The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-30


railroad at Golden by the Misses Horn
er and Miss Josephine Holme, also Of
Denver, and started for the rsncl..
The flood overlook them and the four
ladies were drowned Their bodies
were found Sunday morning buried
under brush and sand about 200 feet
from the place where the water struck
the carriage. Mr.. Warren was
swept away and his body was lodged
in the branches of tree, where he
was afterward found, terribly bruised.
but alive.
Miss Holme was the daughter of the
manager of the Denver Water Co., and
the Misses Homer we're daughters of
Judge j. w. Horner, also of Denver.
Seventeen persons in cabins and
tents in Bear Creek canyon, few miles
above town, constituted one party.
One of the Proctor children was res
cued by the heroic efforts of two young
men who braved the flood when at its
highest point to save the child. She
says the water came while they were
all in the house and were all swept
away.
The HERES family become extinct,
the father and husband having died q
few months ago The Casey family
were also in this party. Mrs. Miller
lived here, her husband being engaged
in mining and was not at home at the
time. The Longnecker family were
upstairs in their home when the food
came. He saved all but one member of
his family, little boy called Jake.
GOLDEN, July 27.-Three bodies, all
that are known to have been lost in
Saturday nights flood in this city, have
been recovered. The dead are: A. A.
johnson, Mrs. A. A. Johnson, Mrs. j.
f. Edward, all of Golden.
Another flood came over the canyon
Sunday afternoon but no lives were
lost. Seventeen people came in from
Idaho Springs Sunday afternoon, hav-
ing left the train at Beaver Brook, and
walking in from that point. They
report that the track and roadbed is
about all gone between Golden and
Beaver Brook.
About seven o'clock Saturday night
threatening clouds came over the hill
from the direction of Morrison. 1t had
been cloudy and foggy all day, and the
clouds gathered into ominous looking
masses. Rain fell in torrents from the
start, followed by hail, then wall Of
water from twenty-five to thirty feet
in height came rushing down Clear
creek, carrying everything before
it. The flood lasted about half
an hour, and was followed by a
heavy rain, which continued until
about 10 o'clock. At that hour body
of water, greater In volume than the
frst food, came down Tucker gulch,
emptying into clear creek. 1t was this
second flood that carried away the
house of johnson and his wife and
which drowned Mrs. Edwards.
Two bridges have been washed out
and three piers of the Denver, Lake.
wood and Golden bridge were knocked
out by the iron work of the Ford
street bridge.
The loss is estimated to be between
forty and fifty thousand dollars.
DENVER, Col, July 27.-The victims
of Friday nights flood were three in
Golden, four in Mt Vernon canyon
and 81 near Morrison, making the total
2s. The servant girl, Anna Hansen,
who was reported dead, was not at the
camp at the time of the flood and con-
sequently escaped. A charcoal burner
named Nichols, up at Evergreen, is
reported missing, making the total
still 2s. OF these, 10 bodies were re-
covered Saturday and the body
of Mabel HERES, little child,
was found Sunday. P. Johnson,
of Arvada, telephoned in to Denver
Sunday afternoon that he had four
bodies in the bed of Clear creek about
a mile above the town OF Arvada.
| The coroner at Golden was notified and
will take charge Of the bodies
Up to the discovery of these four
bodies, no report of any missing per-
| sons has come from Golden. Arvada is
country hamlet between Golden and
Denver along the Clear creek valley.
These bodies, therefore, either foated
down from Golden or are those OF
campers in Clear creek valley between
the two points.