Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-12
SECOND EDITION
ELEMENTS TURNED LOOSE
Water, Wind, Hail, Thunder and Light
ming Play Havoc in Colorado.
Bridges, Houses and Humanity Washed Away
Crops and Fruit Pounded Into the
Earth-Incidents.
Special to the Gazette,

BOULDER, COL, Aug. IA fearful
water spout struck this section at G
O'Clock yesterday, during which Mr..
and Mrs. W. J. King of Salina were
drowned. The water rose to fearful
height in few minutes, and Mr.. King,
who was a miner crossed from his cabin to
the postofiioe where his wife was visiting
Mrs. Rose. MIR. King carried Mrs. Rose
across from the postoffice, which was
lower than his cabin, and returned for
his wife. The latter tainted and both
went down the stream by reason of her
weight. The wife drifted down the Gold
run n quarter of q mile and the husband
a mile when the bodies were recovered.
Conductor z. R. Mccartney of the
narrow-guage road says five bridges
were washed away and no trains can run
for four or five days.
Rum is everywhere.
1. Nj. Yates who came down from
hummer gulch says it is fearfully washed
in the Sugar Loaf belt. and other casu-
aities are reported. Boulders weighing
from one to two tons were washed down
the road and on the track of the railroad.
APATu or DEsoLATIoN.
special to the Gazette.
LOVELAND, COL, Aug. IA most
destructive hail ard rain storm passed
through this section of the country last
evening, the hail belt was six miles
wide. and the storm Travelled
in a southeasterly direction.
Everything in its path is totally
destroyed. Az the grain that was not
harvested was pounded into the ground.
The corn was cut all to pieces, leaving
W I,r4 ha
and the frnit crops which promised TO be
the most abundant this year than
for years before is now a
complete failure, slI the fruit
beng knocked from the trees and vines.
There was also great deal of damage
done to property in and about town.
The heavy rain raised the water
IN the English guich till it broke through
It's banks, washing away portion
Of a fill on the Atkins branch OF the Coll
orado Central track, making the road
impossible for several hours. During
the storm a man named Peterson was
struck by lightning, and is now lying in
q critical condition.
ITS DOINGs At DENVER.
Special 10 the Gazette.
DENVER, Col. Aug. lI.-At l 'olock
to-day u severe storm swept over Dem
yer, coming from the north, attended
with an extensive display of lightning
and deafeuing reports of thunder. II was
of short duration, but severe for q while.
Business of au out-Of-door nature was
suspended. The electric cars were
stalled upon the street Frightened
horses broke loose from their fasteDings,
hurrYing helter-s SHELTER, and lnborers
and pedestrians fastened TO the nearest |
shelter.
A boy named Curtis Gildro at the bot |
ting works at the corner of Holiday and |
Thirty Third streets was shocked, but |
not sufficiently injured 10 be of Sc
rious nature.
A horse attached to an empty buggy !
ran nway, coming in contact with the
iron pillars on the L8rimer street bridge,
demolishing things generally.
A delivery wagon was also urtuTned,
lOnded with groceries, IN front of Louis
Doll = furniture store on Larlmer street.
Ruth Wilson, while crossing Colfax
bridge, was rendered unconscious 10y
bolt of lightning ana has not yet recov-
cred, and it is feared she will die.
Charles Berkeley Doak, teamster en-
ploYed by the motor company, was also
struck and severely injured. One of the
mules he was driving was instantly killed
and the other severely shocked.
The rear OF a brick building on Law
renee street caved in from the founda-
ton being undermined by water, causing
damage of $500.
There were nearly dozen small fires
during the three hours of the storm, all
of which were caused by the lightning or
electric wires crossing each other.