Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-08

the reservoir than on June 30, and
/ that accumulated almost entirely bN
having the gates IN the dam CLOSED
The rcClamgtiun service has 4
/ telephone connection with the puwps
I station of The Arizona Power 60. az
! the junction ct Fossil creek aud The
/ Verde river When a rise in rho
/ Verde is imminent the reclauNtiun
| service BE- Informed at once anl tho
gates at Roosevelt are closed So No
unnecessary water viii be- taken from
/ the reservoir By this artan lrmept
[ the gates were CLOSED Friday night
4 before the rain GOT % guoi star
The Verde flood was not lUrge
one. though Il was sufficient to more
/ than fill the valley canals had thcre
! been no rain
Tho Verde flood reached the Gian.
tie Reef dam at ) a. Sunday morning
ana reached q maximum of abb ~
/ Nu.unu Inches going over The dgw
about six inches dccp
DETAILS on TIM FLOOD
The damage be- thought tu Dee
from f5'.ooo ~ S11ouo0. From tho
best Information ubtnuubir tine loss
VIII probably run from SGu.Uuo to
| Sta,uuu.
These fieur' include the damage
&" thr government project Co the pub
I iIr highways. to th, street car. tyie-
I phone aud electric light companies.
| to tn Individual ran,hcls and farm.
Drs. 9" TIN railroad companies and %
the residents pf tho city
Nh.l, the publ, service corpora
tIuus have sustained considerable, loss
I 70 is tb" r1uchor tho fruit grower
1ud tn stock raiser who huN, To- n,ur
/ tho hrunt of tho calamity IN, pu,n-
81" "i small ranches of 90 60 60 acres
| in many instances have suffered see
| we're loss Th. alfalfa crop has been
damaged boo places. ana tho same
thiur be- true u' the melton urou The
'nntnl"up. season Is just 90 Its height
ana Hr-' shipments were CO. have
( been mad. ',dnt ana tomorrow The
| melon That were ryHdl CO. pick aud
| those lust ripcniug suffered severely
Ihr storm came ut one o. tho worst
/ im12iuu1l. times for lhr melon BROW
| ,rs
Throughout 900 ur SATURDAY.. sun.
DAY md part of Mouda, the streets
| "' th' Du N,r, mad where they
/ were NOT water and vUur where
! the, W.r u,i mud torrent uf
! water released n> th, breaking of tnr
! salt UN,i .auuI near tNr uuIuu high
/ school swept down a,tos. tho rt,
/ carrying mud aud debris into the
I house. and pinug MASSES of sand uu
! th. sidewalks Almost GO th, sam,
tm'. from another hreak boa co.. canal
/ near tho Park ID torrent rushed down
Z from thu west uJgt't tIbw,r4ug
houses aud driving Hm,lr uu freight
cars and other refugees Ton shelter
[ For several hour. pho.nN looked
lii' e Mississippi valley town after q
bad 1reat iu tnr lv,v,.
I Down the mountain sides the vatot
poured "ut from rpradis, Nall,, o.
rusHed ,u torrents that swept every
thing t,forD them The desserts be-
came lake whose waters spread
'uuruHs the boundaries ul th, irrigated
section. Then the water. from these
various sources upon uniting swept
into thy already oNyr,hargrd Arizona
canal
II would have taken wall. of steel
or ccil,r,t" td withstand that pres
sure but there is limit io th, re-
ssuns power of these canal banks
aud that limit was 'sr surpassed.
First, near th, power house. "a, Iauks
|u' tu, great Arizona canal gave WAY
AND the surgiug flood. released from
all restraint started ou it~ march of
ruin and d"sulatun that ended oull
when it Was buried lu tnr dessert sand
4 Tar Goo tine southwest
Almost with On, first break tho
reclamation service started It's fight