The copper era., 1901-09-12
M0RENCI NEWS.

 From Our Regular Correspondent Frank Mitchell is about again, after q months illness.
 Belmont DuBush has returned from q weeks vacation spent in Fl Paso. Q. L. Poor and k. E. Lewis are be- hind the grocery counter in the D. C. NJ. Co. store.
 Friends will he glad to know that Mrs. NcBrien has about recovered | from a recent serious illness.
 Miss A. L. Tuthill arrived in Mo renci last Thursday. She will teach in the public school soon to be opened.
 A new pastor has been chosen to come
 to the charge Of the Morenci Presby- | terian church, the Rev. R. H. Hing
 worth. of Pine Grove Mills, Pa C. R. Phillips and Wm. Mccoy re-
 turned Tuesday night from ten days
 prospecting trip in the hills. Mir. | Phillips reports a couple of finds which promise well.
 The electrical department Of the D. | C. Co. is remOdeling two fifty horse power induction motors, which went | through the fire and had been thrown | out on the dump.
 | Chas. J. Florence has resigned his l DOSlllOu HllH Illt lp. V. -'As SOs otOi 10
 and will soon leave to take fine posi-
 tion in Denver His many friends wish him the best of prosperity.
 Pedro Vargas was arrested Monday
 on d warrant charging assault and
 battery, issued from Judge Chapman's
 court and sworn to by Silvestre Val
 enzuela. The defendant claimed d jury | trial. After the evidence was in the | jury quickly rendered verdict of mot | guilty The trouble seems to have been family quarrel.
 | Last week there was premature explosion at the D. C. NJ. Co.'S lime
 stone quarry in which Charlie Caronico
 was seriously injured and Edujel Hol- quin received slight injuries. Caron- | ico's face was badly cut, and at first it
 was thought he would lose the use of | both eyes. One eye will still give him trouble but the other is sound again.
 It is wonder that the accident was
 not more deadly, for the explosion came without warning while the men
 were at work.
 The Morenci team crossed bats with
 the Lordsburgers last Sunday at CorO-
 nado Park and at the end of the fifth inning the game terminated, Morenci having piled up II runs, while Lords UuTS Udu q 10" lcSS-J"Os HC IuIl- getting was all in the first two innings.
 Ely and HOllinger were the Lordsburg battery, while the MOrenci battery changed so often that space would not suffice to enumerate. Hale did most of the pitching. The railroaders did not have all of the regular team or the game might have been more than a practice affair. The Morenci team is getting ready for the Bisbee trip, and Manager Puckett is serenely confident of the result, although he does not say very much. The team taken to Bisbee will probably be stronger than the one which defeated Bisbee at Clifton, but
 when the Bisbeeites are on their own grounds they may be harder to dispose
 Of.
 Last Friday night some of the resi-. dents of Morenci learned that though
 your house be on the hilltop you are
 not always safe from danger of flood. One of the large 5000 gal. tanks on the top of the hill above the shelter let go
 with disastrous and alarming results. The accident happened about 2:3O a. m., and widely disturbed the slumbers Of many folks in the neigh bOrhOod. Part of the water rushed down and fanded- -ahaeatv tTsrndgc-wa uOne. The rooms were filled to a depth of two feet, and the furniture was sadly dam aged. The rooms were all occupied by two persons, and in one room escape from serious injury was very narrow. Through the side of this room one of the heavy tank slaves was driven with great force. The stick went through between the beds. when if it had gone three feet to either side it would have struck one of the occupants of the room. Three or four inches of dirt was deposited on the floor, and wrath provoking mess was made of things. Bert, Earl and Harry Hastings, and V. r. Hastings, Sr., live in a house about ten feet from this tank. This house was lifted bodily and carried about l5 feet. The old school house was wreck ed and carried over against Gordon McLean's house, preventing the water from striking that house where it would have done much more serious damage. The Morenci Church lost about all of their hymn books, and q removal to the unfinished building was enfused. Nothing was left of the tank but mound of Frisco mud Work had already been com menced on a large metal tank to be 20 feet, i inches high and 37 feet s inches iE diameter. This will hold nearly 234 ,000 gallons and it is expected to have it ready by Saturday Of this week. It is remarkable that the amount of water liberated last Friday night did not do more damage. It created con- siderable excitement for short time. l