The record-union., 1896-07-26
AFTERMATH OF THE
COLORADO CLOUDBURST.
A Second Flood ParalyzeS Efforts to Re-
cover Bodies Lost in the Debris.
Caused by the Rush of Waters Down
the Canyons.

Four Women Who Were Going to the
Country to Spend a Few Days
Overtaken by the Flood and
Drowned-Terrible Scenes in the
Vicinity of the Town of Morrison.
MORRISON (Col), July Pa second
flood this afternoon resulted in COM
pletely paralyzing all efforts to recover
the bodies of those lost in the debris of
last nights floods. The people are worn
out with the excitement and labor of
the struggle amidst the ruin wrought
along the canyon by the great wall of
water last night. At dark tonight ten
bodies had been recovered and identi
fed. The others are either buried from
sight in the sand or have been carried
further down the stream and probably
into the Platte River. Reports from up
the canyon bring the cheering news that
none of the people there camping out
were lost.
The list of the dead from last nights
flood is as follows: Mrs. Moses Miller
and three children Of Morrison; child of
j. c. Longnecker of Morrison; Thomas
McGough, aged q, of Dayton, o.; Mrs.
"A. S. Proctor, 81 years old, wife of A. S.
Proctor; Robert James Proctor, years;
Grace Proctor, years: Edith Proctor,
2 years; Mrs. T. F. Casey, 50 years,
Denver; James Casey, y years Eddie
Casey, 10 years; Mamie Casey. Z years;
Anna Casey, 3 years; Clara Casey, 3
years; Mrs. Anthony HERES, Z years;
Mabel HERES, 2 years: Josephine Her
res, years; Carroll HERES, years:
Annie Hansen, 20 years, servant of Mrs.
Proctor; Miss Della Horner; Miss Mary
Horner; Miss Josephine Holme; Mrs.
Horace M. Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Warren, Jr., who
are well known in Brooklyn society,
where their relatives and friends re-
side, came up from Denver yesterday on
the afternoon train to spend Saturday
and Sunday at the Horner ranch up Mt
Vernon canyon. They were met at the
station of the Lakewood Railroad at
Golden by the Misses Horner and Miss
Josephine Holme, also of Denver and
started for the ranch. The flood over
took them and the four ladies were
drowned, their bodies being found this
morning buried under brush and sand
about 200 feet from the place where the
water struck the carriage. Mr.. Warren
was swept away, and his body was
lodged In the branches of tree where
he was afterward found terribly bruised,
but alive. The bodies of the four wo-
men were recovered to-day and sent to
Denver with the injured survivor Miss
Holme is a daughter of the manager of
the Denver Water Company, and the
Misses Horner daughters of Judge J. w
HOrner, also of Denver.
Seventeen persons in cabins and tents
in Bear Creek canyon, above town, con-
stituted one party. One of the Proctor
children was rescued by the heroic eff
forts of two young men, who braved the
flcod when at its highest point to save
the child. She says the water came
while they were all in the house and
they were all swept away.
The HERES family become extinct,
the father and husband having died a
few months ago.
The Casey family were also in this
party. The Hansen girl was a servant
Mrs Miller lived here, her husband be-
ing engaged in mining, and was not at
home at the time. The Longnecker
family were up stairs in their home
when the flood came. Mr.. Longnecker
saved all but one member of his fam
lily, a little boy called Jake.
AT GOLDEN
GOLDEN (Col.), July 25.-Three bod
les, all that are known to have been
lost in last nights flood in this city,
have been recovered. The dead are: A.
A. Johnson and wife and Mrs. j. F.
Edward, all of Golden.
Another flood came out of the can
yon this afternoon, but no lives were
lost.
Seventeen people came in from Idaho
Springs this afternoon, having left the
train at Beaver Brook and walking in
from that point. They report that the
track and rOadbed is all gone between
Golden and Beaver Brook
About o'clock last night threaten
ing clouds came over the hill from the
direction of Morrison. 1t had been
cloudy and foggy all day, and the
clouds gathered towards evening, ON
inous looking masses. Rain fell in tor
rents from the start, followed by hail.
then a wall of water from twenty-five
to forty feet in hight came rushing
down Clear Creek, carrying everything
before it. The flood lasted about half
an hour and was followed by a heavy
rain, which continued until about 10
o'clock. About that hour body of
water greater in volume than the first
fcod came down Tucker Gulch, empty
ing into Clear Creek. 1t was this second
flood that carried away the house of
Johnson and his wife and drowned
them The body of Mrs. J. F. Edwards
was found face downward in Tucker
Gulch. She leaves a husband and two
children. She had gone out to look for
her cattle last night and was not heard
from after that The body of Mrs.
johnson was found 200 feet from the
site of her house among some trees. Her
husbands body was found in tree
near Coor's brewet They had been
caught while in t-.eir little cottage
home.
The scene around the bed of the
creek is terrible Water came down
Ford street from Tucker Gulch, carry
ing many houses with it. On Washing
ton avenue and other parallel streets
the scene is the same. Two bridges
have been washed out and three piers of
the Denver, Lakewood and Golden
bridge were knocked out by the iron
work of the Ford-street bridge. The
loss is estimated to be between forty
and fifty thousand dollars.
wASHOIrTS ON RAILROADS.