Arizona republican., 1905-02-05

. ne was surrounded and escape was cut off.
 In the meantime word was sent to the office of the sheriff and messengers | were sent into the western part of the town and elsewhere in the path of the. flood to awaken the people and help
 them out of danger. The flood came with remarkable swiftness after that
 for a great section of the Maricopa canal went out and the water poured through without obstruction.
 Later in the morning, but before i daylight, it was reported to the office
 of the sheriff that a tent containing a sick man had been swept away. but l it was found later that that was not
 true Several occupants of the tents had narrow escapes. One of them, far
 along with consumption, was found hanging on top of a box with great difficulty He was coughing so violent
 ly that he was becoming weaker ev-
 cry moment and in danger of falling
 into the water which was creeping to-
 ward him.
 Charles Fisher the occupant of an
 other tent, at first refused to leave, but
 was taken out of four feet of water | by H. P. DeMund and Clay Parker ! There were many other less sensation-
 al rescUes. Later in the day two men
 were saved against their will They | had left Five Points in a wagon drunk. 1 They drove into the midst of the flood i where they were found, unable to go forward. They cursed the men who came to take them out of their dan gerOus predicament and refused to be saved. They were tied in the wagon which was worked along to the rail- | road track. The men were taken out ! an r-yz,1l from the scene.
 The s. F., P. 6, P. train left at the usual hour but encountered a washout this side of Glendale. The train was
 run back to Alhambra where the pas sengers were given their breakfast on a work train. Governor BrOdie. who
 was one of the passengers, said he had never had a more enjoyable breakfast. In the meantime H. P. Anewalt, gen eral passenger agent of the road, who
 happened to be in the city, sent vehi- |
 cles to Alhambra to bring the passen- !
 gers back. They were driven through l
 a river three miles wide. It was a most interesting journey and the pas sengers saw things which may never
 be seen again. Live stock was found | standing on the porches of tEe houses | and grouped on eminences nearest the | surface of the water.
 When the members of the legislature | arrived at the capitol grounds in the l morning they found themselves sepa- rated by a sea from the scene of their labors. But there was an enterpris- ing carrier, Herbert Lacey. who had | been held up in a buggy in the course of his morning delivery of the Repub- Hcan. He could go no further so he stopped there to make an honest penny | r,f+ He hauled them in his buggy from the street car track to the entrance of the capitol at the rate of twenty-five cents per. The distance is a block. This is said to be the highest transportation rate on record and there is talk of the case to the Knowledge of the interstate commerce commission But Lacey did not enjoy his monopoly | long. In an hour two busses were on hand and cut prices until he was driv- en out of business. He had accumu- lated, however, ST.5O.
 The water extended along Grand av- enue from the Maricopa canal cross 1 ing to Five Points and from Five ] Points to the railroad grade on the Yu- l ma road. Nobody served at the I Country club and nobody played golf. ] Most of the mem bers of that associa- i ton are unable to swim. (
 The track of the $. F. ?. & P was { near the Standard Iron ] works where the washout occurred { two weeks ago, but the track remain { ed intact. It was reported that a small 7 herd of cattle was lost below the city, ( The water was not deep enough to { drown them while they were standing z but they sank in the softening ground { until they fell, when they were drown ' ad. I
 only about half the flood came on { his side of the railroad track It split [ 1t Six Points and the northern half l jf it swept through the Christy ranch es, Frank Parker's place, the ranch of { Will p. Hughes the poor farm and on l O the river. A part of it followed the I vest side of the railroad track, inun- ! 1ating everything in that part of the -apitOl addition. It is thought that | many of the fine brick houses there are s damaged. Persons standing c n the capitol building imagined that V he two story residence of George D. z Ihristy was leaning slightly The sit | IatiOn is said to have been even worse Y n the country about Peoria and Glen lale.
 There is a good deal of speculation a IS to the cause which has turned the Cave creek flood this way twice this season. One theory is that it was giv- } ,n it's start through a ditch which John V !. Harden took out of Cave creek to f lis land under tEe Arizona canal It i $ feared that unless something can U 'e done to check this growing habit D 'f Cave creek it will become perma- a lent and eventually channel will be D ut through the western part of the e 'ity. The subject of the construction / # a strong diIIe began to be agitated i