River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-06-07
FLOODS IN THE WEST.
Disastrous Effects Felt in Missouri. Colo
RADIO ana Oregon.

Pueblo. Col, June Pueblo has
been visited by the worst food in its
history. Several thousand people were
rendered homeless and property was ,
damaged TO the amount of 100000.
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 in zigzag course, thence
to Fourth and Main. Second and
Santa Fe. and everything south of and |
including First street. On the south
side the flooded area extends from
West Fourth street bridge through the
Rio Grande yards to Union avenue.
Practically everything west of Union
avenue from the river to c street and
all west of Victoria avenue. Stanton &
Snyder's addition, is under water.
The loss of life and damage to prop
erty are appalling. For miles up and
down the banks of the Arkansas the
water was from to Is feet deep. Trees
were uprooted and street cars carried
over 100 feet from their tracks Only
few unfortunates were able to save
any of their household effects. Most
of the dwellings were only one
story, and were either entirely sub
merged or carried off their foundation
by the current. The carcasses of
horses, cows. dogs and sheep fioated
around in the whirling water. The
flood brought with it mud and sand
filing cellars of the business houses
aud first floors of the stores with from
IS inches to feet of Shiny mud.
l.. q 4.
bia river was still rising on Friday.
The fertile bottom lands along the
river from the Rocky mountains To the
sea 600 miles, are all inundated. The
residents fled with their household
goods to higher ground. City base
ments here are fio oded as far back as
Ninth street
BOULDER. Col. June 4.-The flood in
Boulder creek has caused great de-
struction to property in this city and
surrounding locality. In this city five !
houses were swept down stream. The
occupants were rescued by relief
corps. All the city and railroad
bridges have been washed away
The towns of Crisman and Sa- |
lima, small mining camps in Boul-
der canyon. about miles from
here, have been totally destroyed and
over 800 people rendered homeless. A
number of the placer mir es are ruined
The Sunset branch of the Gulf rail
road has been completely washed
out. All the crops in the
st. Nrain valley have been
destroyed by the food. The total loss
in this city and in the adjacent terri !
tory is estimated at 100000. On ac-
count of the storm and floods, tele
phone and telegraph wires were rem
dered useless and outside communica-
tion has been cut off.
DENVER, Col. June 4. -Platte river
continued to rise until 8 a. m, and |
raging torrent continued pouring
through this city. Colfax and Jerome |
Park we're flooded at IL o'clock Thurs |
day night and the people living on the |
low ground had to fee for their
lives. The railway embanlment |
was washed away Iva places and |
bridges were badly damaged The |
loss will not be very great, but |
the Inconvenience will be extreme In |
Jerome Park and vicinity 175 families |
were driven out of their houses and |
are camped on higher ground.
MANITOU, Col, June 4.-Business is |
practically suspended and hundreds of |
men are working TO save their proper
ty. The stream from Williams canyon |
is rushing over Mineral Water park. |
leaving gravel in place of grass Tons |
of earth have been torn from the pa
vilion grounds. Dynamite has been |
used frequently to demolish gorges. |
IDAHO SPRINGS, Col. June 4.-The |
damage by the food in this county is
estimated at 100000. The storm was
the longest and most disastrous in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. On
the mountain tops, instead of rain, IS
inches of snow fell. Almost all the |
bridges over Fair creek and its branch
es are gone. Some houses werewashed |
away and mines flooded
ST. JosEt'H, Mo. June 5.-As a direct |
result of the high water in the Mis-
souri, river. which will not begin to re-
eede for some time. the once
prosperous village of Winthrop. |
80 miles south of ST. Joseph on
the Rock Island, Hannibal & st. f!
Joe, Missouri Pacific and Kan |
sas, Joseph & Council Bluffs |
railways, will soon be wiped off the |
face Of the earth. The Missouri river |
when it first began its spring rise this |
year began cutting the bank at the |
edge of the town aud adjacent to it. |
and now half of the place has |
melted into the river, together |
with half dozen farms of 100 acres |
each. The channel of the river |
was half mile west of Winthrop last |
year. but to-day that channel is a |
sand bar, and the new channel occu-
pies what was once the main street of |
the village. The water is now within |
a few rods of the tracks of the four /
railroads, which parallel each other at |
that point. and is rapidly eating its
way into the railroad right of way, and /
all four companies are preparing to
abandon their roadbeds and enter
Atchison from point farther north.
The ranchiug districts of northern
Colorado are all damaged by reason of
thedestruction of irrigating bitches and
reservoirs. The rains melted the SHOWS
on the mountains and snowslides are
reported from many districts, for
ttuatpIy ithOtIt loss of life