Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-08-10
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ihS Ah""ifSos were asking each other as to tle America's cup races "Will she d2!' are now saying at least, ''She's the beet boat We ever had" aud confession from these people Is to be tbour.t Oves more than once. It means that the spisnd.d q win of the kee! boat show, t,;,. | she IS improving right along in form. | IT the advancement cOntinues at the ratio displayed between the sail of yes l terday and that of today the Vigilant will be nowhere tomorrow. If is almost a run with spinuakers today, and yet the Defender gained at every point. The | hnish showed the new boat to be twelve mn les two seconds to tEe good on ! actual time. Ca leaving New London the yt cGts sailed down with 8 beam wind 10 the race. The Defender had her steering gear patched up during the ni-ht and her sailors were smart enough i to get her ever the starting line Oue minute and twenty-two seconds ahead of the VI2ilant. The Volunteer was pretty quick and went away five seconds after the VIgilHnt. The Jubilee was there, put Tor some reason or other she did not start |lth the others, and this fact l5s- | seDed the interest in the whole proces sion, as the breeze was blowing pretty fresh and every body wanted 70 know l what General Payne's vessel could to
 with the champion of 1893 and the new
 fin keel yacht. The boats which did
 start had good race. There was fine
 breeze which was always fair. After
 rounding the race the fleet found itselt going with the wInd and spinnakers
 were get, and in this way they rushed
 home to the finish line.
 The result of tOdays race shows that
 the fiegt for the cup on tho American
 side will be made either by the Deie d. CT or Vigiaat. The Jubilee, by her re-
 fusal to start today, indicates to zane pereons that she docs not wan. to SO in- t> race where there IS a blow, as vic tory in such weather cannot be of gre4t
 value, for the chances are five to one that the cup races will be in light
 westha! and that is the game the Walk yrie III was built for.
 SoCoRRo N. M, Aug. LA tremend-
 ous roar startled the people of Socorro
 yesterday afternoon about o'clock. Shortly huge waves of gater came ru h. down the arroyo which drains the east eEn slope of the Magdalena mountains and almost encircles the town. At first
 it was hoped that the flood would be confined to the lower portion of the city, but soon the water cane over Hbove the town and three feet of water began to rush above the principal streets. The sherieks of the women
 mingled with dying walls of those swept
 into eternity.
 u04 .t,
 oeeding one being apparently higher
 than the others, portions of houses,
 household furniture, baby carriages stoves end farming implements, mingled
 with huge timbers, all being borne
 through the streets of the city by the madly rushing waters. For two hours
 the work of destruction continued, the
 horror be;pg increased by vivid lightp-
 Ing, crashing thunder and binding rain.
 Gradually the waters subsided safiri-
 ently to allow the partial inspection of
 the destruction. Only two bodies wee
 taken from the waters before the dark,
 2 mother and child. An attempt was jmaie to reach the people in the river bottom, but darkness and the absence
 of boats prevented. All night homeless lpeopie were brought in aad cared for.
 This morning q scene Of desoleti9n
 was presented. A majority of the busi
 ness house5 have escaped heavy dam ages or destruction, but hundreds Of the poorer people have lost everything, be- ing homeless, penniless and almost nak- et. More thaa fifty houses were known
 to have b-en destroyed, wEiie almost every EesIds nee in the city IS damaged. Since the water has Iecede3 many sdo5e houses have fallen and many must Le abandoned. The bodies recovered hsve been identified as mem bers of the Duran family seven of which are missing. | Four more bodies have been taken out | this morning and recognized ss Durans, ! makigg six recovered. Other bodies are
 reported Rs being seen, but owing to the tEeacherous nature of the ground they | cannot be reached. The destructive
 waters spread over the entire city and carried death everywhere. E.aay are 1 reported mIsslnZ, AaOther victim has since been added to the death list, en infant son oi E. Bsca.
 ! Reports coming from towns north and south O; here tell of heavy losses. For twe,ye miles south the destruction of property was terrible, farm houses and 1 crops being entirely swept cat, The , Atchison Topeka and Santa Fs tracks 1 were taken ont betweer here and San Antonio in several places. The branch rJsd from this city io Magdalena IS p-ac- tically destroyed fer ten miles and many l bridges are gone. H. ~ Thomas Duran, J. Is. Ddrar, two others 1 { named Durac and child of E. Baca. Two members ot the Duran family | are alive.
 No estimate of the less eau yet be ] made but it is more than S1,0C0,OOc.
 Among the heaviest losers are Major | E Blcor. z. '. B-own, J. E. Smith, 4 | D. Coon, .. s. P4rling, J. H. HiItoo, E Ketzenstein, c. ". Terry. X. H. Byerts, 1 CanGito Torres, E. F. Weld, Elias Baca, |. Mrs. l.. O. Hail.
 Hundreds OF farmers hava lost their farm houses, crops, fences and stock. ant i1 many cases the farms have been 1 rendered unfit for cultivation.
 This afternoon the c;t:zeus of SOcorro met at the court house 0nd relief com mittee was appointed. Tue work of re- lief W6s at once commenced, but the demands soon out2rew the resources, es every citizen has suffered loss. The number of persons thus suddenly forced upon charity cannot now hs estimate d.
 It is raining in the mountains again tonight, and great fears are entertained as 10 the safety of the remainder of the city. Reports of damage continue to come in. It IS reported that three smsll towns south Of here were tctally des- troyed.
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