Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1891-03-03
And THE STORM PLAYED
Frightfnl Hsvcc with the Coun-
try Around Florence.

The Florence Enterprise OF Sstur-
day last contains an account of the
recent food around that vicinity. from
which are glea.ied the following items I;
The Tweed fridge, crossing the san
Pedro river near the san Carlos Cop
per company's mines, can likely be
found in the Gull Of California, as its
timbers went down By the first food
of last week.
The q cd on Que n creek took out
the pumping WORKS - the Reymert
mine. The boiler now lies on the
desert, miles below. and the other ma
chinery il scattered along the course
of the waters.
A skiff, brought from the reservoir,
was made to do duty in communi
eating with the other side OF the river
for few days, but it grew weary OF
service and went downward with the
current on Thursday night
The current OF the river encroached
upon the high land on which X. L.
Rogers house was located, far above
the highest reach OF the food, and on
Friday morning the channel of the
river occuI led the site Of the missing
structure.
The entire southern approach TO the
ella river bridge at this place WAS car
ried out by the food, and the channel
OF the river was changed nearly 200
feet south. leaving the main bridge
structure upon a dry .and bar.
The prospects OF n long interruption
OF communication with the outside
world caused quite run upon the
provision stores in Florence this week
and the entire -four supply was soon
exhausted.
{. W. Lemon lost his adobe house
ane most OF its contents by the flood.
His ranch on the bottom lands was
entirely covered by water from four to
Fix feet in depth. The residence Of A.
F. Bellamy vas also wrecked and n
portion Of it went TO pieces.
4 man from Tempe reached Rey-
inert camp Wednesday evening and
reported the destruction OF fully 400
houses at Phenix and Tempe by the
floods. No mail has come from Pine
nix since that OF lat saturday and
there has evidently been much addl-
tional damage occasiOneL there by the
second flood Of Monday.
The late food took away the old
station house and corrals at Riverside
and closely approached the eating
house. The Globe mail was ierrird
across and brought down Wednesday
but no mail has since crossed the river
IN either dir. ciion. 1t j. also stated
that +. w. Baies's house at Dudley
vile, standing close TO he ella river
was also washed away, and although
the latest reports say that George r
Jocks store WAS still standing, it is
believed the subsequent foods have
carried il away.
The secondary food OF the ella
river followed closely upon ihe last
storm Of Sunday and Monday, and
the water rose higher by nearly tive
feet than it did last week. The bot
tom lands along the river below Flor
ence were completely inundated and
several adobe houses thereon went
down before the food. No lives were
lost and the. value OF the damages SUE
aimed is merely nominal. The Gila
river bridge at this place stood the
test nobly and is still intact, although
its southern approach of several hun-
bred feet was swept away piecemeal as
the channel OF the river moved south
ward, occasioning loss of twelve oil
fifteen thousand dollars.
Armand Toduet is on deck again al