Arizona republican., 1919-11-28
Close Center Street Bridge

Cfose Center Street Bridge
 At midnight the salt River at the Central avenue bridge guaged about 13 feet, rising nearly a foot an hour. The southern approach to the bridge was reported under water, and all traffic was barred.
 Early in the night Cave Greek broke it's bounds and flowed into the Arizona canal, flooding the district to the north west. At midnight the Cave Creek waters were coming down Grand ave nue and had reached Alhambra and the state fair grounds. State prop erty was being removed from the base ment of the capitol in anticipation of the arrival of flood waters. At Granite Reef the water was rising at the rate of about 6 inches an hour, going nine feet over the dam at mid night At Joint Head danger of the 1 flood waters breaking into the Salt canal was reported.
 No estimates of the property damage so far were available last night. though it probably had reached large figure by then. No lives were lost, though | great anxiety was felt in Mesa for two boys who when last seen were ma rooned on an island in the rising river In the Agua Fria Robert Percy and 1 his family were marooned on an island on a granary roof, their home washed away. Efforts to rescue them were abandoned at o'clock in the after noon.
 Reach Crest This Morning At late hour it was certain that the crest of the flood situation would not be reached until this morning, as Paradise Valley waters were then on the way to join the Cave Creek tor rents, while a vast amount of Verde River flood water was expected to add | its force to the Salt River. Five feet of water was coming down the Verde
 Ranchers southeast of the city at midnight reported their land was cov- cred by river flood water, while ranch CTS to the northwest also reported some of the land submerged. The northwest part of the city will be- the first reached by the Cave Creek flood, while menaced today by the river overflow. Indications at late hour were that other parts of the city are not as yet endangered.
 It was reported at midnight that the Gillespie dam at Gila Bend was threatened.
 Warn of Danger Il Every effort was made by the sher- : iffs office to warn the residents of the danger districts. both south of the river and in the path of the Cave Creek flood. More than 50 special deputies were used, and those who could not be
 reached by phone were sought out by these, on horseback. Guards were placed at both approaches to the Cen ter street bridge, to halt motorists and
 others. The bridge was closed before
 II o'clock
 Two feet of water stood on the ranch of Pete Salyia at 12:30 o'clock. MT
 Saly1as ranch Is located one mile and
 quarter south of Washington street and one-half mile west of Sixteenth
 street, at the old slaughter pen of the , Palace Meat Market. The family left , their home at midnight, carrying their more valuable household goods with
 them, Other ranches in the vicinit- ! were threatened.
 Paradise Valley Flooded
 P. L. Kidd, living at Seventh avenue f and Comeback road, stated at nj , o'clock that the water had reached the lower floor of his home, but was re. ceding The flood was greater in his
 vicinity than ever before he said. Ac.
 cording to Mir. Kidd the waters of Par adise Valley had accumulated an6
 were fast rushing down to join Cavf
 creek. Serious aggrayation of the flood would be effected by this iurc. tion of the two waters, he indicated. At l2:15 o'clock a fall of ' of ar men was reported at Granite Reef anG at Joint Head, but it was believed that this might be due to the shifting sand. forming the bed of the river. The rive, . at the South Center street bridg, . showed a continued rise at this time
 Cave Creek was reported slightly fan. ing at the Arizona Canal at 12:3( o'clock.
 Biggest He Had Seen"
 c. c. Green, of the county highway
 commission, reported in from hi.
 ranch north of Glendale that the water
 was the biggest he had ever seen and that the big part of the floot n would not reach Phoenix and vicinit, 0 before some time after daybreak. }, "Glendale is in no imminent dange . of being seriously flooded by water,
 from the canal or Cave Creek. It is ol
 Lateral IT and I believe that latera
 will hold" said A. J. Stephens, gan e jero for No. IT at 10 o'clock. He sai, e there were reported breaks in IS an' B IS but he had not been able to confirm @ the reports. He said that all the foo, c water in the vicinity of Glendale va. making tS Wxy ReG to 1eR 6A S1