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Daily Alta California, Volume 3, — THE CONDITION OF THE INUNDATION. [ARTICLES]

Number 72, 13 March 1852

..........Nearly all the houses on the Marysville and Sacramento road have drifted away. At the house known as Marion Ranch, 4 miles from Sacramento City, on the Nevada road, the water has been up to the second story.................

Number 74, 15 March 1852

……………….Nearly all the houses on the Marysville and Sacramento road have drifted away. At the house known as Marion Ranch - I miles from Sacramento City, on the Nevada road, the water has been up to the second story. ………

Suspect difference in distances is due to variations in optical character reader’s take.

Vern D