Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-26
A SECOND FLOOD.
II ParalyleS Efforts to Recover Bodies
Of ClOudburSt Victims.
LONG LIST OF IDENTIFIED DEAD.
Others Thought to He buried from
sight I'm Sand or Carried Down
stream-Enormous Damage Done to
Property.

MORRISON, COL. July pa second
food this after 3oon resulted In completely
paralyzlng all efforts to recover the bodies
Of those lost in the debris Of last nights
food. The people are worn out with the
excitement and labor Of struggling amidst
the rubbish brought down the canon by
thu great wall OF water which last night
just at dark surprised the camping fami-
lies along the road above the town.
At dark tonight the following bodies
had been recovered and identified. The
others are either buried from sight In
tha sand or have been carried further
down thu stream. and possibly into the
Platte river.
Reports from up the canon bring the
cheering news that none Of the people
camping there were lost.
The list OF Identified dead follows:
Mrs. Moses Miller and three children. OF
Morrison.
Child Of j. c. Longenecker, Of Morrison.
Thomas McGeogh, aged p, OF Day ION,
O., cousin Of Mrs. Casey. also drowned.
Mrs. A. S. Proctor, 80 years OF age,
wife Of A. S. Proctor, president Of the
Denver Tent and Awning Company. ana
three of Proctors children, aged Z, 5, ana
years, respectively.
Mrs. 7. f. Casey, 30 years, Denver, and
five children. aged from to ~ years.
Mrs. Anthony Herr, 81 years, Denver,
and four children. aged from 21-2 10 z
years.
Annie Hansen. 20 years; servant OF Mrs.
Proctor's.
Miss Della Horner.
Miss Mary Horner.
Miss Josephine Holme.
Mrs. Horace NJ. Warren, all OF Denver.
WELL-KNOWN BROOKLYNITEs.
Mr.. and Mrs II. NJ. Warren. Jr.. who
are well-known in Brooklyn society where
their relatives and friends reside, came
UP from Denver yesterday I'm the after
noon train to spend Saturday and Sun
day at the Horner ranch, up Mount Ver-
non canon. They were met at the sta
ton of the Lakewood railroad at Golden
by the Misses Horner and Miss Josephine
Holme, also OF Denver, and started for
the ranch. The flood overlook them, and
the four ladies were drowned, their bodies
being found this morning buried under
brush and sand about 200 feet from where
the water struck the carriages. The
bodies of the four women were recovered
to-day and sent to Denver. Miss Home
is the daughter OF the manager of the
Denver Water Company, and the Misses
Horner are daughters Of Judge d. w.
Horner.
Seventeen persons I'm tents few miles
above town constituted one party. One
Of the Proctor children was rescued by
the heroic efforts of two young men, who
l.. ~
save the child. She says the water came
while they were all in the house, and
they were all swept away. The Herrz
family Is now extinct, the father and hus-
band having died a few months ago. The
Casey family were also in this party.
The Hansen gill was a servant Mrs.
Miller lived here. Her husband Is en-
gagged in mining, and he was not at home
at the time. the Longnecher fam
fy wer upstairs I'm their home
when the flood came. and the father saved
all but one member of his family-a little
boy.
THREE DEAD AT GOLDEN.
GOLDEN. COLI, July 25.-Three bodies,
All that are known TO have been lost IN
last nights food in this city, have been
recovered. The dead are: A. A. Johnson,
Mrs. A. A. Johnson, and J. +. Edwards,
all of Golden.
Another flood came over the canon this
afternoon but no lives were lost.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE.
GOLDEN, COL, July 25.-The cloud
burst at o'clock last night did an i'm
mense amount Of damage. Three lives
are known TO be lost. and thousands OF
dollars worth Of property was destroyed.
James Bishop was carried half a mile
down the stream, and finally caught on
tree. from which he was rescued some
hours later His terrible experience has
unsettled his reason.
Golden lies at the end Of canon,
where It debOuches into the plains. The
streets are steep. and slope to the creek
sides. The water, caught by half a
dozen mountains. came into the streets
and coursed through them, taking every
thing OF a movable character with It,
The lights went out, and travel was
dangerous In the intense darkness which
settled over the place. There are reports
OF bodies seen in the creek.
Bowlders. three feet In diameter were
rolled down on the railroad. Sand covers
the tracks 70 a depth Of three feet in the
city. The new bridge built two years ago
by the railroad was completely washed
out. as were all the bridges across the
creek. No idea OF the amount Of loss Of