The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-26
GIlORADIyS GI)RPSES.
Awful Havoc in the Cloud
bursts Path.
DEAD BODIES By DOZENS.
Manu- Of the Victims HOF-
riblU Mdngled.
WALL OF ANGRY WATER.
EVERYTHING in It's Course Swept
Before 1t.
WALL OF ANGRY WATER.

Morrison the Scene of the Heaviest
Loss of LIfe-TweRty-six Dead
Bodies Already Identified Mt That
POIRt-The Flood of Friday Fol-
lowed by Another One Yesterday,
But the Greatest Destruction Done
by the FIrst-Names of the Identi-
fed Dead.
Denver Col, July 25-This morning a
terrible state of affairs was revealed at
Morrison, Golden, Central City and other
points In Colorado where last nights
storm ragged fercest. Dead bodies, hOr-
ribly mangled. were discovered and at
o'clock, thirty had been recovered, of
which twenty-one were in Morrison alone.
Trains left Denver early this morning with
collins for the stricken districts.
The scene Of the greatest desolation and
ruin is between here and Idledale. on Bear
creek. There were known to be about fifty
people camping in the bottoms, but re-
ports as to their present situation are very
meager Couriers have come in stating
that all are safe at Idledale. From ten
miles above Evergreen, nothing has been
heard. Many missing bodies are supposed
to be at the bottom Of the canon. The
wall of water was about -four feet high.
As the flood passed down, men on the high
er ground could hear the voices of wo-
men and children crying for help, but It
was impossible to get to them.
| Golden, Col, July 25-The cloudburst
at o'clock last night did an immense
amount of damage. Three lives are known
to be lost. and thousands of dollars worth
Of property destroyed.
James Bishop, 80 years of age, was car
ried half a mile down the streamed and
finally caught tree and was rescued
some hours later. His terrible experience
has unsettled his reason.
Golden lies at the end of the canyon,
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 everything
Of a movable character with It.
The lights went out and travel was dam
gerous in the darkness that settled over
the place.
There are reports of bodies seen in the
creek. Bowlders three feet In diameter
were rolled down on the Gulf road. Sand
covers the track to depth Of three feet
in the city The new bridge, built two
years ago by the Lakewood railroad, was
completely washed out, as were all the
bridges across the creek. No idea Of the
amount Of loss Of property can be OBJ
tained.
Morrison. Col, July 25.--A second flood
this evening resulted in completely par
alyzng all efforts to recover the bodies Of
those lost in the debris of last nights
| flood The people are exhausted with
! their labors Of struggling amidst the rub
/ bish brought down the canon by the great
/ wall of water which last night just at
dark surprised the camping families along
the road above town.
At dark tonight the following bodies
/ had been recovered and identified. the
! others are either buried from sight in the
| sand or have been carried further down
! the 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 CT
| Morrison.
Child of J. c. Longnecker Of Morrison.
/ InOm1S McJCuBn, az ed Il, OF Dayton,
| o., cousin Of Mrs. Casey, who was also
Mrs. A. s. Proctor 80 years old, wife Of
] A. s. Proctor, president of the Denver
! Tent and Awning Company and three Of
i Proctor's children, aged z and years.
Mrs. T. +. Casey, 3s years, of Denver,
and five children, aged from to u years
Mrs. Anthony Horrea, 81 years, Of Den
yer, and four children aged from 215 to 7
Annie Hansen. 20 years. servant of Mrs
| Proctor.
Miss Della Hor1er, of Denver.
/ Miss Mary Horner, Of Denver
Miss Josephine Holme. of Denver
i Mrs. Horace NJ. Warren, of Denver
Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ Warren, Jr., who
I are well known In Brooklyn society
/ where their relatives and friends reside
| came up from Denver yesterday on tho
! afternoon train to spend Saturday and
| Sunday at the Hornor ranch uD Mount
| Vernon canon. They were met at the sta
/ tion Of the Lakewood railroad at Golden
/ by Misses Horner and Miss Josephine
Holme, also of Denver. and started for
| the ranch. The flood overlook them, and
/ the four ladies' We're drowned, their bodies
/ being found this morning, buried under
/ brush ard sand about 200 feet from the
i place where the water struck the car
+ riage Mr.. Warren was swept away and
(, lodged IN the branches Of a tree, where
/ ne was afterwards found, terribly bruised
Il but alive. The bodies Of the four wo-
! men were recovered to-day and sent to
/ Denver, with the injured survivor.
Miss H0lnle WAS the daughter of the
/ manager OF the Depyer Water Company
and the Misses Horner were daughters
] 1f Judge j W HOrner OF Denver