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Show n OF WATER ENGULFS TOWN 1 Clifton, Arizona, Visited by a Flood and Many Lives Reported Lost Frame Buildings in Which People Were Living Were Destroyed by the Raging Waters and Helpless Help-less Woman and Children are Drowned. Illsbeo, Ariz. Ono of the worst floods In tho history of Clifton, Ariz., camo down the San Francisco rlvur and Chaso creek Tuesday night. Tho principal business suction ot tho town was almost completely ruined. From seven to twenty persons Is the report of tho loss of life. Then nnmo of only ono victim, however, Iioh been obtained, ob-tained, Mrs. Joseph Throm, who with her husband nnd children was caught In a falling building and killed. Tho other membors of thu fnmlly had narrow nar-row escapes. Ono of the saloons which wns washed away carried Boveral men Into tho torrent nnd all are believed to have drowned. A women nud a child were lost In a small restaurant which was dashed to pieces In tho flood. A number of smnll frame buildings build-ings In which people wero known to bo living nlso were destroyed and It Is feared that a number ot famlles perished. |