Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-07
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
1t Never Rains But it POurS Tales of
Woe from Many Territorial
Points.

The rain storm which has hung over
New Mexico for the past week will go
into history as record breaker. One
week ago it conferred over all northern
New Mexico. For three days past all
that portion of the territory south of So
zorro has been catching it," and while
the soaking is worth cool million dol
lars or more in one direction, yet there
are many sections that have suffered no
inconsiderable disaster therefrom.
AT SAN MARCIAL
Wednesday and Thursday last were the
wettest days Socerro county has expert
enced in ten years. From sluggish
stream twelve feet wide the Rio Grande
became roaring torrent, bank full, in
less than three hours ON Thursday. The
railroad track was submerged at several
points, and large force of men was set
to work repairing the road bed.
DEMING AND SILVER CITY.
At these two points, in fact, the whole
country from Mutt Station south, the rain
fall and floods were fearful. No Silver
City train has reached Deming for four
days. The Southern Pacific company is
still struggling with the six mile washout
east of Deming, no train having passed
over that part of the road since Wednes-
day, and yesterday afternoon a report
prevailed that washout of nearly equal
extent had occurred in Arizona. Yester-
day morning the water stood three feet
deep around the depot at Florida station,
and was reported to be running two feet
deem through the s. P. depot at Lords
burg. On the deal level prairie west of
Cambray station many miles of Southern
Pacific track was carried away by floods.
LAS CRUCES AND Ell pAso.
Excessive rains fell also at Las Cruces
and Ell Paso. At the latter point much
damage was done the streets and bridges
and several buildings were flooded in the
basement. The government weather re-
port shows q rainfall of 1.73 inches for
tho twenty-four hours ending at 4:54
Saturday afternoon. This beats the rec
ord OF the past twelve years, being 23-1OO
OF an inch more than fell on the night of
the 18th of May last.
AT SPRINGER
and other points in Colfax county Jupiter
Pluvius also got in his work last week.
The middle Springer ditch, which hadn't
a drop of water running in it, was filled
with surface water to a depth of three feet
and extended out to fifty feet in width,
running over its lower banks in many
places and completely submerging the
bridges. The South ditch could not carry
Off the water that ran into it from the
prairie and several breaks in the banks
caused damage to property besides en-
talllng large expense for repairs. The
lakes east of town we're filled up and
greatly enlarged. At the brick yard
stream of water undermined kiln of
brick containing about $4,000 and caused
the structure to topple over. Two bridges
on Red river-the new one, on the tele-
phone road and the old one near Taylor's
were swept away. The roar of the flood
in Red river could be heard in town,
distance of five miles. The Cimarron was
bank full and the bottom lands below
own were covered with water. At Dorsey
station, twenty-five miles north. the rail |
'oad was submerged.
AT WHITE OAKS.
Tremendous volumes of water flowed |
Town all the many arroyos uniting in one
7ast flood just below town. The roads
or miles have been obliterated and are
otally ilpassable. The house occupied
~ George Thompson and wife and owned
~ Bert Timoney was inundated by three
eet of mud and water. Thompson's
household goods are almost total loss.
He also lost about $50 worth of chickens
~ drowning About 5000 tons of failing
It the South Homestake mill were carried !
way. These tailings were estimated at |
81 per ton. The valuable tailings at the
North mill fortunately escaped, though
few tons were washed away.
The immense frame building erected for
jhislett d Aubury, who were preparing to
work these tailings by the cyanide process
8 almost total wreck. A lot of freight
which had been just delivered,
including 4-horse power gasoline
ngine, WAS swept away. The
'ngine lies Embedded In the arroyo
bout 100 yards away. The loss will prob
IDLY reach $4,000. The Old Abe pump
rouse reminds one of canal boat,
'eached high and dry. While the building
md machinery are all intact and safe, the
ip-rap roadway and large proportion
# the rock foundation are swept away
nd carried into oblivion. Above town,
he garden patch belonging to Fauvet,
he Frenchman, is entirely ruined. The
1eman bridge is out of sight. DR..
'aden's- carp pond has been transferred to
dal Pals. Fishing at the lava beds" will
10 longer be a joke.