The record-union., 1891-02-25
fall, having been washed out one year
ago during the high freshets.

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Los ANGELES, Feb. 24.-The present
storm was one of the worst III the history
of this section. But little damage resulted
in the city proper. On the river front the
damage was considerable. All railroad
bridges are damaged, and in some cases
swept out. but it is believed communica-
ton will be restored Tomorrow News
from the surrounding country is very
meager, owing to the telegraph wires
being down, but SO far as received the
outlook is not encouraging.
There are many rumorS and reports of
loss of life, but the only cases so far
authenticated are the drowning of man
named Wells, with his wife and child.
near Wilmington.
Undoubtedly there has been great dam
| age to orchards and ranches south of the
city, where the floods in the San Gabriel
are the worst in years. Many houses
were damaged, live stock drowned and
fences and outbuildings destroyed.
The railroads expect to have the local
trains running tomorrow. Nothing is
known of affairs on the Santa Ee east of
the canyon. The track in the cut is badly
| filled, and it will take some time to clear
it. The tracks between this city and San
Diego are also badly wrecked.
RAINFALL IN THE INTERIOR.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 24.-The Signal
Service reports the rainfall for the past
! tNeiily -iOuT nOuTS us IOiiOWS: carson
| City, 20; Sacramento, SO; Fresno, 10;
San Francisco, II; Los Angeles, so;
| Yuma, AZ.
The barometer is rapidly rising, and
the storm appears to be over in all quar-
| ters.
ONTARIO, Feb. 4.-The storm cleared at
noon to-day. The rainfall was AGO inches;
for the season, 1915. No damage has been
done here, except the heavy wind blew
of some oranges.
! SIssoN, Feb. 24.-There was a light
snow during the day. 1t is clear and
! freezing hard tonight. The track is
! open.
BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 24.-There was
| sunshine and showers at intervals all
| day. There are heavy rains and snow in
the mountains around us, and the river is
running very high. The total rainfall for
the season to date is 3.47 inches.
MERGED, Feb. 24.-The rainfall for the
storm up to this morning was .S4 of an
inch. Plenty has fallen for the present
| but more will be needed in March.
CALICO, Feb. 24.-It has been raining
steadily for week. The Mojaye River
/ bridge at Daggett is washed away, also
1000 feet of the Barstow bridge, and the
town of Barstow is partially submerged.
There is no communication with those
places save by telegraph.
/
| blew here night before last that has been
! known here for years. The hay barn be-
longing to Alexander Peers was blown
across the railroad track, demolishing the
large building. About 100 feet of the
railroad company's hay warehouse was
also blown away. The tracks had TO be
cleared of wreckage. Linemen have
been busy repairing the wires, all of
which have been leveled to the ground on
the south side of the track. Rains and
occasional heavy winds have occurred
since then.
sNowsLIDEs IN OREGON.
UNION, Feb. 24.-News has been re-
ceived from Cornucopia that q heavy
srowslide at Red Jacket mine destroyed
| Davis IL Howard's quartz mills. The
avalanche crashed down the canyon with
fearful roar, carrying with it powders
and trees. The quartz mill stood in its
! pathway, and was shattered into frag-
ments. The mill had shut down for the
winter, and fortunately no one was
there. The loss will be heavy.
FLOODS IN YUMA.
| YUMA (Ariz.), Feb. 24.-Late Saturday
| night fears began of a trouble from the
rise in the Gila River, which empties into
the Colorado near the town. The work
| of strengthening the levee was at once
began, and continued with energy Sun
! day morning. The levee was old and
weak. No work had been done on it for
some time since the flood of 1886.
Sunday noon the best-informed citizens
said that everybody must go to work.
All men possible were pressed into serv-
ice. The river kept on rising rapidly, a
foot an hour. Shortly after noon the
convicts in the penitentiary were taken
out and set to work, and the efforts of the
citizens redoubled. At 2 o'clock the lead
ing merchants said the levee must surely
go, and began banking up in front of
their stores on Main street.
Work was suspended and the people in
the threatened districts began moving to
! higher ground.
The levee broke about o'clock, and
within an hour and a half the town was
under water. The heavily constructed
! levee on the west side of Main street
stopped a further spread Sacks of flour
| bran and meal were taken from the
stores and piled up with dirt to form a
leyee.
| The houses in the town are mostly
adobe and the air was filled with the
noise of falling walls and the screams of
women and children. Houses went down,
melting like sugar.
The water is ten feet deep in places, and
many people had no time to get out their
furniture, and lost all.
One hundred houses are ruined. One
| family was at supper, when the water
rushed in at the doors up to their knees
| before they could get out. A man in a
saloon, named Gus Lee, was drowned
There was no other loss of life. A sick
man was carried by his daughter to hill
and placed on a mattress, with her baby
while she returned to get things out of
the house. Employees in the railroad
office and telegraph office were driven
| out.
The levee on the Colorado side was cut,
and the water inside kept from rising
The water Monday morning had fallen
| two feet.
The flooded district was mostly in
habited by Mexican families and some
| Americans.
The Times Office was completely
wrecked, but issued half-sheet to-day
from the Sentinel office.
The businesses destroyed were ma
! chine shop, saddler, four saloons, three
general merchandise, two drug stores, the
Times newspaper, two butcher shops and
a Chinese waSh-house.
The people are camped on the hills, and
the United States Quartermaster's build
| ings were thrown open. There is much
| destitution, but no suffering yet There
are plenty of groceries, provisions and
| fresh meats.
| A Board of Trade meeting on Monday
made liberal donation to the sufferers.
| A relief committee was organized by
the citizens. John Gandolfo the largest
Inercnant, says MS store belongs TO the
people, and his goods are given to all
applying.
The country east is all under water for
miles as far as heard from. Meager re-
ports say the loss of property and live
stock in the Gila Valley is Immense.
Reports reached town to-day of an
other raise in the Gila higher than Sun
day. The levee on Main street was made
eight feet high, and most all of the people
| in the balance of the town moved to
! higher ground. 1t is reported that there