| Show FORMER RESIDENTS IN california FLOOD AREA in a letter to mr and mrs thos lemmon of this city mr and mrs jos P barton former residents of parowan carowan and Paar gonah who now live in the vicinity of 0 redding bedding california tell of their experiences during the recent floods in the sacramento cr valley written on march ath it describes what happened during the week before in the flood which drove them from their home the water was only 90 feet below the house when they arose on the tuesday morning before and was coming higher every minute but the bartons get alarmed until two wednesday morning when they found they were on an island with tile the river running on all 11 sides of the house the only avenue of escape was for them to crawl over a water flume feet if icing ng one at a lime and wad thru vater ater over the their knees foe almost a a r barter ot of i mile to a vacant 11 hokit ure where they spent ti ill rest of tle ight th escape was made in ill 1 erwing rain rout wind avind storm at 2 i rn the next morning tf the water was still higher and they had to seek refuge with some neigh bot bois farther away as their own home was vas completely isolated by then they r managed v an to get back to it by thursday night and then leave it agam again while away from it mr air barton ind and his son fed their animals with the aid of a motor boat furnished by their neighbors mrs barton says that the water reached a stage where it was several inches deep in some rooms of their home damaging some household furnishings and washing away quite a bit of hay they had for their animals |
