Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-20
H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BIT TIERS
HlLLSBORO REXT 81 FLOOD
RUSHING WATER FRioHrEN cirl
zENs-No LIVES LOST.

FROM ll.iialolo AI,o,8I,
Hllaboro was visited bsa mru.
Hood last Friday nIrhf r u Ila
evening heavy rain cimH banked 900
uga.n.t Tho Black range HH e. throat.
euIug manner AZ % O'Clock .Hs rain
commenced to mU Zoo torrents. and au
threatening Uaa ib, uliiuut .bt. MANY
people living De exposed localities
took refuge with their nr'ebuor ro
siding conveniently near hIgl
rrouud. while others took refuge Boo
ih0 Union church aud Iu the school
house For nearly two hours the rain
came down in terrific doVnpour
while vivid lightning blinded the ESQ
nni naayy thunder iorrad the Earth
Roth prrchn crooks came down more
than hank full, while torrents OF wa.
ter from thc mosas east Itself ia
mighty yulumoa into The valley. form
ur nu pRuaurr 0f water nearly half
o. milo wide The main porOla being
unable to hold tho vast volume of
waiof jumped iho east bank aud
came gimirht down Main street. fully
Eve foci high For an hour 1r moro
ihD creator part of the business por.
iiou of tho town seemed certain OF
destruction Tho angry wator carried
with % AN kinds NJ carroos. trees.
l0r7. fences oufhullilnga and brush
Tho high wptor marks on some of
the business places reached ns hIrh
ag three foot Tho noise of iho rush.
lug waters and tho rain was apuaIf
ins Judge Smiths was fho first
building tho food came IN contact
with. the house was flooded foot
deep. foncos were demolished and tho
well nuod up Charles Meyers place
was devastated. fences destroyed and
two wells nllcd With mud. THo harm
containing two horses was moved
about ten foot, two calves ana about
thirty rabbits were drowned ana
every room ln tho house was f0odod
several inches deep EurIoman's
blacksmith shop aud the TomlNsou
house had about two feet of water
ln them Tommy Nelson's house was
badly flooded and tho fence swort
away Alori'H store received lIh.
oml deposit ofmu % 9iau'ol hotel
had silk inches of mud and water
Very little water entered fhe stores
of w ~ Robins and Keller Miller
a Co Tho linton hotel dining room
and office had two feet OF water Boo
them and tho Union Annex also had
iia share. The sidewalk Of iho Union
hotel was piled up In an artistic
manner Tho two butcher shops wovo
flooded The Chinese restaurant ana
Meyers saloon we're both badly Good.
od. Tho ola Bennett residence. op
pOsiio tho Mead place. was badly
wrecked by water from tho hillside.
An adobe house on Main street. 0p.
pos'to tho ODD Mercantile building and
occupied hy Canuio GalIor07 was
ruined. Mr. Ganoe0a and ma family
barely escaping with fbo'r ''roe Thoy
lost many household effects ana some
clothing. also % trunk containing $40
no special damage wac i0Bo 1t Hap.
py Flat other than tho destruction
~ q couple OF 1li b0uHra tHo damage
t0 tho town was aiirht. considering
me volume ~ water chat came down
Had che citizens followed Oh. advice
of tho Advocate year ago HnI huHt
dyke 90 turn tho wator. fHa town
would not have suffered any last Fri
day night wednesday rs number ~
clerical hooking citizens wont over io
mo creek and Hroi uu emo situation
and decided that something must ho
done f0 save mo town. and n was io.
c'dod '1 huIld a broakwafsr a pr.
uti1n was seq iu circulation chat
evening io ralau unls 0r fhat pur
pose.
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