Arizona republican., 1921-08-22

age. the amount of which cannot be estimated until after the flood wat CTS. recede. North of Van Buren street, the damage was still greater. and in the main channel of the flood the water reached a depth of five feet 1t is stated.
 All residents had notice of the coming of flood waters in plenty of time to abandon their homes in safety, but a big majority elected to stick by the ships" Later. officers from the sheriffs office and the poe lice department visited each home. urging them to seek refuge in other parts of the city until the crest of the flood waters had passed Then. many of thenf left on trucks, wagons and horses provided for the purpose by the city and county.
 Wouldn't Heed Warning
 First notice of the approaching flood reached Phoenix a little before noon and couriers were immediately dispatched by county and city of ficers to warn residents in the flood districts. But these people seemed to be of a frame of mind that defied the laws of nature. They believed the flood warning was like the one | of Saturday morning. when Cave
 
 zona canal and flooded the hundreds of acres of farming land. only to spend their force before they reached the city.
 Even the approach of the water shortly after 6 o'clock last night I failed to convince them Two hours 1 later. the northwest portion of the city was buried under two and a halt I feet of water. and 1t was rising rap ! l-f. ;@s | way across the old Town Ditch to the south of Van Buren street and in IS minutes had entered the state capitol building. Homes of the con- munity suffered like fate, the wat CT rising so rapidly that residents had little time to carry choice pieces joi furniture and other household nick hacks to safety.
 From that time on, the rise was
 steady until about 10 o'clock. wher
 it attained its maximum height north
 and east of the Santa Fe tracks
 which had acted as barrier to the
 further progress of the excess waters
 Then the pressure on the track em.
 bankment caused the latter to givs
 way. first at Nineteenth avenue. neal , the capitol curve. and later at tws , or three other placeszpossibly more EmSankmsnt Breaks Breakage of this barrier natural, brought immediate relief to th' } communities to the north and iron 5 that time until an early hour thi morning, a gradual -ecession wa t noted. The drop in differen r sections. ranging f. six to min inches.
 e Rumors of the approach of a grea
 volume of water were general ei the city at midnight. but they wer n groundless. These rumors gaine ,. wide circulation and were to the ei . feet that rise of from one to thrt S feet would be left in Phoenix befoi . morning. Observers of the Wat : Users association, owever, said tn: e they were without foundation; tn; C the crest of the flood had passed. s Rescuing parties from the poll l. and sheriffs offices and the city fiji e department worked throughout u "A early part of the night in movir Hl stranded families from their hom, IT to places of safety. Many refuse to be disturbed, however, and wht II representatives of the Arizona R le publican began tour of the flood' | districts about 10 o'clock. scores TX people were on sheir front porchs " coolly observant and apparent IS without thought of their own dangs
 
 l. flight-had prepared by. donnir
 their swimming togs. if they had an U, or stripping down to underwear al . trousers. Scores of men, ever eag i1 to help, padded up and down | " streets. solicitous of the welfare ' women and children. The acts 'e these men had a great moral effe
 and probably prevented loss of ii Women did not become hysteric is under the trying circumstance b ~. held their composure.
 -. Bridge Goes Out Force of the waters carried aw e- the bridge at Eighteenth avenue a
 Van Brren street early in the ev rfl ming. It carried away. also, ma ,d new railroad ties which had be ., piled along the Santa Fe tracks ,b Nineteenth street. to say nothing ,r hundreds of dollars worth of lis :" household articles
 ., The average depth of the water ! II, tween Seventeenth and Nineteen ii avenues was about three feet. ~ Eighteenth avenue. it was four f' ~ deep at it's crest and just west ,h Eighteenth avenue, it was three a us a half feet.
 Not a home. So far as could or observed by Republican represent w tives. escaped in this district. w Ks of the Santa Fe tracks. however. { or damage to homes was comparative es, light. Not more than a dozen hon ly suffered serious damage from
 flood waters. but the streets VI en carrying capacity volume throughC es the evening. In some place oTiNW he Adams west of the Santa Fe trac