Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-02
Special to tho HERALD.

Special to tho HERALD.
BANNING, CAL, July 1.-The water is
still coming in at Salton, and the lake is
rapidly growing in dimensions. Road
master Mulvihill and men went out on
Tuesday afternoon in the sail boat in a
southeasterly direction, but strong
wind caused the boat to drift to the
west, and it landed near Walters station
and got on tie mud bar, and for long
time it looked as if it was stuck fast.
The men got back to the spur at 10 p.m.,
and at 2 O'Clock Wednesday morning
started out again. When fifteen miles
southeast of the spur they struck cur
rent running like a mill race in the
direction of Salton. The current was
about half mile wide and the water
fourteen inches deep. Mr.. Null
vibill thought this settled the
question of the water coming
from the Colorado river as it was fresh
and very clear. After sailing forty miles
they returned to Salton.
A dispatch was received at Salton
from Colonel Blaisdell, the superinten-
dent Of the Cargo Muchacho mines,
which confirms the Colorado river
theory. He says in the flood of Febru-
ary last, the river overflowed its banks
and ran into the New river near Ell Rio,
and ever since the water has been pour
ing over the banks of New river on to
the desert. He has wondered where
the water went to, but after five months
it has turned up at Salton. At Ell Rio
the water is running over the banks
twenty feet high, and if the banks
break, an immense volume of water will
be turned out. 1t looks as if all the
water in the Colorado river would be
turned into the basin and a permanent
sea formed.
THE RAILROAD IN DANGER.
Mr.. Mulvihill has received orders to
do all his work at Salton on the theory
that the place is going to fill up, and he
is taking up the switch and floating the
iron to the main land.
The water came in a distance of 200
feet in less than two hours today. and is
now within 1000 feet of the main track.
1t will have to rise thirteen feet to get
to the railroad, but if it keeps on as it
has today the main track will 60 out in
side of three days. Mr.. Durbrow, the
superintendent of the salt works, thinks
the matter very serious and wants the
railroad company to send men to Ell
Rio to stop the break.
BANNING INDIANS PREDICT BIG FLOOD.
There is not an Indian left on the des-
ert and the Banning Indians are leaving
rapidly. learned that before the water
was heard of here medicine man from
the desert came up and warned all the
Indians that the Messiah said there
would be big food by July 4th. All
the whites would be destroyed and all
the Indians saved who went up the
mountains, and now they are going
among them even such an intelligent
Indian as Chief John Morongo. Ban
ming whites are not disturbed, however,
and elected officers OF yacht club to-
night.
Reports OF the food from Tucson and
other places. are all moonshine. am
the only newspaper man, except Howe
of the Redlands Facts, who has been
there, and the trains do not stop long
enough for passengers or trainmen to
learn anything.
THE LATEST FROM sALToN.
SALToN, II p. m.-The water continues
to rise, but not SO rapidly as today. The
wind has changed, and this tends to re-
tard the advance OF the water. Ii the
wind shifts and blows strong from the
north, the water will come nearly to the
track tomorrow. H. w. PATTON.
THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT.
At midnight last night, it was learned
at the Southern Pacific Office that the
water at Salton had not risen to any
great extent, the situation being about
the same as that of the afternoon as
described below. The water at that
time was stated to be about mile from
the main track of the Southern Pacific
road.
From passenger who arrived on last
nights train, however, the statement
was received that the water had been
rapidly rising and was within half
a mile OF the Southern Pacific tracks.
From the cars the lake was variously es-
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