Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-03-05
Further Particulars and Thrilling Incidents Con-
 nected with it.
The Arrival of Three Survivors, Who Tell Their Experience
 to the Journsi-Miner.
4 Second absalom Saved by His Loag Hair, Instead ot
 Perishing By 1t
A Partial List of the Identified Dead.-Bedies Badly Mutt.
 lated and Bruised.

A msH. despatched by the JOURNAL
 AISSs last Sunday afternoon. ts wher. the upper ssn of the Walnut Grove Water Storage Company recently steod returned yesterday afternoon, after { rough exPeriesce riding over noun tain trails, through hlinding storms el snow and rain. On Monday night hs resckea point between the Hssssy sEps and the Blue Dick rsins, when he lost the trail in tse darkness, and wss compelled e go ints camp. with bis saddle Tor pillow. Towards mern. ing he rsconHeitered until he found the trail and, continuing bis journey he reached the camp os r. A. Graigue and Joha Curtin, st o'clock in the morning, where, in spite Of the antime- iy hssr
 HE WAS eESERocsLy ENTERTAINED
 Sy the absys gentlemen. They prs- pared breakfast for hin. when he rested until daylight and then pursued his journey. On reaching the resi- aeRee sf Judge Wade, At tse upper end sf the lsks formed by the late dam. he says Eictsss sI the greatest deseia- ten presented itself ts his eye. whsr @ few days before was an immense lake ss water covering an area of eae and ene-hsN miles square, and an average depth ei sixty feet, was . sea sl mud The bare walls of the box canysn where the dan was located, stood sp CD either side ol the stream, as silent senti- nels Of the wreck sna ruin caused by the bsrsiing of the dam and the mig ghty rush ei waters between them.
 Celenei Hunt, late of the United States army was interviewed by the representative of this paper and, in sd- dition to confirming the story ss re- gently told by the Moore brs,hers, and published in. this paper. said that ke had remained uP@ all night with Super istsEdent Brswni
 
 WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THE FLOOD But pswefisss 10 step it. They had bssa sx the 2structure only few min uses bsfsrs the nRsl break occurred, sss were standing CD the bluf, within twenty feet Of the dam, when the fnsl crsss came. He said the water wAs pouring over the dan in a sofia body taree fles deep. when a. inn szsnse steel cable. reaching from the tss.- To the bank GU the cast side, krsks, with s lnud report, and ball of Are seemed to sheet frsm it. The mid night wstckezs were startled by il, and at hrst thought shst bsx of giant powder had exploded. The next in- siant
 THIS rowsE WAS SEEN 10 rorrER AND
 FALL,
 When the entire structure, csataising S0.eoo tons Of rccks, seemed to ne,e bsdiiy dewR the stream, sweeping everything ia. its track. The banks where the dam stsed. which were slopi.g befere, were washed sut at the base. ssd now stand perpendicular. re- ssmhlisg the lower bsnshes of the Grssd Canyon ef the Colorado.
 Celenei Hnnt said that, when the tss ssai crash came, the roar of the waters sounded like that of Niagara falls, snly ten fold greater. while the xumbiing, grinding sound of the inn nense houlders forming the structure were insesoribable. IL eaueed
 VIBRATION OF THE ElsTH Where re stsod resembling sn earth quake.
 As far ss conla he seen down the stream not yestige of a tree or shrub could be seen, the vAils and bottom of the canyon being washed perfectly smooth. The only indications left to mark the place where :he dam stood were a few strips of tho skin of the dam and very small piece of the xesi ssn eS the dam. Francis M. Psoker, the Mormon miner recently referred to in these columns, was also sesn, and told about the same story as has already appeared. except to say that the long, Iaxuriant growth of hair which sdorns his head aud tails in wsvy curls over his shoulders was partly instrumental in saving his life. in point of hirsute growth, Ms. Packer Is
 SECOND ABsALoG, kRd while taking his involuntary ride on the roof of his cabin, in the sarbid and desth-dsali0g waters ot the flood. his cabin '! roof was thrown against the blaf by 8 1 mighty wave, among some bushes His hair csrgh. iR the brash. holding him fast, when he iocsened his hold on the rafters. | snd, grabbing the brush, wa. enabled to | pull himself cat of the water and climb up | Inc steep cliff beyond it's reach, where he | rensined until his rescue next morning, | ' kich has already been described. He was none the wsrse for his experience, except ing that he wss sore sll over and consider .bly nervous The Moore brothers, who xe-e mentioned n recent accounts of this lisaster and who brought the first definite Jews to :eyH from the upper dam, very 
 nIvTpER THEIR CLOTHING wuH PACKER Ind then came to town through the storm sithoat coats-
 The explanation given for the failure of ndge Wade aud others to send 8 messen- or was, that every available animal in the ioiaity vas pressed into service 10 go to he lower dam to aid ;he sufferers there. Dan BuTso, whose failure Co carry the