Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-01

Pueblo, Colo, May 3l.-Pueblo was
visited last night by the worst nOod In
It's history. Several Thousand peopls
were rendered homeless, aud property
was damaged to the amount OF probably
$500, 600. although 1t is impossible at
this 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 on
zig Zag course, thence TO Fourth and
Main, Second and Santa Fe and every
thing south OF and Including First
street While the Arkansas was on
its mad career torrent was
coming down the mountain which
reached almost the stage OF the flood or
last August. The east approach to the
East Eighth street bridge was partly
carried aWaY, aud the water main under
the Fourth street bridge was DESTROYED.
At $40 the discordant notes OF tho ire
alarm warned the residents o! the low
lands 10 get out aud they did
so in hurry. Meanwhile tho
dirt approach TO the West Fourth
street viaduct on the north
side OF the river had been slowly but
surely melting away and by $3.50 snail
streams were tricEling down the santa
Fe tracks and making their way east
along Fourth street BY 1880 tho
stream was running madly on First
street, carrying dirt, wood and Sebrls.
In short time the water was three
feet deep and people were forced 10
leave their homes or go To second
stories. Women and children were
taken TO the water works aud
points on higher ground. About
. o'clock the water began slowly TO re-
cede, out II will be some time before
streets are passable. Hundreds OF peo-
pie are in the city hall and the armory.
Mayor Strait issued a call for all men
to assemble at z o'clock 10 begin the
work Of repair. The food was caused
by extensive rains In the Arkansas
Valley above Pueblo that have con-
tinued forty eight hours.
At the water works the food put out
! the fires at midnight, aud the street
| lights went out aoOut 1880, but came
on again about o'clock. AT noca-fs.s-
water was retreating, but nearly four
square miles OF the city were still inuu-
dated. There were two fatalities. au
unknown man and Joseph Copp, both
being drowned. Many walls in tho
larger buildings have been weakened.
The weather is now clear aud all dan
ger Is past.
DENVER. May 31.-Laie reports from
all directions give accounts Of heavy
rain fall and considerable damage.
Rivers running through canons have
become raging torrents and many
bridges have bsen swept away aud
traIus delayed st many points 10 conso-
quence. At Pueblo the Postal telegraph
Office is flooded 20 a depth OF six feet
and the Journal has been Obliged 10 stop
work. The damage will doubtless be
very great throughout the State.
PUEBLO. COL, May 31.-There Is two
feet OF water IN the heart OF the 6u,i-
ness district. No trains are running on
the Gulf road or branches.
PUEBLO, COL. May 3l.-In has ralned
lncessantly for thirty hours all over tho
eastern part Of the State. The rainfall
is one OF the heaviest ever known. In
this city the Arkansas river broke the
svee In six places. Hundreds OF men
are out 10 boats rsscuing families. The
five railroads are tied up. The damage
amounts 70 al least Sl00, 900.
MAwroU, Col, May 3i.-Fiks's Peak
railroad has been damaged by floods for
the lrst time. and no trains are run
ming. The Rio Grande and the Santa
Fe railroads a.e blocked by WAshouts
and landslides.
LYoys. Col. May 31.-There Is
heavy food here, aud bali the town is
under water. Several houses have been
syept away. stock lost, bridges gone,
and much property stlll ia danger. Ths
water Is sill rising, and many houses
are threatened. No lives are Known 20
have been lost.
LoSaMoSr, Colo, May 5L-Ths
heaviest rain storm ever known in this
region began yesterday and stin con-
tinues. Many residents OF the lower
BART OF the town are fleeing from the
rising waters with such per3Onal effects
as they can carry.
TRAINS SHUT oUr.
PORTLAND; ORG, May 3l.-No wtins
have arrived from the east over the
Union Pacific since last saturday.
TeIsqraphlc Communication along tho
Columbia IL cut on 70 Umatilla. Tss
Northern Pacific maosge % keep pas
sepgsrs and mails moving BY pressing
into service the large transfer boat used
a. Kalama. The river was a. stand
stlll a. p. m.
SPOKANE, VASE, Nay 3i.-The food
AZ the village Of ConeOully was second
JobpstoWn. Everything Went Dsfofs
the wall OF water. Bot one IFS is known
TO have been lost, that Of Mrs. AlminA
Keith. The village was located In
canyon one hundred feet vide, and
through this channel the food poured
syeepinz everything with u.
VAycoUvER, B. C.. Nay 3L-Ths
Frazier river Is still rising, and the in-
dicatlons are that the food viii De even
more disastrous than the food Of lssS.
ABOUT half-Dsst one o'clock this