Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-18
HEAVIEST RAIN FOR YEARS
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Tombstone Canyon Is Scene Of Bigger Flood Than Dur
 ing the History of the City,
 No Serious Damage Done.

As a result of the torrents of rain which fell in that section of the dis trict shortly after noon yesterday 4 z fOIIISstUIIG SsliIy OIi IssSIiIoied Q Tisef of large proportions. many of the old residents saying that the flood which came down was the largest they had seen in the past twenty years. The volume of water which came down Brewery Guleh was also much larger than any seen in that section in recent years.
 Black clouds came up from the southwest shortly after noon yester- day. and seemed to follow the range of hills north of the city. Within few minutes after the storm broke brewery and Review avenues were GOV cred with streams of water, the streams increasing every minute. The storm gradually swung around, finally making its way into Tombstone can yon where the downpour was ter rife. Hemmed in by the nils the eloud hovered over that section of the city, and in few minutes word was telenhoned that it would be unsafe TOT anyone to venture up the canyon as a wall of water had formed and was | GOIDlll& QOhn H. 1T Gell VI V SN-NHtA l for the subway on account of umbers i and bou,dars carried along by the stream but no material damage was done. Tossing and swirling the stream rounded Castle Rock. The | greater portion of it went into the sub- way but a large overflow kept on its course down Main sJret. flooding that thoroughfare. For fully ten minutes | the capacity Of the subway at lts mouth was overtaxed. and it was fear ed that should the debris jam great 1 damage to property would result. For tunately however. the volume of water l gradually decreased, and was carried down with no serious injury to the i waterway.
 ! At tha Brewery avenue junction II from Fl Paso from reaching BensoT tossed on the stream and into thF
 subway with the greatest ease
 Al various points around the cit' II slight damage resulted from the wash ing away of retaining walls, but nc I injury of serious proportions was re ported.
 The rains of the past few dayi have made strenuous times for thu railroad people in this section. Mon dav afternon the Southwestern suffer ed q washout along the San Pedro nea Fairbank which prevented the trail from Fl Paso fro mreaching Benso' until 5 o'clock yesterday morning Soft track along the river yesterda, nut an trains behind time. The even ing train for Douglas did not reael this city until TAO last night, twt hours behind the scheduled time Passsnears on this train reported tha the washouts had been repaired bu that the track was very soft all alonj the river. necessitating slow running Further heavy rains were had yesteI day afternon and last night and 1t | feared that the San Pedro will be il high flood and capable of doing cor siderable damage today.
 A terrific downpour was had yestel day afternoon in the vicinity or VII Verde on the C. R. Y & F. K R about half way between Naco and Car anea. The storm extended along tn I railroad for a distance or aDont sl miles this side of Villa verde and pu raging torrents in all the arroyos an z creek beds for that distance. The a I ternon passenger train passed over In 5 track, however, without experiencin difficulty. though caution was exc : cised. The rock ballast Of the roa
 bed kept the track in good shape
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 dent dent tissss sis&s water had flower over n tracks a little while before the comin
 of the train
 
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