The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-25
GOLDEN OLoUDBURsT.
Three Lives Knownto Be Loss-vast
Property Damaged

GOLDEN. Col, July %, 1896-A cloud
burst last night at 7 P. NJ did an i'm
mense amount of damage. Three lives are
known to be lost, and thousands of dol
lars worth of property destroyed. The
dead are
Mrs. J. r. Edwards.
A. A Johnson.
Mrs. A. A. Johnson.
James Bishop, 80 years Of age, was car
rled half a mile down stream and finally
caught treet. from which he was res
cued some hours later His terrible expe-
rience had unsettled his reason.
The loss of property cannot be estimated
ands. The Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf
Railway loses a bridge and other proper
" The light and water plants of the city
are disabled
News is anxiously awaited from up the
canyon, as 1T is believed there has been
heavy loss of life.
At A. NJ. greenish-colored cloud
was noticed hanging above Mount Look
out Inside of ten minutes the worst
storm which has ever happened in this
section began. The storm continued with
unabated fury for about half an hour
As soon as it was safe to venture out.
citizens, with the fear that all was flood
ed near the creek. ran towards the
stream and saw the turbulent waters, car
rying on its surface all kinds of debris.
including barns, cabins, tents, bridges,
etc. The Ford street bridge which has
withstood many floods, was washed away.
Many narrow escapes are reported. When
the Ford street bridge went out the
water spread over Ford street and the
surrounding bottoms four to seven feet
deep. Mrs.sD. II. Turner and family
were rescued by fremen and carried
through three feet of water Her three
children We're also saved. Further down
the river many families We're rescued with
ropes and planks by the firemen. An un-
known man is said to have been swept
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he was seen in place just before the
torrent passed over the spot The Dem
yer, Lakewood and Golden Railroad
tracks were washed out below the town.
A large number of men We're living in
cabins above and below the town engaged
in placer mining and 1t is feared that the
sudden rise has swept some Of them
away.
/ No trains will be able to get up the
canyon for some days. This will cut
off the towns of Central City, George
town, Idaho Springs and other mining
camps from communication with the out
side world.
The water came down in perfect
wall. sweeping everything before 1t. It
pie on the Ford street bridge at the time
il was swept down stream. In the hours
that the rain fell it seemed as though
the place would be deluged.
Golden lies at the end of a canyon
where it deboucfes into the plains. The
streets are steep and slope to the creek
s.ueS.s lNe water Caught py sNalI a dozen
mountains came into the streets and
coursed through them, taking everytliana z
of a movable character with il, The
lights went out and travel was danger
Gus III the inSy darkness that settled
over The place There are reports of
bodies seen IN the creek.
Rowlders three feet in diameter were
rolled down on the Gulf road Sand
covers the track TO a 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
theb ridges across the creek No idea
of the amount of loss of property can be
obtained. Reports are out that the
whole country east of here was flooded
and the crops cut to pieces by hail which
fell during the storm.