Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-23
FLOUu. ..I- nRIN5,5I ii ii,5I CONTINUE ID
 POUR FORTH
Unprecedented Downpour Of
 Past Seventy-Two Hours
 Does Considerable Damage In District, Threatens More.
BREWERY GULCH
 IS RAGING TORRENT
From Every Part Of County and State Would In- dicate Storm is General All Over Southwest.

With scrapers, blows and dredges accompanied by extensive levee work along Brewery Gulch. with the water seriously threatening many of the improvements on Quality Hill, not to mention several bad places in Tomb stone Canyon the Warren District has faced, for the past twenty-four hours. the worst storm for many years
 First for attention there is Brew cry Gueh It would seem that most of the water comes from the Gulch The upper reaches of the canyon in- clude a great deal or territory and. owing to the soaked condition of the country in general practically all of the water is now flowing
 From the end of the roadway. up Brewery Avenue, the constant. on rushing stream of water, has cut a regular channel In some places the walls have been undermined and in others parts of buildings have been carried away The residents of Up per Brewery Avenue are having great difficulty in getting down to the busi- ness district
 Just above the Henderson-Watkins Lumber Company a house belonging to the Orient Realty Company was vacated yesterday by the occupants. The building had become unsafe. Al about the same point an automobile belonging to William Barr was ma. rooned in the water. It is understood that the machine was later rescued.
 Lower Brewery Gulch was a sight yesterday Business was practically suspended The east side of the Gulch. from the Orpheum 10 the Brewery Gulch restaurant was prac- ucauy inaccessible. The Edleweiss Cafe and all Of the other places of business along the east side of the street and in the lower parts of the buildings were inundated In spite of flood gates and other precautionary measures taken, the business houses were flooded.
 On the other side of the Gulch considerable damage was done. In order to keep the water out of the Hermitage it was necessary to bring in a great amount of gravel and bank il up in front of the door This, how ever, did not prevent the water from flooding the cellar The Palace Gro cery Company, still further south along the same side of the street. was unfortunate enough to have it's base ment flooded. George Berry's bar ber shop, under the Central Pharma Icy suffered in the same manner. For two nights past the Orpheum Thea tre has been practically at a stand still The water has been eddying and swirlring from both sides of the theatre and forms an apex in front | of the show house.
 ! Tombstone Canyon is more fortu nate. Main street is not hurt in the least The subway accommodates an of the water that has found its way down from the watershed To be sure the thoroughfare is thoroughly soaked, but. up to date, has not been subjected 10 the inconvenience, tc say nothing of the considerable dam age inflicted, that the merchants along Brewery Gulch have
 The retaining wall at the Banum Stop in Tombstone Canyon. just east Of the new fire station. is liable tC crumble at any time The wall did not go to bed rock and the water coursing down through the gulch has wormed it's way in behind the wall.
 Other walls in every part of the city. are threatened and some have already fallen. Quality Hill seems to be suffering the worst seyera homes are seriously threatened and the stairway leading up to the Hill from the east side. has been closed It is considered extremely dangerous
 Lorenzo Wright, street supervisor Of Bisbee. and in fact the whole city force. are busy with strenuous efforts to keep the damage at a minimum