The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-12
DEATH WAS BEHIND HIM.
THRILLING RACE FOR LIFE BY THE
SURVIVOR, WHO IS SAVED
BY THE MEREST ACCIDENT.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
"SpeaLing of cloudbursts," said
Colonel Granger, putting bis feet
on the table and lighting a fresh
cigar. IL had little personal expe-
renee in that line once and never
want it repeated"
Being pressed to relate his expe>
rience, the Colonel continued ---"It
was in the summer of 1872. A
youog fellow named George Brown
and I we're prospecting in the Hua-
chuca Mountains IN Arizona. 1t
was comparatively unknown coun-
try at that time, and filled with
dangers of all kinds, against which
we were amply prepared.
"We had a fine outfit, we'll stored
with an abundance of ammunition.
This for the double purpose of kills
ing game and defending. ourselves
against possible attacks:of Apaches,
who we're bad at that;time.
eve had made some smallrdis-
coverles, but nothing which we felt
would Justify us inSworking t.that
time, so we pushed further up the
mountains, following up a canyon
as far as we could 60 with our team,
and when we could take our wagon
no further We made camp and each
| day prospected the country around
1t, packing our tools and water on
our mules.
FLED IN TERROR.
eve had started out early one
morning on one of these expedi-
tiOns. The cir was remarkably
calm; not breath stirred, nor was
! there cloud in the sky. The sun
came.up clear and hot, Brown re>
| 10 arked to me as we tOlled up the
narrow canyon that we were sure
Of fine day at any rate. We reach
ed the scene of our operations about
9 O'Clock in the morning and tying
our mules to clamp Of bushes pro.
ceeded on our CLIMB up the hills.
"We hadsnotagone far When, the
air became intensely sultry and a
mass OF light, aeecy clouds began
to gather overhead, apparently the
vanguard OF two denser masses
which were forming north and south
of US. Then a few drops of rain
fell and the cloud.'masses thickened
became blacker and seemed to ap,
proach each other.
'Seeing that storm was upon
us Brown and | started down the
| mountain for our mules, the clouds
above IN the meantime coming to-
gether the darkness Increasing and
drops as large apparently. as; sau-
GERS falling around US.
eve redoubled our speed and
gained our mules as the:two cloud
masses met. 1t was now almost
! as dark as midnight and the rain
drops increased IN size and rapidlty
until it seemed as though. .the;cIouds
had verltablyiburst, andlthere was
rush OF water like N,agra com
ing down:from the..heavens.
RIDE FOR LIFE.
ave had reached our mules aud
were spurrlngidown-t -the.canyon fol-
our lives. The --hillsides were q
a raging. .catract. OF .water. Great
trees were washed out blythe roots;
huge powders we're rolled down IN
to the canyon.
''The water pouring down the
hillsides lound small .depressions
and in few minutes tore them out
to ravines. In places weIcould SEE
the soil washed clean to the bed
rock, and.thelwhole ss.tumbline
into the canyon through which We
we're riding.
"it was rideEfor life. BEHIND
US was a solid wall of swater fifty
fee. high, coming with the roar o
a thousand cataracts. The nolse
was deafening. In.the face Of thi,
wall of WATERWAYS mass of debrl!
whole. e.trees.turnlng..end over enc
huge bowldels large as house,
being swept forward by theapower
ful force. behind as dust,is swept be
e l.. cAl~ H.