El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-29
ARIZONA. FLOOD
VICTIMS SAVED
Boys Cling to Roots as
Swirling Waters
Threaten Lives.

Phoenix. AriE-, Nov zs.-Dcclpau-s
OF a boat. capsized last night In salt
river near Mesa during efforts 70
rescue Truman Paisley and George
SHRINE from a tiny island On which
they had been marooned more than
20 hours. were themselves rescued
this morning. They were B. O.
Piunger. Mesa, blacksmith, and G.
H. Clover. a Lehi raneher. when
their boat was overturned IN the
river. they fought their way through
the water 20 a small island about
100 yards from the on which Paisley
and Shrine were marooned- They
managed % build a fire and advised
rescue parties on the river bank not
to attempt 10 take them off until
today.
In the meantime another boat
party, consisting Of Ellis Johnson
and Roy Shrine. brother Of one Of
the marooned boys, attempted 20
rescue Pasiev and Shrine. who were
suffering from exhaustion due 20
hunger and exposure. That boat
also capsized. and Johnson ana sir
rine. by strong SWIMMING, reached
Shrine were. A third expedition from
the shore reached the island and took
of ali four men and the boys last
night
Paisley and George Shrine, when
sufficiently revived, told bow they
had been hunting In the river bot
tom Thursday and were trapped
there by a rush OF flood water down
the channels along the river banks
As the water rose during the late
afternoon the boys retreated before
lt to the highest ground they could
find. This soon became a small
rent
As night cane on the were
forced 10 climb a small cotton
wood tree IN hope OF safety. The
water rose a foot an hour until
IL Wa knee deep to the boys
who clung desperately 10 the
limbs OF the tree. fearing that
any moment the flood would tear
Ia out By the roots and sweep
them away 20 death.
The boys said they spent the night.
chilled. hungry and praying for res
cue. Parties OF residents on the
banks found themselves powerless
when the flood was at its height
Rescue Work Renewed
The work OF attempted rescue was
renewed soon after dawn when the
crest Of the flood had passed down
the river and the water began falling
rapidly. The boys were given med
ical treatment as soon as taken
ashore last night and were then
carried away 70 their homes.
Investigation Of reports received
late yesterday by the sheriffs office
OF a motor party stranded on an
island in salt river near Scottsdale
disclosed that IL was a motor party
stalled on the Roosevelt road
WiclzeuhurE Bridge Lost.
The county bridge over the Has
sayampa river a. WickeuburE was
washed completely away. the Ante
lope bridge on the road between
Buckeye and Yuma was going out
and all false work OF a two arch
span being constructed over the up
per Verde river. near Cottonwood.
below Jerome I'm Tavapai county. had
been washed away. according to Of
fetal advlces on floods received last
night by state engineer Maddox.
Farm lands beyond the Aqua FRA
river, south Of Phoenix. were flooded
TO some extent. according to word
received by county officials. and there
Tas also some flooding OF low lying
lands on the north side.
Last night was clear and cold.
following a furry OF snow during
the afternoon, the first here IN No
vember since the weather bureau
station was established nearly a
quarter Of a century ago.