Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1903 — MANY DIE IN ARIZONA. [ARTICLE]

MANY DIE IN ARIZONA.

Thirty-one Perish in Rush of Waters at Clifton. Twelve bodies of flood victims have been recovered at Clifton, Arizona, but the death list generally is placed at thir-ty-one. Many of the bodies never will be’recovered, although hundreds of men, including many of the striking miners, engaged in the search*- The rush of waters bore most of the victims from Chase creek into the San Francisco river. Harrowing tales are told by people living along Chase creek. One man reported that he counted twelve persons struggling in the water, and he believes all of them were lost. One Mexican woman lost five children, who were swept away with the wreckage of her hut. None of the bodies has beeu recovered. Clifton had its hero on horseback, similar to the man who rode down tiie valley at Johnstown, Pa., and warned the people* The Clifton hero rode at breakneck speed five minuted ahead of the torrent and shouted to the settlers to flee to higher ground. His warniug wived hundreds of lives.