The record-union., 1891-02-25
Vast Amount of Damage Done in
Southern California.
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND RAIL-
ROADS BLOCKADED.
Portion of the Chico ToIl-Bridge
Over the Sacramento Carried Off by
a Runaway Barge-The Town of
Yuma Inundated-Disastrou Ava
lanche In Oregon.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

reports show that the storm is about over.
Serious damage has been done to railway
property, especially in the southern por-
ton of the State. Soledad Canyon, ON the
line entering Los Angeles from this city,
is IN almost as bad a condition as last
year. Much of the new and costly work,
which required ten months to complete,
has suffered from the storm. Two
Angeles has been carried away. The
track is washed out, the pile work
broken up, and the tunnel at the entrance
to the canyon damaged.
On the Yuma Division eight bents Of
the big bridge We're destroyed and the
track is six feet out of line in many
places. The bridge near Monte was also
swept away. Three washouts of serious
nature have occurred between Pomona
and Cucamonga, and east of Cotton 25C
feet of track, the round-house siding and
everything movable has been carried
away by the waters. Between Cotton
and Banning several bridges have been
weakened.
On the Santa Ana branch the track is
under water for long stretches, and in
of Downey Station the new railroad
bridge has been destroyed and the town
itself flooded.
Between Seven Palms and Yuma the
track is in very bad condition. Over
three miles were swept away. For 15(
miles, between Seven Palms and Yuma
the wires arc down and nothing definite
is known of the condition of the track
The Sunset route Will probably be
in operation for week, and no tickets tC
New Orleans will be sold at present.
The Atlantic and Pacific has had
washout near Barstow, and has sus.
pended the sale of overland tickets via
Mojave for one week. Passengers viii
be sent East over the Central Pacific.
The latter route is in good condition, as
is the Shasta line.
RAILROADS BADLY DAMAGED.
SAN BERNARDINo, Feb. 24-Addi
tional news of the damage by the flooc
comes in from all quarters. All Tho
bridges on Lytle Creek have been washed
out, and there is no way to cross thai
| stream.
SO far as heard from, there is but one
bridge left whole on the Santa Ana River
That is the Santa Fe bridge on the Red
lands branch The Southern Pacific
| bridge on the Santa Ana Riveri is partially
| DESTROYED. The Santa Fe bridge on the
|
bridge on the line to Riverside is gone,
also the wagon bridge. Fifty feet of the
| big flume is gone. The flume is ovel
| 5000 feet long.
The pipe line for Riverside's domesti,
supply is damaged also, so that Riverside
now has no water supply till repairs cal
| be made.
The American School-house, on Lytle
| Creek, went down with the flood. Sew.
eral houses and barns along Lytle Greek
were washed away, and many acres o.
| valuable property. The County Hospital
grounds We're washed away very badly.
The train from Barstow, due yesterday
did not arrive. and the Mojave River is
reported five feet higher than ever before
known.
All the families between the town anG
Lytle Creek, south of this city, left theil
houses and moved into town, some NOV.
ing during the night.
| Rain continued to fall most of the time
| last night and to-day, but not so heavy as
| before. The Santa Ana River is very
high yet, but has done but little addi
tional damage. Other streams have sub
| sided to great extent. The work of re-
pairing the bridges has commenced in
| limited way. No railroad trains are run
ming, except between this city and Red.
lands, on the Santa Fe line.
The County Hospital was threatened by
| the Lytle Creek flood. but the washing o
banks at that point has ceased, and al
danger is over, unless heavy storm sets
in again.
The Santa Fe line in FL Cajon Pass is
believed to be badly washed. Four pas
senger trains are stormbound between
| here and Barstow. The Southern Pacifi,
bridge at East Cotton has not gone, but
the eastern approach is badly washed out
Colonel Patton rescued his family las
night south Of this city by carrying five
! ladies out from his residence through g
raging flood, in places the water being uI
to his shoulders. He safely landed all O
them, and soon after his house went
down the stream. The streams have
been higher than before since 1882. Nc
lives are reported lost SO far.
The rainfall for the season is 1873.
inches; TOR February 7.7S inches.
This storm is more severe here than tho
great storm of February, 1884, that washed
out the Temecula canyon.
AT PASADENA.
PASADENA, Feb. 24.-Communicatior
has just been established here by wire
with the north and east. Over six inches
of rain has fallen since Saturday. The
storm has been of remarkable violence
Sunday night a portion OF the roof of the
Raymond Hotel was blown off, and many
windows shattered, resulting in consid-
cradle damage TO furniture. A massive
stone dam erected at a large expense was
swept away by the raging waters of the
Arroyo Seco.
| Both the Santa Fe and terminals roads
have had washouts between here and
Los Angeles, and traffic has been at q
I standstill for two days. Southern Cali
fornia trains will begin running to-mor-
row. No mail has arrived from the East
since Sunday. Tonight is clear and
cool, but more rain is predicted.
CHICO TOLL BRIDGE CARRIED AWAY
CHICO. Feb. 24.-Travel between Chico
and northeastern Colusa is again shut off
the western end of the Chico toll bridge
across the Sacramento River having been
carried away this morning by the
steamer San joaquin No. 3, Captain
| Allen, who was making his first trip on
this part of the river, coming down the
river with a barge of wheat in tow
| When nearing the bridge, Captain
| Allen, thinking the draw could not be
opened in time, turned the steamer
around. The barge swung around. strik-
ing the wheel of the steamer, badly dam
aging it. The shock parted the hawser,
and let the barge float down the stream
The current was very swift, and the
barge struck the west pier with tremen-
dous force, causing it to give away. The
west end OF the bridge came down on the
| barge and floated down the river about
two miles. when the steamer managed to
pick it up and anchor it.
This pier was weakened considerably
by the recent big rain-storm. 1fthe part
on the barge can be used, the loss will be
only about $1,000. Otherwise it will cost
about $1,000 to replace it.
! The bridge was only completed last