
J. QOLLQBER, Trustee
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BURSTS IRRIGATION DAM
Storm Destroys Reservoir and Flood
Sweeps, Down the Canyon
HATWARD, March 23.— Unable to
withstand', tho pressure of \u25a0 the great
body, of ; storm water which poured
from the hills, the dam of the big ir
rigation reservoir on the Meek- ranch,
near here, gave way early this; morn
ing and the roaring flood which poured
from the lake tore down fences and
uprooted fruit trees for nearly two
miles. -Fortunately there were no
houses in the path 'of the flood.
. Because of 'the delay of \ the arrival
of mail at the Elmhurst postofflce. as
a result of the storm, the supply of
postage stamps, was exhausted and
Postmaster Storer was compelled to
apply to the Oakland postofflce today
for a supply to last until he receives
the stamps which are on the way from
Washington. • /
FEW. TRAINS RUNNING
Railroad Companies , Confronted on
Every Hand With 'Washouts
The „ railroads leading out of San
Francisco, were utterly demoralized
early yesterday morning. The Santa
Fe and the Southern Pacific were; both
out of business almost all day.
A landslide between- San Bruno and
Millbrae closed the line between here
"and San Jose,. and at 5 o'clock last
evening only "one track, had . been
opened to the Garden City. There were
landslides and washouts from Pinole to
Sacramento, and the main line East was
completely closed to traffic'
At Martinez the track « was • washed
out and that line .was closed.
The Napa and Santa Rosa branches
also suffered severely.
Two overland trains were sent out
last night for Los Angeles, via Niles
Canyon, in the hope that the breaks
would be repaired before the arrival
of the trains."
Two trains were sent to Sacramento
and East, v The line through Tracy and
RAIN AND WIND BLOCK
RAILROADS IN OAKLAND
Over Two Inches of Water
Falls in Day, Causing
$20,000 Damage
WIRESTHROWN DOWN
Elmhurst Power Station Is
Flooded and the Car
Traffic Suspended
OAKLAND, March 23. — High wind,
combined with rain which fell in tor
rents last night and during the fore
noon today, caused damage throughout
Alameda County which resulted in
blockaded railroad and street railway
lines, broken sewers, flooded cellars
and prostrated telephone, telegraph
and electric, light wires. Four of the
lines of the Oakland Traction Com
pany were tied up this morning, and a
washout on the'maln line of the South
ern Pacific Company, between Oakland
and Port Costa, effectually blocked that
line for several hours. The damage In
Oakland alone amounted to more than
$20,000.
At several points in Nlles Canyon
the flood waters threatened to wash
out the tracks of the Stockton and Sac
ramento line of the Southern Pacific
Lathrop 13 open, and that establishes
communication with the capital city.
The break in the San Fernando tunnel
has been repaired, and General Superin
tendent "W. S. Palmer, who has been at
the Santa Margarita tunnel superin
tending die work, reports that it will
soon be ready for traffic.
Company, but by hard work tho lln«
was kept open and all trains from Sac
ramento; and Eastern Po'nts wen
brought Into Oakland over this lS^
The break between Port Costa and
Oakland was finally repaired and train
service resumed as far aa Davisvllle.
The storm damage along the rail
road lines, by which all trains have
been delayed greatly, has played havoc
with the mall service, for as soon aj
the tracks were repaired so tfiat trains
could pass the malls arrived In great
quantities, causing congestion In tha
P °Th°rough the flooding of the Elm
hurst power station of the Oakland
Traction Company last night the elec
tric current was cut off,, and until lata
this afternoon no cars were run east
of High street. Fltchburg, Elmhurst,
San Leandro and Hayward being cut
off from Oakland as far as the street
railway service was concerned. A tree
blown down by the wind tore down the
trolley wires of the College avenue
line last night, and for more than five
hours this morning traffic on the Una
Floods- of water at the Piedmont
nower house caused trouble with the
transformers there, and for three hours
traffic was suspended on the Oakland
avenue line, while the Eighth avenue
cars were blocked by deep water and
washed out tracks. Traffic. on all the
lines was resumed this afternoon.
At several points throughout th»
city sewers were bursted by the heavy
pressure of the flood water, causing
caving of the streets. .
During the twenty-four hours end
ing ftt 1 P. m. today 2.02 inches of rain
fell, making a total rainfall for the
present season of 27.50 inches, as com
pared with 18.94 Inches to tha earn a
date last year. V;-°;v.^.^->.'
"Why buy your lumber, millwork,
doors, sash and mouldings from "Tom.
Dick and Harry," when you save your
self trouble and expense buying all
from R. B. Moore HnHand Lumber Co..
Folsom and Fifth streets. • ;;--» i
TAKES GOLD AHD CLOTS— B*nJ«min Htia-
Btrof wa» arrested yesterflay on a _warra*l
sworn to by Joseph Le Botrlta charting him
with Krand larceny. Le Bowlta lays Hnmttrnl
robbed Mm of 1150 and cloth Tataed tt <120.