Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-08-17

Main street fared some better but the ' property owned by Mrs. J Elias north | of the Eagle mIils IS said to be ruined and Hon. 5. H. DrGcbm8n's property 1 had a close call. The damage sustained however is light, but this is due largely to the heroic eXertiOns of Mrs. Drach- | man who worked in the water up to her waist and succeeded in diverting the flood to the fields below. Water from the upper portions of the town converge hers and are carried across Main street by .capaccus sewer, but the apertures opening into same from north and south Main streets are small. These readily chot.ed with debris aud the water rose
 to the top of the bridge and poured over against the north end of Mir. Drach-
 man's house. Here they were checked by closed door, and so great was the
 force Of the water that the door could
 not be opened gainst it, but to prevent
 gieas damage to the house 1t had to be
 opened, so under the direction of Mrs.
 Drachman who stood In water to her
 waist, Mr. l. ROseLstern who had been
 called upon for assistance, broke it open
 with gn axe. Through this apersture
 the waters poured to the yard below and
 aAO uAtsSCA tfll OAbAuEO hHo IO luo
 house. Fortunately the building has a
 strong rock foundation or 1t would have
 fareG badly, more particularly the north
 end. The ball of the house was flooded
 aud also the rooms occupied by MT. and
 Mrs. Hugo Zsokendorf but they played
 in big luck to get off so we'll. Dividing
 the hoase from the fields was also
 close board fence and against this the
 water stood several feet deep. The fence
 had to be knocked down to allow the
 water to escspe
 The Allison Bros, corner of Stone
 avenue and Pennington street, had
 close call. The dr; image to that quart CT IS great and as no provision for the car
 Fying off of large body of water in the
 streets had been made, all the buildings
 thereabOuts were flooded from a few
 inches to foot deep. The Messrs. Al iison suffered much less than some of their neighbors. The water flooded the house but to DO great extent, as they banked the doors with sacks of flour, and unless the walls settle from the ef- fects of of the water their loss will rot
 be great, although their beautiful lawn is now mass of mud.
 The houses on Pennington street oo- cupied by Engineer Armstrong and MT. W oOd Walker are probably ruined, as the foundations were undermined. Rules building, corner of Church and Pennington streets had 8 foot of water and mud on its floors, as did also all the buildings on that side of the street.
 Mayor Buehmsn fared but little bet l ter than the balance through broken roofs and his loss will be considerable. West of the railroad track the Fort Lowell bridge was washed away and the underpinniDg was taken from the 1 railroad bridge lower down and train 19 delayed between six and eight hours pending repairs.
 The house owned and occupied by
 Mir. L. Spofford also suffered largely. The arroyo overflowsd it's banks and the
 water ran through one door and out of the other like a river, carrying every thing before it, including groceries, clothing, etc, leaving the family with nothing but the clothes they had on. The bath house and wind mill tank were also carried away, and the north east corner of the house is ia irrepair- able condition. His estimated loss will probably reach S400. This later loss coupled with his house being burglar lzed niQht before last of S105 in cash, leaves him practically in bad shape.