The Arizona sentinel., 1891-03-14
ITEMS OF THE FLOOD.

Asst. Supt. Pratt, and his assis- tants left for San Francisco Saturday night.
 ! Dixie Cummings, who runs the pump for the railroad company near the s. P. Hotel, has been very Ill, but is better.
 The fine homes of Frank Ewing, s. s. Gillespie, Frank Townsend, on their ranches, all went down amidst the waters.
 Althee Modesti has moved his goods into bis dwelling for present sale, and has cleared up the wreck of his store so that one would hard ly know the place.
 The U. 8. Government experimen tai station and farm 15 miles up the valley is not as badly damaged as was believed during th,. stoTm.
 The great rain storm of last week, SO far as heard from, covered Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Cali ! ferna ard Lower California.
 H. c. Lawrence, formerly con- nected with the Chicago Times, but now tea grower in the island of Ceylon, India, has been one of the 40 passengers detained in Yuma by the flood.
 Joscde Ia Osa, living on the other side of the river lost his house, garden, fences and surroundings. The Indian school pumping plant, also went in the flood as did the old goy- ernment stables. The Indian houses arc mostly standing though badly washed.
 Capt. Juan and Capt. Jose, who live with their respective bands of Indians near town, say that thelr people lost all of their beans, corn and squashes and have nothing left to eat. The employment and rations given them by the railroad company have helped them very much.
 Many Mexican families found houses with friends, others at the old Quartermaster buildings and a host On and among the hills, west of the railroad track, where they are putting up tents and improvised houses, which afford them temporary but comfort ably sh lter. Every house in town has it's full quota of occupants.
 Col. Cole Saunders has put 45 acres in to fruit and vines on the Mohawk ranch. One acre of which he set out to oranges and lemons, and 30 acres to apricots, peaches, figs and other fruits, He planted 10000 rooted vines, mostly Muscat of Alex andrla and Flaming Tokays. The flood damaged these but very little if any.
 Good news for Yuma and Lower California. It is reported upon good authority that contract has been signed by Randall w. Pye, representing thv English Company at San Quintin and w. Ii. Graham, the great railroad contractor, for the building of 20 miles of the Peninsula railway from San Quin- tin toward Yuma, via the Valle Trinidad route.
 The S. P. R. R. Company are worthy of commendation for the prompt manner in which they took hold of the difficult work before them in repairing the breaks in the road. Water, tide and time wait for no one. The railroad officials took time by the forelock and the result is that the passen- ger and freight business of the road is uninterrupted.
 The whole of Tia Juana, situated on the Mexican line, 16 miles be- low San Diego, went down in the flood. It was place larger than Yuma, with several large stores, very large hotel and some 20 or p very fine cottages, besides fine grocery stores, saloons, butcher shops and restaurants, all built of wood. The Mexican Custom House cost $36,000. It went down in the storm. The Mexican part of the place was built of adobes and went as Yuma went. The storm is reported from San Diego to be the heaviest ever known in South ern California.
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