The record-union., 1896-07-25
DEATH-DEALING CLOUD
BURST In COLORADO.
Strikes the Town Of Golden, Delusins the
Place With Water.
A Bridge Washed Away and Many
Persons Drowned,
The Cloudburst Sends a Flood of
Water Down Morrison Canyon,
Eighteen Miles West of Denver,
and Twenty People Are Reported
to Have Lost Their Lives.

DENVER, July PA cloudburst
struck the town of Golden, twelve miles
| north of this city, shortly after 6 o'clock
tonight, and deluged the place with
| water. The bridge across Clear Creek
at Fourth street was carried away.
There We're eight or ten people on it at
the time, and it is believed all were lost
Others living on either side of the creek
were carried away by the flood and it
is thought were drowned. The telegraph
wires are down, and the only commune
cation is by telephone. Rescuers are now
at work searching for the bodies
A number of dwellings have been COM
pletely swept away, and the water at a
late hour tonight is still several feet
deep in the streets bordering on the
creek. The town is in total darkness,
and it is with the greatest difficulty that
the fire department, assisted by scores
of citizens, were enabled to search sub
merged districts.
| At 1880 p. m. it is impossible to say
what the loss will be in property or life
"A man just arrived here reports a least
ten lives lost. SO far the only bodies re-
covered are those of Mr. and A. A Jones.
an aged couple who lived in Clarks ad-
dition, up Tucker Gulch, and which is
yet entirely under water Two men who
were seen struggling in the water were
carried down stream, where they sue
ceded in catching limbs of trees and
dragging themselves to the shore. The
| only bridge left standing between the
| two parts of the town is the Avenue
| bridge, and that is in such dangerous
| r. no bo
town is full of scenes of wretchedness
and misery, and hours will be necessary
| to tell the full extent of the horror
Reports We're received at the Union
Depot tonight of extensive floods on
the Rio Grande, between Pueblo and
Trinidad, and the Gulf, between Pueblo
and Colorado Springs. Cloudbursts
caused the damage. At Franceville
Junction, below Colorado Springs, 600
| feet of the Gulf tracks and the tele-
phone wires are completely washed
away. Trains are behind time and are
being run over the Santa Fe.
| When the Ford-street bridge went out
| the water spread all over the street and
| the surrounding bottoms four to seven
| feet deep. Mrs. D. H. Turner and fam
| lily We're rescued by firemen and carried
through three feet of water. Her three
| children were also savd. Farther down
| the river many families We're rescued
with ropes and planks by the firemen.
An unknown man was swept away half
mile below the bridge, as he was seen
| in a place just before the torrent passed
| over the spot. A large number of men
We're living in the cabins above and be-
| low the town engaged in placer mining,
and it is feared that the sudden rise
swept some of them away.
| Golden lies at the head of a canyon
where it debouches into the plains The
streets are steep, and slope to the creek
sides. The water caught by a half
| dozen mountains came into the streets,
and took everything of movable char
acter with it. The lights went out, and
travel was dangerous in the inky dark
ness. Bowlders three feet in diameter
We're rolled down on the Gulf road Sand
covers the track to depth of three feet
| in the city.
The lower part of the north side
known as Goosetown, was overrun with
water, but no one has been able to get
to it to inspect its condition.
Reports are out that the whole coun-
try east Of here was flooded and crops
| ruined No idea of the amount of loss to
property can be obtained at present