Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-26
DENVER AND VICINITY VISITED ny
ANOTHER CLotDBuRsr
SECOND FLOOD At MORRISON.
MAY HAVE LENGrHENED FRIDAYS
DEATH LIST.


Denver. Col. July ct.-The cloudburst In
tho foothills west Of Denver last night.
resulting In floods in which twenty-nlne
people are known 10 have rerished. was
followed this afternoon by another ter
rihle storm. tho like Of which has seldom
been seen in this vicinity.
About l so =. M. dark clouds rathered
in the northwest and rapidly rolled toward
the city. a little before 2 o'clock, rain
and hail began to !ail furiously. Accord
ing to Weather phrcsver Brandenburg. 30
of an inch of water fell IN ten minutes.
beating all loca; -ocord'. The downpour
continued with somewhat diminished se-
verify for half an hour and 1t rained at
Intervals all the afternoon. Tho storm was
accompanied by frequent severe flashes OF
lightning. biu so far as yet known there
was 20 loss OF life In this city, and the
damage was confined principally to the
breaking OF window lights and to growing
crops. The storm played havoc with the
flowers and shrubbcry at the city park and
various greenhouses throughout the city
suffered severely.
AT Morrison. seventeen mikes from Dem
Yer In the foothills. where TWENTY-FIVE per-
sons were drowned In the Hood last night,
people were terror-stricken when they
saw the second storm approaching this
afternoon. Hail began to fall soon after I
o'clock. The storm continued with steadily
when a black cloud Of unusual density be-
gan gan to gather n the vicinity OF Mount Yer
There the cloud burst and in an instant
q, wall Of water came down the rulch fully
IN leet higher than was ever seen before
The raging torrent carried along with IL
houses. barns, trees and debris Of all kinds
sS 9a N ns f"ch c hs list ffenns r ov.s
but II is by, no means certain. that the
reslaents sna ,s. and CAMPERS i1 the rulch, real.
Every house in Morrison is Hooded. water
Rain is sti failing 81 fPios,y GE ,ns ahd nd"ihS the e,e
m.nts are making such an uproar that 1t
rs Nbai bimpSs,,6ls to moye around TO Judge Just
town there have been searching parties
along the creek seeking for the urirccov-
disaster. and there are fears that members
OF these parties have been caught in the
last tidal wave.
lear + expressed that the end is not yet
ramilies are afraid TO occupy their homes.
oy,erwhelmed in n Hood.
~ happily ;he. the rnmors of greater loss of
5s as 'hn hsh a oasn II h
rhs dead number twenty-nine. SNSnnri"sn; Numersus
green. 1dlewild. Idledale and other places
u the mountains near Morrison are safe.
Many halrbreadth ar escapes and thrilling
OF the twenty-five persons drowned a,
Gs se hrts ay nerss sGds b 6 bSYs bsv bssn
ing been carried many miles down the
et,cam and buried under debris.
Mrs II r. casey and Ave ehildren. HIi en.'!Nin Mrs.
Anthony Anthony Heres and four children, Annie
fousS Of Mrs tassy sn dhimas tshteen
Bear Bear creek. a sreat bank Of water struck
their danger and carried 1t bodily away
Al the inmates perished except Irene Proc
driftwood. holding her Until aid came. :"
J. C. I.ongnecker's house was washed
away and dashed 10 pieces against a rock.
their children were thrown high and dry
on hillside One child WAS drowned. one
of those saved was badly injured. but will
recover.
The walls of Bear creek canon at places
rise almost perpendIcularly $50 feet and
nearly, every summer it is the scene OF a
a favorits resort OF Denver people.
Mr. Horace N. Warren. Of the firm OF
AGheson d Warren. investment bankers of
canon, midway between Morrison and Gold
en- last night. in company with his wife
Miss Josephine Holme, daughter of Rich
ard Holme, superintendent of the Denver
Union Water Company, and Misses Della
and Mary Horner daughters of Judge j.
" Horner. when cioudburst occurred.
There was no way OF escape and the car
riaGc with its occupants was swept away
drowned. Mr.. Warren. bruised and bleed
ing, lodged in a tree, and was rescued sew
eral hours later. He Is in critical condi-
tion. The party had been camping at
Judge Horner's ranch. in Mount Vernon
Gulch.
Mrs. Warren was a prominent member Of
most Of the wo1iens clubs In Denver and a
favorite In the best social circles.
The damage to the Denver & 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 canon and on the
Florence Il Cripple Creek road.