Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-24
Floods in Arizona
 by Heavy Rainfall.
THREE PERSONS KNOWN II
 HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
LIVESTOCK DESTROYED
Ranch Houses and City Residences Destroyed in the Santa Cruz Valley Nearly a Week of Unbroler Rain fall.

Tucson, Ariz., Dec 23-F1oodS, the result of a week of nearly unbroke1 upon the entire area of the state :y ing between Phoenix and the Mex ican border.
 Havoc Wrought by Storm.
 Three persons, so far as known to- night, have lost their lives; livestock by hundreds of head has been, des- troyed; ranch houses and city resi- dences have been wrecked or wash ed away by torrents roaring through what usually are dry canyons anI traffic by rail, highway and wire eitli- CT has been either badly crippled oc completely suspended.
 Bridges and Houses Swept Away.
 The most serious damage seems to have been suffered in that part of the Santa Cruz valley lying thirty miles south of here. The Santa Cruz river attained width of more than a mile and a half today, and the crest of the flood, after sweeping through Anna do and Ihe farming region roundabout, reached Tuscon tonight, sweeping out bridges and houses and threatening to work further destruction.
 Dozens of Ranch Dwellings Destroyed
 Dozens of ranch dwellings were des- troyed in the vicinity of Amado. Two MexicanS were drowned there after they had hung in the branches of trees for hours awaiting rescue. A United States soldier was reported to have been drowned at Naco. An open cut a mile long, containing ma chinery costing $500,000 which served the Tuscon Farms company project went under water today. Poles comin g down the river a little later indicat- ed that the power lines had been des- troyed.
 At Bisbee floods poured through the
 
 and inundated portions of the busi- ness sections. Gangs of city work men were engaged there tonight re- moving three-foot layer of sand, de- posted upon the main streets by the flood, which receded almost as rapid ly as it came.
 Many Towns Isolated.
 NogaIes remained isolated tonight. also Forts Huachucas Florence and Ray, the two latter being near Phoe- nix, where the Salt River Valley ir- rigation project, with it's extensive and costly canal system, suffered se- verely. s -.-
 Full Extent of Loss Unknown.
 The full extent of loss, both in lives and property, could not be ascertain ed tonight, owing to the continued rapching communities in the path of the floods could Snot be reached.
 A Southern Pacific train on the line between Tucson and Nogales was ma rooned by washouts of trackage on both sides of it 4 relief train was sent out late today to rescue the passengers.
 Detachments of national guards men were sent out tonight to aid flood sufferers and guard threatened points.
 Washout on Southern Pacific
 Main line traffic on the Southern Pacific was stopped tonight when the Rillito river culvert. nine miles west of here, was washed out. Passengers on the stalled Nogaies train at Otero. fifty miles west of here, were without food for A hours Then they made their way to neighboring ranches.
 National guardsmen tried in vain to swim their horses across three miles of water neck-deep at Sahuar- ita, 19 miles south of here, in response to telephone calls for help from a family caught by the flood
 Irrigation Dams Carried Away.
 Bisbee, Ariz., Dec. 23.-The San Pedro river, west of Bisbee, is a mile wide tonight, the Fl Paso and South western Railway tracks are washed out in several places and five irriga- ton dams in the San Pedro valley have been carried out.