The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-01
IN A BIG LANDSLIDE
FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED AND TEN
MILES OF TRACK GONE.
Result Of n Cloudburst on Cripple
Creek, North Of Adclaide-Damnge
I'm Arkansas.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, July 81. "A
freight train on the Florence & Cripple
Creek railroad was caught in a landslide
and derailed near Adelaide last night. A
succession of cloudbursts occurred at the
head of Eight-mile creek, about twelve
fifteen miles north of Adelaide. Engin-
eer Ben Cove and fireman Maurice Lyons
saw the water coming down the creek.
Lyons managed to escape by climbing mp
the side of the mountain. Cove is supposed
to have been drowned Brakeman Dolan
is known to have been drowned. The flood
struck Adelaide, doing great damage. The
hotel is said to have been swept away and
Mrs. Carr, Lee Tracy and man named
Watson were drowned. Six persons in all
laide and two others are reported missing.
The railroad for ten miles has been washed
away. No definite information obtainable
up to late hour this afternoon, 1t will be
at least week before the railway can be
repaired, and the damage is estimated at
100000. More destruction is reported at
The Hood was caused by a cloudburst
and a wall Of water twenty feet high
Ves we're and or Of thee
railroad company are missing. The dead:
MRS. CARR, aged forty.
MR.. TRACY, aged thirty.
A COOK, name unknown.
The missing are: r. NJ Cove. engineer.
aged thirty-five. has a wife and child at
Florence; Dick Dolan, brakeman, aged thir-
ty, has mother at Florence; Frank Cald-
well. brakeman, aged twenty-four; w. G.
Hitchcoke. night operator at Florence.
The hotel. which was owned by Mrs.
Carr and Mr.. Tracy. was completely de-
molished by the waters. There were two
landslides, one at Adelaide, the other at
South Four Mile. The latter landslide
covered the railroad track for about one
hundred feet. About $50 men are at work
and have nearly cleared up the first land
slide and will i'm couple OF days have
the line open. The depot and section house
at Adelaide were filled with about four
feet of water. The wires were torn down
near Adelaide. thus preventing news OF the
The landslide struck freight train which
was thrown across the track.
New scheme of the weather Prophet.
WASHINGTON, July a.-Active measures
are being taken by the Weather Bureau TO
provide special protection to agricultural,
commercial and other property interests
liable to be injurlously affected by unusual
ly severe weather conditions. Chief Moore,
of the bureaus. has directed all weather sta
ton chiefs to prepare lists of street rail-
way superintendent, general managers OF
railroads, superintendent of railroad tele-
graph lines and like officials of large prop
erty interests, to whom warnings OF ex-
pected occurrence OF unusual weather con-
dtions will be sent Reports will also be
made to the bureau as to the location and
character of interests most liable to injury
by particular kinds of weather during diff
ferent seasons, in order TO give informa ton
for official forecasts of greatest protection
to such interests. Officials assigned to pre-
pare forecasts for States and Territories
have been directed to familiarize themselves
with the river systems in their territory,
so as to be able to make an accurate fore
the stages Of water at different river sta
tons in the event of threatened floods.