Salt Lake Herald | 1906-12-12 | Page 3 | Floods Are Threatened

fLOODS ARE THREATENED Heavy Fall Pall of Rain Bain All Over Califor California California California nia and Rivers and Creeks Are Rising Rapidly Sacramento Cal Dec 11 The Sac Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento river rose ro e live five feet in ten hours yesterday and tonight is still ris rising ing lag at a rate of almost a foot an hour Weather Observer O serer James Tames II lI in commenting upon the situation said tonight I IThe The wires were badly hadly down during the time day and reports from the river r cr sta stations stations in iii the Sacramento valley valle were wore slow in coming in Indications how however ever point to an unusually heavy rain rainfall rainfall fall over oyer the American watershed and very high stages are certain by tomor tomorrow tomorrow row morning Rainfall has also been very vcr heavy over the Yuba Bear Feather and upper tipper Sacramento water watersheds watersheds sheds and very high stages will wiit be ex ox experienced in all rivers from rota the mouth of the Feather up The low how in the lower reaches of the Sacramento river will permit an easy casy outflow and prevent any danger dangerous ous stages below here Rainfall over the Tuolumne Stanis Stanislaus Stanislaus laus haus Calaveras and Mokelumne water watersheds watersheds watersheds sheds has been heen very ely heavy TIme The last four named rivers will carry very cry large largo volumes volume of water by tomorrow and the thel lower l Ver San Joaquin will show a decided decide dangerous rise e