Yuma County AZ Archives News.....The Doom of Yuma March 3, 1891
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Jackson Sentinel March 3, 1891
Jackson Sentinel, March 3, 1891

THE DOOM OF YUMA

Only two buildings left standing in the Arizona town, all others having been 
swept away by the flood-No loss of life reported.

YUMA, ARIZONA TERRITORY, February 28, 1891
The water reached its highest point at 11 o’clock Thursday night. Every 
business house was washed down. But two buildings are left standing. The 
convent of St. Joseph, the Ancient Order of United Workmen hall, the school 
house and the express, telegraph and post offices were leveled to the ground. 
The railroad and steamboat office was swept into the Colorado river and the 
Southern Pacific freight depot destroyed by dynamite to prevent the wreckage 
from knocking down the railroad bridge. The water in the Colorado is up to the 
stringers of the bridge, which is yet uninjured. The railroad leehouse and the 
track at the foot of Main street are washed away. Five hundred men worked 
Thursday night to save the property, but met with little success. The town and 
property is now guarded by members of the Yuma rifles, who have been sworn in 
as deputy sheriffs. The water is now falling here, but discouraging reports 
have been received from above and east.

Friday morning the river dropped 17 inches in one hour and Yuma residents are 
feeling less anxious. All the country east for 20 miles is under water and the 
Southern Pacific tracks are washed out for fully that distance. Trains are 
running between El Paso and Tucson, but west-bound passengers are held at the 
latter place.


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