Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-11

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i ho seens last night across the
MN aecheugh gloomy and calcu-
l1>o4 - oadden the hearts of persons
~ ovmpAthetlc natures, was one
1Qll OF lntorest. The turbulent
Uo1oeu rushed through and beyond
- oWn with . dull roar. contiu-
9fno sthefr destroy ing work. DC.
1(nt4 nally, g the moon came out
- ~ clouds, dark specks could be
ooon moving here and there
lAEough the currents, showing that
III brave boatmen were not ueter-
~ ~ danger from looking after
No 0olfsre Of those who still re.
z6oined In their houses. Far out
81 TIE eye could penetrate the
Gloom, gllstened the rushing sea of
Uetev, with . few solitary and
Abandoned dwellings still standing
n what we're the Outekirts Of the
vtllAgos where the greatest force OF
The eorrent had been felt. Lights
oltmmered In the upper stories of
0o0o Of the houses nearest the
lGYoo, while = few men and women
G1lll remained In the vicinity of
teoiI household goods, which were
r)1ed up on the railroad, az II 10th
= leave the scene Of their mlsfor-
tnnoe. But , few hundred yards Of
HnsvoW levse remained in front Of
Tho town. and these we're being
honS2y diminished. Outside of II
~ great, swollen river rushed on,
~ Iights from this city simmer
14g o1Nte murky surface, and great,
11Sk mAsses Of drift floating down,
- if some charnel- house had been
robbed of it, victims. All served
- eFsats . picture sad, weird and,
vithal, picturesque.
THE YoLo OCEAN.
Across the river, beyond, above
and below Washington, 10 q scene
~ Oscillation and dreariness. AL
moot - far ~ the eye can reach is
60 wild waste Of water, relieved
AE13 ~ Z few struggling tules, q
o1uWp or two of Willows and an &C.
ooolonal wreck OF q house. The
muddy stream pours unrestrained
ovoe the vast valley, aud the
zDoantains beyond look like Ara
~ ID the desert of seq. Here and
thoro may be seen chickens ami
oaes lying down peacesbly beside
each other on the roof OF some de-
soEtsd shAnty, while animals aud
h1rds foost in cOmpanionship in
+ oho tops Of the few trees. The rail-
road Wlnds like . snake through
this inland sea, but not as 1t was
wont 70 wind. There are now no
puinng engines, no rolling cars, no
olfckity.ciackaty Of wheels. The
otronR waves have carried the ties
and sleepers sixty aud seventy feet
away from their old position, and
buoyed them up on their arms uE-
ri they rest on the surface of the
VISITOR, eight or nine feet above the
! 6ottom of this tule-ornamented
waste. The telegraph poles appear
vsFy plgmies above fhe surface.
3 while the top Of the fences which
Hire the roads can only be seen ut
Intervals here and there. The
landmarks we we're wont to see we
can - no more. They are buried
beneath . watery grave and re-
Z moved from vulgar gaze. Away
~ seemingly toward the land Of
s The setting sun, the smoke could
be sen arising from the steamer
B0yer As she piled through the
Wfocke Of homes and ranches, say.
ioe what she could. There are nc
resting places on this deluged land,
oave whore strip of levee here
and there Invites the eye.
At Mike Bryte's dairy ranch,
part Of his levee remains, and also
portion Of his mound. This il
very slight protection, however,
for bis large stock of cattle and
horses. SO ell day yesterday be
had men hard at work tagging
them preparatory to having them
Nblpped TO some safer and more
oolnSortable place.
A little over half q mile from his
mound the water PUSHES through
The English break In o perfect tor.
rent, and ita roar can be heard far
end near, 80 great IL the suction
that even down nearly to the
Amerlcsn the water runs uI
stream, being pushed up by the
American aud sucked In by this
break.
OTHER FLOODS NOTHING TO IT.
a gentleman contemplatively
showing . straw at the remnant oil
ehe dairy ranch yesterday, said:
ssThere Amt been nothing to kun
up 70 this, es far es know or heern
tell Of. In '57, l mind, it was the
wust year we had afore this, but 1t
Nas nothing to what this Ia. Why,
I've been 'iong the river from here
70 Colus0s and I'll be burned if it
a1o't Just one regular ocean. See
that barn o. Bryte's there? The
water never KUN up on 1t like this
alore. And right yere, where we're
> standing now, the water gently
hammered over on the day o. the
highest mark. I tell you, it's get
TIM wuss and wuss every year, and
- u Keeps. on much longer the
taSmerp ought to tear the tarnaI
hydraulic machinery all to ~
Just then some one called him,
80o the reporter was left in donht