Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-16
NUMBER 20
FLOODS GALORE. MUCH DAMAGE IN THE CHA VAL
 LEY. bitches Wrecked--the San simon Cuts Swath to the Gila, Leaving De struction in the Wake.
solomonvilIe Bulletin.

Solomonyille Bulletin.
 In the vicinity of Solomonyille, and be- tween here and Stafford there was more water on last Sunday night than has been recorded since old Noah hoated his ark over the corpses of the first settlers The rain began here at about o'clock p. m., and for an hour 1t came down at fear ful rate. The rain must have been much heavier south of here for the waters of the San Simon was what echpsed all for mer records and done the damage though the mesa waters that came flood ing through Solomonville done consi- derable damage.
 The San Simon was over mile wide and running strong between here and Stafford until Monday evening and those who tried to travel the road early on Monday morning were unable to get through.
 About seventy-two feet of the new Hume built over the Sand Wash by the Union Canal Company was carried away. This Hume had just been completed at a cost of over one thousand dollars.
 All the ditches at Pima were badly damaged. and the cost of their repair will be heavy Some of them are entire ly washed away, while frequent breaks was made in all of them
 The Monteznma Canal, the largest on the river, suffered greatly, the dam being carried away, and the canal washed at many places and being filled with mud at many others. 1t Is believed that the cost of repairs on the Montezuma will not be less than thousand dollars.
 At l. E. Solomon's ranch one mile be- low Solomonville the fence was torn away by the rushing waters of the San Simon for half mile, and not sign of the house remains to mark its former loca- tlon.
 It Is learned that at Bud McClintock's place on the Cienega about half mile of fence was washed away.
 The building owned by F. J. Bolan, and occupied by Dan Ming as a residence was flooded to depth of three feet. MT. Ming and family were out of town but Constable McCarty secured assistance and carried the furniture to J. T. Fltzger- ald & Co.'S store in a bad condition. The carpets were Of course ruined MT. Ming was just getting ready to move into his new residence and had the storm delayed its coming another week he would have been several dollars ahead. l The garden and vineyard of 1. E. Solo | mon were both covered by the water to I depth of several feet, but were drained on l Monday, as they did not suffer from wash 1t IS believed the damage there will be l slight.
 The town was lake of water early on Monday morning but by noon it had nearly all disappeared into the Gila river, which was swollen to immense propor- tions. No deaths from drowning have been reported though large trunk was seen floating down the river on Monday morning.
 J. P Robertson came from Clifton on Sunday and says everything was swimming in that vicinity, the Frisco having raised not less than six feet from the time he commenced to saddle his horse until he put into it to cross. The rain struck him at point just beyond the mesa Sunday evening, where he stopped on high point until the rain subsided. Just this side of San Jose he got into wash and he and the horse got separated, but both got out of the water safe.
 The stage from Sheldon on Tuesday brought no mail from Clifton the road again being washed away