The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01
CL0UDBURSTS IN THE WEST.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST AND HEAVY
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

The Mining Town Of Adelaide struck
by the Rushing Torrent and over
Fifty Houses DeVastated-Three
Persons Killed and Three Likely
10 Die-An Engineer and n Drake
man Drowned Beside Their Train.
Denver. Col. July 3l-Adelaide. flour
ishing mining town on the line OF the
Florence and Cripple creek railroad,
about 75 miles from Cripple Greek, was
yesterday struck by a series Of cloud
bursts that flooded the entire district and
devastated over nifty houses. A terrible
rainstorm accompanied by unusual eiec
trical disturbaces. began frightening the
residents about o'clock in the after
noon. followed several hours later by
downpour Of water unprecedented in this
district. So far as known three persons
have been drowned and swept away by
the rush of water, and many narrowly
escaped drowning to be rendered home
less. Those known to be drowned are:
r. NJ Cove, Dick Dolan uad Frank Col
we'll
The injured and likely to die are: Mrs.
Carr prOprietress of a hotel; Lee Tracy,
a waiter, and John Watson, a cook.
The first rush of water occurred about
Z o'clock and came down Eight
Mile creek in the shape of an immense
wave This resulted from a cloudburst
at the head of the creek four miles
north of the town. The Adelaide hotel
was carried away before the vast volume
of water, guests scrambling amid their
effects IN mad rush to save themselves.
Among the high waters were timbers
from cabins along the creek, which tended
to make the work of rescuse more
dangerous A prominent citizen
named Hall saved himself by cling
to his floating hen coop. Two
unknown men are reported missing, and it
is impossible to learn of any further loss
of life throughout the valley
The cloudburst was followed by a Sec
ond one, and again another, which razed
many buildings to the ground, including
stores and residences. The damage to
the town will exceed $lO0, 900, and in the
path of the storm it viii be days before
an estimate of the damage can be made.
Railroad and telegraph communication
have been cut off from the town and the
tracks are washed away for a distance of
four miles on either side of the town
Albuquerque. n NJ, July 31.-A special
! received tonight from Sorocco says: Late
YES ltLtAtg lAUO4l iC1Ny ram lIOlil Llle
east met cloud from the west near Snake
| ranch, eight miles from SorOcco. The
| wave was twenty feet high, and came
| down in the Arroyo and Sabmergen rivers
/ in Chihuahua and Cuba, two small SUBJ
/ urbs, washing down houses and rushing
through others. The Arroyo also broke at
! Spring street and in the north part of the
town aided the torrents. Women and chill
| dren We're struggling in the water. Sew
| eral bodies have been recovered. one man
/ and six children were rescued and several
more are missing.
There was many narrow escapes. Mrs.
| A. Mayer and her mother were washed
away, but rescued.
Forty houses wer destroyed and 9TH
ers are badly damaged. The water is
three feet deep and all the principal
! streets are strewn with furniture and
i large powders.
Little damage was done to the stores,
except to their cellars and foundations.
Crops and gardens were washed away
to the river, and from Polvadera TO Lemi-
ter the lowlands are flooded four feet
deep.
about a mile of track is damaged on
the main line Of the Santa Fe railroad
and eight miles on the Magdalena branch,
with the road-bed and several bridges
washed away
THE water main of the Socorro Water
Company was badly damaged and no
drinking water is to be had. Hundreds
of people are in distress. Relief meas
ures have been started. The damage to
the town is estimated at 800 OOO"
Denver, Col, July S1.-A telegram to
the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad
office here to-day from Cripple Creek re-
ports a serious landslide and washout
along the line of the road between Russell
and Adelaide yesterday afternoon
freight train from Cripple Greek was
caught near Adelaide by the landslide
and derailed. In half an hour a success
sion of cloudbursts occurred near the
| head of Eight Mile Creek, about 155 miles
away, and swept the track for six miles
catching the train. Engineer Reuben
Gore and Brakeman James Dolan were
drowned in the terrible rush of water
along he trac. The damage is reported
at 100000.
Reports to the Santa Fe and Rio Grande
from Canon City tell of serious washouts
near that place.
A STATION AGENT SIAEN