The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
HIGHEST POINT REACHED.
TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE
Second Cloudburst, Worse Than the First,
Pours Down Clear Creek Canon

| Denver, July 25.-The cioudbursts in
the foothills west OF Denver last night
resulting in floods in which twenty
/ nine people are known to have persisted
was followed this afternoon by another
terrible storm, the like of which has
seldom been seen in this vicinity.
About 100 p. m. dark clouds gather
/ ed in the northwest and rapidly rolled
| toward the city. a little before 2
o'clock rain and hail began 20 faGl fu-
riously. According TO Weather Obser-
Yer Brandenburg, seventy-hundreths OF
an inch Of water fell in ten minutes,
beating oil local records. The down
pour continued with somewhat timin-
ished severity for half an hour and Il
rained at intervals all the afternoon,
The storm was accompanied by fire.
quent severe flashes OF lightning. but
so far as yet known there was no loss
OF life in this city. and the damage was
confined principally 20 the breaking
OF window lights and 20 the growing
crops. The F.e sea Etcs
the flower anu shruaDsry A. "a city
pc Is. and various green houses thro'-
out the city suffered sev--iy
AT Morrison. seYel4t- p .f-s1s from
Denver IA the foot hills, Wnsre twenty
two persons were drowned in the food
last night. people were terror-stricken
when they saw the second storm ap-
preaching this afternoon. Hail began
90 faI soon after o'clock The storn
continued with steadily increasing force
until nearly 4 O'Clock. when q black
cloud OF unusual density began 20 gaia
- in toe vicinity OK Mount Vernon.
few miles from Morrison. Tsere the
cloud brust and IN en- instant "a wal OF
feet higher than was -rer seen 1-efore.
Everything IN its parA was washed
away. The raging torrent carried along
with g flouses. barns. trees and ds.orSs
Of ali kinds. The food in The zu1ch
last evening wac but light compared 10
this. II - n0sSed. bisC y Is 'Dy no meats
certain. that the residents and campers
in the gullsl. rszalszing their "a uRer, fsass
all escaped % places Of safety before
the food come. Every house in Morn /
son T. flooded. z-afer haElGZ spread atz- :
al over the place. Ran j. sssiil falling
fnrioussy an5 the elements ar- rnasssoe,
such an UqrOar that 81 - izappssissae 10 |
Judge what 6araaSc has been done. Pc /
low the town iaere have been s41rch- 1
ing paryies along ire creex sasscfnz %
IN. unrecover-d bodies of the dad
from iasy1 nights disaster and there a..
Tears A4etlA L4@AAAF-tN " 49, Ff5s14 Il
hare b-ea oaHsat 81 this last tteaf 4
wave
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fear - expT~sss1 MAJ the End = nss yet.
Families are afrale % occupy thar ssoa-
So. not knowing al what tine ss.s-y
may b oyerEsaeinsed IA a food. Han i
PLY. to Ts3-nors q ZrszteT Less q re
than tbat already rssSsTies ia TIE ES~sz !
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Noun Esruon. have hus basu cauarrss-s
5-ae dead nEEr Der s1ty-asna. there b.
INK 10 csanEzs "a To- nscs feIexras5se,s
TO-DAY NUMEROUS parties f-ezu lsrlrsr
caFEspiEsr OFT a. Ersr-rsea. LdssEssa.
fc.e144e zrS Ot1e- places n tzs n.osa-
;atrs nsar N0Trs~oa are safe.
May 5Ai-crzz6la ew-zp-eS ard .hrsls-
irG rescEss zEs rspox~< OF So
-Serfy-ss'o sgsFzoss drowned 81 fSrrf-
sor- cB1g thirteen ls-1s@z have ae~a r.
Covered Scnzs nay <rTer - fpsssa-
having ben carried uazny Es.ses 2.yEn
tre stream ant SgTsss ocs~r c@a<-s-
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