The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-27
Railroads Demorslized.

Los ANGEL ELS. Calf. Jan. 274--
| The Decentralization Of railroad traffic
IN south California as the result Of,
foods which have RACED for two days
was shown today when sdvicss ind
Gated nearly fifty trains are stalled
In that part OF the state. On them are
1900 maroonsd passengers who are
being tsd by the railroad companies.
Street car and intsrurDan traffic
here and in this vicinity is paralyzed.
Thousands OF telephones here have
been put out OF commission and gen
eral wire communication with the
outside world Is maintained with dif-
fcuIty.
Orange growers In the country here
about report that In many cases en-
tire groves have bean washed ont.
The damage 10 public highways can
not be estimated at this time.
! A dispatch from San Luis ODispo
Gays the railroad yards there are
crowded with stalled PASSENGER trains
and the Southern Pacific railroad IL
/ considering chartering smal! steam
ship TO remove passengers TO safety.
Death List Of Eight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.--Santa
Fe officials said later Ia the day they
had received adyices from Los An
geles that passengers aboard the
bloodhound train were being trans~
ported across the flooded area by
boats and brought to Los Angeles.
/ The revised list Of dead follows:
! LOUIS JONES, vice president OF the
/ First National Bank OF Santa barbara
! and his wife.
! HUGH HAyTNs. capitalist, of Los
Angeles.
". P. MoNAHAN, engineer. Of
Fresno.
VIM CLARK, boy, OF Los Angeles
I RICO RODRIGUEZ, Mexican labor
err Whittier.
4 FRANK RIES, Santa Ana.
4 UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, Fresno.
I II is probable that the list Will be
still further Increased when complete
reports are received. All the fatalities
resulted from attempts to ford swollen
streams
Communication with many sec
tons Of the state 10 Still interrupted,
details OF damage are not obtainable.
4 II Is known, however, that the loss to
property Will mount into the millions.
The Shasta Limited, from Portland,
/ is the only train fro noutside Cali
fornia that has reached San Francisco
for twenty.fonr hours. Ten wegt
bound and eight cast bound overland
trains are stalled In the Sierras. These
/ include two crowded excursion trains,
ono Of which ia Mystic Shrtners spe-
ciai carrying Shriners 70 the winter
carnival at Truckee.
Latest adyices here show the follow
4 ing California cities arc inundated:
WatsonyiIIe. Santa Barbara, PaEaro,
4 Gilroy, Coyote, Alviso, Hill Crest
t Edenvale, Orogi. Clovis. Oxnard. Ven.
4 tura. Montalya. Antioch, KernviIle,
1 L.etcher and parts of Freano, San I1e-
andre, Sonora, San Lorenzo and Al
/ varedo.
! The snow IN the mountains Is melt
| ing rapidly, increasing the flood dam
age and bringing land slides that have
cayed In tunnels and wrcclsed railroad
tracks in all directions. Everywhere
railroad bridges have gone out
Tho United States weather bureau
here last night predicted, further rain.
fall today, but Father Ricard, the
Jesuit scientist at Santa Clara uni
! vergity. disagreed with them and-~Eo.
casted clear skies. - The rainfall
ceased ut midnight and today clear
weather came. The situation every.
where ia improving but 1t will be
weeks before the damage can be re.
paired.