Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-02-26

Mir. Reddington. the hydraulic engineer
 barely escaped with their lives. The for
 mer rushed from the house in her nigh
 clothes. after vainly bat hsroically su
 daavoring to save Miss Mccsrty, aearl
 sacrificing her own life in the attempt. M,
 Roddington and Mix Hanlon saved then
 selves by climbing very steep and rock
 hill, where they remained for sewers
 hours. The rush and roar of
 xnis MrssTY Av4LAsezg or WATER,
 Eighty or ninety feet in height, couple
 with the noise of the immense bosldes
 hurled furiously down the stream and tn
 agonixing screams of the drowning, wer
 hsartrsnding in the extreme. It is esti
 mated that over sixty persons have beel
 lost. To Mir. Reddington too much credi
 for his faithful watching and timely warn ing cannot be accorded, and to whom Mia
 Hsnlon and others eve their escape from
 sudden and fearful death.
 Something ought and must be done fo, the families of Mr Newton, Mrs. Boon,
 and Late Wiison, who have lost their al and are in . destitate condition. Their immediate wants, So far as clothing is con eerned, have been supplied by that whole
 souled, generous woman, Mrs. vanderburp and others in this vicinity. In few day,
 they will nesd farther assistance, and earnestly hope that the citizens of Prescott in particular will, as they have often done befores sshow their generosity by contrib uting 10 the relief of these afflicted people immediately.
 Several bodies had been found up to fs noon to-day, in all about fourteen. Sev- ersi parties are searching for the dead, many of whom, no doubt, will never be found, being covered entirely by immense deposits of sand and gravel.
 Several bodies were found near Wicken- burg. There were nine Chinamen in camp, eight of whom were lost
 RvEsrrHrss WAS SWEPT AWAY.
 Not a building (sxcept one. and that vss on high bar) between the lower dam and the Headquarters House, fvc miles below, was left, and more complete scene of dss- olation cannot be imagined Immense cot tonwood trees werc torn up by the roots and literally groaad into shAsings
 Among those saved are Robt. Brow, Mir Lansing. E. Silsby, Luts Wilson, wifs and child, Mir, Newton, wife and four children, Mrs. Boone and two children, Mr. Red. dington, Miss Hanlon and some ten or twelve others It is not known here if there we're any loss of hfe at the upper dam.
 leave again for the lower dam to-mor- TOW morning, with supplies of clothing. They have plenty of provisions for the present.. Several parties arc out looking for the dead
 It la understood that tho upper dam con- giving away at o'clock 2. N. on Friday, but that the final break did not oc- cur for several hours. We learn that a man dispatched from ths upper dam to warn people living at the lover dam was drowned before reaching that point. The flood reached the lower dam about A. N. Saturday, and Headquarters House at 800.
 Under later date of February 25th he l writes
 Sheriff oNeili and Dr Miller arrived at l2 N.. Sunday. and immediately left for l the scene of desolation and death. leave his morning with quantity of clothing | 'or the sufferers, sent from Congress Min. ng Company by order of F. M. Murphy, l 'aperintsndent Everything that can be | lone Is being done to relieve the wants of I hose who were saved.
 The fact that no direct news was re- 'sived from the upper dam after lapse of three days from the time of the disaster. had been source mystery to ali. The first md only reliable information received was !, ast night just after dark, when Prof. flames Duuglsss. the well known mining nan, and ]. J. Williams and his brother lrrived from Copper Basin. On their way 0 town they passed two prcspectors who old them briefly that tho upper darn had 'een washed away and the disaster was ven greater than at first reported.
 rHK PRosPxcroKs' STORY.
 The JouRsAL-misKR man. after consid- 'rable search, found these two prospectors t their room at the residence of J. Ehle. Their names are Moses and Robert Moore, recently from Colorado to this { ecticn. When found st II o'clock at night hey were engaged in cleaning fish for their upper, stating that they had secured nough fish from the wreck of the dam to sst them ever since the disaster. Many f them were found eighty feet above the syoi of the creek on the aides of the bluffa 'n the scribe making known his mission he brothers kindly consented to tell their xperience, the older one acting as spokos- ian. As they were
 Hg LAST TWO MEy WHO EVER MApx THE
 JOURNEY ALIVE,
 Sesween the two dams. It will be found of ,ore than ordinary inierest: ''we c4ms P the HassaYamps," hs said. iron Wick nburg, prospecting all along the river. Ve left Wickenburg i've days previous to he disaster; we passed several parties on he way. who were prospecting, and who ,nst have inevitably besn lost Three ights previous to the flood we cAmped rith three men near the lower dam. They sd freighsing outfit consisting of several nimals. and wo afterwards learned that ae men had escaped, but had
 LOST THEIR zSrrRE OUTFIT snimals, wagons, clothing, and every aing they had. While at the Hume camp e were importuned to remain until Friday ight, the night on which the flood oc- arrsd, as they wanted to give dance, nd being musicians, they wanted us to lay for them, saying that they could scare p enough women for three sets. Wanting !, get through wc declined their offer, and ushed our way on, being oompellsd to ross the river thirty-ssven times between ae two dams; in some places u was waist sep. We were two days coming from the 'wer to the upper dam. h The last nie't, which was Wednss- ay, we CT ..pea about
 MILE BELOW THE sro DAN |. Tith three men, named, Fenshaw, | scker. and "Freschy.' On Tharsday
 was raining heavily, and ~s came irsct to the dan, camping in tao com sny's bunk house. On Friday norn- ag the water in the dan vss rising at he rate of eighteen inches aA hour, Iith sl sluisss opsn, and supsrintend- nt Themas Brswa had fifteen men rn nIoved all day in hisstiur ovt tke