Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-30
STORMS TERRIBLE FURY
Many Lives Lost and Much
4 Property Destroyed.
FATAL GLOUDBURST IN COLORADO
Whole Families lncIudedin In the
Death List.

amlil0S included In the
& Death List.
va Was Carried Half n Milo Down stream and
<; Was snsed by Ciinging to Tree. Crazed
"A By HIS frishtful Experience.
wi Golden, COL, July %. The worst
4 &tUrm in tho history of this city broke
S4t O'Clock last night. Three lives are
Epown to be lost and thousands Of
|ollars worth of property is destroyed.
y The dead are: A. A. johnson and
esife and Mrs, j. f. Edwards. The
Hphnsons were carried down with their
4 a&ome. Mrs. Edwards was milking in
he barn when the building was swept
tAway.
" James Bishop, so yedrs old. was car
ried half a mile down stream and finally
caught d tree, frLm which he was
+ rescued some hours later. His terrible
experience had unssttled his reason.
The loss of property cannot be esti-
a mated at this time, but will reach
h many thousands. The Union Pacific,
n Denver & Gulf railway loses bridge
and other property. The light and
water plants OF this city are disabled.
News is anxiously awaited from up
tthe Canon, AZ it is believed there has
been heavy loss of life.
w FATALITIES IN BEAR CREEK CANON.
'N Morrison, COL, July 25.-The known
dead, by the cloudburst last night. in
4 Bear Creek Canon are: Six members
fof family named Casey, family of
Xfive named Harris, four members of
the Milloe family and Robert James
Proctor and his family of three. Fur
Ather particulars are unobtainable at
sfpresent.
81 COMPLETE LIST OF THE DEAD.
" The full list of the persons whose
4 lives were lost in the great floods that
iswept down upon the towns of Morrison
1Rnd Golden, in the foot Hhills near
'ItDenver, last night, is as follows: Mrs.
5Moses Miller and three children, of
MORRISON, Mrs: s. A. Proctor, Robert
# James Proctor, Grace Proctor, Edith
"A Proctor, Mrs. I. f. Casey, James
y Casey. Edith Casey, Mamie Casey.
Wanna Casey, Clara Casey, Mrs. An
}thony HERES, Eugene HERES, Mabel
\ LBerfes, Josephine HERES. Carroll
Y Herres and Anna Hanson of Denver ;
4 3 child of j. @. Longenecker of Nor
\ tison; Thomas McGough of Dayton,
$O. A. A. johnson. Mrs. A. A. john
son and Mrs. f. ID. Edwards.
All the Denver people who perished
Bere campers in Bear Creek Canon.
{.K Denver, COL, July 27.-The terrible
affects OF the cloudburst IN Uleaf Crook
fGanons above Golden, COL, last Fri
day, are still coming to light. Four
more corpses have been found among
Y the debris several miles below Golden.
~ hn, .f k,,,., S,tl
tpnd two young women, none of whom
tort that eight men who passed
v <fhrough Golden few hours before the
(btorm, enroute to Idaho Springs for an
$lputing, have not beeu heard from and
that parts of what is believed to he
heir wagon have been found. Col. II.
S'C. Merriam, commandant of tho United
l6tates troops Mt Fort Logan, has de-
Xtailed 100 of his men to assist in
2lsearching the wreckage for bodies.
IA GREAT DAMAGE AT DUBUQUE.
"A Dubuque, Ia, July q. One of the
Hfheaviest rains ever known in Dubuque
n oyer tho city, followed by torrents OF
Y rain. One Of the power houses was
8strucK by lightning and the dynamo
was burned out. The damage in the
8city is great.
CLoUDDURsT AT MILWAUKEE.
M Milwaukee, Wis, July 27.--Two
X severe storms swept over the eastern
portion of this State yesterday. Many
d places were struck by lightning and
imuch damage has been done. There
a was small cloudburst over this city
Il last night and the rain fell in such
fQpantities that tho streets are filled
a with water and cellars in the down.
N town districts are flooded.
&E TORNADO IN MICHIGAN.
Y Detroit, Mich, July GA dis
" Nitrous tornado swept through the
z 17outhern part of this State last even
<|ipg, Most alarming reports come from
oiner, Calhoun county, where great
damage was done to farming property.
Earmhouses arc reported overturned
X and wrecked and all crops laid low.
"a Tho rain and wind were so severe that
both telegraph and telephone service
jhave been crippled, and it Is practically
& 't,3ppossible to secure details. The storm
P.in this vicinity was very severe. Fully
{Ro inches of rain fell inside of three
N Yours, doing considerable damage by
Hooding Easements of business houses.
THE cLouDBURsT IN COLORADO.
g l.; Denver. Col, July %. 2S.-Indications
&Siow are that tho worst Of the work ol
&E3e cloudburst in Clear Greek and Beai
(xeek Canons last Friday is known.
ID Mars for the safety of several camping
S pafties prove to have been unfounded.
n 6even bodies of the 30 known to have
peon drowned are yet uncovered.
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