Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-07-30
THE RENrLEss FLOOD.
Globe again Overwhelmed by
Rush OF Water

] Globe again OVerNY ellneN Dy
Rush OF Water
Globe has sgain suffered disaster.
On Monday afternoon she fl,odga5es Of
heaven were opened, the rain descended
and the food came, leaving destruction
in its wake.
More Appealing than al else is the
reported loss of three lives in the tor
rent. Mr. Maud, a carpenter, who had
bean at work on e. O. Heverly's house,
opposite the Buffalo emslser, claims to
have seen a wagon with It's human
freight, man, a woman and boy,
swept away by the insatiate food.
Several persons who were at Jack
| Moors's place, u mile below the smel
Ter, are reported TO have seen the body
OF N n floating on the stream. Search
ing parties were out ell day Tuesday
and followed the channel Of the creek
TO Wheat6eide, twelve miles from
CLOSE, but failed 10 fnd the bodies Of
the supposed victims, or any evidence
ts confirm the report of,drowpipg On
Sunday night man, women and boy
answering the description Of the peg
sons supposed TO have been lost,
oampsd al T. A Pasc0e's
ranch, ct Wheatfelos, and resumed
their journey Monday morning toward
Globe They were strangers who had
come form Flagstaff, and are the parties
supposed 30 have been drowned. This,
however, is described by the staten eu5
OF William Winters that man, woman
and boy, riding in q covered wagon
passed his shop on Broad street before
the rain began, and if they left Wheat
field in the morning they wonld have
lad ample time to reach Globe in safe
ty. The evidence is conflicting, but
the prevailing opinion seems to be that
no lives were lest.
j. II. Hamill's home was damaged by
mud and water and several houses
between there aud Plnal creek were
flooded
Water also flowed through the homes
of J. W. Sbanfeld and John Bowman,
doing considerable damage.
Property along south Broad street
was protected 10y the break waters built
last winter under the direction OF |
Adolph Hong, and no one, SO faF as we
have heard, sustained any damage ex-
cept Richard Trevarthep, whose floors
were flooded.
Business property along Broad street
from Push street to the bridge escaped
injury. The long breakwater built by |
L. A. Pascoe west of his property, and /
the extension which other property
owners bad built Only few days before
zept back the sugry torrents.
The Silver King saloon, owned by
Kemp & Lyell. was badly wrecked by
he torrents which poured down the
wash leading from abe cemetery. The
zig frame structure is almost q com
,lete wreck end the stock of liquors
md cigars total loss. A small adobe
adjoining was washed down.
Mrs. Alex Graydon sustained serious
amage. There vas three feet of water
4 her bouse and nesrly everything in
wes ruined.
Andre aMsurel-s fine orchard was
realty injured. Many bsarng trees
7ere upFooted, his grape crop destroyed
nd fences washed away.
Both copper companies suffered con
iderably. the United G obe mines
oss a stock of powder ana fuse by the
avipg in and foodiog Of the Buffalo
unnel TIE blecksmith shop at the
Ioosier mine was carried away ane
later ran into the transit sbsft. doing E
ome damage. The roads are BADLY {
-eahed, making the delivery of ors to z
be smelter difficult The Old Douin {
IN company's loss is not SO sgsat. but )
j surface work is impeded. r
AB Wheatfelde, T. A. Paeeoe's ranch a
as seriously Damaged end n. H. h
rice's place almost totally ruined. il