The record-union., 1891-03-02
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.


Mountain Meas Yuma "a. t. special says:
Over go houses are in ruins from the
flood, and l 400 people are homeless. Not
asingle business house remains standing,
and it is feared that hundreds of lives
have been lost in the ella Valley. The
river, above town, is seven miles wide,
and below town, in places, the water COW
ers the country in one grand lake over so
miles across. The town has provisions
sufficient for eight days more, and the
Southern Pacific Hotel is feeding thou
sand people day.
Reports from Jakuno, fifteen miles
above here, are to the effect that the hood
drove the people into the tree tops, and
many became exhausted from cold and
hunger and dropped into the water and
We're drowned.
Reports from reliable sources put the
loss Of life in the valley anywhere from
thirty up to 100. All along the valley for
200 miles everything is desolation.
Houses and barns, stacks and fences have
been carried away by the flood, leaving
the country as bare as a desert.
Eighty miles south of here, where 500
Cocopah Indians live, the country is
Hooded for eighty miles square, and as
there are no hills for refuge, it is reported
that over hundred of them have been
drowned.
The great valley of the Colorado is one
vast sea of water.
The loss in this county foots up over
$2G00,000. Old Yuma will probably
never be rebuilt. The town viii go
higher up on the hills.
THE REPORT DIsCREDITED.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-General
Manager y. y. Towne, of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, tonight discredited the
rumor that hundreds of lives have been
lost at Yuma by the second flood. He
stated to the Associated Press that he had
been in communication with Yuma UP to
half-past I, San Francisco time, and had
received no such report, as he surely
would have had there been q disaster So
far no lives have been lost at Yuma, ex-
cept one Mexican who was drowned last
week. IN the upper ella Valley, how
ever, the ranches may have been flooded,
and some people drowned
Mr.. Towne gave the railroad situation
as follows: Twenty-Five miles of track
west Of Yuma are under water. To-mor-
row -82 laeif will commence the work of
repairs, bringing in the track which has
tloated off ON the ties, and repairing the
road-bed. Unless u further flood occurs
the road viii be open in ten days.
THE STATEMENT UNTRUE.
unchanged, except that the river has
fallen to almost the level of the water be-
fore the flood. News from the valleys
says that everything is under water, and
there is much destruction to property
The ella River has changed its course in
several places. At ella City the railroad
track is covered for miles by water ten
feet deep.
The statement made Of great loss of
life here is untrue and absolutely incor-
rect. One man is known to have been
drowned There is a report Of the death
of others, but it is not confirmed.
News from the Mohawk Valley Just re-
ceived is that many thousands OF acres of
valuable property had been destroyed,
and although dozens of narrow escapes
are reported, no lives are believed to have
been lost. The settlers in the ella Valley
lost large numbers of live stock, and
nearly all are without shelter.
The Yuma Indians have lost " erything
they owned by the overflow. Unless the
j una Indians are assisted they will suf-
fer for food. Later and fuller news is ex-
pected from up the ella Valley tonight.
The Colorado and ella Rivers are now
falling. The weather is clear and cool
A MORMON SETTLEMENT NEARLY DE-
STRoYED.
SAN FRANCIsCo, March IA Chronicle
special from Maricopa, Arizona, March
list, by mail from Phoenix. February
9th, says: The second raise in Salt River
yesterday was several inches higher than
the last. No material damage was done
in Phoenix or Tempe.
The Mormon settlement of Lehi, on the
south bank of Salt River, was nearly de-
stroyed. The ella River raised twenty
five feet in a few hours.
The bridge ut Florence was washed
away, and the town is supposed to be
under water. The town is built of adobe,
so the loss is great.
The Colorado River at Yuma is greatly
swollen. The flood waters of the ella
and Salt Rivers is yet to come and it is
feared that the town viii be wiped out
Thirty miles of track of the Southern
Pacific west of Maricopa is under water.
THE DISASTER AT TIA JUANA.
SAN DIEGO, March News from Tia
Juana shows that disaster was greater
than at first reported. The people are
housed in schoolhouse almost naked.
The nelghboring farmers have used up
all the surplus food, and the county now
axes charge of immediate necessities. 4
stream 100 feet wide by fifteen feet deep
flooded through International avenue.
The current is so swift that row boats
cannot be used to aid the people. Moth
ing is left in the village. Debris covers
the town to a depth OF six or more feet.
The people will rebuild on the high land
back ofthe old site in the spring. Three
lives are lost.
The steamer Santa Maria arrived this
evening with the first mail for San Diego
since last Sunday.
SNOW IN OREGON.
ALBANY orr, March Lit began
showing furiously this morning. The
snow is six inches deep. 1t is feared that
the Oregon Pacific trains viii not be able
to run on the eastern division tomorrow.
The weather turned cold tonight.
LANDSLIDES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
SANTA CRUZ, March 1.-The narrow
gauge train due here at noon to-day was
prevented from coming by landslide
near Alma. There is also landslide at
Zayante about 75 feet long and 25 feet
deep, leaving the rails suspended like
telegraph wires. Other lanGslides are re-
ported, but no reliable information can be
learned as to their extent. 1t was cloudy
here all day bat no rain fell until tonight.
when it began again. The San Lorenzo
River is full to the banks, but no appre-
hension of an overflow is felt.
RAINFALL IN CALIFORNIA
P1AcERvILLE, March 1.-Nine inches
of rain has fallen in the last four davs.
making % inches for the season. There
is two feet of snow On the mountains
The last rain is warm, and the snow is
melting. The streams are booming. The
hills are green. 1t is still raining.
SONORA, March l.-There has been a
very heavy rain since February 18th in
this section. All mountain streams and