Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-31
BY RAIN.
pi,5lo, Colorado. Partly Covered By
Water
THE PEOPLE RESCUED IN BOATS.


prruto, Colo, May Si.-The rain
ali oysf eastern Colorado the past
,,,,..Ix houfs IL the heaviest ever
.sowp. Ia some parts II exceeds i've
Yebe.. The Aood here was tho worst
,v,r experienced. The Arkansas has
t,sksn the levies In six places. A aoa
q. yo,s an area Of three quarters Of n
,lrtouafe In the city, ami the water
~. fiseu above the first lOOfs In the
i,iiIlngs. Hundreds Of men In boats
sie fascuing the families and goods. No
ig..sfiiiois reported. The i've rail.
roads into tue city are tied up owing TO
esshouta, landslldes aud wrecked
frdfts. The communication north IL
rli 10. ~ the wires are all down.
Ur,yEH, May M.-COmmunicalion
with Pueblo IL cut Oh, all wires boiug
toWn. 10 is known that the lower
far, OF the city, Including many busi.
mes houses aud tho Union depot, II
under two feet Of water. No losa Of
lie l. reported. No trains are running
west OF south, owing 10 washouls anu
lAndslidoF.
A cave.in In the Hagorman tunnel
on the Colorado Midland II reported,
how serious, II IL not knowH. Five
lpana OF the santa Flo railroad bridge
over the Arkansas river nj Nepesia are
zone. IL Il feared that the whole
bridge will bu destroyed. The bridge
0n tie RIO 0fAndc, 20 miles west Of
Pueblo, Il washed away. Large wash.
cuts occurred on both the Rio Grando
and Colorado Midland between Colo.
iai5 Syringe and Manilou.
uE FRASER RIVER STILL RISING.
VANCOUVER, Il. g., May Sl.-Tbe
Fmsof river IL atill rising aud the in.
iIcatl0ns arc that the Hood Will be oven
more DISASTROUS than the great flood Of
lss2
The river has already risen within
eight Inches OF the high water mark Of
that great inundatiOn. Though the
whole valley Ia uuuer water, the
Fraser having spread out into a vast
AXE, the tide IL crawling up ut the
nie Of an inch every three hours. At
Westminster the river whafvcs arc
submerged. Many cabins along the
safer front have flOated oil on the tide
and many poor families have lost all
lheif belongings.
Points further up the river report
nat the Danger " Increasing. AZ Mic.
men islanu fOftY.iour fine farms are
tsiifely under water. Much live
i.ck has persisted, but eight human
lits are known 10 have been lost. No
ailher fatalities were reported yestei-
ay.
IL IL week yesterday since the
Canadian Pacific has had n train
through 10 the oOAst. Annacis Island,
Two miles above New Westminster, IL
htOtally submerged. Many tine farms
iefmotly dotted the island. The
nnchefs were rescued by steamboats,,
but all their stock has gone down the
hvoL All the river steamers have
teen commissioned by the government
10 heteTvice OF Trscuing the imperial
nnohers. In the vicinity Of Ruby the
greatest danger 10 apparent and several
Steamers have been dispatched 10 that
district. tn, marks OF 1850 II BOD have
already boon passed NJ many points.
rIGE U. T.. FLOODED.
OMAHA, May 3l.-Reports at Union
Pacific headquarters say that west OF
Umatilla the road IL practically laid ny
BY Hood Of tue Columbia river. The
Portland IL a eug OF water. No trains
arc arriving there on any lins.
THE WATER THREATENING DENvEW.
DENvER, May sl.-rho rain fall at
Denver up 10 5 q, m. today was one
inoli At Pueblo 9,4inchts. The Platte
liver Is even with It's banks and Cote.
Wilt, a Denver suburb, 10 liable to be
flooded any moment