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Show COAST IS SWEPT BY RAINSTORMS M San Francisco. Sept 6. Rain- nl storms now sweeping, California 1 from the Oregon lino far to the south H aro tbe heaiiest experienced this iH season for sixty-three years. Only ll once in the history of tbe weather 1 'H bureau has it rained so early in Sep- I H tember; never has it rained so hard. H Heavy damage to grapes still on the I H vine and to late fruits is reported; M but the rain insures another alfalfa I crop, benefiting dairying Interests. I H More than half an inch of rain had M fallen In San FranciBCo by noon to- H day. Predictions were for an inch JH more in the next twenty-four hours. fB |