Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-25
DISASTERS FROM FLOOD.
THE TRAGEDY OF MONDAY AT
MONROvIA.
The Bodies of Mr.. Wells and Two Mexi-
cans Recovered Yesterday-The Ray
mond Suffers Damage.

Coroner Weldon will have his hands
busy with inquests for the next few
days as result of the recent flood. A
dispatch was received from Wilmington
| yesterday forenoon that the body of a
drowned man had been found there,
and the coroner at once started for the
scene. Later dispatch was received
OF the finding of the body of Mr.. Wells,
who was drowned near Monrovia. The
body of the latter will be held till the
remains OF Mrs. Wells and her babe are
found, when an inquest will probably
be held. The following special dispatch
in regard to the latter disaster was re-
ceived at the HERALD Office yesterday
"MoNRovIA, Feb. 24.-The body Of Mr..
Wells, one of the unfortunate five vino
were swept away and drowned by the
raging San Gabriel river yesterday
morning, has been found mid driftwood
and sand few miles south of here. The
body was brought to this city today.
The babe was seen in the stream below
Ell Monte this morning. The two Mex
leans, who were also drowned, have not
been found as yet. The water is reced-
ing. The Postal telegraph has the only
communication east of here"
The Wells family had but recently
come from Iowa, and were improving
DR.. Henry's place. The flood arrived at
the ranch about 6 O'Clock Monday morn
ing, and the family were not warned in
time to escape the rush of the waters.
News arriving later than the despatch
above printed is to the effect that the
bodies of the two MeXicans have been
recovered at Duarte.
Loss of life is also reported at several
places below the city. A rancher is said
to have been drowned at Compton while
driving his cattle to a safe place, but
this conld not be definitely ascertained; );
and at Fosters ranch, near Downey, a
number of houses were said to have
been swept away with their occupants.
who had taken refuge on the roofs, but
it is not known that any lives were lost
at this point. Supervisors Davis and
Perry went to the spot on horseback
yesterday. Mrs. Grider was barely res
cued from drowning by Joseph Gilbert
and several employees of the ranch, who
went to her rescue in a boat. Mrs.
Grider had hardly been taken from her
house when it broke up and went down
stream.
A French boy who is employed by Jo-
seph Dollard, a butcher, near the Gas
sen ranch, near Monte, left for Comp
ton to get load Of meat, Monday, and
has not been heard of since, and Charles
Watts, OF San Antonio, is also reported
missing
The Raymond suffered good deal of
damage from the high .southerly winds
following the rain Sunday night. Twen
ty-eight windows on the south side of
the house were blown in by the wind,
and carpets, walls, ETC., ruined. A
large part of the tin roof over the engine
house was also torn off.
The house of DR.. D. R. Adams at Ell
Monte was carried away by the over
flowed river and utterly wrecked. For
tunately the doctor and family had
time in which to vacate it.
A number of rumors of accidents and
disasters were floating around yesterday,
but could not be substantiated any
more than is above stated.
The river in the vicinity of Compton
was reported yesterday to have spread
out across ten miles of country.