The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-02
Cities In Colorado ard at Points Further
North Still Submerged
The platte RIVER VERY familiar
1t Displays an inclination to Enfold
the Country for Miles Around in a
Moist Embrace Situation in Pueblo
Is Practically NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Damage All Along the Line.
DENVER. Col. June
77HE Platte river went out of its
H banks at II o'clock last night
II and continued to rise until after


u daylight. Shantytown suffered
the worst, over 500 poor people being
made homeless. 1t is in this particu-
lar the most distressing food in tho
history Of the city. The river is now
stationary, and as the rain has ceased,
the trouble is probably over
BOULDER. Colo, June 1 ALL the
bridges for miles around were carried
of by the fearful fGoi that swtpt out
of the canon above here last night.
The loss to property viii! exceed a half
million dollars The little log built
town of Sunset. Copper Rock and s..
line are uninhabitated and the build
ings generally buried in the debris.
other camps were badly damaged. In
this city several houses were swept
away and the entire southern portion
of the town cut off from the rest of the
city. Reports from all the mining
camps above, which are meagre, iudi-
cate that the work of destruction has
been thorough.
PUEBLO STILL SUBMERGED
PUEBLO, COLo, June 1.-The flood
has partly su sided, the water having
fallen 10 feet. A few streets are passaule
for teams. The lowest ground is still
under water aud it will be over week
before the water can be pumped out.
Fountain creek has fallen two feet
since Z o'clock this morning. but as the
approaches to the bridges are washed
away it is impossible to reach the east
side. The list of missing reported so
far numbers 49, seventeen Of which
are nearly positively known to have
been drowned.
1t is believed that no bodies can be
recovered until the sink holes have
been pumped out and that the currsnt t
of the river carried several bodies
down stream. There are nearly 30, 600
people in this city who have not slept
more than three hours in the last
seventy.two.
SPOKANE, Wash. June 1.-Further
particulars of the food whicn DESTROY
ed the town Of Conconnully, Wash.
have been received. A cloudburst oc.
CURED, increasing the already over.
flowing streams into a torrent, which
swept everything before it. Nothing
i5 left except parts of several barges
When the flood was within half mile
of the town it was seen aud every one
fled to higher land.
BUSINESS DULL AT MANIToU.
MANITOU, COL. June 1-Business i.
practically suspended here, and hun
dreds OF men are working to save thaii
property. The stream from Williams
canon is !ushiug over Mineral Walel
park, leaving gravel in place of grass
Tons of eurth havs been torn from the
pavilion grounds. Dynamite has beer
used frequently to demolish the gorges
which formed. The manage to streets
parks and private property cannot now
be estimated. The water is still rising
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col June l.
Chicago creek and Clear creek ar
carrying down telegraph poles IN,
trees on their torrents, and thousands
of dollars worth Of property has beer
destroyed. Many mines have beer
flooded. and tunnels have caved in.
VANCOUVER, B. c.. Juno1. Devastation
and luin are the only woris to expires.
the awful calamity in the Frazer rlyel
valley country. One hundred miles o
country have been devastated and tht
end is not yet Small mountain stream
have changed as if br magic to roar
ing torrents, bringing down thousand,
of tons OF snow to add to tho destroy.
ing elements already included in th,
juGgernaut-like journey of debris. /
number of people are reported to hav
been drowned, aud scores of ranchpr
in the valley have lost their al! anC
are fleeing for their lives before tht
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