Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
STORM DAMAGES
 RAILROAD BRIDGE
Wfom Thursday's Dally.)

Sloudbufsts yesterday 10 tnc south of the city along Upper Granite creek, and the heavy rain following. caused Granite Creek to become a raging river for over two hours. resulting in serious damage 10 the railroad bridge that crosses the creek and occasioping the aban- donment of traffic to the south for over twelve hours.
 The volume of water that raced down from the mountains reached sufficient height as 10 cover the banks on both sides. and that it cquallcd the big flood of four years ago is admitted. The water spread over half of the block lying north of the railroad bridge. and in its rage struck the rip-rap foundation that shielded the railroad crossing. The first big flow melted the soil as if it was putty, while the big bouldcrs were removed from their positions as if of pebble size. The
 beating of the water in less than half an hour reached the abutmcrt on the west approach to the bridge. cutting away the grade of the road bed on vertical lines for a height
 of nearly twenty feet. leaving the track in a precarious condition for
 the moving of trains over. The pounding of the waves then took
 course for the concrete pillar. and
 entered the inside of concrete
 wing over twenty feet long and
 about two feet wide. connecting the
 main anchorage. and of variable
 height. The soil condition was
 stripped readily from the compost
 ton structures. displaying gap in Itrc vround 10 the creek level f
 over iw.r,y feet in depth and ',-
 a width of IS much as thirty f""t
 in rlaces Y at had been underminc. | ii is the belief of those copver-
 sart with conditions prevailing at the time when the water was caus- ing so much havoc, that had the flow not rcccdcd at the time it did, la new channel would have been
 created. and the track for width
 of at least thirty feet would have
 been left suspended in the air hang ing together by its own weight Al
 the point where the damage oc.
 cured the creek curves to the right . and the flow under normal condi.
 tions will pass under and between
 the two concrete pillars that were constructed last year to avoid sucf , an accident as occurred yesterday The washed away soil was cribbet up late last night and trains to thu south will proceed as usual today. il Reports from outside section . show that Skull and Kirkland val , leys passed through deIuge am 1 for the first time this summer, . haiistorm was recorded. Hillside, L e the west had heavy downpou' c but at Congress Junction the fa C was light. but wind storm of ey | cIonic proportions caused consider c labfe alarm. No rain was reported a t Wickenburg. Iron Springs and Cor n per Basin were drenched, but { # Jerome Junction, to the north ( s this city. not drop of rain fel q Grown King. in the Bradshaw d was threatened. while at Nave ,- Humboldt and Dewey light rair e only fell.
 ,- Mark Bradley, who was with is party of mining men in the Broo r. creek section. stated that the s,or I. was the heaviest that he had cv' m passed through in residence at over twenty years. and the crossir
 of several usually dry gulches VI ,e abandoned from the large amou n of water all carried.
 a, The precipitation for Prescott ii, reported from Pamsetgaaf for q
 ,-.-r., ,..a nna inch