The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-02
coIoRADo,s GKEAr FLOOD.
Waters are Receding. Leaving Death ana
pesoiation In the Wake.

DespfatlOn IN tno NNNe.
PUEBLO. COL. June 1.-The hoo1 has
partly subsided, the water having lai,Sn la,i
fifteen feet A few streets are pasiaoie
for teams. The lower ground is still un-
der water. and IL will be over a week
before the water can be punipeu .c vu.,
The Fountain has fallen two teet since
Z o'clock this morning. but as the dp-
proaches TO the bridges are washed away
1t is impossible to reach the east side.
AT 1880 the coroner went TO point
three miles below, whore there Gre three
bodies. The list of missing so tar num-
bers thirty-two, seventeen Of whom nave
been accounted for. There are three
bodies in the morgue and the coroner $
jury has been notified OF four more.
The body of the Chinaman, Hop kee,
cellar of his laundry. Mary Johnson and
one child (colored) are reported drowned
In the hole back OF the Castle" corner
Front street and Santa he avenue. A
man and n boy were caught by the flood
near the Board OF Trade building and
on horseback who were passing at the
time succeeded in saving the lie OF the
boy by throwing a lasso around him. but
the man went down In fifteen feet OF
water.
The boy Is deaf and dumb. and, there
fore. the names Of himself and his COM
panion could not be learned. Jose Ganos,
an Italian, is reported lost Mrs. VIII
lams the first woman reported missing,
has not vet been found. man was seen
clinging 10 the roof of a house which was
fcwfng down the Fountain river last
night. The house struck the bank and
the man was thrown Off The body has
not yet been recovered. j. Nandere and
w. Burch, already reported missing, have
not YET been found. Judge Burns reports
his son Henry missing since 7 o'clock
Wednesday night. 1t is believed that no
bodies can be recovered until the sink
holes have hqan pIImneI and that
the current OF the river carried the
bodies far down the stream. The ciu-
Zens' committee are gathering up clothes
TO help those In distress. There are near
ly 20000 people in this city who have not
slept more than three hours In the last
seventy-two.
DENVER, COL, June 1.-The Platte
river went out OF its banks at IL o'clock
last night, and continued 10 rise until
after daylight. Shanty Town suffered
the worst, over 800 poor people beine
made homeless. 1t Is In this particular
the most distressing food in the history
of the city. From midnight until morn
ing the men, women, and children wadeC
through the slowly rising tide leaving
their humble homes behind to the ravages
OF the angry. bad smelling waters, while
they sought place or refuge. SONS
sought 10 save their scanty belongings
by pilns them upon knobs or upon the
tops OF their little box-houses, but the
gradually swelling river engufed the
stores and carried them down stream
Men with horses went 10 the rescue,
and the horses foundered up 10 their
brides trying to reach the shlyering poor
About fifty people were caught in the
schOoi-house. where they had TO remain
until this afternoon before they could
be rescued This morning people more
fortunate sent food 10 the families tenn
porarily housed In vacant machine shops.
empty stores. upon higher ground, ana
Ia hA u n
missioners aided In the relief work. The
people were engaged during the day In
getting what salvage they could upon
the principle that finding is keeping. But
one life is reported lost boy named
Eddie Wickman, who was watching from
Il levee. when he slipped into the Hood
The river Is now stationary, and as thf
rain has ceased, the trouble Is probably
over
This morning the railroads set to work
i'm earnest to repair their extensive
damages from the fifty hour rain ran
that was general over the entire state.
The Denver and Rio Grande track be
tween Colorado Springs and Pueblo tol-
lows the Fountain. and this stream chang
ed its channel in two places 10 the
great damage of the railroad. In places
only the rails were left swinging across
great gaps and near Eden the double
track has entirely disappeared for long
stretch Trains will not run over the
EHnf1 IE ilHP DtlNtfU uiDiD anu 1oi'ih-
10 Springs for several days Between
Manitou and the Springs both roads sur
ferad considerably. Between Pueblo ana
Canon City the Arkansas river was. high
or than ever known since the railroads
were built and the trouble Is very serious.
IL will require another day AT least 90 get
the tracks here In passable condition.
The Florence and Cripple Creek road was
badly washed out over It's entire distance,
and late to-day a telegram from Governor
Waite announced that ne WAS Det"efh
the two WaShOuts. ,,...
The railroad branches west OF Denver
10 the numerous towns are completely
al sea. The wires are all down, ana m
formation is difficult 10 OBTAIN. Inc sll-
YER Plume excursiOnists OF Memorial hay
are stll stranded at Idaho Springs ano
will have 10 remain there several days
Fort Collins has had no mail or rallway
communication with the outside worie
since Wednesday, About mile OF track
is washed out near there.
The Sunset" branch Of the Union IA
cihc operating from Boulder TO the
mines up the canon some fourteen miles,
is said 10 be entirely gone. The com
pany has not even the right Of way left
as the narrow ledge Of land on which the
tracks were built have been heWn away
by the relentless food
At Boulder all the bridges for miles
around were carried of by the flood that
swept out OF the canon above. The
loss 10 property will exceed half mil
lion dollars. The little log-built towns
Of Sunset, Copper Rock. Crisman, Sugar
Loaf and Salina are uninhabltated, ana
the buildings generally buried in the
debris.
PORTLAND. June i.--Governor Pen
mover who has been stumping Eastern
Oregon for the Populist party; arflyco
here last evening. being the only perschi
arriving from that section FOR seyerai ~
DAYS He walked some distance doNn I .lc
Union Pacific line. and made. a periions
trip OF forty miles in skin down s thS
raging Columbia. lie says tne IOdn-oga s,l ~
of the Union Pacific for forty miles -
practicaily destroyed, and the state
portage ianding at Cascades Is totally
destroyed.
4, -k. Now +. r'ng f"rrenis.
COLORADO SPRINGS. COL, June l.
c,h,cago creek and Clear creek are rag
,ng torrents. Telegraph poles are going
down. Thousands OF dollars, worth OF
nronerty has been destroyed. Many mines
have been flooded and many tunnels
caved in. Freight. and passenger trains