The San Francisco call., 1904-08-24
WATER COVERS
THE RQADBED
Flood Causes Great Damage
to Property of the Santa
Fe Company in Arizona
TRAINS STILL STALLED
Section of Country Between
Kingman and The Needles
Is Swept by the Torrent

ASH FORK. Ariz.. Aug. 2S.-The
flood of yesterday has caused the
greatest washouts ever suffered by the
Santa Fe Railroad in Arizona. Six
hundred feet of road has been de-
stroyed between Yucca and Haviland
Bridges, large and small have been
carried away and the entire country
between KinEman. Ariz.. and The
Needles, Cal, has been flooded. Water
is still rushing over the tracks and
great damage has occurred at many
sections.
A terrific storm last night caused
many freshet washouts on the main
line Of the Santa Fe. At Haviland,
six miles east of Yucca, where large
bridge was destroyed yesterday after
noon, the roadbed is flooded to a depth
of seven feet.
Westbound overland trains No. Z. the
California limited, No. 8 and the Cuth-
bert special from Ontario with 200 Ca
madam business men on tour of this
country, who were visiting for two
days at Grand CanYon have been tied
up at this point with no present pros
poets of moving. The eastbound linn
tied No. 4 and No. s on the Santa Fe
are being held west of Yucca. Two
more westbound overland trains ar
rived here at noon and will remain on
side tracks until further orders.
1t is impossible to send trains via
Phoenix, as the Southern Pacific has
also suffered much damage from the
heavy rains which have been falling
49, la1
All communication west of Haviland
has been cut off Orders have been
sent east to rush gangs of linemen to
the scene. The Santa Fe is employing
all available help.
Another bridge at Powell is reported
to have gone out to-day and several
/ hundred feet of road in that vicinity
is under water 1t will be some time
| before the blockade can be cleared and
possibly the trains at Ash Fork will
be sent east and moved to California
by way of Denver.
Five westbound overland trains are
now stalled here. The only way out
of Ash Fork at present is over the
Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad, then
by the Southern Pacific. Five miles Of
roadbed was washed out near Mari
copa last night. Large gangs are max
ing repairs in that section. No. l,
which left Ash Fork about noon yes
terday, proceeded only as far as Selig-
man, nineteen miles west.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-After re-
ceiving full reports from all parts of
the company's lines in Arizona af-
fected by the floods. Santa Fe officials
admit that the washouts were the most
serious the road has ever experienced
in the Territory. The damage. while
affecting only parts of the road which
were injured by former. foods, is ex-
| tensive and only temporary repairs are
/ possible for the present. The roadbed
/ is in such a condition, a result of
the repeated floods, that every recur-
ring rain carries out the temporary
work and stops traffic.
/ Five trains, westbound, are now be-
/ ing held at Ash Fork. One of them
] is a knights Templar special from Tor
onto, Ont.
Trains of both the Santa Fe and
/ Southern Pacific from the north, which
/ were delayed by the washout near
Tehachapi last night, arrived here this
morning. Traffic was delayed only
! about three hours.