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fThe f//nW and Appeal are filled with accuni11-4 of the flood iri Sacramento and Maivsviilf, From them we gather the ' follow imist particulars : In Sacmmeuto the I* Hood was the deepest and most dcatino* i £ive ever wutuwul by the Amuicun resi- | v dents, and destroyed an immense amount! I ol property and not a few live*. Many | * one-story houses, in the sunt her vi portion i j' , of the oily, were Mibmeigi'il to the roof. ; Numbers c^f the small houses were set lt;:jalloat and slutteii'd to pieces, and the j1 inmates ueic rescued with diHbmlty.— \ Houses were carried tinough openingsmade in the levee, hy the cun out The* whole lt;ity wfl Hooded-™every part of it I i was Under water. J, K, Lt rind Mstreets j *, w'.rc from two to four feet under water, j t1 In the Ot haiis Hotel the water was four . lt;foil deep on the ground Hour, and in the f 1 1 ollir e of WvlU, Fargo k Cn , between one I * i and two feet, and at the St. (ieorge still ‘. \ deeper Ilian at (lie Orleans. Many lives 1 wile In -.t ami an immense amount of prop-(I’rtj destroyed, but H is impossible to as-‘ lt;ut*m at tins time the number or the v ( amount. Thh is a terrible calamity to I 1 the people of Sacramento, hut we hope it* ’ util not discourage them. Under adverse 1 • ircumstanci s they huve built Up a beau*y liful city, distinguished for its enterprise i and hospindity Melj ts for ihs misfor-‘ tunes. Ihe people of the Statu admire the nnc and deplete the other, and fervently pray for the permanency and pro-pei ity of unfortunate Sacramento.* Mai 3 m ilk* I ms also suffered severely ' Imiu the Hood Thu Merchants1 Hotel, a ;tine and substantial building, fell to thef gnu i ml, a three* story building on K .street,I aUohll to lire ground, besides the inte- J ‘ i mrs of id I the store .s on the upper side of j* FirM si rent. All the lower puitionof the j -* utv was Mjbmugcd and many small jtonldmjs washed away. Marysville wasj lunate in losing no lives.•i...n■+ -m 4» ♦ «11
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Weekly Mountain Democrat
Placerville, California, US
Sat, Dec 14, 1861
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