Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-08-17
THE STORM.
Unprecedented Destruction of Hous es Damage WidespI cad With Cor
 responding Fi. cncial Loss.

It didn't rain last night butit poured; it didn't tighten but the air blazed; it didn't thunder but it roared, and rolled without cessation. Last night the sky was but partially overcast and the indi- cations were that a threatening storm had gone by and had broken its fury ID the northern hills, but about midnight | it turned its attention to the town and | the floods came. The real storm lust ed less than two hours, but 1t hit the ground with fury unprecedented for then hail and rain again. The earth trembled under the electric shock. the streets ran as rivers and the roar of ths storm almost drowned the thud and splash of falling walls.
 Just what damage was done no safe estimate can yet be given but the des- | truction was general and widespread On nearly every street in the city the loss WAS more or less great. In many cases the houses fell and occupants | barely escaped with life.
 | OOulu hel CT anu MCOOIihlCh sbIeoIS appeared to have suffered the most. Nearly every house on the west side of | Meyer, between Ochoa and Mccormick streets IS in ruins, either down or too l dangerous and unsafe for occupation. | The only building m the two blocks which escaped Is the bOJtling works of | Mir. A. Hittinger. From there to Me l CormIck the bosom of destruction swept clean, but strange to say not life was | lost.
 The handsome little residence oocu- pied by MT. Paige and almost Tn front of w. R. Conn's livery stable, is ruined l beyond repair. The rear walls fell in GnG the front rooms are broken from ceiling | to floor. From this point south to the next street is but mass of runs. The front walls of a portion of the block are still standing, but the back has fallen in and lake of water several feet deep has been formed in the corral at the rear. The southwest corner of McCor- mick and Meyer Was occupied by Wing 1 Wc, us grocery. Wing got scared Gnd i boited into the storm for safety, but none to soon for both roof and walls came down with 8 crash. The entire row of buildings was owned by Mrs | Martha Woffendon.
 The house of Mir. Zuniga on the east side of Meyer street and the building adjoining owned by Frank Miltenberg were both flooded by water and mud and presented scene of desoiation this ! morning.
 The roof of the house occupied by Trinidad Castillo and family, just east of Mrs. McKenna's, between MRin and Meyer, fell in and the family were ccm | peled 10 run for their lives. This morn ing with such furniture as they had 1 managed to get out they were camped in the mud and ram.
 1 The south side of Mccormick street, | between Meyer and Convent, west of tn. 1 Filiberto Aguirre residence, is in fear ful condition. The rooms are full of mud, the standing walls are cracked ard the rear walls down. The block is own ed by Casimir Bartolomey and will cost about as much to repair as it will to put up new buildings.
 East of this block is an alley owned by private parties and which runs through from MrCormich to Simpson streets. Down this the water poured with terrible destruction and wrecked every wall and house on either sIde. The stream at this point was so strong that 1t shot across Mccormick and flooded the buildings on the north side of the street, including the Casino saloon.