Arizona republican., 1891-02-20
WITH A CRASH.
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house he succeeded in keeping things inside dry.
 Photographers were out taking views, and would be surrounded by the flood while at work.
 Joe Alexander was around on horse back informing people who were with out places to go. of accommodations offered at the Court House and churches.
 Considerable difficulty was experi- enced in getting some of the stock out of left till the eleventh hour" when it was necessary to do considerable swim ming to get them out. Some of the cat tie and horses in pastures next to the river becoming frightened at the rush of water, broke out and are scattered over the valley.
 Albra Merced and another Mexican family living on the Maricopa road and about two hundred yards from the cross- ing had their houses washed away with all their household effects.
 Sam and Valentine Gentry lost their ferry beat, cable and ali. Vols house was otiii ht udEh though the water was about five feet deep in it.
 Tom King and others living on the Tempe road moved out to high ground.
 P. Minor had @ force of men working all day, building an embankmeut around his ice factory, and succeeded in keep ing the water out.
 The building in which John Troops lived fell, but about all the house. hold goods were taken out in time to prevent any great amount of damage to it.
 H. K. Rickson lost five adobe build ings, all except two, being occupied by Mexican families, who moved their goods out before the water came in. The other two were occupied by k. w. Thayer and D. s. White. Both lost nearly all their household effects.
 Mir. Chapman, of MeNulty X Co.,, moved out in time to save about every thing before his house went down.
 Mir. Brown, of the firm of Brown X Ellis lost an adobe house. It was oc- cupied by Mexican family who saved everything.
 Captain R. c. Andre called for volun- teers last night to patrol the city and about fifteen reported for duty.
 All the stores using the electric light closed at dark last night, as the plant was under water.
 The Wallace House." occupied by F. M. King was the last of the adobes in that vicinity to fall. Nothing was saved except three trunks.
 John Rossen, orother-in-law of Dr. o. l.. Mahoney, was in an adobe building in Montgomery's addition, and refused to leave, though water was about two feet deep around the building. From late report the house was standing.
 Late last evening it was reported that Jake StaTer and party were drowned, but later report proved it to be false rumor.
 Billy Widmer, Ed. Scarborough and Henry King were out early yesterday morning notifying everybody living along the river to move out.
 The saloons have closed down all gambling until 6 o'clock this evening. The idea being to offer no attraction to draw people from the duty of rendering assistance wherever it is needed.
 The entertainment to have been given at the Opera House Saturday evening by the Good Templars has been post poned for two weeks.
 The latest reports are to the effect that Star, Tweed and Peppo are all right. No definite information could be learned however of the Mexican family.
 salari's adobe saloon near the depot melted down and an adobe addition to Linville's house went down.
 At 12 o'clock the water had receded some twenty feet in the streets indicat- ing fall of several inches. The current ot the stream above the depot had turned, running towards the river in- stead of following the streets westward.
 By keeping large force of men at work levying P. Miner succeeded in keeping the flood out of his ice house and the warehouses of Heyman, Gold man X Co.,, and Gang were saved by the hveliest sort of work. The fire boysKssle2a like beavers and are AtsLl cu N hcy have proved se ag gA |E E K s1aariners as fire y ' Sz ' eiie Maricopa canal [ down rather thrcateningly upon athe Insane Asylum. Prompt action, however, with blows and shovels' de- tiected the water and its walls were not .dampened by the tide. The bridges along the Tempe road are in frst-class condition; not plank missing. Beyond the Asylum yesterday the Tempe road served to convey about 800 miners inches of water to it's harsh task l of flooding Linvllle's addition. A large flow of water is on Grand | Avenue, about nine miles northwest of here. It is supposed to proceed from the Cave Creek wash. The road has 1 been rendered impossible and number | of farms been inundated. J. c. Wright, living near the railroad, about four miles east of Phoenix, was exceptionately unfortunate. His farm | was in the track of the first flow from the river, and by noon he saw his neat and almost new adobe residence melt l down like sugar, burying in the wreck many of his household goods that he had been unable to save. His loss will | exceed 5000.
 At 8 o'clock last night the water in the additions began to subside, and by | morning it IS expected that the town l