Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-26
FLOODS.
,ee,lr or TIE LATE GREAT STORM
N'0 IN CALIFORNIA.
...,,s psmsge TO Railroad and other
n t.r,,-Iiye. Lost-Peopie Made
HomeIe.s-AriTona's share.
m, telegraph to the Dispatcn.l

.,.rs,xcrsco. C,I., February 25.-The
1t reports show that the storm IS about
N Sermons damage has been done to
".' A rroperty and other property in
"a" ,utbcyn portion of tbe State. Sole
'a' ,nvop ON the line entering Los An
oi' I'm IN this CITY. IS in Almost as bad a
f'.,.,-Ias last year. Mhch of the new
ESQ a work which required ten
q. o Sompletc has suffered from the
r'aN y hundred feed Of the bridge
c~- IL Angeles ~ been carried
w. IN washed oJtf, the pils-work
80, ,ri uS tunnel atethe entrance of
,.sr lautased. L.
g. -. yrwa llivision eight bents of the
O,s-e we're destroyed, and the track Is
u. b.. .ut 4 line IN many places The
g. nar Mon { was also swept away.
D ,,ashouts Of serious nature have
'...,i between Ppmonaand Cuy,amonga,
4 Coltoni $50 feet of the track.
81 .---0- house siLSings, and everything
N.,rs las been ,farried away by the
Between Chlton and Banning
80 b-isices have lSeen weakened.
80 s-grrcHTs OF lSRAoK UNDER wATER.
\ -. .ls santa Anna branch the track is
\ ~. vster for long stretches and in some
y has been swelS away. South of
...r Station the NEW railroad-brldge
.s..,-oypd and the town itself Hooded.
w sr Seven PALMA aud Yuma the track
- "a condition. iOver three miles have
% '-,g.ri awav. For $50 miles between
r. Palms and Yuma the wires are down
hing defnote Is known OF the con-
g.. ga tho tracey ,,
az >-pset Routk will probably be mop
.or a week and no tickets to New
g., will he (sold Of present. The At
and Pscl1c has had washoutS near
- and has suspended the sale oi
'..,-f t.ckeEs ria Molove for one week.
r....--.-. VII be sent East over the Cen;
-, Ts-tc. The latter route Is IN sood
,,.5'. ,,1 f, is the Shasta line
-rgiooDs TIE WORST IN YEARS.
l,IIrs. CAL, February 2j.-Tho
....-. was one OF the worst IN the his
A.-.f .1hs section. But little damage re-
.a y the city proper. On the river;
f-.s- lhe railway bridges were damaged
..5,- ,tne cases swept out. News trom
80 grounding country Is very mSaRIe
Wa the telegraph wires belhS uo"n,
-,.. iar as received the outlook is not
loss OF LITE.
r...s are many minors and reports OF
ID. - lie but the only cases SO Tar au-
-.,s,al are the drowning Of 4 man
-.s Wells with his wife snd chlld, near
,.'-,,'-.-.5r. Undoubtedly great damage.
- ne % orchards and ranches south OF
-..,.r whore the foods were the worst
,--- Many houses were damaged,
,.,..k drowned. and fences and out
l.asrs. destroyed.
-rv FFpGNNS DROWNED.
Los Ax.TlIs. CA, February 25.-Up TO
IN .1.8sy reports showed that at least
a., -a-sens lost their lives in the floods.
- ts~'yrf Charles Watts IS also missing
t---, r.,- Downey and Is supposed TO have
So. 4.,wr-d. The Wells family, consisting
,.--s- wife. and bate, were drowned at
r-,s, arg the bodies Of two MeNcans
-. s.gv2 IN the same neiChhorhoOd. ;.
r.--a-s was drowned AZ Wilmington while
,-,,-- % rescue some cattle. The worst
,,ss God was probably at Downey and
rs vicinity.
~ INLAND sEA.
IT,. r.l and new San Gabriel rivers
81, E- from their hanks, ran together. and
-Ai.s great inland sea SIX 20 ten miles
uls and seventeen miles long. Many
t-sss we've swept away, and number OF
s,~..as occupying the territory lnun-
Eys. have not been heard from. Shots
wee hea-i in Dovney Monday morning
..s4 a. he Watts rapch6-hOuse, and are
,.rr ses - have been q signal Of dis
..,s. The house was soon swept away, and
r.s.sa..d Tat the whole family persisted
mike torrent