Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-08-01
WAS A SECOND DELUGE
ooTuIJIS WEST OF DENVER
SWEPT BY CLOUDBURST.
creat Damage in Denver, and the
Terror in the Canyons Is
IndescribabIc.

Denver. July 25.-The cloudburst in the
foothills west of Denver last night, re-
smiling in floods in which Is persons are
known TO have been killed, was followed
this afternoon by another terrible storm,
which has seldom been equalled in this
vicinity.
About 80 p. m. dark clouds gathered IN
the northwest and rapidly rolled toward
the city. A little before 2 o'clock rain
and hail began to fail furiously. The
downpour continued with somewhat dim
mished severity for half an hour, and it
rained at intervals all the afternoon. lie
storm was accompanied by frequent Sc
we're flashes of lightning, but so far as
vet known, there was no loss of life in
this city, and the damage was confined
principally to the breaking Of window
lights and the destruction of growing
crops
The storm played havoc with flowers
and shrubbery at the city park and the
various green houses throughout lHe city
suffered severely.
At Morrison, Il miles from Denver, in
the foothills, where 20 persons were
drowned in the flood last night, people
were stricken with terror when they saw
the second storm approaching this after
noon
Hail began to fall soon after ! o'clock.
The storm continued with steadily in
creasng force until nearly p. m, when
block cloud of unusual density began
to gather in the vicinity of Mount Yer
non, few miles from Morrison. There
the cloud burst, and in instant a wall
Of water came down the gulch fully six
feet higher than was ever seen before.
Everything in its path was washed away.
The raging torrent carried along with
1t houses, barns, trees and debris OF all
kinds. The flood in this gulch last even
ing was but light compared to this. 1t
is hoped but is by no means certain,
That the residents and campers in the
Sulch realizing their danger, had all eS-
capped 10 places of safety before the flood
came. Every house in 4IorriSon is food
ed, water having spread out all over the
place. Rain is still falling furiOusly, and
the elements are making such an uproar
mat 1t is impossible TO move around to
judge just what damage has been done.
Below the town there have been searc"-
ing parties along the creek seeking for
the unrecOVered bodies of the uead IN
last nights disaster and there are fears
that the members of these parties have
been caught in this last tidal wave
List of Dead.
AS far as aScertaned the following is a
iull list of persons whose lives were lost
IN the great floods that swept down upon
the towns of Morrison and Golden, in the
foothills near Denver, last night:
Dead-W. Morrison, Mrs. Moses Miller
and three children, and child of j. {.
Longnecker, of Morrison.
Mrs. A. S. Proctor; Robert James Proc
tor, years; Grace Proctor, Z; Edith Proc
tor; Mrs. T. f. Casey; James Casey IL
years; Edith Casey, 8; Matte Casey, Z;
Anna Casey, 5; Clara Casey, 3; Mrs. An
thony Heress; Eugene Heress, Z; Mabel
Heress, 2; Josephine Heress, 6; Carroll
Heress, A; Thomas McGough, q years ed,
Dayton Ohio, cousin of Mrs. Casey; An
ME Hansen, 20 years old, servant CT
Proctors'.
Fatally injured-Child of j. c. Long
necker
Dead at Goden-C. A. Johnson, Mrs. A.
a. Johnson, Mrs. j. T.. Edwards.
All the Denver people who peris led
We're campers in Bear Creek canyon.
mere were many more campers in mat
vicinity. Some reports say when Rear
Creey canyon is fully explored it viii
PROBABLY be found that no less than %
people persisted in the food. Great any
ieIy is felt by many families in this CITY,
me members of which were camping in
me mountains. The Proctors drowned
were the wife and children Of A. S. Proc
LOT, president of the Denver Tent ana
A"hlng Company. Mrs. Casey and Mrs.
neress were widows. All the members of
tnese three families were drowned it is
believed, except 1O-year-old Irene Proctor,
Who was caught in a mass of driftwood
ana rescued with difficulty by Earl NC
Illl and J. B. Lowe The torrents which