The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-04
FLOODS IN THE WEST.

IeCloudbursts in Nebraska and Colorado
Prairie Under Water-Many WashOuts
1 Along Western Railway Lines.
Blue Hill, Neb., June "A cloudburst,
| accompanied by heavy wind, visited
I this section last evening. So great was
the fall of water that the streets ran
like rivers, and several feet of railroad
track was washed away. 1t is feared
that railroad bridges have been washed
away. Section men are patrolling the
| tracks
| MeCoolz. Neb., June Sword was re-
ceived here late last night that the train
sent out from here yesterday afternoon
to crib up washouts east of McCook had
| gone into a washout between Edison
and Oxford and numberlof men killed
and injured. A wrecking train and
crew started for the scene of the acct
dent. The latest reports state that
three men were killed-the engineer,
| fireman and brakeman. One Of the
crew was probably fatally injured. The
track of the road had been so under
mined by heavy rains that the engine
of the repair train plunged into gully
without warming.
The dead men are: Fireman Jeffries,
Engineer Rowell and Brakeman Long.
Denver, June 3.--Colorado was visited
by a drenching rain yesterday, and con-
siderable damage was DONE Bear Creek
is out Of the banks. A cloudburst at
Fort Collins washed out some of the big
irrigating canals and did great damage
Ito crops. Clerk Creek, in the noun
3tains, si out of Its banks. Placer min
ing has ceased. The dam above Forks
Creeks has broken, and the great fun
ing system is in danger. Several wash
outs and rock slides are reported in
Clear Creek Canon.
Western Kansas is under water, and
opinions differ las to the real damage or
value of such a visitation at this time,
although the best authorities think that
the result will be beneficial. Rock ISL
land trains for the east from Denver
were abandoned last night. Washouts
are reported at all points west and far
into Colorado, making travel highly
hazardous at night time.
From Goodland, Kan, comes a state
ment that the entire country is under
water and traffic of all kinds is stopped
by the storm. Akron, Col, reports the
prairie with two feet of water on the
surface as far as the eye can see. This |
is the rain belt where the farmers have
not raised crops for three years owing |
to the drought.
A hail storm followed the rain in Col
orado, sweeping off the first cut of al !
falfa and destroying the berry crop, |
which had just ripened and was ready |
for market Peach growers have their /
first cold spell to contend with this /
year, and as two feet of snow Is report
ed from Grand Rapids, the loss will be
severe.
Denison Tex, June "a terrific rain
storm prevailed in this section and the
Indian territory on Friday. 1t was the
rainfall in years. Large
streams have overlooked their banks.
Many washout are reported on the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas railroad and I
all trains are more or less delayed.
Galveston, Tex, June 3.-News has
been received of a severe hail storm at
Paint Rock, Church county. The stones
were unusually large, Many sheep were
1illed and injured. Crops were utterly
destroyed, and large limbs We're torn
from trees. There was not a window
oane left in the neighborhood The
storm was of short duration and COW
cred only a small area.