The morning call., 1894-06-01

dT6 missing. Inc loss lnVOlV6u Oh E6di
and personal property is believed to be
several hundred thousand dollars, though
it cannot be definitely determined. Many
partition walls in the larger buildings have
been carried away.
There have been many narrow escapes
and thrilling experiences. and one family
of five people was carried 1G0 yards from
the house and narrowly escaped drown
ing. The weather is now clear aud all
danger is believed to be passed. Repairs
will at once be commenced on the breaks
in the levees.
Half dozen rumors of q similar nature
we're current during the day. Some were
exploded by the person said to have been
lost turning up. and others are discredited
Most of the sensational stories have been
proven untrue. Fortunately as the waters
receded the indications became more
favorable for smaller property loss than
was at first expected, and it is now be-
lieved that 100000 will cover most if not
all of the damage. Though a number of
buildings have fallen in and others are
damaged beyond repair, they are almost
entirely small structures of frame and had
seen their greatest usefulness. All the
go buoluCoa DNtChS lIldb W6lO AOUucQ
have stood the trial we'll, and it is con-
lidently believed that the foundations and
walls are little if any damaged.
j. K. Shireman, the clothing merchant,
probably experienced the greatest loss.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. A. Engle-
hart & Co., dry-goods merchants, had the
next greatest loss. The other losses range
from 500 to $4,000. most of them being
under $1,000 W. Ii. Anderson. grocer on
the East Side, is heavy loser. His base
ment filled with goods, is now full of
water. and during the height of the flood
the water stood four feet in the store. His
loss will run into the thousands. Captain
Thompson, paper dealer. is also a heavy
loser, the water running considerable
stock
Nearly everything below this point on
Santa Fe avenue is still under water, and
many of the buildings, nearly all of which
are frame, are total wrecks. Nearly every
building on Front street, between Santa
Fe avenue and Main street, is damaged.
On Second street, between Santa Fe and
Main, everything was under four feet of
water above the Easements. Nearly every
stock of goods in this locality was badly
damaged and in some instances will be
almost total loss. The McCord-Bragdo on
Grocery Company are heavy losers. They
had just unloaded eight cars of valuable
goods in their basement Everything in
the basement is under water. Their loss
may not be over $4,000 and it may reach
$4,000. Charles Hsnkel & Co., Wholesale
grocers. are also unable to estimate their
loss at present The basement is full of
water and under the water lie thousands
of dollars worth of supplies. Until the
water is pumped ont even rough estimate
Of the loss cannot be given.
The Denver and Rio Graode Railroad
Company is heavy loser, both from the
washing out of tracks and the delay of
trains. The train which left for the West
on Wednesday noon is caught between two
washouts this side of Beaver, and when
last heard from had made raid on the
express-car and taken all the oatables ou
te satisfy twenty-tour hours fast.
On the Santa Fe the condition of affairs
is fully as bad as on other roads. The
Missouri Pacific's SIS, 900 steel bridge over
the Arkansas. below the city, is a COM
plete wreck.
PALMER LAKE. Colo. June l, % A. NJ.
The water has undermined the walls of
the large reservoir situated at the mouth
of Big Canyon, just above the village, and
il is m0mentaTily expected to collapse.
The reservoir is 100 feet wide, 800 yards
long and twenty feet deep. Nine hun
dred feet beneath 1t and three miles west
of here is another large reservoir, which
will undoubtedly give way if the first res
ervoir does. Citizens of Monument, Hus-
ted and Colorado Springs have been
warned.
DENVER, Colo, May 31.-Late reports
from ali directions give accounts of a
heavy rainfall and great damage. The
rivulets running through the canyons have
become raging torrents and many build
ings have been swept away and trains de-
layed at points in consequence At Pueblo
the Postal Telegraph Office is flooded to a
depth of six feet ard the Journal has been
obliged to stop work. The damage will
doubtless be very great throughout the
State.
Communication with Pueblo Is cut off,
all the wires being down. 1t is known
the lower part of the city. including many
business houses and the Union depot, is
under two feet of water. No loss of life is
reported. No trains are running west OF
south, owing to washouts and landslides.
A cave in the Hagerman tunnel on the
Colorado Midland is reported. How
serious it is is not known. Five spans oil
the Santa Fe Rairo ad bridge over the Ar
kansas River at Nepesta are gone. 1t is
feared the whole bridge will be destroyed.
The bridge on the Rio Grande, twenty-fiV
miles west of Pueblo, is washed away. A
large washOut has occurred on both the
Rio Grande and Colorado Midland. be-
tween Colorado Springs and Msnitou.
The Weather Bureau reports the rainfall
in Denver as inch and at Peublo inches
and it is still rAiaing. 1t stopped raining
here about noon. Platte River is still ris-
ing. 1t has now reached the top Of the
banks at Globevile, q Denver suburb OF
500 inhabitants, aud the village is likely to
be flooded at any moment.
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo, May 81. - A
heavy downpour of rain since Tuesday
night has caused washouts in Virginia
Canyon aud Fall River. The down train
on the Colorado Central, which left here
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, has
been stuck at the mouth of Virginia Can.
yon ever since. with small prospects OF