The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-06-02
A GREAT FLOOD At PUEBLO.
FOUR SQUARE MILES OF THE
CITY UNDER WATER.
The LOSS ESTIMATED AT 100000.
Three Live. Known to Have Been Lost aud
Several Persons Ars Missing-sh
Breaks In the Levee of the Ar
kansas River-Other Sections
of Colorado BADLY Flooded
storms Elsewhere.

PuEBro. Col, May 3i.-Four
breaks in the levee of the Arkansas
river on the north side and two ON the
south side, due to high waters caused
by fierce rain. have flooded many
blocks of business and residence sec
tions of this city. The losses are es-
timated at $500, 900.
AZ $40 o'clock last night the fire
alarm whistle sounded warnings TO
the residents of the lowlands and
soon the first break occurred in the
levee, on the north side just west of
the Main street bridge. The water
rushed in in torrents and flooded
the block from the river to
Richmond avenue between Union
avenue and Main street Then came
the other breaks and soon all the
lower bottoms OF the city were under
water. On South Union avenue sew
eral buildings south of street fell in
and in the Union depot there was two
feet of water in the waiting rooms.
About o'clock this morning the
water began slowly to recede and II Is
believed that all danger is past. Hum
dred of people, men, women and chill
and armory waiting until the waters
go down and they can go TO their
homes, which will be untenable for
some days. Mayor Strait issued "A call
for all men for whom II was possible
to assemble at the city hall at o clock
this morning to begin the work of re-
pairs.
The food was probably caused by
the very extensive rains in the Arkan-
sas valley above Pueblo, which have
been prevalent for the last forty
eight hours.
A man was drowned at the lower
end of the Santa Fe while attemting
TO cross the water at that point, and
1t Is feared that several others have
perished. All houses on Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets are
filed with water, varying from two
feet to ten, according 20 the heights
of the foundations. On several
streets the water is very deep and the
current as swift as a mill race.
FOUR SQUARE MILES FLOODED.
The street lights went out about
1880 o'clock. the basement of the city
power house being brim full of water.
Grave fears are entertained for the
river from above the Santa Fe bridge
to the Fifth street viaduct. Stag had
been put on IL part way up and
its top was the danger line. This was
soon reached and soon the earth be-
gan To crumble away. Its fall was
rapid and practically the whole work
has disappeared. The water gained
a foothold, and when it was master OF
the situation began its course running
east at a furious pace. All the land
west of Victoria avenue was soon a
sea of water. Down all tie cross
streets IL crept, filling cellars and base
ments as far asU nion avenue andon the
south to the Union depot. The Mis-
souri, Pacific tracks and the street
south were the great avenue for the
water in it's further advance east and
soon the lots on both sides of May
street and east were under water.
Three fatalities have dc finitely come
10 light The body of an unknown
man was found to-day two miles west
of the city. Abont 10 o'clock Joseph |
coppa, smelter laborer with |
his wife and chiliren attempted |
to wade through four feet OF
water near the Union Pacific depot |
lie became bewildered and stepped !
pl lntD a nOic NntIt tntNC was ten |
feet of water and was drowned before |
assistance could reach him
Other losses of life are believed to
have occurred and several prominent
citizens are missing.
DENVER, COL, May 81 - The rain
which began falling here at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning still continues
Platte river is higher than it has been
for many years, but no damage is re-
ported. Railroads running West and
South are all tied up by washouts
Between Colorado Springs and Mani
ton 500 feet of the Rio Grande track
has been washed away and bridge
ON the Colorado Midland is gone.
William Smith, a track repairer was
killed by boulder which was washed
down upon him. This Is the only loss
of life reported from any point
No trains are running on the Gulf
road or any of it's branches. The
train which went south last night is
held at Parker station, twenty five
miles from Denver A washout at
Burns Junction blocks both the Bur
lington and the gulf roads. Boulder
creek has overfowed its banks and
the water is several feet deep in the
depot.
The South Park road is badly
washed in Platte canon and party
of $50 pienickers from Denver who
went TO Crystal lake are stuck there.