The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-26
California Rivers Leave Their
Beds and Go Ashore.
FARMS AND HOUSES RUINED.
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Rail.
roads Unable to Move.
Bridges Gone and Track Obliterated-
Four People Drowned Near Los An
geles-The Gila River still Booming
Damage ON the Mexican Border.

Los ANGELES. Feb. 25-Reports continue to
come In from the surrounding country, giving
iur.ner details OF devastation caused by the re-
cent nood. As these reports are doubtless ex-
aggerated, 1t is impossible to give an estimate of
the losses, but the amount will be considerable.
~ Is now thought only four lives have been
lost, the Wells family, at Duarte and Scyerans
laurence, near Wilmington. The Laurence and
Wells bodies were recovered, but the other two
are missing. Near San Gabriel the river for
merry passed down east of the town. 1t is now
moving west OF the town, and IL Is stream
l,1U feet wide. The county bridge at
San Gabriel has been carried away, and house
was swept down near Downey From the Ten
Mile house to the ocean there is vast BODY of
water covering an area ten miles wide and ff-
teen miles long. Charles Watts family, sup
posed to have been drowned near Downey,
turned up all right The Santa Fe road to San
Diego is in bad condition, and may not be opened
for week.
The Yuma Board of Trade has appealed to
this city for aid. At the latest 1t will be several
days before communication is resumed with the
East by either the Santa Fe or the Southern Pa
cific.
Opening of the Citrus fair is postponed until
March 10. owing to the washouts on the rail.
roads and the impossibility OF exhibits arriving
In time. The proposed bankers convention,
which was to have met on March 4, has also
been postponed until March II, SO as to be held
at the same time as the fair.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb 25-The storm of SIM
day and Monday was the most severe ever ex-
perienced in this section. Tie damage to the
railroads leading from this city is quite large,
and 1t will be week before travel is resumed as
before the flood. The town OF Tia Juana on the
Mexican line, was totally washed away, except
the Russ hotel, which is SO badly damaged
Otay river broke its hanks as' and ds' sweled es
Tia Juana river until it flooded the entire
country. sweeping away stores, houses. cattle
sons are reported drowned at Tia Juana. No
other fatalities are reported. At Romano twelve
lncnes OF water is reported as falling during the
storm Storm. On tne Guyamaca road several washouts
occurred, and the San Diego river bridge WAS
washed away. At Ensenada the rain did con-
siderable damage The soap works on the En-
5enada river were totally washed away, but no
loss oil life was reported. No damage was done
IN San Diego, although considerable rain fell
and the wind attained a velocity OF forty miles
per hour.
YUMA, Ariz., Feb. 25.-water at Aaonde
thirty miles east OF Yuma, is rising one foot an
hour, and 10 higher now than ever, running
INTO the telegraph Office It is expected to reach
kept busy assisting the sufferers
News from the ella valley indicates that the
loss - much greater than first reported tele-
eight miles sas that ths emposes ssm weTs
about to abandon the place and camp on the
hillside to escape the water coming down. a
pie can be seen camped on the hills on the the
north side of the Gila, and one house can vet be
seen standing
IN he ysey nas Fs the
tion can be had there % the river is too turbn-
lent to cross. Residents Of Aztec and in the
Giia valley have all moved TO Mesas, many
losing valuable livestock and comfortable
homes.
Tonight the sky is cloudless and there is no
sign OF rain Close watch is being kept on the
ievees. The alarm bell will ring as soon as nd
ditional flood water reaches here. The Indian
reservation across the Colorado river. is three
feet under water, but not much property has
mittee is meeting with generous response.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-Reports received to-
day from the south concerning the blockade on
were more encouraging than those Of the priyi.
Gus day. Yesterdays reports were slightly ex-
aggerated, and by tomorrow night everything il
antic a0 @ Win oras a Tnen the At
At present oil through travel between
Cotton and Los Angeles is blocked, as we'll as on
the Santa Ana branch. No trains have reached
Los Angeles from the East since Saturday night.
Beyond Seven Palms the line IL clear to Yumn.
The sale of tickets over the Atlantic & Pacific
has been resumed, the only obstacle on that
road being at Barstow, where the bridge is gone.
Passengers will be transferred across the stream
on u foot bridge.
SAN BERNARDlSo, Feb. 25--It commenced
the streams were roaring. The motor bridge
over Lytle creek, between San Bernardipo ard
Cotton, was washed away Monday morning.
Bernardino city was covered by rushing
waters, and many families were com
PEELED TO- flee to higher. ground The
and all. The creek has changed its natural
course and made an entirely new channel.
Thousands OF dollars worth of valuable prop
erty was swept away Mr. Grosvenor on sunday
n fad
and on Monday night only quarter of an acre
remained. The santa Fe railroad bridges suf-
the bridge between San Barnardino and Cotton
was carried away, as were $50 feet of the bridge
between this city and Los Angeles The motor
and county bridges over the Santa Ana river
had the approaches washed away for
$50 feet The San Bernardino & Arrowhead
Motor Company's tracks have been washed out
for long distance. In Caion pass the condition
OF things is the worst ever seen in that section.
Ten thousand feet of the Santa Fe track between
San Bernardino and Barstow are washed away,
and four trains are tied up between the two
points The Southern Pacific bridge east of Col
ton is in an impossible condition.
The county hospital, situated in the western
portion of the city, was in danger, twenty five
acres of the hospital grounds being carried
away A number OF houses have been washed
away, leaving the people homeless The dam
age in this county will be between 100000 and
100000. The waters have subsidized consider
ably and the storm is over.
PASADENA, Feb. 25.--Today has been bright
and clear. The storm is over. and the damage
about Pasadena proves little more than detailed
in yesterdays dispatches. The terminal
road was washed out for several hun
dred yards halfway between here and
Los Angeles, and its trestle work over the Los
Angeles river endangered for time. 1t is now
passable, and trains are running on regular
scheduled time. The Santa Fe has resumed
some of its local trains out. Overland traffic is
still at a standstill. Many trees were blown
down in town and some streets were badly
washed; otherwise there is no damage to record.
Surrounding towns to the south and eastward,
especially Quart, suffered much more severely.
Pasadena's high elevation and probably her
mon ufaius nrofec ed her from flrther damage