Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-23
me vlood - santa Ana.

We republish from the Santa Ana
Herald Eztra ths subioinod account o.
last sunday. food in the Santa An.
valley:
Under the influence Of tho heavy RAIN
Of Saturday night and Sunday last, ouu
creeks and river were full toIoverflowing
the Santa Ana river sending . ragin Z
torrent to the ocean. Its roar and rush
could Be heard in town very plAinly,
and its fosming pillows are said to have
resembled the waves Of the ocean when
lAshed to fury by . storm. The waves
were at least two feet hightr than ths
banks. At Bates place, about two
miles north Of town, channel was cut,
and . stream poured down through thl
Ross place, crossed the Westminster
road at the old slaughter house and
spread out over the 0o,pel Swamr
country. inundating many Of the farms in
that section. but no one)has suffered mate.
rial damage, % far - we can learn, ex.
cept Mr.. John Stiner, who had his barn,
STAPLE, chicken coops, etc., all swept
away, intending many valuable chick.
e,,s. stack d hay, in fact, nearly every.
thisg. A wide, deep riverruns through
his place. Capt. West lot twenty five
head Of hogs and some others lost few
head each. So far az we can learn there
has been no loss Of cattle or horses. The
mcsas or high lands are covered with
stock Of all kinds. The most Of the
hnds which the river spread over have
been greatly benefited, . the alkali has
been leachea ont and thf soil covered to
qaH Hds1pth s-;kA = ridb sedimeut. Mr.
j. b. HAine's houne piaceha received 1
dressing Of this valuable sediment,
though his hop plantstioh has been com,
plstely covered up. He has another so
scre tract which was almost worthless sc
strong was the alkali, which will nov
ghske exceilent corn Ind. He think.
his lands have b4eT improved FIVE
tbousand dollars worth, by the deposii
Of this sediment. Bojts were brought
into requisition. snd gfany farmers were
obliged to move. some coming to town.
and othrrs going to their neighbors. Nc
lives were At any time endangered. In
tho willows, 1t wai at first though,
parties might be Fin danger. but NO
trouble was experienced beyond q super.
abundance Of water. A great quantity
Of trees, vines and drift wood was carri.
Cd down the current.
Mr.. Obaf, Who lives On the hank q
tho Santiago creek, north of tho rail.
road tfaek, lost His houne, wagon. and.
10 fAcf. evsrything he had.
Mr.. Onson also lost his house. IN the
sane vicinity, end eight acrss Of land
ont Of tan, were completely washed
away. leaving him but two cultivable
acres.
Mr.. OPP and Mr.. Nilsson, also i. the
s.me direction, lost many trses and
The great Alms over the ssptiaso
creek was swspt away early in the dsy.
BY the torrent bnt It Il thought tho bir
concrets pipes have not bsen damaged
The head g1tes thought to be securely
anchored. eavs way bsfore the rush Of
waters which poured into the newly CON
structed concrttc section Of the main
ditch. which d somewhat damaged.
A large force Of men were engaged
Sunday IN combating the swollen
stream. which at ono time threatened to
dow in tho direction Of Tustin.
Il y supposed that tho great accumu-
lation Of the trash 10 the bed Of the
river not only tended 10 carry awsy the
dumes, but choked up the main channel
and forced the water to tind now outlets.
The practice Of piling the dry bed of the
stream with debris should be stopped At
once.
Tho railroad bridge over the Santa Ana
liver stood solid, though the track Is
partially denoralizsd and the tics are
loose; the piline, however, i Arm.
The Ali5o creek poured down quite .
volume Of water o1 to tho San Josouin
Ranch, covering Il for miles.
Tho Trabuco crock became roaring
'orrent and has badly washed out the
'oad.
There has not been such . season since
H ever memorable one Of 1882, for the
|aaatity Of water y hich has fallen and
ot ne overflow Of creeks and rivera and
- dsmotsllntion If all lines Of travel.
I'D NE deSlzlction q all means Of COM
nunication BY Telegraph or telephone.
But, with Il I'll, not . single life has
'sen lost. and the total damage has been
comparatively triAine.