The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-26
FLOODED RIVERS.
Loss Of Life and Valuable
I. Property in the South.
Railroad Communication Interrupted at
Los Angeles and San Diego.
Bridges Swept Away and Tracks Under
Water-TOWns Submerged By The
Overflow Of Streams.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

Los ANGELES, Feb. %. - Reports con-
tinue to come in from the surrounding conn
try giving further details of devastation and
ruin caused by the recent food. Asamat-
ter of course these early reports are in all
probability exaggerated. At the present
time it would be impossible to give ANYTHING
like reliable estimate of the amount of the
total loss caused by the flood. The sum
will. however, be considerable. As far as
has been heard from only four lives have
been lost in the flood. The Wells family,
consisting of three persons. who were
living at Duarte, and SeveranO Lourene,
a Mexican, living near Wilmington, have
undoubtedly been drowned. Lourene's
body and that of Wells have been recovered.
but the other bodies have not yet been dis
covered.
At FL Monte, near San Gabriel, the river
formerly passed down the east side of the
town. 1t is now flowing down on the west
side and forms mighty stream 1900 feet
wide. Hers the county bridge, 100 feet long,
was washed away. A house near the bridge
was also swept down the stream by the
angry waters.
The report from Downey is that from
the Ten-mile House to the ocean it was one
vast body of water, covering an area ten
miles in width and fifteen in length. The
family of Charles II. Watts, living near
DOwney, which was supposed to have been
lost in the flood, turned up to-day safe.
The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail-
roads have recovered all of their wires and
hard work is being done to get the lines
back into running order. The Southern Pa
cific road to San Pedro is opened and in
operation The Santa Fe surf line to San
Diego is in bad condition and may not be
opened for a week.
c. K. Elderly, editor of the Downev
Champion, arrived from DOwney to-day
he says that the reports of damage done in
that vicinity are greatly exaggerated The
water rose in the houses at DOwney to the
depth of a foot and a half aud then receded
The inhabitants of the town were badly
scared but no houses were washed away
Wire fences proved TO be bad arrangements
where they were located near the streams
Ihey caught drift and caused dams to form
the water spread over great area of country
An appeal was received Tonight by the
Los Angeles Board of Trade from the Yuma
Board OF Trade appealing for aid for the
SuHtItIS from IUOu III lNaL NlclDlIy. i lie
appeal is to be answered.
Trains from the north are promised BY
the Southern Pacific by Friday afternoon at
the latest 1t will be several days before
communication is resumed with the East by
either the Santa Fe or Southern Pacific.
AT PASADENA.
PASADENA, Feb 25.-To-day 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 sew
eral hundred yards halfway between here
and Los Angeles, and It's trestle, work over
the Los Angeles River endangered for q
time.
1t is now passable, ana trains aysSunnilg
on regular schedule time. The SANTA Se
mas resumed sending some n ali ntEsths
Many trees were blown down in town and
some streets are badly washed. Otherwise
there is no damage to record. The outfall
sewer is caved in at several places.
Surrounding towns TO the south and east
ward, especially Duarte. suffered much
moIe severely. Pasadena's high elevation
and proximity TO the mountains protected it
from further damage THE Scoylle dam in
the Arroyo Seco will be rebuilt.
AT SAN DIEGO.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25.-The storm of Sunday
and Monday was the most severe ever expert
enced In this section. The damage 10 the rail-
roads leading from the city is quite large, and it
Will D. week before tIaNel Is resumed as De-
fore the flood.
The town OF Tia Juana, on the Mexican liue,
was totally wa shed away, except the Russ Hotel,
which Is so badly damaged as TO be OF no further
use. The Oiay River broke Its banks and swelled
the Tia Juana River until ii flooded the entire
country, sweeping away stores, houses cattle
and everything that came in lis path. Two per-
sons are reported drowned at Tia Juana. No
other fatalities rerOrled.
Al Ramona II inches OF wafer Is reported as
failing during the storm. On the Cuysmaca road
several waShOuts occur, d. and the San Diego
river bridge was washed away.
At Ensenada the rain did considerable dam
age. The soap works the Ensenada River
was totally washed away, but no loss of lie was
reported.
No damage was done IN San Diego. although
considerable rain feil ana the wind attained a
velocity oil forty miles an hour.
HEALDsBURG, Feb. 25.-The storm that for
the past week has BEEN raging in tuis ycini y
has at last subsidized, and the sun has
again shown out bright and warm.
A violent wind terminated the storm, blowing a
fearful gale aud doing considerable damage
During the storm 4.75 inches OF rain fell. Good
crops are now an assured fact and The farmers
are happy.
PETALUMA, Feb 25.-The weather is clear,
but very cold. The rainfall for the storm was
ZIG inches, and for the season TO- AT inches
SANTA PAULA Feb. 25-Tne rainfall since
Saturday noon up 10 last evening was 5.33
Inches. There were heavy mountain storms.
causing the overflow OF all the streams Bridges
are damaged and the wires are down. This Is
pgf W. far Gin