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Show FLOOD SITUATION CRITICAL ON THE SACRAMENTO SHORE San Francisco. Jan. 19. Reports received re-ceived by the weather bureau today show that the rivers In the southern part of the state are falling at all points except Rio Vista, where a rUe of one foot and seven-tenths had been recorded since last night. No danger is apprehended at any place above this, but the water is now bulking around the Islands in the San Joaquin where it has reached an alarmingly high stage. The ees on the San Joaquin county side are holding well, and apparently will resist tho strains successfully, but the situation on the Sacramento shore is considered critical. crit-ical. Railroad conditions show considerable consider-able Improvement and delayed trains aro being hastened to their destinations. |