Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-28
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION
A Western Town Wiped Out
by Heavy Floods.
The TUNNEL ACCIDENT INQUEST.
Passage by the House of the
Subsidy Bill.
RAILROAD COLLISION IN new YORK.
Funeral Ceremonies of
King Kalakaua.
WIPED OUT BY A FLOOD.

WIPED OUT BY FLOOD.
The Town of Yuma Entirely Destroy.
ed-Only Two Buildings Left Stand
in.-Not a Building Left Standing In
Tia Juaha-Several Lives Lost -
Destruction OF Bridges and Other
Property.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 27.-Dispatches
received by the railroad officials from
Yuma to-day says that every building in
the town except the Southern Pacific hotel
and the penitentiary were destroyed by
the flood last night The Gila and Colo
RADIO rivers rose thirty three feet above
low water mark. The passenger and
freight depots were both flooded and
water rose to level with the bridge
across the Colorado river. In order to
prevent the bridge from being away by
the freight depot being set afoat the
building was blown up with dynamite.
This morning the river dropped seventeen
inches in an hour and the Yuma residents
are feeling less anxious. All the country
eastward for twenty miles is under water
and the Southern Pacific tracks are wash
ed out for fully that distance. Trains are
running between FL Paso and Tucson but
west-bound passengers are held at Tucson.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Feb. 81 Several
deaths have resulted from the flood at Tia
Juana. A Mexican was drowned while at
tempting to assist Others William E..
Scribner, druggist, was swept away in his
atora nv the fnnd IT., H., =
not building left standing on it's founda-
ton. The Russ house is the only building
not completely wrecked, and that is badly
damaged. The main current of the Tia
Juana river now runs through the town.
The valley is completely swept of fencing,
windmills, etc. A number of cattle, hogs,
and horses are known to have persisted.
There has been no communication with the
Mexican side yet, and it is impossible to
tell the damage or the number of lives
lost. A message from Des Csnzo states
that thirty three inches of rain had fallen
within sixty hours at Stonewall and Cuya-
in that section; it was a veritable cloud
burst
Los ANGELES, Feb. 27-There is no
change in the general situation in this vi
cinity, except that every minute has been
utilized by the railroad people in getting
tracks in shape. The first train for San
Francisco will probably leave to-day at
o'clock.
The situation south is much worse and
it will probably be Saturday or Sunday be-
fore the line to Yuma is opened Santa
Fe is still badly blocked The track in the
canon is covered with dirt and it will be
some days before it can be cleared. But
little is known of the status of affairs east
of San Bernardino. One or two trains are
somewhere between this place and Barstow.
line to San Diego will be in passable condi-
ton. Local trains are now running.
No further reports of loss of life have
been received, and it is now believed that
no more have occurred besides the four
heretofore reported The loss to property
is not SO heavy as at first anticipated, but
is nevertheless considerable. Reports from
Yuma are very discouraging. Committees
of the board of trade and chamber are now
getting up subscriptions for that place.
There is no suffering in this section as far
| as reported, as result of the floods.
SAN BERNARDINo, CAL, Feb. 27.-Ad-
ditional particulars regarding the damages
by the storm continue to be received. Cajon
Pass was badly damaged, and it will be
| some time before trains can get through.
| ASASt@S>
the southbound passengers from the trains
caught between the pass and Barstow The
railroad bridge was washed away, but the
bridge over the Mojave near the pass is
still safe. The wagon bridges at Rincon
Auburndale and Riverside across the San
ia Anna river have all been swept away by
the floods. The pipe line in Santa Anns
canyon, furnishing water to Redlanc
Heights, is badly washed out.
| This city has received no mail from any
quarter since last Sunday. Every bridg'
in the county this side of the mountains
except the Santa Fe bridge between thi
city and Redlands has been either badl.
damaged or washed out The repairs ar
being made as rapidly as possible, ant
trains will be running again pretty gener
ally in a day or two.
REDLANDs, Cal, Feb. 27.-A messenge
from Elsinore says that seven miles of tn
railroad track between Elsinore and Per
ris is washed out, the bridge gone, and
is reported that the road through Temecul
canyon is entirely destroyed
| ALBANY, Feb. 27.-The food has abatet
little, but all railroad traffic is yet de
layed. Central trains came in from thre
to six hours later during the morning an
left at convenient rather than O
schedule time. The express train
come up the Hudson rive
road to Hudson, 60 thence to Chathal
and on to this city over the Boston an
Albany tracks. No trains have been ru
between Hudson and this city over til
Hudson river tracks since the fast ma
yesterday morning A dispatch frol
Fonda says no trains are running on tt
Central to-day. The tracks are clear {
far west as Yost's but west of Yost's tt
road is covered with ice in cakes.