The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-08-06
FLOODS ~ riiM sr.
Cloudbursts Bling Death ana De
structiOn AIter IL Drouahi Many
ENciting and Narrow t,s,,I,nps

,
Exciting and Narrow Escapes
a special from Socorro, New MeXtc,
says that the flood of Wednesday va
the greatest in the history oi Me-
Mexico. Sixteen persons are know
to have lost their lives in the raytu
waters. The storm began with
| ooWnpour OF rain at , O'clock, D. IN
and after two hours OF terrific ruiufat
n cloudburst Struck the muuntaiL
| ABOUT i've miles above town, and /
| less than u half an hour after uars
| gigantic waves, bringing bricks, mu
and debris, took their deVastiug yCuis
through the streets.
The bridges and at least a mile q
The grade of the Magdalcma branc.
OF the Santa Fo abroad were washu,
away and some damage resulted To tn
main line south Of the city. OF sevcra
houses which stood near the channe
of the ArroyaS not Il vestige is left
Many adobe houses in different por
tions Of the city have fallen and othcr
are giving away. Water unternd TIL,
Catholi. church and the Convent @
the Sacred Heart is expected to fail.
1t is impossible to save the adob,
houses when once the water has soaked
through their foundations. None O.
the business portion OF the city il
injured, but not a dwelling hodso oscap
ed some damage.
The excitement attendant upon the
flood is over. The list OF oead is eight,
six OF whom are the Duran family and
the other two -childrcn-w rescued
from the flood aud died yesterday.
Fifty buildings in the city have been
washed away and contents destroyed.
About one hundred buildings are more
or less damaged, and a large portion
OF the contents damaged or destroyed.
10 these losses must be added the
total destruction of gardens and vine
yards, ard these losses fall upon the
poorer classes Of people. The Mag
dalena branch of the Santa Fc RAILROAD
was washed away for about five
miles, and their loss will run into the
thousands. The water washed away
the main track just below the depot
yards aud covered the track in the
yards about four inches deep. The
lower part OF MaEZapares avenue is a
total wreck, bridges and side walks
being washed away. The water COW
cred the whole valley from the vicinity
of Windsor hotel to the depot for
several mile, above and below the city.
The arroya that did the dnmago
comes into the city at the southwest
corner from the moutains on the road
to Magdalena. Just us it strikes the
city it divides into two channels, one
going down Spring street, to the river
bottom and then Westward emptying
into the north of the city and swinging
around passes to the east Of the city.
mingling its waters with the one
coming down Spring street. The Hood
came in two big waves, one filing the
ha nj nh a
other pouring out over every street in
the city. Had the storm come atnight
would have persisted.
On "Wednesday night Juy 3lsL. a
terribl, cl1nu. Darst oc'ur.d ncli
Casper, WH"iling. at the head o
Garden creek On Ci-par moGntain.
The creek Is about seven mile, ,ons
from moNth to eurcH, and is lin.d with
y N'ar the head of the ci',, Il
is IL summcr resort fr,Ql"nicd ny iu,n
picnic parties nnd l. credited win.
being on" Of tho most h'aullidt spot
III C~ntra. wy. Tdr first thing
the Hood rra,h h." was t'c nj, u-urr
resort al the head OF G. .r,!rn creek
AT this point ai: tho bindings we're
aud swept away Hr'i tGn uI''4i-
nal site Of the LGtul at | j., point j.
buried beneath debris twenty or more
feet deep.
From here tho water followed fin,
course of the creek and L.ugli.hcJ
everything i'm its path. .Jn,riuo from
water marks q vj'u H.. Of water fort,
feet high and thirty rods wide mn
have passed a narrow dclilc uhunt ty,o
miles from the mountain propcr
Without warning this mrcat H rel
of water in its rush down the side ui
the mountain found MANY cnmpnr,
up and down tho creep. either slecpinu
or Just about ready to retire for the
night
5. Ncwby and his family had retired
for the night, when all at once they
were surrounded with water and IA
race for life commenced. Ncwbv saws
that he heard his wife scream for hcip.
He grabbed for her but missed, and in
the next sAcond he was being carried
was tho last ba .aw nf %is ,.;f, anJ
habv '''''
Nowbv urohbed t,o limbs of , u,o,-
inr troa md oftn,. u,,otinw .un,,t fnrt,,
rnis was thrnwn ON ,.,,l, NJ
Neyb,, w.s fnnnL tho no~t ,,,orni,,,,
hnnooib :, ala NJ d,i,,.;, tNvoniU rnr,
hioh Tha hov In. not noon fnn,d
Naa, tha Nowbv co,nn ,vas n",nnn1
S,mnni Uo,risnr lnt,jv nT AIIiapnn
Nnh uam.ison;. rwo nh.Ii,nn v,nrn
canrht in tho nn~d ,nd ,,,,.iad ,,,nv h,,
the mad wotnrs me hn5i"s "f ,bSa bS
.children wcIn rccnvnrHd
S,mc idno of the forc" of tI,o torror,
can be formed from the lnct that in