Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-22
.BIG FLOOD OCCURRED
 OAE YEAR AG0 TODAY
BiSbee People Recall DiSaS- trous 0ownpour Which
 Cost Two Lives


 It was a year ago today that Bis
 bee was visited by the worst flood
 in its history. The disaster is | scared in the memory of citizens
 who recall the terrors of the black
 night following the storms great. 1 est damage. Two lives were lost, and the damage to property amount
 cd to S150.0O0. The following sum nary, taken from The Review of July 28. 19l0. win prove interesting: Two known deaths from drown ! ing. six missing, and a property loss | Of Sl50.000 sums mp the result Of the awful flood that swept Bisbee ! fyesterday. The flood waters came from fine mountain sides. from | all directions. rushing through Brew cry Gulch, Tombstone Canyon, ana other avenues leading down into the valley, where they converged anc gathered in awe-inspiring force in the deep cut at the end Of the subway constructioE at the depot. { This great volume of water grew steadily as the rain continued, and the rivers from the mountain sides swelled. until the narrow channel near Johnson Addition could not re- sist Suddenly it burst its bounds. as a giant would break a string. and two persons were caught help less and drowned, literally like rats in cage. as buildings were pushed over and submerged. Six others cannot be found. and their fate is unknown, although there is hope that they will be found alive this morning.
 The rain commenced al half past four ia the afternoon, and as an hour passed without any sign of a let-up. the situation began to look serious from the standpoint of prop erty danger. Another hour, and yet another, witnessed the same steady downpour, and the raging torrents took on a more menacing aspect. Men were helpless in the face Of the mighty force of nature, and could only stand by and watch in silence the fearful havoc. Those who were fortunate enough to have their abodes and belongings in i'm pregnable positions gave their thoughts to others: but they were as impotent as little children while the storm was at it's height House after house toppled over all the way from upper Brewery Gulch to 1 Johnson Addition. The waters flow ing down Brewery Gulch and Re view avenue became rivers within narrow confines of solid brick and cement walls, and 1t would have meant death for the strongest man ! to venture across. This was the situation as the shades of dark. ! ness began to fall, and the black ness of night shut of clear view | of the ruin. It was a night of l terror, never exceeded in the his | tory of Bisbee"
 Those Who Perished.
 l Those who lost their lives were ! Mrs. Baker, an elderly lady. who ' conducted a small confectionery ! store in Johnson Addition, just | across the road from the brick block,
 and a man named Dan Murphy.
 Mrs. Baker, when the storm came,
 had fastened the shutters upon her ! little box-like store, and locked her self in, never dreaming of the fate ! in store for her. The flood burst ing from the broken cement wall near the beer garden, lifted the
 shack as it would a match, carried
 it toward the cemetery, smashing 1t
 into kindling Mrs Baker was
 drowned as soon as the water filled ' the shack.
 l Dan Murphy met death the same
 way, while he and two other men
 were sheltered in the house of Bill
 Murphy. a brother Of Dan. Strange
 as it may seem. Bill Murphy and the other man, shoemaker, were
 saved by the force Of the flood it. | self. The house was hurled against
 Instructions with such violence that
 the two were thrown out, one light
 ing on top of a cement bridge and
 the other in a big tree.
 | Freaks of the flood were numerous.
 One in particular caused much com
 ment- A month before the flood
 three men and two teams labored for two days to move house 400 | yards up the valley to Johnson Ad-
 dition. The food took that house
 back almost to the exact point from Y ,vhfcb if uaS uOvod fin faas than