The Winslow mail., 1926-10-01
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! lapsed, as has one wall of t'le In
J ternational Publishing company
building, owned by state historian
George H. Kelly.
One man was missing from the
roster of the highway department
forces at Tucson, and several Un-
checked fatalities may have occur
red. Tucson's interest is centering
on the st. Mary's road bridge over
the Santa Cruz river. Part Of the
bridge, an old wooden stru;.I Q,
has already collapsed, and the de-
struction of the remainder is ex-
| pected mOmentarily.
Forest service and highway de-
partment reports say that a three
foot wall of water was due TO reach
the same spot on the river yester-
day from the Patagonia mountains.
| There is 1872 feet of water in the
river, which ordinarily is a dry
bed.
Stage drivers of the Picl,wick
stages were the only ones who
could make the trip through the
flooded section from Benson to
Douglas, and reported nan ous
cars marOoned or abandoned Oh the
road. Many were service cars from
nearby towns that had Answered
calls for help. Stage drivers said
that ordinarily cars could not pos
sibly get through. Many of ne
occupants of the deserted cars went
into Douglas Or the stages.
A heat wave that has hung over
the state was broken by the storm,
to the relief of many, although the
cure was worse than the disease.
| Heavy losses have occurred at al
most every point south of Phoenix,
losses of time, property, and prob
ably human life.
Late reports from Phoenix state
that almost every highway bridge
over the San Pedro river between
Benson and the Maxicon border
have been wiped out.
Records of every sort have been
groken in most localities. These
records include high water marks
On rivers, rainfall and other rec
ords connected with precipitation
About Is inches of water was run
ming over the Gillespie pue Dam
| Wednesday and the water was still
rising, according to state highway
engineer W. G. LeFebvre. About
four and one-half feet of water was
running over the apron of the dam.
At Bisbee, officials of the Cop
| per Queen mine were forced to
flood the lower workings of the
mine in order to save the giant
pumps of the Calumet and Arizona
company's workings, which were in
danger of inundation. Company Of
ticials said that drowning of the
big pumps would have suspended
mining operations for several
months and brought near financial
disaster to the district.
The approach to the state high
way bridge at Cottonwood Wash,
which was washed out for the sec
ond time unday, has been repaired,
according to district engineer w.
| R. Hutchins, and tourist traffic is
now coming directly into Winslow
from HolbrOok and points east
No estimate had been received
in Phoenix as to the damage done,
especially to Southern Pacific
tracks, or as to the time necessary
to repair the washouts. Russell P.
Kyle, district passenger agent for
the S. P. stated that a special train,
loaded with bridge material would
be on hand in Phoenix yesterday.
In the meantime, S. P. bridge en-
| gineerS were already on hand lay
| ing plans for reconstruction.
Train service is reported to be
uninterrupted and running on sche-
| dule time between Phoenix and the
coast, according to Kyle.
| Various novel angles have been
reported from many sections. One
| these states that a party of motor
lists detoured over the S. P. tracks
into Maricopa, using a woman in
flaming red dress as a flag" in
case a train should be encounter
ed. She walked ahead of the cara
anxious to reach Phoenix, and
started over the road to Maricopa.
Four miles from Maricopa, they
found all roads flooded, except the
S. P. tracks. Building an approach,
the motorists made their way on
the tracks, but after their slow and
painful journey to Maricopa, they
were no better off, for all roads
were inundated and bridges wash
ed out
Not only Arizona, but the state
of Sonora, Mexico, south of the Ari-
zona border, was flooded. The I'M
perial Valley of California was al
so imperilled by flood waters from
the Gila River. The west coast Of
Mexico was also swept by the storm
just as the hurricane on the east
was wreaking havoc in Vera Cruz,
| Puerta Mexica and other ports.
Negro soldiers at Camp Stephen
D. Little, near Nogales were en-
deavoring early this week to re-
cover their effects and to repair
their barracks after a near-cloud-
burst which fell Sunday night. Two
barracks were almost totally ruin
| ed by the waters No rain at all
fell at Yuma, although that city was
indirectly perilled from the rising
waters.
Rainfall at Bisbee smashed a
twenty-year record, the official rec