Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-23
Ccontiued from Page u


The Bonanza Bar. Gus Johnson,
proprietor. was flooded, the larger
portion Of the stock and much Of the
furnishings being ruined. Mr.. John.
son was unable to furnish an esti
mate of loss.
At the st. Elmo Bar, a scene of
wreckage greeted the eye. Much of
the stock had been lost Loss is
estimated by o. S. French. of French
& Shipp, prOprietors. at between 500
and $1,000
Fisher & Hickey. grocers, were
damaged TO the extent OF 500.
L. J. Overlook. two residences.
fran and adobe. damaged by water
and mud, estimated by owner at
1920
Colorado Bar. water and mud and
stock lost by water pouring through
$500.
Owl Bar. loss estimated by Miller &
Miller, proprietors. at $1,000.
George Berry, barber shop. loss
800.
Although many other places on
this street were flooded. the damage
was merely superficial, covered by a
few dollars.
On Main street proper the heaviest
damage was experienced by the Fair
Store. Here the basement was food
ed and thousands Of dollars worth Of
goods practically ruined. No &C
curate estimate could be furnished
last evening by either Sam Franken-
berg OF Frankenberg Bros. & New
man, or James Silverthorn. advertis-
ing manager of the store.
/ Inquiry at other stores along the
street proved that in few cases had
any loss been experienced.
At the post office. the storm win
dows were put up and, while a mass
of rock and mud washed down from
the hillside behind and covered the
tracks Of the E. p. & S. W. it could
not find entry into the building
proper.
No damage was done at the Cop
per Queen store.
Where Brewery Gulch narrows at
the upper end and the tenderloin dis
;rict begins the flood came down in
a raging torrent, carrying before il
light porches of the houses facing
upon the gulch in kindling wood.
The bottom of the gulch at this
point is Uttered with the debris Of the
wrecked porches, and the rooms cape
wide, showing the floors covered
with mud and slime and the furni-
/ ture tossed about in reckless con
fusion. Mud, mud everywhere in the
I houses. In some of the low levels it
reaches to the window sills and only
the houses built high above the gulch
escaped the wreck and ruin, even
| some of these suffering from the tor
rents that rushed down from the hill
sides in the rear and by their sides.
1 Wedged UP against one of the hous-
es where the gulch makes a turn
4 is the wreck of what was once a
/ handsome red touring car. The driv-
er seeing the flood coming high be-
hind him, had run it to the side and
on high ground. thinking it would be
! safe beyond the reach of the rag
| ing torrent which was pursuing him
with ever increasing volume. 1t was
! perhaps the worst move he could
have made, for the flood wedged the
machine against the house and the
rocks and timbers which it carried be
fore it made almost total wreck Of
the machine.
The denizens of this section who
we're flooded out are housed with
their more fortunate neighbors on the
high ground while the lights left
burning reveal the scene of wreck,
ruin and dissarray OF gaudy furniture.
At one point where A house was
mere badly damaged than usual,
woman sat on the opposite side of
the street in the room of friend who
/ had taken her in. In her hand she
! held a Colts As, and called a shrill
warning to any who ventured too
near her ruined house. At the lower
end of the tenderloin and just within
the city limits, is the grocery store
Of c. ". ItGle This store, FORUM
| ately sits high upon its foundations
| but the basement was flooded and con
siderable damage done to goods stored
there. Most of the stock stored here
was OF the canned variety, so that
Mr.. Itule's loss viii be light Directly
below him on the same side of the
| gulch is a large frame house with a
commodious covered porch. The foun-
dations OF the porch were washed out
and it now leans precariously over
the road. This house is the property
! OF Jack Miller, and the loss VIII prob
!, ably reach $500. Below this house
was a small three room cottage which
had been occupied by Mrs. Ida Jack
son, a cook and laundrywoman. This
house was washed out entirely, and
not stick or stone remains TO show
where it once stood. Mrs jackson
was away from home when tn e rain
started and In a short time the gulch
was impossible so that she could not
reach her threatened home. Her loss
is q total one, and she now has only
| what clothes she wears.
On the opposite side Of the gulch
from this house is the large rooming
and boarding house. known as the
Mills house of which Mrs. Ella Smith
is proprietress. In the basement of
this house Mrs. Smith had her htch-
en- and dining room. The flood cams
so quickly and in such great volume
4 that she was given no time to re-
move any If tbs. ,,oolfnor ufanefIe