Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
A SECOND RRLUCE.

perhaps for years to come; but almost before the types had recorded the statement, the d-gates of heaven were opened and for three hours rain fell m such torrents as to render Fri days rain enly warming up" show CT, preliminary to the real storm.
 The storm commenced very much as on the previous day, only that the early showers were more copious, with briefer intermissions between them. There was a gradual increase in the precipitation until the last half hour, when the storm seemed to gather its force for one last supreme efert. The record of the rainfall, taken at inter- vals during the storm, gives an ldsa of it's progress. During the first half heur the precipitation was .25 inches; second half hour, 70 inches third half hour, 80 inches, and the last hour and three-quarters 1.72 inches, most of which fell Tn 30 minutes. The tstal precipitation was 2,97 inches, and for the two days was 4.90 inches.
 The storm of Saturday was even more destructive than that of Friday, the northern end of town suffered most. The arroyo coming down from the foothills of the Pinal mountain past the cemetery was converted into torrent, which quickly filled the shallow channel, where it emerges upon the flat, with sand, forcing the water to seek new passage between the collection of adobe and frame houses at that point on and near Broad street. Alex Graydon's black smith shop received the brunt of the flood, and the turbulent water swept directly through the shop and corral, (ssme distance to the south,) carrying every movable obstruction with it. A portion of the corral fence was swept away, together with quantity of hay and grain, and what feed remained was completely soaked The volume of water which passed through the blacksmith shop Ia frame structure) was five feet deep, and splashed against the top of the doorway. Wood work and tools were either swept away or buried in the sand which filled the shop to depth of three feet. Even a keg of borro shoes went down with the flood.
 Mr. Graydon sustained very heavy loss, which he estimates at S3,000. The chief damage is to hls property which the water partially wrecked and buried in sand, rendering it prac- tically valueless, as the cost of repair ing, and protecting it from future storms would be as great as it was originally worth. MT. Graydon has moved his business to commodlous building short distance south 0, bis old stand.
 Claude Batalier IS one of the heavy losers by the flood. He was the owner of three adobe houses which were washed down. Pinal creek was higher than we ever remember having seen it. 4 teamster named Lee, his wag- ons loaded with coke, attempted to cross the creek at the shelter, but the water rose so rapidly that he was un. able to extricate one wagon, which was overturned, and 5000 pounds of coke washed away. The wagon was broken and only saved from being ompletely wrecked by securing it with ropes.
 The foot bridge spanning Pinal creek at the crossing north of Gray. don's was undermined and has since been removed, A wall of Nose Vert mans house (the old Turner proper ty) fell dowr, and the water covered the entire flat surrounding the house
 On Friday an enormous volume came down one of the canyons east ol the Old Dominion Copper Company: property, and it's force was so great as te cafry away number of iron oil tanks, some filled with oil and other; empty, weighing 250 10 700 pound, each. Seven of the tanks had been IecoYered on Thursday, and several oi thelil were found near Horrell's past ure, four miles below the smelter Ten cords of wood belonging to the Company were also washed away Andrew Maurel came very near beng l bereft of his three children who wer' alone in hls shop when the heavy raj. eame on Saturday, flooding the build ing. The children sought places O safety on boxes and barrels until res cued by their father.
 In the center of town Saturday
 storm was less violent but neverthe
 less did some injury. The wash cross
 ing Broad street north of Miss Eaton
 property, which was the scene of thu
 greatest damage on Friday, was agaii
 on the rampage and undermined tn
 close board fence, erected as protec
 ton agalnst water, and the chickel T AI.-. E. !. TIL.