Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-24
VALL0F WATER
Sweeps Through an Ari-
zona Valley.
,vgm DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH
An immense Artificial Lake
Breaks Loose.
,qem DESTRUCTION IN IT'S PATH.
,,,y THOUGHT TO HAYS PaRISHSO.
y..- as laha5ans Warned ana
rs -Bill.ags Believed to Have
Been Svsp. Away---A'ag'e
Reports as Yet

rerscorr. A. T, February -.
i..,s s,orsys 5an built se'o's '0s
y...,s.nc, R.ys- By the WALNUT Grows
U...- u'', s,ar,es e c,apaay tao ysa's aso a.
.-,.t Of $4,000 gave ssy ys''s'a'y
'.,.,i,y nader t1s pressure Of the nea'y
g,.I and sr.p, asg.aire before IT.
Tor,, psr,oas are saosa 70 have '''' '''"
lives. ..;.,vDsiles
,J.v,ss ~ dam. VS.. oa tle snms stream
s.,-.,-, s-,sr,siast fog the safety OF
.E...,,, ba, d. ,hsrsis 70 teleg'apoie
-.,.,.,,.,s. 20 1sss viii be obt''aa-
s,-... f,..nsi.I ..-u1r,oS st least.
--...'...,..sfsa o.t1s company IS icea-
,-..-. ,.,-.s h.'ov The reservoir, and
sT.s, miles of ilrc i1-t sp2Iotenin Z
-...,..f.er vas s.-1 -sel away, slinougn
~ ,,mr,rv rss -qeot over $500, O0O ca
,-..,,.-o-.sa o. s..sI.1g the water Ins
tr5,s,fr rir.'e machine rad arrived,
~ ttav.r1,e. o. c.mm.u,e op'rAii'ns
ue1 week. .-A..L
Tss Dam vh.c5 he'i tbe water back was
rtIE.f louest tts base and 400 lee, 81
,,s ,o, d wlsll0 .-st tfi,k 80 The base
s,9 r., s.ts. t1s cog. forming 8 lake
tbr.. rI' io isag'h bf t1res-ionrlns OF d
mile wiis. ana 800 Zee! deep.
Lsa,-asat B,oiis ia cosie7 OF tee
vo,t wl.ahss1t s. Pce2,X. supeno'eoo-
iBg t5e Shipment of tte u'cl'1e'y Cd 'hs
NON. ana ws, avsi % tl-se knoFn
3, have BEEN drosnsd were j. Haue7,
oif. sod four clljrea; III Boone end
daughters. John Silly. joseph ny n'ius'
Nr. MeCu.h7 aui Men er.
Lsrrr no. cha slightest doubt has
bean entertained ot ,hs ss'-'g Of The cam
and Numerous houses bad been etcied by
miner. .. various places a'onE .he course
OF Zoe stream. rnsss Te-e u2u,ed oy
as,1e w,tsu' 's lholgl they bad o3en
cork, and f1ltei losl Die ,ir,a~ until
tbeg ssfs il1si mpe-.s TIA irs; IN
tuato1 of tls sp7s'i1g disaster was a
so1rl resembling th1rtsr and at The
same ssfsnt. % 0arreli c1iar wall OF water
uHy ffv fe. iilh came rushing
dosu enc narrow valley With almost in
credible sped Fortunately there were
bat comparatively few people living near
the bottom o. ,l- b ll.ilss, and Of these q
large 11moal we're warned By the awful
sound iri escaped To- higher ground. Tne
valley wiiel8 atoye Wickenburg, and
much cl ita t0En lies upon the low lands
close il tls cl1se of the stream, aud it
is almost cal.ail mat the vast body Of
water whch rushed ous OF the reservoir
has carried away many houses 90 that
psce Z, believed here thst ful!y a.
many psop ssrs drowned there a. I'M
msdiaiely below the dam. Toe ruined
dam isc1. tou ihe top almost 10 the bottom
as though % section had bsel saTed out,
snd ,hs wafer above Is only a few feet
deep Heavy nius have fallen for several
DAYS aei ss. nigh, i. WAS apparent tina.
The water iu tls lake WAS approaching the
danger lice.
TIE rNa continued lbroughou. The
night aad early ibis morai1g the water
rose 90 The top of lhe dam, and cut a small,
passage nssr tna center whicb rapidly
wdslsd ani lcepeDed as the water pour
Cd over it tlli iD less than twenty minutes
the little stream has become aGoaTing cat
afact The storage company Is b,smsd Tor
rot having provided a Sufficient outlet ior
The water in times of danger Toe only
way O, l-lti1g OBJ Fa'er vas through The
hlge. aod this aii ried no a3D,e.ia0ie re-
het Ion s ihe irst Of the gcsst storage
reservoirs Pc sciel no the territory,
and 90 81 believed TO dsys disaster will
operate 'o discourage the construction Of
similar dams. There car he 20 estimate
yet OF the loss of li- or property, bat the
latter will reach into millions. while the
loss Of life will, without doubt. be great
a. many of the families we're iiv.ng near
the stream in the narrow canyons. The
confirmation of tce reEs OF the los of the
oig dan nls heisa'erel tts excitement
aud more d-h1iie reT7 is nov anxisusly
awaited, bu. al the s.rss are now down
near Prescott. function tits hardly nrrb
able that any siii'iooal Information will
be received 70 hight
A courier who brought tsIsgrans for
owners of ihe Wa'nu. Grove dam notify.
hs them cd their loss arrived abou. $
O'Clock .ast-isa, aai ieft immediately az
Ff Daylight this uofoiug He could give
oai n.'e particulars further than 10 rs-
P''' 'ns l7u7sr Of Zoe missirg. FIVE bodies
1a,iaS o'sa pco7,rei aod ideuti
-sl Wceu he ieit. The distance
70 ne storage dam from Prescott
'ls '''f,es' ,rsl ia forty miles, while
-' 'siUea tsm, where emploIss were
waited s fifteen miles further down the
's'-' lnmsl'a,alg on the receipt Of
.-' ns"' le-s AdiatantGereral Stewart
.,. ....''. ''' .'e scene with two surgeons to
s H ile sufferers snd to super-
-l ne burial Of ths dead, o
.,osoisnge o. the Journal Miner, a
81 Plpr accompanied by party who
s,... 'll 'eecs' courier with particulars,
~. take "a hours or longer 10 make
I'.--l mp Yesterdays courier came
II. -e .oTsr dem AID ss the road does
-, "ue hy tho upper dam, it
oay .urmissd tAat it had
49, 49, ''@al, on scc9uut of the immense
10y q vsteT. A more hopeful feel
- .''' ms evening on account Of no
H. e'-s received direct that the upper
g,,t gwen wsy. j, is nov hoped
~ '-' reservoir i7 s.ill intac. and the
s,. .''' caused hy opsuirg Of the gates
from The Threatened danger.
e--'s-'s, -1,ler wsguer to-day gave
~. -'''i's oi the construction Of the
-. 'ise dam across Hasssyamps river
49, Sos ;la, this disaster, like that
.,......s'oFl, Pa, was, according TO him,
e.v tlre.ess1ess aud mesnness of
I. ,- io'E c1Tplration that built it.
a. .slsf was called in TO report on toe
,--'-, one and half years sgo.
Ia, io have been faced with
So 81 l'ei thick al the base and four
h sl' Top aud flled with loose rock
{, b "iier tight with wooden sheath
-1i o- O, was atoat done when Mr..
l.. Inspected b. be found that the
~ ga ossn 6led in carelessly and
a..s' IN the centre, making
-.ais unstable. The jaucion Ol
t.-ies aud bedrock Was intended
ca. .',-'5d By thick layers Of Portland
hs-,, .at this work was not well done
ID 49, 'ls cost Of getting cement "a
s,st.- Thus a dangerous crevic'
ss,7,' 81 the dam, and leakage wal
Of 1as ~ iaches, with 20 feel
adi.ti 10 the dam. II
'ae lumber used was ful