Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-01

and passed several partles on the way who were prospecting, and who must inevitably have been lost. The last night, which was Wednesday, we camped about mile below the dam. On Thursday it rained heavily and we came direct to the dam, camping in the company's bunk house.
 Friday morning water in the dam was raising at the rate of IS inches an hour, with all sluices open. Supt. Brown had 15 men employed all day, blasting waste water way to increase its capacity for waste water. Water reached the bottom of the waste-water way, which is several feet lower than
 the top of the dam, about 4 8. m., and it rushed through it with such force
 that it washed out the sides and in- creased it's size to nearly double what 1t was.
 "In.spite of the immense volume of
 water which thus escaped, it still con
 tinued to rise in the dam until 9 p. m.,
 when it commenced to pour over the
 top nearly 10 feet. At p. m. Supt.
 Brown knew the dam must inevitably
 go, and sent messenger to the lower
 dam to notify them of the danger, but
 he stopped at saloon and becoming
 intoxicated, failed to deliver his mes.
 sage, returning to the wreck of the
 dam next morning. Feeling was so
 strong against him that he immediate 1 ly left. Another messenger was sent
 at s 80 in the evening, but owing to
 the darkness and fury of the storm,
 he could make but slow progress, and
 was overtaken and drowned by the
 flood as he neared the lower camp.
 "Supt Brown camped at the
 dam all night and watched the pro-
 gress of the flood, but was powerless
 to do more than he had already done.
 We had gone to sleep, but about 1 20
 were awakened by Brown calling to
 his foreman, MT. Dyer: Get up Phil,
 I think the dam has broken Soon
 afterwards there was tremendous
 roar, which was perfectly indescribable,
 and we arose and looking out saw the
 water rushing out of the dam. Inside
 of two hours the water had disappear
 ed from where 1t had been 50 and 9O
 feet deep. Dyer took lantern and
 worked his way down along the pre-
 cipitous cliffs of the river about mile,
 where the camp of miners had been
 located. The light attracted the at
 tention of a man named Francis M.
 Parker, on the opposite side, who call
 ed for help. In the darkness he could not be seen and it being impossible to reach him he returned to the dam and
 we two, accompanied by a Mexican
 and an Italian, went back with ropes f to rescue him. We remained until , daylight without being able to reach , him, when we saw him up among the brush. We threw the rope across the
 stream, but he was afraid to risk cross ing. He had nothing on but his un- derclothing, and his feet were cut and Q bruised from climbing the mountain
 among the rocks. We threw matches
 over tied to a stone, from which he
 built fire and warmed himself, when S we motioned for him to go up stream. I "He did so and we assisted him over. T He stated while himself and partners l. had previously been afraid the dam would break, they felt no fear what l. ever this time. During the night they :. were awakened, and he heard one of n 1 his partners exclaim: My God what : is thatp and never heard or saw him k or the others again. The next mo- l. ment he was raised to the roof of the r. cabin which went whirling around in l. the top of an eddy. Then the roof was l. struck by large wave and driven f against the bluff, where he caught r. hold of some bushes and drew him , self out of the water. He called and V hallowed for his companions but the I only answer was the laundering roar r of the torrent"
 :; Continuing his own story, Moore t said: "After rescuing Parke we con- n tinued our search, but found nothing but dead fish and evidences of great l. devastation. In little creek rribu- " tary of the Hassayampa, on the east
 side could be seen where the water d had backed up several hundred feet n and marks on hills showing it to have T. been 100 feet deep.
 "A "Proffers of assistance from outside Il of town have already been received 1t but the present wants of the survivors l, have been amply supplied. Goods ir 70 addition to these probably were for d warded from Prescott to-day, while $ IS telegram from Phenix announces that of aid in the shape of clothing and pro e- visions has been sent from that place ss "One man was seen to start for { % place of safety, and seeing escape was I. impossible, turned his face to tho ,e flood to meet his fate. Nothing wal ,e seen of him after the fl ood struck him " Another man YVES seen going up hill r. and he had reached point about 5C n. feet above the river bank, when the T. mighty volume of water struck ant D. killed him."
 ., II Mrs. Sebree, of Benson, is very il 'u and has been so since her two chil so dren died of the smallpox at that place le She is not yet aware of her loss. MT II II Sebree brought the disease to Benson lo we understand, and his wife's Hines resulted from extra exertion durin, ~ his sickness, she not having taken tn, 7s disease. All the patients are entirel, " well and no danger of another out IT. break is feared.-Epitaph.