The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-06-08
THE FLOODS CAME,
Great Destruction Of Property in Colo.
RADIO by High Water-Hun.
dreds Homeless.
In Oregon High Water Has Stoned
Railway Trafic-British Co.
lumbia Suffers.

DENVER, June 1.-The Platte rivel
continued to rise until 3 q. m. today ant
a raging stream is rushing through tn,
city. In Jerome Park, Colfax, and tn,
river bottoms in the city $50 familie,
were compelled to flee. One boy wal
drowned. Embankment and railroad
tracks were washed away in severa
places. The damage is not heavy bu'
the Inconvenience is great. 1t will b,
several days before trains a run OF
time. There are serious washouts or
the Rio Grande and Santa Fe roads ant
thirty miles Of the South Park road ant
the Santa Fe road in the canyon are in
undated. The loss to the roads is tn,
heaviest experienced In the state. Five
hundred families we're made homeless b,
the Hood around Denver. Over 1O
persons have applied for aid. Fort,
families are imprisoned in the schoo
house at Jerome, but are not thought tt
be in danger.
BOULDER, Col, June IA pipe factory
five houses, railroad tracks, all city anG
railroad bridges have been washsd away
by the flood from Boulder creek. Power
ty fiat is submerged. The Sunset branch
Of the Gulf railroad and the Mountain
road are entirely gone. Crisman and
Salina mining camps in Boulder canyon
were wiped out OF existence. They had
a population Of about 200. No lives
were last. Many placer mines are
ruined. The loss in and around Boulder
is estimated at 100000. Boulder had
no communication with outside points
since Wednesday until today, as the
telegraph wires we're down and the roads
impossible.
PUEBLO, Col, June 1.-The rain
ceased about midnight and the river is
now going down rapidly. A large force
was put to work by the committee cut
ting through the levee to drain off the
water. Only two bodies have been re-
covered. Five persons are known to be
drowned. The loss to business firms is
at 100000. The loss to rail
roads in bridges and tracks is very
heavy.
PORTLAND, Ore, June 1.-The river
rose two tenths Of a foot last night and
stands % 3 10 feet above low water
mark. Reports from the headwaters in
dictate a further rise of one foot. The
Union Pacific between Umatilla and
this city is in a deplorable condition,
but it is possible arrangements for a
river service will bo completed today.
PORTLAND. Ore, June 1.-The Union
Power company vas compelled to close
down on account of the floods, seriously
Gripping the street car service. From
the lower Columbia intelligence comes
that operations have ceased at nearly all
Of the salmon canaries, and that fishing
has been suspended and much damage
is feared. Among the farmers living
along the river a bad state Of affairs is
reported. A great many houses and
barns are afloat, moored to the banks,
and their owners are fearful that the
current will carry them away.
VANCOUVER, b. c., June Frazer
river is three inches above the highest
historical mark, and the flood is still
This Frazer River valley for
over 100 miles is devastated. 1t is esti-
that over 1000 families are home
less and the property loss will DO S3.OCO,-
600. Though no more lives have been
lost there have been many narrow g.
The flood will stop all farming
operations along the Frazer river this
The natural result will be a
trade depression in New West
minister and Vancouver.