Arizona republican., 1895-10-05
RARE AUPUMNAL STORM.
How the Rain Fell North
 of Phoenix.
Washout on the North and
 South Road.
Great Cloudbursts Sweep Down the Hassayampa and
 Agua Frla.

The rainfall of Thursday night, that registered seven-tenths of an inch at Phoenix, was heavier still the further north the storm extended, till on the southern slopes of the Bradshsws, the precipitation was in excess of any thing known since the remarkable year of the Walnut Grove dam break.
 The main damage reported was along the line of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix.
 "We had made all provision for rain. fall," said Local Agent Smith. of the Santa Fe, "but no united mbination of men could foretell or provide for the amount of water that fell Thursday night on the plain ard in the hills above the Agua Fria."
 Smith was passenger on the down train Thursday night, and declares that beyond the Agua Fria for thirty miles the plain was very sea. Every ravine was @ river or torrent and every de- pression lake. while the rain in it's force and quantity was too heavy to talk about. But the roadbed is high one, well ditched and, with the excep- tion of an an occasional culvert or in- adequate drain box, stood the rush of water admirably. TDe serious break | was done at the Agua Fria. Here had been placed Howe truss bridge of several spans, and with hundreds of yards of trestllng, in all deemed suff- cient to carry any flood that might come. The bridge and trestle both stood as though of rock, though the flood passed even over the track. The waters within the channel merged, however, with the waters of the plain without perceptible lipe of break and 300 yards l of railway earth em bankment was car ried away.
 The Hassayampa, too, was raging torrent, though doing no damage to railway, grade or bridge. There were cloud bursts in the hills during the afternoon and the flood came tearing down the riverbed fully ten feet deep in its initial rush.
 1 The southbound train Thursday evening, due in Phoenix at II 20, passed Wicksnburg OF time and pro- ceeded carefully through the storm to point south ot Vulture siding, where culvert was found gone. The train was backed to Vulture, a lot of ties se cured, and the work of repair under taken But there WAS ahead too much work for passenger trains resources, 50 the train was backed to Wicken- burg. The passengers. about thirty in mum oer, spent the night comfortabl in the sleeper, and after breakfast an- other start was made. Beardsley was reached for dinner, and the break of the Agua Fria was passed on foot about o'clock. A special from Ph9. nix was found on the southern aide and this city was reached at 5 80. !, Last nights train was abandoned, but special will leave, carrying pas- sengers, mail and express, early this morning. The break in the road bed can be quickly repaired and by tomor- row it IS prob bable the usual prompt through train service will be renewed
 The telegraph line, which was pros- trated at 8 number of points, is ex- DC cted to be in operation this morning. , Dr. Ford and Ernest Ford had &C., companied Dave Goldberg on trip to the latter's mine above Wickenburg anu tHo GulCC WOiO CoukhI III thO al tcI noon storm. ''I never knew of such 8 storm" said Goldberg. Honestly, the hail was the size of small hen eggs, and we could hear the cloud bursts strike the hills like cyclones. We just managed to cross the Hassayampa be- fore the big flood came down."
 At the works of the Agua Fria Con- struction company all precautions had been taken, and the machinery had been dragged high on the bank. The water by night was flowing eight feet over the top of the diversion dam, but no damage whatever was done the we'll. laid masonry,
 Cave creek was raging torrent and it's water did much damage to the banks of the Arizona canal.
 At the Arizona canal head the water was reported to be going over the dam to depth of three feet, but was sta tionarv.
 At Tempe yesterday Salt river was far beyond the fording point, covering the broad river botto and rising we'll up on the bridge piers. All passengers by stage are therefore compelled to make their own way across the river on the trestle work.
 As the rains have been general all through central Arizona and along the upper Verde and upper Salt. an even greater flood is expected to materiaiize , today.
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