| Show THAT H VJI IlfHST The L of Property on the Dnm Eillmnlnl at 8SOOOOO PHESCOTT Arizona Feb 24No further particulars were received today day of the Walnut Grove disaster dis-aster A courier has been looked for ni day but ho has failed to a rive As time distance I sixty miles and the ivads are washed out and the slreams badly swollen this may account for the delay Another courier was started from here tonight to-night as the fuspcuse continues Intense In-tense and the greatest t fears are entertained that It may prove wore than first reported The stage due on that route Sunday night has not jet arrived TiE IttKNIX 1100D PHIKXIX Aria Feb 24No In fomulion has been received here in regard to the break of the Walnut Grove dam 1 the disaster has occurred tho loss of life and damage to property must b very great The entire valley from the dam to Quiekeuberc I inhabited in-habited principally by Mexican miner and ranchmen and the fall of rain and snow has been very heavy in the mountains far to the north and east and the water here 1 Ter high Salt River rose seventeen seven-teen feet In fifteen hours Saturday The railroad bridge ncrcm It was washed away for two hundred fet and half mile of track on the bank of the river is gone Telegraph communication was interrupted but a wire was placed across the river last night Later A courier just arrived from the lower dam on theliasay ampa rejorts that a tremendous rrllrs tmendous mountain of water came down tbe HnB > ayama about 2 oclock Saturday Satur-day morning and thirtyfour men lost their lives at the lower dam where they were at work They were all whites except three Chin oe The courier reports the town of WIckenberg all right The loss of life In the valley between I be-tween Ulck nberg and the dam may not b known for some days but it I without doubt considerable and the number may possibly reach thirty or forty The courier stales the upper dam bad undoubtedly I broken and carried the other two dams below down with it The loss of property on tbe dams alone will amount to about 500000 |
