In the midst of their devotions the hundred-…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

In the midst of their devotions the hundred- foot tidal wave showed up. Prayers were cut short, and jumping over cracks and crevasses in the roadway, the Andrade hill was reached. From that peak, Perez states that the sight was grandly sublime. Across the Colorado the angry turbulent volcanoes could be seen in the height of activity and brilliant eruption. On the bed of the river and some distance beyond its banks could be seen the reddish-colored, foam-covered water, rushing ahead at a height of fully 100 feet.