The diamond drill., 1895-08-03
FLOODS ARE FATAL.
They Sweep Through Colorado,
Wyoming and New Me exico.
A Total OF Fourteen Lives Are Lost-The
Rushing Waters Destroy Property
the vaiae of which IL
Enormous.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, Aug. la
special TO the Citizen from Socorro
says: Late Tuesday afternoon heavy
rain cloud from the east met a cloud
from the west near Snake ranch. 8
miles from Socorro. A wave 20 feet
high came down and submerged Chi
huahua and Cuba. two small suburbs,
washing down houses and rushing
through others. The cloud also broke
at Spring street and rain In the north
part OF town came In torrents Women
and children were soon struggling in
the water.
Seven drowned bodies, one man and
six children, have been recovered,
with several more persons missing.
Many had narrow escapes. Mrs.
A. Mayer and mother were washed
away in the waves but rescued.
The family of o. ii. Milton and
many others were saved with diff
Guilty. Forty houses are down, with a
hundred more that viii fall, and Others
are badly damaged. The water is 3
feet deep, and all the princi-
pal streets are strewn with furni-
ture and large bouidors. Little
damage was done 10 stores, except TO
cellars and foundations. Crops and
gardens are washed away TO the river,
and from Polvadera to Lemitar the
low-lands are flooded 4 feet deep. About
mile OF track Is damaged on the main
line of the Santa Fe road, and 8
miles on the Magdalena branch,
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washed away. The water main of the
Soccoro Water company is badly dam
aged, and no drinking water is TO be
had. hundreds of people are in dis
| tress.
All stock in the valley is believed to
have been lost. Crops have been total
ly destroyed. In this vicinity alone
the damage to property is estimated at
81, 900, 900. Towns south OF here are re-
ported to be flooded and the destruc-
tion of property Is said to be complete.
CASPER, Wyo., Aug. LA cloudburst
near here played havoc with the camp
ers In the valley OF Garden creek. The
cloud seemed TO have burst close to the
side of the mountain, as the north side
of Garden creek canyon is washed clean
of soil and trees. The first
thing the food reached was the
pleasure resort at the head of Garden
creek. At this point all the buildings
were crushed and swept away and the
original site of the hotel at this point
is buried beneath debris 20 or more
feet deep. From here the water fol-
lowed the course OF the creek and de-
molished everything ia its path. This
flood of water in its rush down the side
of the mountain found many campers
up and down the creek. either sleeping
or just about ready To retire for the
night. s. Newby and his family had
retired for the night, when suddenly
they were surrounded by water, and a
race for life commenced. Newby says
that he heard his wife scream for
help. He tried to catch hold of her,
but missed. and in the next second was
being carried on by a great rush of
water. That was the last he saw OF
his wife and Daby. Newly grabbed
the limbs OF floating tree and after
drifting about 40 rods was thrown
on a bank. The body of Mrs
Newbv was found Wednesday, morn
ing beneath n pile of debris 20 feet
high. The boy has not been found
Near the Newby camp Samuel Harri-
SON, lately OF Alliance, Neb.. was camp
ing. Harrison's two children were
caught in the great food and carried
away. The bodies of the children were
recovered Wednesday morning. One
of the children was a boy IL years old
and the other girl of 10.
DENVER, Col. Avg. IA telegram TO
the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad
Office here from Cripple Creek re-
ports n serious landslide and wash
out along the line of the
road between Russell and Adelaide
Tuesday afternoon. A freight train
from Cripple Creek was caught near
Adelaide by the landslide about 8
o'clock in the afternoon and derailed.
In half an hour succession OF
cloudbursts occurred near the
head of Eight Mile creek. about Is
miles away, and swept the track for
miles, catching the train. Engineer
Reuben Gore and brakeman James
Dolan were drowned in the terrible
rush of water along the track. The
damage is reported at 100000. Re-
ports To the Santa Fc & Rio Grande
from Canyon City tell Of serious wash
outs near that place.
Mrs. Carr, aged 40. and Mr. Tracey,
aged 30, are dead. The hotel, which
was owned by Mrs. Carr aud Mrs
Tracey, was completely demolished,
but the walters escaped. There were
two land slides, one at Adelaide. the
other at South Four Mile. The latter
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