Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-01
1ELEGRAPHIC..
IHE SWIFT DEUCE
,,s Houses and Rocks Swept Before
Nv" n. RlsIng Torrents
..,.rny.LLrY DEVASTATED,
v,,,op Dollars worth Of Prop
NV n.,,ro,ed.-NatrOw Eseap"
w "a 1bhllIng Experiences

-,yy. wash, June l.-Furlher
sFVN . rom the terrible Hood
'.s S,.,foysd this town Of Con-
'l,.r .pv wash, sunday, have been
nsIvtd. ,,odtn tho oreek.
~ t.buf,, occurred, increasing the
> 60 .of water into n raging torrent
,.'s,blpg was swept before the Hood
L'u' ,ou,ss and rocks came down
l'.' ,be beautiful Hat, where ihoy
~. brming a jam fifteen feet
80 a, places. Nothing Is LETT
~ few parts Of seven
A' ~. when the flood was with
.sl.' t.lf mile Of town, II was seen
sysry one lied TO higher lhni. NJ
ill ' s'si EXCEPT a, Spencer, OF Malla
, 20, wbo was struck by n DRIFT land
Nlh.i a. lie lake, where he was
au. A.. w. TullOca, druggist
i',sIs. s.,.ct. was carried down stream
y. 10y ,.,Js ana landed In n am where
" .,sken out alive after the water
".,J.s Outside aid ia necessary
1siss.i, complete MS there was no
','ses 10 save property. Even people
sss put their goods on hlgh st0unu
=, everything.
ryoRuous LOSS or PROPERTY
,...,.,,yru. IA. g., June The
r..-tfiysf roso ten inches NJ West
,,si,lsf Yesterday and last night. The
.,isf Wa three inches above the high.
a bl,infical mara. The Hood IL stlll
,,lsipg. From points further ~ the
M, come reports that the river IL
r,,,ly two feet higher than has ever
Tn.sr valley for over 100 miles has
In devastated. 50 great has been
t.,,uetion that steamers passing
T,sugh The straits OF San Juan de
gies are now iencountoring noating
- Of houses and barns aud innum.
,nbe cafcas,cs Of hCgb sheep anu
ALE that have passed through the
gr,si,, mouth with other debris from
tss VALLEY. 10 Ia estimated that over
100 families arc homeless. aud that a
u5,eHy loss Of fully s8,OO1OJO has
teen suffered.
steamers from the river and Puget
s.and afs 6tiii being pressed into the
r5is OF rescue. Though no more
lJs, have been lost during the last two
hyt, there have been many narrow
stapss aud thrilling experiences.
Many families have been taken from
u roofs Of their houses. One steamer
nusht 8O6 settlers 10 Westminster
i.s lat night. Among them was the
|iaily OF one ranoher from near
|Ansley. The man had built strong
NJ. upon which no took his entire
inly aud ten blooded horses. They
Ius rescued In mid stream after
htlng been ntloat ten houre. AZ
uBy points there IL great desliiuilon
1sng the luckless settlers who have
.il from their homes. At the Salmon
silement where the water In ~ feet
itp on the Hat, many families are
.ltdlod together on the highlands aud
wing on one scanly meal n day. Tue
s,eulng steamers have neglected them
b care Tor Others In greater dangot.
A. Hattie yesterday the steamer
inusier sailed up over farms aud
slcps, over Hattie bridge and tho
.yke ANA up 10 the rails Of this Cana
.An Pacific track seven miles from
sheie the river formerly ran. The
InusieT secured the wife OF ranoher
NcBsfmott from the roof OF her float.
llg house. Her husband, who had
allied IA his efforts 90 rescue her, was
i5and later Ia a small skin. Both were
nsaiy crazy.
THE FLOOD Al PUEBLO.
PUEBLO, Colo, May 3l.-Pueblo was
visited last night by the worst flood In
II history. Several thousand people
were rendered homeless and property
damaged TO the amount VI probably
10000. -Four breaks In the leVeo on
he north side anu two on the south
tide Hooded large district.
The Denver q Rio Grande Railroad
company Ia a heavy loser by the
aood, both from the washing cut Of the
liack ami lhb delay Of trains. There
lis dozen small washouts between
Florence and Pueblo on the west end,
lad several between BueitOs ana
Pueblo on the north end.
On the Santa Flo the condition OF AZ.
hin II fully as bad rs on the other
ioais.