Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-26
THE ARIZONA DISASTER.

Twenty.nve Bodies Recovered - Sur-
 vivors in a:Destitute Condition - A
 Letter From she Sheriff - Further
 Details or she Disaster-Partlal List
 of Names.
 PRESCOTT, Ari., Feb. 25.-The worst fears in regard to the Walnut Grove disaster are more than realized, although particulars come in slosly and are still meagre. Two prospectors arrived late last night from the dam. They say that they camped about the dam on Friday night. At o'clock on sat- urday morning the dam broke, the water rushing down the narrow, steep canon in solid body eighty feet high. One man was rescued from the top of Q tree. The pros pectors state that not even remnant of the dam exists, while the immense body of water, one and half miles square and sky feet deep was emptied in an hour. They had talked with many from the smaller dam, ff- teen miles below, who said that up to Satur. day evening twenty five bodies had been re- covered, but could give no additional names. The survivors were in the greatest destitu- tion, having neither provisions nor clothing Coarse grain sacks were being used in lieu of clothing The camp of workmen engaged in building Hume has not been heard from at sli and 1t is feared that all arc lost. No news has yet been received here from Wick enburg or from the settlements below the dam.
 A messenger sent by Sheriff O'Neill has arrived with further particulars of the dis aster. Sheriff O'Neill writer as fellows:
 RouAnxn's RANCHE, Monday, Feb. 24.- The scene of desolation along the daesayam. pa river below the cites of the dams is oom- plete. tornado could not have made such a complete wreck. For miles the waters turned free by the breaking of the dams L St.y Ln k~xlo of ho w{ftp hOdtna and with enormous boulders, trees and every other kind of debris. The following thirty eight names arc . partial list of the drowned: Hannah MeCArthy, maid to Miss Hanlan and Miss Van Buren; Joe Reynolds, miner; George Ebbitt, laborer; N. E. Nickell, laborer; Alexander McMillan, ooachman for Mr. Van Bursn; E. c. Wheeler, labo1er; one Mexican. name [. Cook, iaborer; N. L. White, ls- borer; John s. Isbo; Charles King, black smith; Patrick Shay, laborer; Patrick Barry, laberer; Charles Brackep, laborer; William Flanagan, laborer; Frederick Palmer, lstorer; Casper Frsester, laborer; John Brown, engineer; Alexander Browne, engineer; 8. Burlogie. laborer; L. D. Haynes. laborer and Q child; George Rundell and l eight chinamen. Besides those above men- | tionsd, twelve or fifteen who were in the placer mines between the upper and lower l dam with . number of ranchers along the stream are missing and when all the cas- ualties are ascertained the entire lose will probably be between fifty and sixty lives.
 The bodies thus far discovered are about . dozen, many of which were found twenty or thirty miles from the place where the flood overlook them all. The remains arc moro ol less mutilated, while in several cases only fragments have been recovered, as the force of tho flood was terrific. Many bodies have doubtless been buried in the sand and others torn in pieces and carried far south. Immense boulders weighing tons were thrown around as a child might toss ball. Enormous trees were broken in two or torn into shreds. Iron bars were broken and twisted out of shape md ordinary hat iron was picked up and carried i've milel and then embedded in the walls of the canor eighty feet above the present level of thu stream. A large safe belonging to Rober
 Brown, containing in the neighborhood o1 1000. was swept away and no trace has beer found of 1t. Whatever the water struck wen
 down. The flood struck the lower dam a
 1850 and five minutes later theheadquarters
 five miles below, were swept away.
 Several persons were at both points watch
 ing, but notwithstanding this tho number o
 men crowded at the first point was ove
 thirty and those who did escape did 50 witl
 only what they had on their heads, man.
 only in their night clothes. Early on tn
 evening of the S1st courier was sent iron
 the upper to the lower dam to warn the resi
 dents at the latter point that tho former struc
 ture was in danger of breaking, but owing [
 the storm and darkness tho messenger coul
 not keep ahead of the flood, and loa
 his life trying to cross the Hassayampa withi
 view of the survivors of the camp he ha
 tried to save. Charles Thompson, courier
 who arrived here this afternoon from belo'
 Wiokenburg and who lost his ranchs abov Q the lower dam. reported that nine bodis
 have been discovered at Wickenburg an
 three above in addition to those already Fl
 ported. Old Historic Brill ranche wit
 all tho other ranches along tho river hay
 been entirely swept away.