Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1909 — RENO WITHOUT LIGHT [ARTICLE]

RENO WITHOUT LIGHT

Truckee River Floods Disable Nevada Power Houses. Reno, Nev., Jan. 15. —Following a three day’s rain, the Truckee river is rising at the rate of a foot an hour. Basements in the business houses along the river are flooded, doing much damage to stock. Telephones and telegraph service is badly crippled. The power systems are out of commission and the entire town save in the business districts is without power or light. The present storm is the worst since March two years ago.