Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-20
HEAVY DAMAGE RESUL TS
 FROM TWO DAYS RAIN
Precautionary Measures Prevent Mercantile Losses: 1000 Wagon Loads Silt in Canyon; Streets Washed Also Sewer Pipe; Residence Moved by Rush of Water

the corner of the post office and
 spread out like fan over the post
 office plaza. depositing a muddy. slip.
 pery silt all over the plaza.
 Bisbee was a town divided into two parts when the food reached it's crest. | Those who were on Main street were | marooned so far as Brewery gulch was concerned, and those who were
 on the Brewery guleh side of town were in a similar predicament. ! Sewer pipes were washed out all , over the city and on the north side
 Of Judge Highs residence more than a hundred feet Of the line was torn
 out. In the tunnel in the southern part Of the city the earth foundation of the twelve inch sewer was washed out and the sewer pipe. three sets about twenty feet in iSngth. was | washed away. This sewer was put
 in recently at cost of over $500 to the city
 Tn the Rlatz saloon, on Brewery i eulch. a sink in the floor of the sa- loon front was spoutiHg water three feet in the air, and those who quenched their thirst there. and many did for the. novelty oi the ex- perience wadea through several inches of water and anchored to the
 brass Tail. while quahing or guzzling,
 as the case was. The sewer had he come stopped up and the water was finding the only outlet left.
 At the residence Of ]. Krighaum in Tombstone canyon. a ditch ten feet
 wide and five feet deep was cut by
 the rushing water. three feet from the residence. The owner says that another rain like that of yesterday will undermine his residence.
 The residence of l.. Rosenstein in the canyon. vas moved the distance Of foot by the waters that rushed down the side of Castle Rock hill. Near the residence Of C. W. Allen in Tombstone canyon the water de- posited silt on the tracks of the War ren- -Bisbee railway to adepth of twelve feet It happened that a street car was up the canyon and was prevent
 ed by the gathering siit from return ing to the city. so yesterday passen' gers were transferred at the silt dump for the far end of the canyon. Silt was deposited on the car tracks all the way down the canyon as far
 IS the depot. but traffic on the south ern end of the line, to Lowell and Warren. was not halted. At one
 o'clock yesterday afternoon a car loaded with tools was sent up town the silt. It took two hours and a half to clear tracks from Main street
 to the soda works.
  usually large force of repair men on hand" said Street Superintendent Jesse voakum. "and we placed the entire forre at work clearing the tracks. With the exception of this damage the line was not damaged, there being no had washouts. Traf- flc to Lowell and Warren was not in. terferede with. and only for an hour today on tho canyon line" He stated he expected that the line would be cl cared by six o'clock last night. Sewer Commissioner Perry was busy yesterday having the worst , breaks in the Fewer system repaired and every few minutes yesterday af- , ternoon reports or additional breaks would come to him He is renairing ] the breaks in the residence districts first. - C. S. Thompson general manager of the Bisbee Improvement company. stated that only a few instances of ! minor damage 10 the gas mains had been reported and that these had
 been rpaired. That the rain was local to the War ren district ct least 10 the south sud
 west. was indicated by the fact tbat
 railroad traffice was not interfered
 with to any appreciable degree. The | train from the east was only thirty
 minutes late and the train from the west only ten minutes late No re- ports of damage in the valley had reached the city last night
 Percy Wilson and H McGill were
 the heroes nf the flood" While the
 flood water in Brewery guleh was at it's height, Wilson vaulted the iron railing in front of the Buxton Smith store. and, aided by McGill, saved baby burro from the stream.