| Show california news by mail from the west we have bave california aes mes to january letb the papers are filled with accounts of the late flood in that state which inundated the country to an extent before u known to the present inhabitant destroying a vast amount of property and many live ilves tle tte tre flood at sacramento was at its greatest height on the bolh xu elt exceeding 0 i stat of the 9 ah h of december r by at least twenty tw enty inches at folsom on the night of the t e loth uit the american river rose sixty feet above low water mark sweeping away every thin thing 0 with which the raging 0 waters came in contact all the streams the waters of which flow into san Fran eran francisco cisLo bay were up to the highest water mark ever known before and in some places paces considerably higher and the amount of damage death and desolation caused by the flood was beyond computation and no one pretended to make estimates esti nates all that could be said was that nearly every thing along the streams and wherever the waters went was swept away how many lives were lost it was supposed not would ever be ascertained but the number was large principally paly Chi add adi others engaged in mining there was a destructive fire in san francisco on the night of the lith of january cor suming several small tenements adjourning the pacific flour flout niels ulis uli uil s and sarsfield Sars neld hall corner of pacific and montgomery streets in which seven persons persona are 1 le ported reported to have been burned to death several others were killed and many were badly injured in jumping from the balcony and windows to escape fr from irom 0 m the faals flames |
