Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-09-11
TWO DRUMMERs CAUGHT IN A FLOOD.
(From Sunday 's Dnily.I


 Fatiguod from their experiences in Copper Canyon, near Camp Verde, where they lost over tI,O00 worth of samples in flood following water spout, Friday evening, at { o'clock, R. c. O'Shca, drummer for the Moore. Watson Dry Goods company of Los Angeles, and George F1urshutz, repre- scnting the Pacific Hardware and Steel company of San Francisco, nr. rived here last evening from Camp | Verde.
 | Packed in two of the four sample cases which were carried away by the trcacberous flood, was all of thcir W airing apparel, with the exception of the overall suits they wore on the trip from Dewey, which compelled them to purchase entire new suits of clothes on their arrival here, adding further to the losses of themselves and their respective firms.
 They left here on one Crown King train, Thursday morning, and immcdi. ntcly after their arrival in Dewey started by wagon for Camp Verde. Flurshutz handled the ribbons, and al though the roads were in n dcplorablc condition, all went fairly well until they got into Copper Canyon. Here a heavy rain started which developed in. to n cloudburst higher on tho noun. tains. In crossing tho stream they no ticed flood of water over Tour feel deep bearing down upon them and in their hurry to get out of its way, one of the hind wheels of the wagon broke. Frightened at the accident, the team broke loose from the wagon by break ing the double tree, pulling Flurshutz the driver, hcadlong from his seat and npon the road from the range of the furious waters. O'Shca saved himself by jumping from the wagon into tho stream before the flood reached him, The wagon, with it's contents, consist
 ing of three trunks and four sample cases, packed with valuable samples In the hardware, cutlery, silk and hosiery line, was lifted from the creek bed and smashed into smitncrcens against tho rocks, 300 yards further down. Two of the trunks lodged on the bank near it and the other trunk, weighing n. least 250 pounds, when dry, was hoa; cd down over mile before it val thrown on n projecting ledge by th' furious waters. The four sample casc'
 hoated into the Verde river, farther
 down, and were not recovered. I'm trunks were smashed beyond repair
 and all of the contents, even the cut
 lery and hardware samples, destroyed
 Immediately after the accident, bot drummers started to recover what prop
 erty they could from the wreckage
 They waded as far ns they dared int the torrent Co the trunks, which the. opened, and after carrying the con tents to higher ground, carried then to the bank. A horseman, who hap . pened along n snort time after the nc cidcnt. rode as fast as hs could | Q Camp Verde, three miles distant, an ? reported the accident to Henry Wing r field, who sent two men and wagon [ ! the assistance of the drsnched am - fatigucd travelling men. They arrive .l l at Camp Verde about II o'clock tha ! night.
 The return trip 10 Dewey was mad r yesterday without incident, with E team, wagon and driver furnished b | wing6eld. They ordered new samp q outfits from their houses last nign < and intend to brave the dangers t another visit 10 Camp Verde as 500 s as their new outfits arrive here.