Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-27
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Status of the Railway
Blockade.
Railway
THE FLOOD IN THE DESERT.
Arrangements for Forwarding Mail
and Passengers by Ocean
Steamers.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HnrALr

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALp.
DAeGETT, CAL, December 26. The
rain continued up to tonight. The
weather is still cloudy. The Mojave
river WAS higher last night than it had
ever been known before, overfowing' the
Calico bridge. The bridge was saved by
a sudden change in the course of the
water, which cut through the south
bank, overfowing the desert and road
way of the Southern Pacific, which road
is badly washed, and trains are unable to
get across at present. The overflow filled
the town with sand, and the pump-house
was two feet under water. The water
has fallen six feet since midnight, but is
expected to rise again. The railroad
bridge near Barstow now has twenty
bents and 250 feet of track gone. This
will probably cut off communication
with the north for several days. Three
small houses were washed away at Bar
stow, and several others are under water
The river was running partly through
Main street yesterday evening, but ie
now running in its regular channel. All
the ranches along the river are flooded
and greatly damaged.
PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED BY STEAMERS
SACRAMENTO, December 26.-No rail-
road tickets are being sold here for points
farther south than Mojave. Passengers
arriving from the East by overland trains
with tickets for Los Angeles are sent to
San Francisco, where they are provided
with passage to Los Angeles by steamer.
FRESNO ALARMED.
FRESNO, December 26.-For the first
time during the storm, fear was enter
tanned here today that Fresno would be
flooded. Early this morning the City
Trustees sent out several men to ascertain
the condition of the water.courses from
which fear was anticipated. They found
no breaks, but all the streams are run
ming full banks. A large acreage in the
Big Dry Creek sink is under water. Late
this afternoon the trustees sent out fifty
four men to fortify the levees.
DESTRUCTION AT PASADENA.
PASADENA, December 26 The weather
is clear this evening. The rainfall for
the season has been 2S inches. 6
inches more than the whole of last sea.
son. A number of culverts and bridges
have been washed out and carried
away. No mail has arrived since last
Sunday. The wagon bridges are gone
between here and Los Angeles. The
water works are badly damaged.
THE SITUATION AT COTTON.
CoLToN, December 26.-No rain has
fallen today. The river is going down
rapidly. No trains are running on &C.
count of washouts and injuries to
bridges. The damage to foads and
bridges is considerable.
SAN DIEGO GETTING OUT.
SAN DIEGO, December 26.-It was au.
nounced this evening THAT train will
leave for Los Angeles tomorrow evening.
The road is now clear to Santa Ana, all
washouts being repaired between here
and that point. The Santa Maria will
leave Redondo tomorrow morning with
passengers, mail and express for San
Diego, and will return to Redendo on
Saturday.
ACCUMULATED MAILS.
SAN Francisco, December 26-C. E.
Stewart, of Los Angeles, has been ap-
pointed an additional clerk for the rail-
way line between Los Angeles and this
lefty. The mail sent from here for points
east and south, and which has been
accumulating at Mojave in consequence
of the washouts between the latter place
and Los Angeles, was sent back to this
city today.
All mail for the Gulf States, Arizona
and New Mexico will be dispatched by
the Central Pacific by Ogden until the
breaks in the Southern Pacific shall be
repaired. There has been no mail service
on the Pacific Coast railway line between
Port Hartford and Los Olivos for two days
as the train has been blockaded at Santa
Maria.