The record-union., 1896-10-15
WaSserman, Davis & CO.
FIFTH AND STREETS, SACRAMENTO

and after a slight cessation the next
morning, began again, sweeping the
coast with fearful intensity until mid
night of the 18th. Every creek and
river in the region overflowed its banks
and wrought havoc. The Orizaba brings
the crew of the American schooner
Rebecca, which was wrecked at Redos
Island, near Altata.
The Mexican schooner Comet, owned
by Pablo Hidalgo, was wrecked at AL
tata and is a total loss. Captain Cor
Giyiola and two sailors We're drowned,
and the rest were saved by boats from
the Rebecca. The schooner Elena,
owned by the Altata Railroad Com
pany, was broken into halves.
The great storm swept back from the
coast at Altata, destroying the town of
Ahata, leaving only the jail and one
other building. The Custom house safe
was recovered. The number of lives
lost cannot be ascertained, but it is
very large. Where the town stood is
now a channel with six fathoms of
water.
The town of Elota is a complete
wreck, and nineteen lives were lost.
Quila and Tecullo, villages, were swept
away Eight bodies have been recov
cred. The railroad between Altata and
Culiacan is washed out so that COM
munication is shut off between the Cap
ital and the coast
When the Orizaba left Mazatlan all
communication was shut off between
San Dimas, San IgnaciO and LimOn,
and the San Ignacio and Santa Polonia
Rivers were running at flood through
these towns. The famous Guadalupe
de Los Reyes silver mine of Echegu-
rem is under water.
Immense damage has been done to
mining property. The mining town of
Nuestra Sonora was completely wreck
ed and eight lives were lost. The San
Vicente Mining Companys losses are
$50, 600. The EscoboSa and Dan. NJ.
Burns & Co., at San Antonio, have lost
100000. The fiume at Zapotito was
washed away, and great damage done
to the Santo Tomas tunnel at Candle
laria. d. M. Burns & Co. are considered
to be the heaviest losers at San Vicente
and San Dimas. They also lose heavily
at Candelaria- Mining operations, Of
course, were entirely suspended.
The losses in mining and agriculture
between Elota and Centa are estimated
at 100000, but the loss of life was
small.
At San Augustine one body was found
and at Humaya two more bodies.
Three children were found at La
cienga, where they had been washed
from above.
At Ixpalino ten houses and all the cat
tie and horses belonging to the San
Vicente Mining Company were lost.
At the same place the houses and
stores of Donemilio Verdugo and II. NJ.
Fudina were a complete loss, including
two retorts full of silver amalgam.
Francisco Beceda, Jesus Ruiz and two
laborers were drowned.
Four persons were drowned at Ia
potito. Miguel Rodriguez of Piaxtla
lost his wife and two children. The San
Ignacio River at its hight dragged the
family in. He and his wife tried to
save their four children. He reached
land with two and saw his wife and the
other children drowned
The Mexican schooner Occidental is
now on shore at Mazatlan.
The Arizona River, between Guaymas
and Nogales, was washed out in places,
and communication shut off.
The Orizaba ran UP to GuaymaS and
La Paz and back to MaZatlan, and
| communications were so limited that
the only news obtainable from the de-
| vastated districts was from managers
who brought bullion from the San Jose
| de Gracia, San Dimas, Candelaria and
other mines. They report the loss of
| life as heavy in the aggregate, and the