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Show j To Much Water at Stockton, Cal. Stockton, Cal., January 26. The San Joaquin Joa-quin Biver has been gradually rising for the past week. On Sunday a portion of the city proper, comprising about one-fifth of its area, was covered with water. Little damage, dam-age, however, ensued. The business portion of the city was not affected in any way. About 3,000 aores of wheat were flooded by the giving way of the flood gate.' The damage is estimated at about $75,000. The water about Boberts Island, which is protected pro-tected by the levees, rose nine feet above the level of the land. The pressure was too muoh for the levees to withstand, and a break occurred through which the water j rushed and soon converted the 13,030 acres ! of wheat and orchards into a miniature lake. The damage here is estimated at $350,000. Boberts Island is divided into three divisions with cross levees. The break occurred in the middle division. Fears are now entertained that the cross levee, which divides the upper and lower portion from the middle section, is weak and may give way if the middle section is not soon repaired. There is little hope of stopping the break for a week, though the most strenuous efforts are being made to do so. |