The sun., 1891-03-02
OLDYUMA NOT TO BE REBUILT
1HH PEOPLE WILL SEEK A SITE
HIGHER UP IN TIE HILLS.

Over $50 Hsuses In Rains aaa 1.Aee fee-
PIE Homeless-Below she Town the
Water 10 - Miles sAeross-feople In the
Treetops-Fears OF Great Lose OF Iafo.
DENVER, March IA special to the Rocky
Mountain Ne,cs from yuma, Arizona, says that
IN that town over $50 houses are in ruins nom
the food and 1.&00 people are homeless. and
not single business house remains standing.
and It 10 feared that hundreds Of lives have
been lost in the ella valley.
The telegraph wires are down In the valley
and as all bridges are gone and roads Inn
passabls, no reliable reports can be had from
there. Tho river above the town is seven
miles wide and below the town In places tho
water covers the country In ono grand lake
over ffty miles across. The railroad company
will not have the blockade raised for west
bound trains for four days, and 1t will be ten
days or two weeks before they can get East
Tho town has provisions sufflcient for eight
more days and the Southern Pacific Hotel is
feeding thousand people aday. Reports from
Jakuno fifteen miles above here. are to the
effect that tho flood drove the people into the
tree tops. and many becoming exhausted from
cold and hunger dropped into the water and
were drowned. Reports from reliable sources
put the loss OF life in the valley anywhere from
80 up to 100. All along the valley for 200 miles
everything is In desolatlon. Costly houses and
barns have been washed away like playthings.
By the food. leaving tho country as bare ~ 2
desert. Men who ton years ago wore wealthy
a Ei9Rsy aHE nss niles south & oi here. where 5000
Ocopsh Indians live. the country Is flooded for
1suae ' ;hs oSs 81
;ssn .vsS &: ;s:s
ieet inches In thirty. six hours. and is now
nearly q standssi!l: The weather ls thisk
SSnsy s9onyn
a,sS e1ssn. o. s51SSS sS 8ld Yuma vii never
.o4s 81 3Rsasr. . sH .?s ssnH 3
NsE NV Tss
trous than that Of SUNDAY The Sansiss have ave
ne ndes %s Tss' a
Yuma. is half million. The cemeteries are on
hsh and people ne IN
isas ssse Of %ss man os.sS past &. Town .' ''1'
dreds 81 lives have been lost up tho gila .l val
Icy Il Is known known that ,1 thousands OF CATTLE
The merchants, have, opened their goods on
the streets IA order to help the sufferers. Tho
east @ Of this point. and as ali Of this must pass
here many fears that tho worst is yet to come.
especially II there should be any further RAIN
The common loss has brought all Glasses Of
citizens together. and all have worked with
will. first IN trying to save the town by con,
futile In saving as much as possible from the
4 boat which has just arrived from Mohawk,
sixty miles up the Gila River, brings reports OF
water. Tho greatest sufferers are poor Mexi-
swept away. and who have no reserves to fall
Thsre is yet a. vast stretch Of territory to BE-
% retnrns % ars in The ioss 81 liz viii Prove Of ap.
Eli sy s as
the only building left standing On the main
The Yuma Sentinel N owed its offce four times.
to-day. The Times was less fortunate and its
Office and material went down with tho wreck:
When the water rose 80 high "a to cut on
further access TO houses and sp n effort H
women and children.
Dry. goods boxes were looked upon, as in;
eso
driven so hastily from their. homes we're
Obliged to content themselves with mere wind
breaks made Of old blankets and csrpets
In the rush Of the waters the steamer Mojnve
was driven high and DRY on the bank. and Q
dozen families have taken refuge 10 her cabins
The officers Of Fort Yuma have done every:
iotanaseps there wss sSes good supply tents
disposal Of tho homeless families and much
sns MsssR rraps ar. now
running on time between here and Los Angeles.
The Southern California tracks are still In bad
condition. ard will M not be in workins order for
Die. but It Is expected the tracks Will bs clear
In q few days.