Telegram-herald., 1891-03-01
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YuNA. "a r. Feb 5 The water
reaehei Is highest point az II o'eloS&
Thursday night EyeFy husiaess house
was washed down But TWO build
lnss are EFF standing. The convent Of
81 Joseph. tie Aneieat ofeer q
United Worsmen bal, the school
boase snd the express, telegraph
and post ofsses were leFeied -
the gr0rnd The railroad aud steam
soas osFee was swept into the Colorado
river aud The Southern Paelse freight
depot destroyed % dynamite 10 prevent
the wreckags from knocking down the
railroad bridge The water ia the Col
orado is up 20 the str!ngers OF the
bridge, which Is Yet uniniu,sd The
railroad ieehouse and the track
at the foot of Main street
are washed away. fiys hundred
men worked Thursday night 10 save
property. but met with little success.
The town and property is now guarded
by mem bers OF the Yuma rifles, who
have been sworn in as deputy sheritfs
The water Is now falling here, but dis
cOuraging reports have been received
from above aud east.
Friday morning the river dropped II
inches in one hour and Yuma residents
are feeling less anxious All the eoun-
try east for 20 miles Is under water and
the Southern Paei6c tracks are washed
out for fully that distance. Trains are
running between FL Paso and Tucson.
but west-bouud passengers are held ut
the latter place.
NooDLAwS, Cal, Feb. est has
been raining continuously for forty
eight hours. All the streams in the
county run full. Thousands of acres
known as swamp land are under water
and the crops will be almost total loss.
CLIFTON, A. T., Feb. 2e.-The river
has risen again, and more property will
be destroyed. Railroads are demoi-
ished, dams and fumes are gone, and
work has been suspended by both the
Arizona and Detroit copper mining COM
panies. The south approach to the iron
bridge here and the entire iron bridge
at Guthrie, IL miles south, are gone.
II is impossible to estimate the damage
now. This report was sent on a hand
cart TO Duncan, 3s miles south. Ex-
travagent reports of destruction of
farms in ella valley have been re-
ceived
BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 2s.-Something
of blizzard has prevailed throughout
Nebraska. Advices from points 100
miles west are to the effect that snow
is falling rapidly, and that the wind is
blowing a gale The cuts are filling
and the railroads are having great diff
fculty in keeping the tracks open. Bur-
lington trains are laid up at Burwell
and other points and snow plows have
been sent out for relief. Near Hastings
the storm is especially severe. The
electric railways have abandoned at
tempts to run trains.
FREEZING WEATHER IN LOUISIANA.
CLINTON, La, Feb. 2s.-At 9 o'clock
Friday morning the thermometer stood
at 50 degrees. ice formed and the
ground was frozen. Many of the fruit
trees were in bloom and will doubtless
be badly damaged.
QUEBEC PROPERTY DESTROYED.
QUEBEC, IAN, rep. 2o--hecent iniiO
weather and rains have caused EN- inun-
dation at Chateau Richer. Several
houses have been destroyed and large
amount of damage done to other prop
erty. No lives were lost.
LIVES LOST IN MEXICO.
CITY OF MEXICO. Feb 2S.-The port
of San Felipe has been flooded by n
storm. One schooner, one lighter and
thirteen smacks have been wrecked
eighteen houses destroyed and many
families made homeless. A number of
lives have been lost and many cattla
drowned.