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Show ARIZONA IN FASHION TWENTY PEOPLE DROWNED AS RESULT CF CLOUDBURST. A Wall of Water Eight Feeet High Comes Down Upon Inhabitants Without A. Moment's Warning. The news has reached Bisbee, Arizona, Ari-zona, of a cloudburst near Clifton, which occurred Tuesday morning. According Ac-cording to the report, a wall of water eight feet high rushed down Chase creek without giving the inhabitants warning. Several dead bodies have already al-ready been recovered, and it Is believed be-lieved the number of drowned will reach twenty. Chase creek is mostly inhabited by Mexicans employed by the Arizona Copper company. The smelter, situated on the north side of Chase creek, which closed down recently re-cently on account of the miner's strike, has sustained heavy loss. Wires are all down to Clifton. |