The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-01
FLOODS IN coIosADo.

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FLOODS IN c0l0RAD0.
TIE Ressls ~ Heavy RafpfAll -PueAie
and Beaver ssbafb Isusaased.
COLORADO SPaISss, May 3I--A heavy
dosnpour Of rain since Yesterday has
caused serious washouts In virgiaia canyon
and Fall river. The down train on the
Colorado Central. which left here at $50
yesterday afternoon. has been stuck at the
mouth Of Virginia canyon ever since, with
ANAL prospects ef getting through before
midnight The rain IL the heaviest ia ten
years.
DEsvER Nay 3l-Ths weather bureau
reports the rainfall as Denver one inch
and at Pusblo three inches. and II IL still
raining there. Il stopped raining here
about noon. The Platte river 10 still
rising. II has nov reached the top Of the
banks at Globeville. Denver suburb Of
500 inhabitants. and the village 10 likely 10
Be flooded ~ any moment
LosenoHT. Col, May H.--The heaviest
rainstorm ever known In this region be-
gan yesterday and still continues. Many
residents of the lower part OF the town are
fleeing from ths rising waters With such
personal effects - they can carry. The
whole Of the St. vrain valley is full Of
water. The Cult and Burlington tracks
are submerged and washed out for hum
dreds Of feet In many placea
PUEBLo. Nay 3L-Ths food here IL the
worst ever experienced. and has done
$4,000 damage. Many persons were
driven from their homes BY the water.
The railroads suffer most. losing bridges
and roadbsd- The water has begun 70 re-
cede.
Four breaks in the Ievss on the north
side and two on the south side flooded .
large district ii this city. While the
Arkansas river vas thus coursing on its
mad career . great torrent Of water was
coming down the mountains The east
approach 70 the East Eighth street bridge
was washed away, and the water main un-
der the Fourth street bridge vas DESTROYED.
AZ $40 the fire alarm whistle. by long
and repeated blasts. warned sesidents
on Tie lowlands 10 get out, and thsy did
% In . hurry. some managing 10 carry off
. portion Of thsir bsionginea The frst
bTeak We In the. ieyee On she north side.
last Uess of tAs Main stsest bsidgs. The
eltoss q . seoee Of men 70 repair the leves
wss - these of pigmiss. and wider ersw
the gap uDtil it Was zen % b useless 70
try 70 stsm The fury Of the torrent The
water then rushed in furiously and
flooded the entire block from the
river . fremont avenue, between
Union avenue and Main street.
Meanwhile the earth approach 70 the West
Fourth street yiaduct. on the north eide
Of the river, had bean slowly bat surely
mslting away. and BY $50 email stream
was trickling down the tracks and making
its way east along Fourth street. BY II 30
o'clock the stream Was hip deep and run.
ming madly - st on First street., carrying
driftwood and debris in . dangerous man
nes and making. IL almost impossible to
wade the wster. The water COM
msncsd pouring in on the district b.
tween Sixth street and the river west
Of Main street. and in . very short
time the watsr was three feet deep and all
the people in that vicinity we're forced to
lsavs their homes or 80 up In the second
story. Women and children were taken
to the water works and put on high
ground. On South Union avenue small
building south Of G street fell in, and,
though there were no passengers around
the Union depot, two feet Of water
in the waiting room made IL decidedly
uncomfortable for employee About 2
o'clock the water began slowly 10 recede,
and IL 10 believed all danger il past. Hun
dreds Of people, men. women and chill
dren, are Copyrighted in the city hall, and
thsrs are more waiting until the waters 60
down % that they can go to their homes,
which viii be untinantable for some
dayA Mayor Street has issued . call
for al men TO assemble At the
CITY hall at 7 O'Clock tomorrow
morning 70 begin the work Of repair. The
disastrous food was probably caused BY
the extensive rains in the Arkansas valley
above Pueblo. which have been prevalent
Tor forty-sight heura A man wss drowned
at the lower end Of Santa Fe avenue today
while attempting to cross the water at that
point II is feared that several Others
have rsrished.
At the water works the food came up
and put out the sires under the boilers al
midnight Grave fears wsre entertained
for the new ievee on the south side Of the
river from about the Santa Fe bridge to
the West Twenty-fourth street viaduet
All the land West Of Victoria avenue was
: sea of water. Down ali the cross
streets It crept, filing roads and base
meuts. The Missouri Pacific tracks and
the streets south wers . great avenue for
the water In rts further advance, and
sooa the lots on both sides OF
Main street and east we're under water.
Al noon the food ssters we're gradually
retreasing. but nearly four square miles Of
the city were still inundated. sad the uss
Of steam pumps will b necessary to drain
the foundations Of the buildings in this
district
several fatalities have come TO light
The body OF an unknown man vss
found today two mics west Of the
citv. About 10 O'Clock Joseph Copra,
= smeitsr iAborsr. With his wife
and eve children attempted to
vade throagh four feet Of water near the
rnlo, Pacific depos. He became BE-
sildersd and stepped OF into hole where
there v.s ten fsss Of usssr and vas
drowned before sssistancs coaid reach
him -
asvssms Court Dsetstsss.
OIynrsa, May 81 Special State Of
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