The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-27
COLORADO CLOUDDTRST
II Carried Everything Before It
in the Narrow Canyons,
TWENTY-FIVE KNOWN ToBE DEAD.

A House with Eighteen Occupunts Swept
Away, and Only Ono of the Inmates Res
cued-A Remarkable Fau Of water on "a
Second visitation.
DENVER, July 27.-The ~cloudbursts in
the foothills west of Denver Friday night,
resulting in floods In which t%wenty-ninc
people are known to have persisted, was
followed Saturday afternoon by another
terrible storm, the like of which has sell
dom been seen in this vicinity. According
TO Weather Observer Braudenburg, sev-
enty hundredths of an inch of rain fell in
ten minutes, beating all local records.
The downpour continued with some
diminished severity for half an hour, and
it Fainod at intervals oil the afternoon.
AT Morrison, seventeen miles&om Den
yer, t~wenty-two persons were. Mowned In
the food Friday night, and people were
terror stricken when they saw the storm
approaching Hail began to foil soon
after z O'clock, and at 4 0clocEE a black
cloud Of unusual density bogHn'%J gather
in the vicinity of Mt, Vernon, a few miles
from Morrison. There the cloud burst,
and in an instant u wall of water came
down the gulch fully six feet higher than
was eve seen before. Everything In its
path was washed awny. The raging tor
rem carried along with it houses burns,
trees and debris Of all kinds.
Every house in Morrison is flooded,
water having spread all over the place Be
low the town there have been searching
parties along the creek seeking for the IN
recovered bodies Of the dead in the pre-
vious disaster, and there are fears that
numbers OF these parties hove been caught
in this last tidal wave. Morrison Is indeed
u stricken city and fear is expressed that
the end Is not yet Families are afraid to
occupy their homes, not knowing at what
time they may be overwhelmed in q flood.
The list Of known dead is US follows;
Mrs. Moses Miller and three children
Mrs. s. A. Proctor Robert james Proc
tor, aged 8 years; Grace Proctor, z years
Edith Proctor, 2 years; Mrs. 7. f. Casey,
james Casey, 10 years; Edith Casey, s
yearsi Mamie Casey, 7 years; Anna Casey,
5 years, Clara Casey, 3 years; Mrs. An
thony HERES Eugene HERES, Z years
Mabel Horres, , years Josephine Herres,8
years; Carroll HERES, 4 years; Thomas
McGough, 81 years, Of Dayton, o.; ANN
Hansen, 20 yeors old, servant Of the Proc
tors; child OF J. c, Longneoker, Miss 10
sephine Holm, Mrs Horace NJ. Warren,
Miss Della Horner.
Fatally injured Miss Mary Horner;
child Of j.. c.. ~Longnecker; A. A. Johnson,
Of Golden Mrs, A. A. johnson, Mrs. T. d.
Edwards,
Mrs AS. Proctor and herfour children,
Mrs. 7, r. Casey and five children, Mrs.
Anthony HERES and four children, Annie
Hansen, servant, and Thomas McGough,
IA cousin of Mrs. Casey, eighteen in all,
were living in large cottage on the banks
of Bear creek. a great bank Of water
struck the house before the occupants renl-
lied their danger and carried it bodily
away. All the inmates persisted except
Irene Proctor, aged IS, whose long hair
caught in d%riftwood, holding her until aid
came
j. G, Longnecker's house was washed
away and dashed TO pieces againsta rock.
Mr.. and Mrs LOngnecker and three OF
their children were thrown high and dry
on a hillside. One child was drowned.
One Of those saved was badly injured, but
will recover.
The walls OF Bear Creek canyon at places
rise almost perpendicularly 500 feet, and
nearly every summer it is the scene of a
flood, but in spite Of the danger il has
been a favorite resort Of Denver people.
The damage TO the Denver and Rio
Grande, the santa Pc and the main line of
the Gulf railroad will be quickly repaired,
but there are extensive washouts on the
Cuffs branch in Clear Greek canyon and
on the Florence and Cripple Creek road.