Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-02
A Furious storm.

This valley was visited by a furious storm of wind and rain last Sunday night Heavy clouds rolled up from the north east during the early evening, brilliantly illuminated by an almost constant glare of lightning. Shortly after nine o'clock the rain came down in torrents, accom- panied by q gale that threatened destruc- tion to everything in its path. For an hour and a half the rain and wind continued and when they subsided the country was one vast sheet of water. The rain gauge in Florence indicated the fall of ninety y-live hundredths of an inch, but a much larger quantity fell upon the mesa south of town.
 The sudden precipitation of so large a body of water soon filled all the arroyos leading from the higher mesa lands, across which the Florence canal traverses, and the banks of the canal were speedily overtlowing with the water causing sev- eral breaks between the headgate and the new reservoir.
 The new court house was the only build ing thatsufered damage. Quite earlyin the evening. just before the rain commenced to fall, the north wall of the court room gave away before the wind and fell with a terrible crash inside the building, carry sng down the heavy floor joist and sphnt- ering ihem into Bindings. This was 7bOut sixty feet long by seventeen feet In, -h, and was the continuation of the ;a;i .-ali. lt had been completed and the s,aIvou 'zed iron eoInice was in place, and ila demo 'iiion caused great surprise that fine force oi' the wind was 30 strong or the wall 40 weak. No other portion of inc building suffered, The loss to the contractors W I'll approxlmate S5Cu
 During the storm J. ii, Ar9ett. who resides west of Main street at the south edge of town, received severe sncck oi Ightring which passe! down his left side from the shoulder to the heel leaving it's mark upon him as painipi reminder ot it's power. The shock stunned him for time, and when he rallied his left leg was paralyZed for several hours. The bolt passed through him while he WAS pushing his wagon under cover. He fully recovered from it's effects by the follow ng morning.
 This was the worst storm experienced in Florence since eight years ago, wher a clOudburst upon the mesa south o town sent down a flood through tht streets from two to four feet in deptl and caused a large amount of damage tC property. The rain was a welcome on, in the present instance, for 1t was th' first of the summer and the ground wa as dry as a contribution box.
 Very welcome rains have since occur ed, and on Thursday morning a steady gentle fall began and lasted during tn entire forenoon. The atmosphere wa delightfully."- cool and remained so durin all day yesterday, with occasional show CTS and very little sunshine.
 The militia company held a bushes meeting Thursday night and transacte considerable routine business. Geo. W Campbell was appointed secretary an A. c. Williams was elected band maste The room in the rear of A. r. Colton office was was leased for armory an band room and will be fitted up in pleai ing style. So soon as bylaws are adop ed the company will be mustered iI au receive their arms and uniforms.
 If you want dry goods of any kind
 bedrock price, call at Wildman < Co.'S.