Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-08
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PHENIX, Arizona, February 2I.-Sher
iff O'Neil, who wen5 to the scene OF the
Walnut Grove disaster, returned TO Phe-
nix to-day with en- additional list OF vic
Tins AS far as known the following
have been found and buried: IL. G.
Nicholl, Francisco Calsinn, Steven BOr-
elega, Daniel Doone and daughter. Mrs
Z. ID. Haines and four children, James
Fanchan, James Bolienger, James Scam
Phil Conway, four Chinese, one Chinese
woman and ven unknown white men.
The following are known to be lost, b"t
the bodies have not been recover.
Geo. Clark. Stephen Little. @. 7 =
and three Chinese. Two nm,
| Thompson a1d Mahoney arc 81
ing. and il is feared thai they are lost.
The list Of dead Will probably reach 70
or 20 in all.
PREscorr. February 27-The second
courier to lie Jcurnal-Miner arrived
late this afternoon from the scene Of
the big dam disaster. reports that Capt.
Hunt, who was watching with SGperin-
tendent Bro when the dam gave way
states that tho wafer had been raising
ali day Friday. al The rate Of foot and
half an hout. and although men were
employed al tllarging the waste water
way to allow the escape of surplus wa
ter, it began so run over the top, ana by
midD light a sheet Of water three feet
thick was pouring over 1t. Captalk
Hunt said the first sign of the breae
was the swapping of big steel cable
connecting lower and middle part of
dam with the bank. This occasioned a
loud report and the next minute it tot
tered and it seemed as if the $1,000 tons
of rock moved bodily at once, the roars
of waters and grinding of boulders be
ing perfectly deafening.
The first Cf tie survivors 10 arrive in
Prescott was during this afternoon.
when John Her1eo and A. N. Russell
came in, both beng more or less bruised.
| Herdee said t.;cy were asleep in their
tent on Berrer Creek when the food
came down, ai.d were awakened by the
| doafening roar !hey ran as fast us
they could for high ground. Hardee
was knocked d-wu by the water but es-
capped by craving on his hands for
quite distance. Tom Boone and his
| little sister nianaged to escape, but their
| father, who had been the first to warn
the party, lost his life by looking for his
daughter, not knowing she was with her
brother.
At Wickenburg, 80 miles below the
dam, some lumber had been left on the
| bluffs which had not been reached by
the water. Collins are being made of
| this and floated down the stream where
| the bodies arc being buried where found
Ali bodies so far found have been badly
mutilated; 81 recovered.
Reports from outside places show in
addition to Walnut Grove, great damage
| ~
| no lives lost. At Crowned King mine
100000 worth Of concentrates were was
| he'd away. Eta mills. Oh Verde river, is
gone, and the house Of Charles GirGless
was swept away, leaving his wife desti-
tute.
SIssoE, Cal, February 27-To-day was
| the coldest of the season, four below ze-
TO this morning. The first mail car in
sixty days arrived to-day. The daily
passenger service is now running be-
tween Ashland and Tunnel Nine, but no
freight is yet running.
TRUCKEE, February 27-Tho ther-
mometer was % degrees below zero this
morning with clear weather. Trains are
running smoothly. The Union Pacific
rotary plow cleared out the side tracks,
throwing the snow on the front side
walk 200 feet away, breaking many win
doWs on River street and throwing snow
over the houses. There is a blockade
on the Union Pacific and the rotary was
sent back last night.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 27.-The Ohio river
has reached the food stage and tonight
number of families in the districts sub
merged in 1888 moved out for fear OF a
deluge.
LATER.-At a late hour tonight the |
rain which has been falling ceaselessly |
since daybreaE, stopped. The river will
not rise much moro.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-Buckalew in
troduced joint resolution authorizing |
the president to cause reconnaissance to |
be made for a line of railroad extending !
south through Central American states, |
Columbia, Eqador, Peru and Bolivia to |
the city of Sucre, and detail officers in |
the public service to prosecute the |
work.
House went into committee OF the |
whole on the urgency deficiency appro-
priation bill.
New YORK, February 27-It is said |
that railway extension during the com |
ing season promises more activity than |
any season since 1887. In the United |
States are 5,03S miles in process of con-
struction, 7,G4l miles surveyed and 1881 |
miles projected, making total of H.
go miles Almost all the lines in pros
pect are rather short and generally fur |
thered to develop comparatively local in
terests.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 29.-The body of
Captain Alfred Phillips, of the collier |
Alaska, was found in the bay at Fremont |
street wharf this morning. Capt. Phil |
lips has been missing since Monday |
night, when he and his brother in law |
left the Alaska to come ashore in a boat. |
They were both intoxicated and fell into |
the water The other man was rescued |
but no trace of Philips was not found |
until his body was recovered this morn
ing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The following
confrmatious were made; chief justice |
of the sBpreme court of New Mexico,
Jas. O'Brien, of Minnesota; associate |
justice Of the Supreme court Of Arizona |
Joseph II. Kibby;.. United States Attor-
ney, Harry Il. Jeffords, of Arizona: reg
ister of land Office, John G. Martin, Pres
cott, Arizona.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The Senate |
proceeded with the consideration of the |
bill to detect unlawful trusts and com
binations in the interests of trade and |
and production. Sherman who report
ed the bill from the committee of fDan-
ces, said that he had been instructed by |
the committee TO make a move to strike |
out the third section (which fixes pen
alties for the offense of entering into |
trusts or combinations)
Senator Paddock to-day introduced a
bill intended as substitute for various |
measures for establishing bureau of |
animal industry, TO prevent expectation |
of diseased cattle and provide fo3 the ex-
tirpation Of pleuro- pneumonia and other
contagious diseases.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Ex-Congress-
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