Show HEAVY RAINFALL Portions of California Are Flooded Washouts on the Railways SAN FRANCISCO March 21Heavy rains during the week together with melting snow in the mountains ha caused the streams of the San Joaquin valley and the southern part of the state to overflow their I banks This morning the San Joaquin Stockton broke loose and flooded a considerable con-siderable part of the city At Merced similar trouble was experienced In southern California the San Diego and Santa Ana rivers are booming A number num-ber of washouts have occurred on the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines One bridge has been carried away and several others are threatened On the other hand the rains have been of great benefit and more than offset the damage done by the floods foods |