The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-27
COLORADO CLOIDBURST.
It Carried Everything Before 1t
in the Marrow Canyons.
TWENTY-NINE KNOWN TOBE DEAD.

A House with Eighteen Occupants Swept
Away, and Only One of the Inmates Res
cued-A Remarkable Fall of Water on
Second Visitation.
DENVER, July 27.-The cloudbursts in
the foothills west Of Denver Friday night,
resulting in floods in which twenty-nine
people are known to have perished, was
followed Saturday afternoon by another
terrible storm, the like of which has sell
dom been seen in this vicinity. According
to Weather Observer Brandenburg, sew
enty hundredths,of an inch of rain fell in
ton minutes, beating all local records.
The downpour continued with some
diminished severity for half an hour, and
it rained at intervals all the afternoon.
At Morrison, seventeen miles from Den
yer, twenty-five persons were drowned in
the flood Friday night, and people were
terror stricken when they saw the storm
approaching, Hail began to fall soon
after o'clock, and at o'clock q black
cloud of unusual density began to gather
in the vicinity Of Mt. Vernon, few miles
from Morrison. There the cloud burst,
and in an instant wall of water came
down the gulch fully six feet higher than
was ever seen before. Everything in its
path was washed away. The raging tor
rent carried along with it houses, barns,
trees and debris Of all kinds.
Every house in Morrison is flooded,
water having spread all over the place. Be-
low the town there have been searching
parties along tho creek seeking for the un-
recovered bodies of the dead in the pre-
vious disaster, and there are fears that
numbers of these parties have been caught
in this last tidal wave Morrison is indeed
Il stricken city and fear is expressed that
the end is not yet. Families are afraid to
occupy their homes, not knowing ut what
time they may be overwhelmed in IL flood.
The list Of known dead is as follows
Mrs Moses Miller and three children;
Mrs. S. A. Proctor; Robert james Proc
tor aged years; Grace Proctor years;
Edith Proctor, 2 years; Mrs, I. +. Casey,
James Casey, 10 years; Edith Casey, 8
years; Mamie Casey, years; Anna Casey,
years Clara Casey, years; Mrs. An
thony HERES; Eugene HERES, years.
Mabel HERES, years; Josephine Herres,6
years; Carroll Heres, years Thomas
McGough, 81 years, Of Dayton, o.; Anna
Hansen, 20 years old, servant of the Proc
tors; child of j. G, Longnecker, Miss Jo-
sephine Holm, Mrs. Horace NJ. Warren,
Miss Della Horncr.
Fatally injured: Miss Mary Horner;
child of j. c. Longnecker: A. A. johnson,
of Golden; Mrs. A. A. johnson, Mrs Il. d.
Edwards
Mrs. A. S. Proctor and her four children,
Mrs. Y. f. Casey and five children, Mrs.
Anthony Hcrrcs and four children, Annie
Hansen, servant, and Thomas McGough,
u cousin of Mrs. Casey, eighteen in all,
were living in Il large cottage on the banks
of Bear creek A great bank of water
struck the house before the occupants real
lied their danger and carried it bodily
away. All the inmates perished except
Irene Proctor, aged IS, whose long hair
caught in driftwood, holding her until aid
came
j. c. Longnecker's house was washed
away and dashed to pieces againsta rock.
MIR. and Mrs. Longnecier and three of
their children were thrown high and dry
on hillside. Ono child was drowned.
One of those saved was badly injured, but
will recover
The walls of Bear Greek canyon at places
rise. almost perpondlcularly 500 feet, and
nearly every summer it is tho scene Of
flood, but in spite Of the danger it has
been favorite resort of Denver people.
The damage to the Denver and Rio
Grande, the Santa Fe and the main line of
the Gulf railroad will be quickly repaired,
but there are extensive washOuts on the
Cuffs branch in Clear Creek canyon and
on the Florence and Cripple Creek road.