Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-07
IN THE PATH OF A FLON.
Colorado Mountain Streams Become
Destructive and Devastat-
inO HnrrRnfS

Pueblo, Col, May 31.-Pueblo was
visited last night by the worst food in
its history. Several thousand people
were rendered homeless and property
is damaged to the amount OF
probably 100000, although it
is impossible at the present
time to estimate the exact loss. Four
breaks in the levee on the North Side
and two on the South Side have flooded
the region between Eighth Street and
| the river on the west in a zigzag course,
thence to Fourth and Main, Second and
Santa Fe streets, and everythin gsouth
of and including First Street, South
Side The flooded area extends fr ON
| the West Fourth Street bridge dow
through the Rio Grande yards to Union
Avenue, covering practically every
thing west of Union Avenue from
the river to Street, and all
west of Victoria Avenue. Stanton
and Snyder's Addition is under water
| While the Arkansas was thus coming
on it's mad career a great torrent was
| coming down the mountain which
reached almost the stage of flood.
| The East approach of the East Eighth
| Street bridge was largely carried away
and the water main under the Fourth
Street bridge was destroyed. At $40
! the discordant notes of the fire
alarm whistle in long and repeated
blasts warned tremulous throng that
the residents Of the low lands had bet
ter get out, and they did SO in hurry,
some managing to carry off portion OF
their belongings.
The first break in the levee was on
the North Side, just west of Main Street
bridge. Efforts of score of men to re-
pair the levee were as those of pigmies,
and wider grew the gap until it was
seen to be useless to strive further.
flooded the entire block from the river
! to Richmond Avenue between Union
Avenue and Main Street.
| Meanwhile the approach to the West
Fourth Street viaduct on the north side
of the river had been slowly but surely
melting away, and by $50 a small stream
was trickling down the Santa Fe tracks
and making its way east along Fourth
Street. BY II 80 the stream was hip
deep and was running madly east on
First Street, carrying driftWood and de-
bris in a dangerous manner and making
it almost impossible to wade the water.
The water commenced pouring in on
| the district between Sixth Street and
the river west Of Main Street, and in a
very short time the water was three
feet deep, and all the people in that
locality were forced to leave their
homes or 90 up in the second story.
| Women and children were taken to the
water works and points on higher
| ground.
On South Union Avenue small build
ings south Of G Streettfell in, and though
there were no passengers around the
Union Depot, two feet of water in the
waiting rooms made it decidedly Tn
comfortable for employees.
About 2 O. clock the water began slow
| ly to recede, and it is believed that all
danger is past, but at the present
err noon before the streets are
passable. Hundreds of people, men
women and children are congregated
in the city hall and the armory waiting
until the waters so down and they can
90 to their homes, which will be unten-
able for some days.
Mayor Strait issued a call for all men
for whom it was possible to assemble at
the city hall at O'Clock this morning to
| begin the work of repair. The DIS
astrous food was probably caused by
| the very extensive rains in the Arkan-
sas Valley above Pueblo which have
| Dceu pICNdlclIG 1OI LuC 1deG 1OIty -ClSul
! hours.
A man was drowned at the lower end
of the Santa Fe to-day while attempting
to cross the water at that point. 1t is
feared that several others have per-
ished.
All houses on Third, Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth streets are filled with water,
varying from two feet to ten according
to the height Of the foundations. Sew
eral houses made of adobe collapsed
early to-day, caused by the walls being
washed out.
A few minutes before II o'clock the
water commenced running over Main
Street and the sudden rise in Water
Street at about this time soon made
river three feet deep, running at a ter
rible rate from point above the new
Fourth Street viaduct.
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