The record-union., 1891-02-26

DilSlG aiiu cledr. Inc SlOrIn Is over, anu
the damage about Pasadena proves little
more than detailed in yesterdays dis
patches. The Terminal road was washed
out for several hundred yards halfway
between here and Los Angeles, and its
trestle work over the Los Angeles River
endangered for a time. 1t is now passable,
and trains are running on regular sched-
ule time. The Santa Fe has resumed
some of its local trains, but overland
traffic is still at standstill.
Many trees were blown down in town,
and some streets badly damaged. Other
wise there is no damage to record. The
outfall sewer is caved in at several places.
The surrounding towns to the south and
eastward, especially Duarte, suffered
elevation and proximity TO the noun
tains protected her from further damage.
The Scoville dam in Arroyo Seco will be
rebuilt.
AT SAN BERNARDINo.
SAN BERNARDINo, Feb. 25.-It COM
menced raining Saturday night and by
Sunday night streams We're roaring. The
motor bridge over Lytle Creek between
San Bernardino and Cotton was washed
away Monday morning. The whole ex-
panse of country below San Bernardino
| City was covered by rushing waters, and
many families were compelled to flee to
higher ground.
The school building was washed away,
ground and all. The creek changed its
natural course and made an entirely new
channel.
Thousands of dollars worth of valuable
property was swept away. Mr.. Gros-
venor on Sunday night had $50 acres of
highly cultivated land, and on Sunday
night only quarter of an acre remained.
The Santa Fe Railroad bridges suffered
greatly. Monday morning $50 feet of the
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ton was carried away. as were $50 feet of
the bridge between this city and Los An
geles.
The motor. and county bridges over the
Santa Ana River, had their approaches
washed away for one hundred and fifty
feet. The San Bernardino and Arrow
head Motor Company's tracks have been
washed out for long distance.
In Cajon Pass the condition of things is
the worst ever seen in that section. Ten
| thousand feet of the Santa Fe track be-
tween San Bernardino and Barstow, is
washed away, and four trains are tied up
between the two points. The Southern
Pacific bridge east of Cotton is in an i'm
paSsable condition.
western portion of the city, was in dan
ger, twenty-five acres of the hospital
grounds being carried away. A number
OF houses have been washed away, leav-
ing the people homeless.
The damage in this county will be be-
tween S300,000 and $500,000. The waters
have subsidized considerably, and the
storm is over.
YUMA IN GREAT DANGER.
YUMA, Feb. 25.-The Gila and Colorado
Rivers continue rising. The highest
notch will be reached in the morning.
High embankments have been thrown
up to protect the property that still re-
mains standing. Yuma will be in great
danger tomorrow. There is no imme-
diate prospect for railroad communica-
ton.
The water at Adonde, thirty miles east
or una, is rising one foot an hour. It
is higher now than ever, and is running
into the telegraph office. 1t is expected
to reach Yuma by morning. The relief
committee is kept busy assisting suffer-
ers. News from Gila Valley indicates
that the loss is much great, than first
reported. A telephone message from the
Government farm, eight miles east, says
that the employees were about to abandon
the place and camp on the hillside TO es-
cape the water coming down.
a telegram from Texas Hill was re-
ceived stating that people can be seen
camped on the hills on the north side OF
the ella, and one house can yet be seen
standing.
lowed the flood in the Mohawk Valley.
No communication can be had there. as
the river is too turbulent to cross. The
residents of Aztec, in the Gila Valley,
Tonight the sky is cloudless, and there
have all moved to the mesas, many
losing valuable live stock and comforta-
bic houses.
is no sign of rain. A close watch is being
kept on the levees. The alarm bell will
ring as soon as additional flood water
reaches here. The Indian Reservation
across the Colorado River is three feet
under water, but not much property is
lost.
AT VENTURA.
VENTURA, Feb. 25.-The rainfall here
beginning Saturday and ending yester-
day amounted to four and half inches.
There has been no railroad communication
east of Fillmore, in this county, since
Sunday. The San Antonio and Santa
Clara Rivers have been impossible until
to-day, the latter being higher than for
years. Considerable damage has been
done to farms along its banks, but the
loss has not yet been estimated.
HEAVY RAINFALL.
SANTA PAULA, Feb. 25.-The rainfall
since Saturday noon up to last evening
was 5.33 inches. There We're heavy
mountain storms, causing the overflow
OF all the streams. Bridges are damaged
and the wires are down. This is the
highest water since 1884.
GOOD CROPS ASSURED.
HEALDsBURG, Feb. 25.-The storm that
for the past week has been raging in this
vicinity has at last subsidized, and the sun
has again shone out bright and warm. A
violent wind terminated the storm, blow
ing fearful gale and doing considerable
damage. -Four and Seyenty-fiVe one hun
dredths inches of rain fell during the
storm. Good crops are now an assured
fact, and the farmers are happy.
sNow-sLIDE IN OREGON.
BAKER CITY orr, Feb. 25.-Further
particulars from Cornucopia regarding
the snow-slide which DESTROYED the Quart
mill of the Red Jacket Mining Company.
state that Hugh Curran, the foreman, H.
Holston, q watchman, and Jules Nichol-
son, a keeper of the boarding-hou at
the mine, were buried. Search in being
made for their bodies, but thus far they
have not been found.