Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-25
pnsrnrrIIoN IN coLnnAno.
nany Lives Lost through Floods Ia
the Mountain.

the uountntua.
pENvEH, Jniy 20 IA far as can DO
aseeftaiuuu ~ 10 5 O'clock this morn.
Ing, tho following 10 the list of persons
whoss hyps were lost IN tue great
Hoods that ewOpt down upon the town
oi MurflsIu Hud Golden In the foot
MI near Denver last uighu
The dead nj MUffisOn-Mrs. Moses
miller ana two children anu a ohild Of
}. q. LInguockct q MUtfis1i.
FROM Denvot-Mrs. a. s. Proctor;
Robert James Proctor, 8 year; Grace
PfOcioT Eiilu Proctor, yuars, Mir.
II. F.Ca'oy; JAMES Casty, lOyosts ole;
Editu Carey, s yUaft; Mamie Casey, y
years; Anna Casey, yuat-; bTs,
Anthony Here; Eugene Hrrrs
MaOel hetfes, .; Carliiau HoTfp,, I,
Thomas NcGJusu, IS year old, Day.
ton ONO; a olutin VI Mt. Cuuy;
Annie H.usuu, 20 years UlI, tgfynu,
Ol the froulUu.
Fatally inlured-A child OF }. e.
ngntcker.
Dead at Gllirn-A. A. johnson,
Me. A. a, JJhntOn anu Mite. J. h.
Edwards.
rbo Denver people who perlshed
"hAN wv hHA1 NaAAs AANAN "HAN hAAhN
more Gangs In that vcinity. slme
reports say that when Bear Creek
canyon isluily ,xplo, % II will probably
ne found that 40 lees than fiigy pei.
.shed In the h5ld. Great anxiety 10
iult by many families Ia THIS city,
members OF when were camping Ia
the mountains.
The PToctors drowned were the wife
nm1 lnlllWAn al a INHAWH.H
dent OF the Beaver Tent anu Camping
company. irs. Casey and AIrs.
Heres were widows. The l0.year
Irene Proctor was caught ia a mass OF
unit wood and rescued with difficulty
by Earl McGill anu J. T.. Lowe.
Tho torrents which rushed down
the canyon upon Morrison aud Golden
and other mountain towns, were caused
by n terrible mountain storm which
extended hundred miles or more,
from Boulder whore the damage was
slight. All down the Tauge west OF
Denver almost to Pueblo, tho storm
swept destruction before u.
AZ MOrriaJn anu Golden the torfenla
tore away the buildings, uprootod trees,
washed out long stretches OF railroad
tracks, swept bridges aud spread aHni-
hilatiOn through thp town. Their
work was brief Ne the warnings were
Inadequate and almost before the cit.
zens knew what had happened the
Hoods had paseed leaving only u deadly
wreck OF devastation everywhere. All
that could DO done In the dark ness anu
confusion was done by Trscuurs. Meu,
women land children were Recessed
from dangerous pIedicamenis, taken
down roofs OF floating houses aud
helped out OF trees.
Ii 10 feared that lives may have been
lost at Central CITY and perhaps othef
points In the mounlainy. There u
great difficulty In obtaining accurate
Information VI tho extent VI usyasta-
ton because OF the wifsa being torn
down, the railroad tracks swept away
and all communication with Denver
cut oil or inier!ered with. The Gulf
aud South PARK railroads suffered most
severaly In l0sH OF track and bridges.
There are also washOuls on the Santa
Fe, Denver and Rio Grande and Flor
encs ana Cripple creek rallwnys.
DENVER, July 25.-Rspofts from
Central CITY Hud other points on
Clear Creek canyon indicate that a
week or two must elapse before the
railroad can DO repaired and communl.
cation restored. No lives were lost at
Central CITY. No tidiug, have beeu
received from Idaho springs, the
wires being down. The damage 10
railroads, townships anu individuals by
foods in this state Is roughly estimated
NJ $4,000.
FOUR WOMEN PERISH.
Horace NJ. Warren OF tho firm OF
AchesOn q Warren, was driving ia
Mount Nvrnon canyon, midway be.
tween Morrison aud Golden, last night
in company with bis wife, Mis- jose
phine Holms, daughter Of Rlcnari
H0lme, president Ot tue Denver Union
Water company, and Misses Daiia anu
Mary HoTnnh daughters OF Judge !.
w. HOrner, when the cloud Dutst Oc.
CURED. Tue atream QUICKLY became "a
torrent. There was no way 10 atop
the carriage which WAS swept away by
tue n0O1 and the four women drowned.
Mr. Warren, bruised and bleeding,
lodged In a tree anu wa1 rescued suv.
eral hours later. lie 10 In a critical
condition. Tho party were canning
at Judge Hornof's Ranch In Nj. Vet.
non guleh.