The herald., 1896-07-27
STILL SEARCHING
''''' ''':IIl'''||f FOR ii[ BODIES
OF People Killed by the
CIOudburStS
MANY PERSONS Still MISSING
Are Now Believed to Be
Dead
RAILROADS RUSHING WORK
But Food Will Be Scarce Before Traffic
Is Resumed
Water In the Ohio River Continues TO Rise
Ttreateningly
West Virginia Reports Heavy Damage by
the Destruction OF Railroad Track5-A
California Town Damaged
by Flooi
Water In the Ohio River Continues TO Rise
Threateningly
West Virginia Reports Heavy Damage by
the Destruction OF Railroad Track3-A
California Town Damaged
by Flooi
, ssociatcd Press snecial Wire.

DENVER, Col, July 26-The terrific
canyon, above Golden, Col, last Friday.
are still coming to light. Tonight four
more bodies were found among the de-
bris several miles below Golden. They
are of two old men and two young wo-
men, none of whom have been identi-
fed. There is also a report of eight
men, employees of Denver breweries, who
passed through Golden a few hours be-
fore the storm, en- route to Idaho Springs
for an outing. They have not since been
heard from and parts of what Is believed
to be their wagon have been found. Col.
H. c. Merriam, commandant of the
United States troops at Fort Logan, has
detailed 100 Of his men to assist in
searching the wreckage for bodies.
A special to the News from Golden.
Col, says:
A large gang Of workmen began tho
repairing of the Gulf road up Clear
Creek canyon today. Frank Trumbull.
receiver and general manager, and
| other officials of the road, came UP this
| morning. They said they could not give
| even an approximate estimate of the
uaAiaSe pur .pr.=.airy VIM prUpaDly be
! able to get trains through to George
town in two weeks. One hundred and
seventy-five men are now at work re-
| pairing. One hundred more will be put
| on very soon.
Inc road for about seven miles must
be almost wholly rebuilt, as the bed is
washed out or buried under great
masses of rock and dirt People at Cen
tral City and Black Hawk express fears
OF food becoming scarce before the road
Is repaired. Specials from Southern
Colorado say that the Denver and Rio
Srande will be running trains on its
ilnes by Monday and advces from Flor
ence say the Florence and Cripple Creek
road Will be open for traffic by the end
Of the week.
AT Catskill, Col. the Gulf depot was
washed away during Saturdays storm.
the agent and wife narrowly escaping.
THE OHIO VALLEY.
CINCINNATI, July 26.-Thoueb tba
sky is clear here tonight. the cbanpa ~
atmosphere, rushing the mercury high
up IN the eighties, causes apprehension
OF more rain and an accession to the
rlood IN the Ohio. Reports from all
points above here on the Ohio river. as
far as Wheeling, show that stream ris-
ing. AT Cincinnati at 10 o'clock tonight
the river stood thirty-five feet one inch
above low water, having risen thirteen
lhches IN TOUR hours, or three quarters
or an lnch per hour. The rate of rise ia
increasing hourly. There seems to be
no doubt that the Ohio River railway
in the vicinity of Parkersburr and tha
Baltimore and Ohio from Parkersbure.
east have about resumed trafnc. Great
forces have been employed repairing
Washouts in Ohio, and it is fair to nre-
sumo that all the roads embarrassed
by the floods will resume tomorrow ex-
cept those among the bad washouts in
the Muskingum valley.
WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING. July 26-Early this
traffic on the fourth division of
the Baltimore and Ohio road was ra.
The train for the east at 10:25
L. M was the first to go through. The
lamage inflicted to the railroad by the
hoods is very heavy. In the town of
the damage is estimated at
Sl5o,o0o The South Pennsylvania Oil
company being the heaviest loser. The
ohio Valley railroad over the river will
lot be open to traffic for three weeks.
DAMAGE AT WCCDTD-Dr;-
LODI, July 26.-At 10: 50 this l.,,rire
bout 100 feet of the river bed washed
'ut from under a large wooden dam
ver the Mokelumne river at Wood
'rldge A quantity of piles is gone. The
anne place broke last fall, and cannot
'e tlxed before September. The damage
viii run up into the thousands. and will
ause great'njury and loss to MANY al.
alfa raisers
A MICHIGAN STORM
DETROIT, Mich, July ga disnatch
the Tribune from Homer, Mich. saws:
terrlhc wind storm struck this village
MS evening. Roofs were lifted houses
artlally blown away barns tinped over
nd half of the fine maple trees about
he town were blown down. The plate
lass windows in Linn G. Co.'S store were
lown in. The worst part of the cy-
lone seemed to have passed a little to
ne northwest of the town, and many
the finest houses in this vicinity are
Lid in its path. There were several
arrow escapes of persons caught out
l the storm. but as yet no one is re-
orted injured.