New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
UNDER A WALL OF WATER.
MORE THAN THIRTY LIVES LOST IN
COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOWNS
MORRISON. GOLDEN. CENTRAL CITY AND OTHER
PLACES INUNDATED BY a CIOUDBURsT-
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND RAIL

PLACES INUNDATED BY CIOUDBURsT-
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND RAIL
ROAD TRACKS DESTROYED.
Morrison. Col. July 25.-A second food this
afternoon completely paralyzed all efforts to re-
cover the bodies OF those lost in the debris Of
last nights food. The people are worn out
with the excitement and the labor OF strug
Cling amid the rubbish brought down the
canon by the great wall OF water which last
night just at dark surprised the camping fam-
lies along the road above the town.
At dark tonight twenty-six bodies had been
recovered and identified. The others either
buried from sight in the sand or have been
carried further down the stream and possibly
into the Platte River. Reports from up the
canon bring the news that none OF the people
camping there were lost
The list Of identified dead follows Mrs. Moses
Miller and three children. of Morrison; child Of
J. C. Longnecker. OF Morrison; Thomas McGough.
twenty-one years old. of Dayton. Ohio. cousin Of
Mrs. Casey. also drowned; Mrs. A S. Proctor.
thirty-two years old. wife Of A. s. Proctor. pres
dent of the Denver Tent and Awning Company;
Robert James Proctor. five years: Grace Proctor.
seven years old; Edith Proctor. two years old;
Mrs. F. s. Casey. thirty-eight years old Of Den
ten years old: Mamie Casey. seven years old;
Annie Casey five years old; Clara Casey. three
years old: Mrs. Anthony HERES. thirtyone years
old. of Denver Eugene HERES, seven years old;
Mabel HERES, two years old; Josephine HERES,
six years old; Carol HERES. four years old; An
ME Hansen. twenty years old. servant of Mrs.
Proctor Miss Della Horner Miss Mary Horner.
Miss Josephine Holme and Mrs. Horace NJ. War
rem, all of Denver.
FATE OF A PARTY OF WOMEN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace NJ. Warren jr. who are
well known in Brooklyn. where their relatives
and friends live. came up from Denver yesterday
on the afternoon train to spend Saturday and
Sunday at he Horner ranch. up Mount Vernon
Canyon They were met at the station OF the
Lakewood Railroad at Golden by the Misses
Horner and Miss Josephine Holme. and they
started for the ranch. The food overlook them
and the four women were drowned. their bodies
being found this morning buried under brush
and sand about 300 feet from the place where
the water struck the carriage.
Mr.. Warren swept away and lodged in
the branches OF a tree. where he was afterward
found, terribly bruised, but alive The bodies
OF the four women were recovered to-day ana
sent TO Denver with the injured survivor Miss
Holme is the daughter Of the manager Of the
Denver Water Company. and the Misses Homer
are daughters Of Judge j. w. Horner
Seventeen persons in cabins and tents in Bear
Creek Canyon. several miles above town, con-
stituted one party. one Of the Proctor children
was rescued by the heroic efforts OF two young
men. who braved the flood when at It's highest
10 save the child. She says the water came
while they were all in the house. and they were
swept away
The HERES family is now extinct. the father
having died several months ago. The Casey
family was also in this party. Mrs. Miller lived
here her husband being engaged in mining.
lie was not AT home at the time
Denver July GA terrible state OF affairs
was revealed to-day at Morrison. Golden. Cen
trail City and other points in Colorado. where
last nights storm ragged the 1ercest Thirty
bodies had been recovered of which twenty-sx
are In Morrison alone
The scene Of desolation and ruin is between
here and Idledale. on Bear Creek. Couriers
have come in stating th+t all are safe at Idle
dale The wall of water which came down the
canyon was about fourteen feet high. As the
food passed down men on the higher ground
could hear the voices of women and children
CRYING for help but il was impossible to get to
them.
GOLDEN'S TALE OF DISASTER.
Golden. Col. July 25-A cloudburst last night
did an immense amount of damage. Three
lives are known to be lost. and thousands OF dol
lars worth OF property destroyed The dead are
Mrs ]. F. Edwards and Mr.. and Mrs A A.
Johnson James Bishop. eighty years old. was
carried half a mile downstream. and finally
caught a tree. from which he was rescued some
hours later His terrible experience had unset
tied his reason.
will
sands Of dollars The Union Pacific Denver and
Gulf Railway loses a bridge and other property.
The light and water plants Of the city were dis
abled.
At D. m. a greenish- colored cloud was noticed
hanging above Mount Lookout. Inside OF ten
minutes the wors. storm which has ever hap
pened in this section began. and continued with
undated fury for about half an hour. AS soon
az it was safe TO venture out citizens, with the
fear that all flooded near the creek ran
toward the stream and saw the turbulent
waters carrying on its surface all kinds OF
debris including barns. cabins. tents bridges.
etc The Ford-st. bridge. which has withstood
many floods was washed away. Many narrow
ESCAPES are reported. When the Ford-st bridge
went out the water spread over Ford-st. and
the surrounding bottoms four TO seven feet deep.
Mrs D H. Turner and her family were rescued
by hremen and carried through three feet OF
water Her three children were also saved.
Further down the river many families were res
cued with ropes and panks by the fremen
An unknown man is said TO have been swept
away half mile below the bridge The Den
yer. Lakewood and Golden Railroad tracks
were washed out below the town A large num-
her Of men were living In cabins above and be
low the town engaged in placer mining. and II
&c faa red that the sudden rise has swept some
az them away. No trains will be able TO get
IN the canyon for some days. This VIII cut
of the towns Of Central City, Georgetown Idaho
Strings and other mining camps from communi- |
cation with the outside world.
The water came down in perfect wall. sweep |
irq everything before II. Golden lies at the |
ard ~ a CANYON. where IL debouches Into the |
nioirs The streets are steep ard slope TO the |
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