Arizona silver belt., 1895-10-05
STORM.SWEPT.
Globe Visited by the Greatest Flood on Record in Gila
 County.
Houses and Other Property De-
 stroyed-LosRes Elsewhere.

nghtfall, the darkness added its terrors to tho alarm and confusion of those exposed to its dangers,
 Shortly before o'clock on Thursday evening the skies assumed a threaten ing appearance- Black, angry clouds capped the Pinal mountains and skirt ed the eastern horizon. They spread with great rapidity, and within half an hour the whole heavens were over cast and the storm broke over the val ley. Before o'clock rain was falling copiously, and from that time until after II o'clock the storm ragged with unaecustomed fury.
 All this time Pinal creek had been gradually rising, and before the hour of II had reached the climax of it's height -t three feet higher than the memorable flood of February is, 1891, Every obstruction was swept away, No barrier could withstand the mighty rush of water. The long breakwater southwest of Pascoe's corral was com pletely submerged, and the torrent swept through the corral three feet deep, thence up Push street into Broad, and down the main thoroughfare until it merged again with the creek.
 T. A. Pascoe is one of the heaviest losers. Mir, Pascoe is absent, at Flor ence, but J. W. Brown, his foreman, worked hard to save the property. Very little could be accomplished against such odds, The horses in the corral were turned loose and driven onto high ground, but two were drowned while attempting to swim the creek, Mir. E. II. Cooks fine sad die horse and pony belonging to R. M. Anderson. There was little time to save anything. A few sacks of grain were placed above the reach of the water, but some fifteen sacks of wheat and barley and about three tons of hay were saturated and will be almost a complete loss. The well was filled up with water and sand, and the harness room and office floors were covered with mud to the depth of half foot. These damages are insignificant, how ever. when compared with the eE- posed position of the property and the danger to be apprehended from an- other flood. The corral, and in fact all the business property below, abut- ting on the creek, can only be made moderately safe by the construction of a substantial breakwater to turn the creek into it's old channel.
 All the property below Push street, fronting on the west side of Broad, was two feet or more under water, which ran through the buildings, sat- urated the adobe walls, and left de- posit of slimy mud on the floors.
 Most of the outbuildings in the rear next Co the creek were washed down, and the rear end of l.. Robinson's tin shop was badly wrecked.
 Rolling & Rogers lost about Sl5O of lumber piled in tho rear of their build ing. The north wall of Sam Kee's store building was damaged and will have to be taken down. The goods were all removed yesterday morning. Some of his stock was damaged by water. John Bowman's barber shop was damaged by water and mud. Wang Wah's new adobe bull ding just completed, and which had been handsomely fitted up for a saloon by Heron & Clark, sustained consider able injury. The front was cracked and a part of it had to be taken down There is also a bad crack in the soutE wall. Heron & Clark's loss is slight
 Charles Bankers new building, or which the worlmen were putting tho finishing touches, was seriously dam aged. The water was more than [ | foot deep in the main building, the rear wall of which is cracked The baoh building, consisting of two adobe rooms, was entirely washed away
 All the fine bar furniture was in the building. It had not been unpackeC and was not much damaged. Wint House and Wm. Gill expected to oc cupy the premises next week.
 Billing Bros' saloon was under mined, and if the water had not re ceded when it did, the building wouii have fallen into the creek. The under pinning has been strengthened and th' building made secure at small eX pense.
 The bridge at the Broad street cross ing went out shortly before 10 o'clock and there is nothing remaining excep the eastern approach.
 On the east side of Broad street north of Keilner's store, the water raj over the sidewalk. There was a foo of water in Frank Jordan's building at the corner of the alley, and it raj up to the doors of J. II. Pascoe's res taurant and hotel, but fortunately di' not find ingress to any extent
 Further down the creek, on the eas bank, the property belonging to s Klein, of San Francisco, was flooded The wall is cracked and the carpet and some of the furniture ruined. Tn premises are occupied by Jennie Scott
 The Chinese wash houses, under th hill in the rear of the Klein property were wrecked.
 The ground back of the O. K. corra and the property of T. A. Pascoe an
 James Wiley. where a number of Me1