Garland Globe | 1907-03-30 | Page 2 | Every Street a River

EVERY STREET A RIVER. Town of Stockton, California, Under Water, and Damage Will be Immense. Im-mense. Stockton, Cnl. Wator was running through tho Btreets of this city on Wednesday llko a mlllruco. In somo places it was six feet deep, whllo In others It varied from ono to throo feet, tho latter being tho mean average. aver-age. All business Is suspended as most ot the business houses nro Hooded Hood-ed and tho peoplo in many parts of tho city nro afraid to leave their homes. No portion of tho town escaped. Mnln, tho principal business street of tho city, Is tho high point, nnd oven horo tho water avorngod nearly n foot In dopth. All tho cellars nnd many of tho first doors or tho business houses woro submerged and tho loss In tho city nlono will run Into hundreds of thousnnds of dollars.