The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-31
PUEBLO SWEPT BYA FLOOD
The Greater Portion Of the City in
Danger Of Being Swept Away.

Fears That the Loss Of Life win Be
Very Heavy-A Dam Bursts Above
the Town and the Water Rushes
Down on 1t at the Rate Of 10 to 90
Miles an Hour Scores of Persons in
Perilous Positions with No Chance
ofResoue.
Pueblo, Colo, May 30-A storm which
has been raging in this vicinity for the
past two days broke in all its fury this
afternoon, causing the Arkansas aud
Fountain rivers, whose junction is in this
city, to burst over their leyees and flood
the whole lower portion of the town. AZ
S o'clock this evening the rise was so
rapid that the fire whistle was blown to
call out the police and fire department.,
also the volunteers, to assist in rescuing
some three hundred families who were
hemmed in the Grove. or bottoms. a
The work proceeded as rapidly as was
possible. The men in their work were
greatly hampercd by the rising water.
An alarm was again sounded at 10o'clock,
| calling the rescuers from the bottoms.
| The levees had broken above the city,
and there was great danger of the people
| being drowned. High wagons and boats
We're used in getting the unfortunates to
the high ground. When the second alarm
was sounded the work of saving property
was abandoned.
SURROUNDED BY THE FLOOD.
II is said that an old man and his sick
daughter We're penned in in an old ono
| story house half a mile below town. The
report can not be verified at this time,
1850 o'clock p m. The bridges are all
under strong guard of special police
M ia gllpyVpI II fppr1 fha
north TO the south side of the
town The planRing on Main street
and Union and Victoria avenues
has foated away The cellars
of the wholesale houses are flooded, and
the damage has already reached $4,000.
There are two washouts between here and
Canon City and one between here and
! Colorado Springs. No train will be able
TO reach this city either from the north
or west for at least three days
Another coudburst occurred at mid
night in the residence portion of the town
and did great damage on Main street.
The water is two feet deep in the Jour-
nal Office The city is in darkness, the
water works flooded aud the fires out.
At II O'Clock the city is in total dark
ness. The water is six feet deep coming
down Court street. This is the residence
portion Of the city.
DANGER OF GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
The greatest alarm Is felt for the safety
of the people. In some places the water
/ is above the second story windows. AS
/ the houses are mostly Of wood, they can
! only stand against the present mad rush
of waters for few minutes The water
| is washing down the principal streets at
the rate of eighteen or twenty miles an
| hour.
Several serious accidents have occurred
to men and women while trying to wade
! through the streets.
The Grand opera house stage is six
inches under water. The First National
! Bank all the large dry goods, clothing
| and other stores on Main street are five
! feet under water.
The Central block, an elegant building
| five stories high, is flooded to within two
| feet Of the ceiling of the first floor
| The journal building Is under water
! and the printers have fed to save their
| lives. II is almost certain that "a number
/ of people have been drowned,
| II 30-'rhe flood is increasing at the
/ rate of six feet an hour. over 100 dwell
ings have been swept away The busi-
ness portion of the city is entirely cut OFF
from communication with the south and
east side
A few printers, the telegraph operators
and the United Press correspondents are
| locked in tho journal building by the
food, which is five feet deep and the
structure rocking badly.
BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.
Pueblo, May 81, / a. m A tremendous
crash was just heard supposedly the
Santa F'e steel bridge across the Arkansas
river.
Later r-Three more bridges on the Ar
kansas have just been swept away
l:l0 a. m.-The rain is now falling only
lightly. The south side is from three TO
ten feet under water For distance Of
three miles up and down the river and
from Second street TO the Mesa, a dis
tance OF one mile, the water is from four
TO eight feet deep. Water and debris ara
rapidly washing away the alley corner
Of the journal building The water is
still rising.
1870 a. m.-No abatement. Rain has
| commenced again, A police patrol wagon
| with 10 men standing on the seat, is STUCK
in the mud only the horses heads being
visible above the water, can be seen from
the Office of the United Press. The posi-
tion of the wagon is on a corner with the
water running alta tremendous rate. The
position of the men is perilous.