Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-02
C0L0RAD0'S FLOODS.
GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY AT PU-
EeLo AND DENVER.
People Missing Enormous Damage
to Railroads.

under water, and II will be over a week
before the water can be pumped out
The Fountain river has fallen two feet
since o'clock this morning, but as the
approaches to the bridges are washed
away, Il is impossible TO reach the east
side.
At 1i:SO the Coroner went to a point
three miles below. where there are three
bodies The list OF missing reported 50
far numbers thirty-two, seventeen OF
whom have been accounted for. There
are three bodies in the morgue, and the
coroner's jury has been notified Of four
more. The body OF the Chinaman, Hop
Kec, has not yet been recovered from
the cellar Of his laundry. Mary Johnson
and one child (cOl0red) are reported
drowned in the hole back Of the Castle"
corner Of Front street and Santa Fe ave-
nue.. A man and boy were caught by
the food near the Board Of Trade build
ing and washed beyond the sidewalk.
Two men on horseback who were pass
ing a the time succeeded in saving the
life of the boy by throwing a lasso around
him, but the man went down I'm fifteen
rect o. NdAtI. 4 ne bRg - iFdL anu hAllhr
and therefore the names OF himself and
his companion could not be learned.
Jose Ganos, an Italian, Is reported lost.
Mrs. Williams, the first woman reported
missing las not yet been found. A man
was seen clnging 10 the roof OF n house,
which was floating down the Fountain
river last night The house struck the
bank, and the man was thrown on. The
body has not yet been recovered. J.
Nandere and w BurCh already reported
missing. have not yet been found. Judge
Burns reports his son, Henry, missing,
since Z o'clock Wednesday night II is
believed that no bodies can be- recovered
until the sink-holes had been pumped
out. and that the current OF the river
carried bodies far downstream. The
Citizens Committee are gathering up
clothes to help those in distress. There
are nearly 10000 people IN this city who
have not slept more shan three hours
in the last seventy-two hours.
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS.
DENVER, colo. June THE Platte
river went out OF its banks at II o'clock
last night and continued 20 rise until
after daylight. Shanty Town suffered the
most, over 500 poor people being made
homeless. 1t IS in this particular the
most distressing food in the history ot
the city. From midnight until morning
the men, women and children waded
through the slowly-rising tide. leaving
their humble homes behind TO the ravages
Of the angry, bad-smelling waters, while
they sought a place OF refuge. Some
sought TO save their scanty belongings
by piling them upon knolls. or upon the
tops Of their little Lighthouses but the
gradually yelling river cngufeI the
stores, and carried them down stream.
Men with horses went u the regcuc, and
the horses fcuDIcUol UD to their brides
trying to reach the shiyo-lug poor About
fifty people were caught I'm a school.
house, where they had o. remain Until
this afternoon before they could be
rescued.
This morning the people moro fortunate
sent food to the families temporarily
housed In vacant machine-shops emptv
stores upon higher ground. and I'm other
dry spots, while the county commissioners
aided In the relief work The 3eopIp
were engaged during the day IN getting
what salvage they could. ugon the urinci-
pie Of that finding is keeping But ono
life is reported lost-that Of a boy named
Eddie Wickham. who was watching from
the leyec. when he slipped into the food
The river Is now stationary, ard as the
rain has ceased the trouble Is probably
over.
RAILWAY DAMAGE.
This morning the railroads set 10 work
In earnest 10 repair their extensive
damages from the fftv-hOur rainfall
that was general over the entire State.
The Denver and Rio Grandc track be.
tween Colorado Springs and Pueblo fol-
lows the Fountain river, and this stream
changed It's channel I'm two places. 70 the
great damag" of tho railroad In some
places only the rails We're left swiHEinS
across great gaps, and near Eden the
double track has entirely disappeared for
a long stretch. Trains viii not run over
the Santa Fc line between Pueblo auI
Colorado Springs for several days BE
tween Manitou and the Springs both roads
suffered considerably G-uwsen Pur! %
and Canon city the Arkansas fivar WIS
higher than ever known brlYT. snrn the
railroads We're built and Oh. traubl, is
very serious. II will require another day
at least To get the tracks thar. iu .
passabIn condition. The Florence anl
Cripple-Craek road was badly wished oct
over its entire distance, ami ld," ~ i1y
a telegram from Governor Waite an
nounced that he was between ihe two
washOutS
The railroad branches west Of Denver
10 the numerous towns are completely az
sea. The wires are all down and ufOr-
nation Is difficult 20 obtain. The Silver
Plume eNcursOnistS Of McmOrdl-Day are
stil stranded at Idaho Springs, and viii
have to remain there several days. Fort |
Collins has had no mail ur railway com |
municatiOn with the outside world since
Wednesday. About a mile OF track is
washed out near there.
The Sunset branch of the Union Pa |
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mines up the canon, some fourteen miles, |
Is said to be entirely gone The company |
has not even It's right Of way left. az the |
narrow ledge Of land on which the tracks |
We're built has been hewn away by the |
relentless food.
At Boulder all the bridges for miles |
around were carried of by the flood that |
swept out Of the canon above. The loss |
to property Will exceed a half million |
dollars. The little log-built towns OF Sun
set, copper Rock, Crsman, Sugar Loaf, |
and Salina are uninhabitable. the build |
lngs generally being buried i'm debris.
MINES FILLED WITH WATER.
COLORADO SPRINGS. COL, June l.
Chicago creek and Clear creek are raging |
torrents. The telegraph-poles are going 1
down. Thousands OF dollars worth OF pro-
perty has been destroyed. Many mines |
nave btti iODNt'lt anu IdNN tuuuclS CAFel |
In. Freight and passenger trains are |
many hours late.
OREGON FLOOD DAMAGE.
PORTLAND, June l.-GOyernor PEN
noye er. who has been stumping Eastern /
Oregon for the Populist party, arrived |
here last evening, being the only person
arriving from that section for several /
days. He walked some distance down the
Union Pacific line, and made a perilous |
trip OF forty miles In a skiff down the |
raging Columbia. He says the road
bed Of the Union Pacific for forty miles |
Is practically destroyed, and that the |
State portage landing at Cascades is
totally destroyed.